TiMidity++ version 2.13.2 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Masanao Izumo <iz@onicos.co.jp> Copyright (C) 1995 Tuukka Toivonen <tt@cgs.fi> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

TiMidity++ version 2.13.2 (C) 1999-2004 Masanao Izumo <iz@onicos.co.jp> The original version (C) 1995 Tuukka Toivonen <tt@cgs.fi> TiMidity is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Usage: timidity [options] filename [...] Use "-" as filename to read a MIDI file from stdin Options: -A n,m --volume=n, --drum-power=m Amplify volume by n percent (may cause clipping), and amplify drum power by m percent (a) --[no-]volume-compensation Toggle amplify compensation (disabled by default) -a --[no-]anti-alias Enable the anti-aliasing filter -B n,m --buffer-fragments=n,m Set number of buffer fragments(n), and buffer size(2^m) -C n --control-ratio=n Set ratio of sampling and control frequencies -c file --config-file=file Read extra configuration file -D n --drum-channel=n Play drums on channel n -d path --interface-path=path Set dynamic interface module directory -E mode --ext=mode TiMidity sequencer extensional modes: mode = w/W : Enable/Disable Modulation wheel p/P : Enable/Disable Portamento v/V : Enable/Disable NRPN Vibrato s/S : Enable/Disable Channel pressure e/E : Enable/Disable Modulation Envelope t/T : Enable/Disable Trace Text Meta Event at playing o/O : Enable/Disable Overlapped voice z/Z : Enable/Disable Temperament control m<HH>: Define default Manufacture ID <HH> in two hex M<HH>: Define system Manufacture ID <HH> in two hex b<n>: Use tone bank <n> as the default B<n>: Always use tone bank <n> i<n/m>: Use program <n> on channel <m> as the default I<n/m>: Always use program <n> on channel <m> F<args>: For effect. See below for effect options default: -E wpvSEToz -F --[no-]fast-panning Disable/Enable fast panning (toggle on/off, default is on) -f --[no-]fast-decay Enable fast decay mode (toggle) -g sec --spectrogram=sec Open Sound-Spectrogram Window -H n --force-keysig=n Force keysig number of sHarp(+)/flat(-) (-7..7) -h --help Display this help message -i mode --interface=mode Select user interface (see below for list) --realtime-priority=n (for alsaseq only) Set the realtime priority (0-100) --sequencer-ports=n (for alsaseq only) Set the number of opened sequencer ports (default is 4) -j --[no-]realtime-load Realtime load instrument (toggle on/off) -K n --adjust-key=n Adjust key by n half tone (-24..24) -k msec --voice-queue=msec Specify audio queue time limit to reduce voice -L path --patch-path=path Append dir to search path -M name --pcm-file=name Specify PCM filename (*.wav or *.aiff) to be played or: "auto" : Play *.mid.wav or *.mid.aiff "none" : Disable this feature (default) -m msec --decay-time=msec Minimum time for a full volume sustained note to decay, 0 disables -N n --interpolation=n Set the interpolation parameter (depends on -EFresamp option) Linear interpolation is used if audio queue < 99%% cspline, lagrange: Toggle 4-point interpolation (default on) newton: n'th order Newton polynomial interpolation, n=1-57 odd gauss: n+1 point Gauss-like interpolation, n=1-34 (default 25) -O mode --output-mode=mode Select output mode and format (see below for list) --flac-verify (for Ogg FLAC only) Verify a correct encoding --flac-padding=n (for Ogg FLAC only) Write a PADDING block of length n --flac-complevel=n (for Ogg FLAC only) Set compression level n:[0..8] --oggflac (for Ogg FLAC only) Output OggFLAC stream (experimental) -o file --output-file=file Output to another file (or device/server) (Use "-" for stdout) -P file --patch-file=file Use patch file for all programs -p n --polyphony=n Allow n-voice polyphony. Optional auto polyphony reduction (a) --[no-]polyphony-reduction Toggle automatic polyphony reduction. Enabled by default -Q n[,...] --mute=n[,...] Ignore channel n (0: ignore all, -n: resume channel n) (t) --temper-mute=n[,...] Quiet temperament type n (0..3: preset, 4..7: user-defined) -q sec/n --audio-buffer=sec/n Specify audio buffer in seconds sec: Maxmum buffer, n: Filled to start (default is 5.0/100%%) (size of 100%% equals device buffer size) -R msec Pseudo reveb effect (set every instrument's release to msec) if n=0, n is set to 800 -S n --cache-size=n Cache size (0 means no cache) -s freq --sampling-freq=freq Set sampling frequency to freq (Hz or kHz) -T n --adjust-tempo=n Adjust tempo to n%%, 120=play MOD files with an NTSC Amiga's timing -t code --output-charset=code Output text language code: code=auto : Auto conversion by `LANG' environment variable (UNIX only) ascii : Convert unreadable characters to '.' (0x2e) nocnv : No conversion 1251 : Convert from windows-1251 to koi8-r euc : EUC-japan jis : JIS sjis : shift JIS -U --[no-]unload-instruments Unload instruments from memory between MIDI files -V power --volume-curve=power Define the velocity/volume/expression curve amp = vol^power (auto: 0, linear: 1, ideal: ~1.661, GS: ~2) -v --version Display TiMidity version information -W mode --wrd=mode Select WRD interface (see below for list) -x str --config-string=str Read configuration str from command line argument -Z file --freq-table=file Load frequency table (Use "pure" for pure intonation) pure<n>(m) --pure-intonation=n(m) Initial keysig number <n> of sharp(+)/flat(-) (-7..7) 'm' stands for minor mode --module=n Simulate behavior of specific synthesizer module by n n=0 : TiMidity++ Default (default) 1-15 : GS family 16-31 : XG family 32-111 : SoundBlaster and other systhesizer modules 112-127 : TiMidity++ specification purposes Effect options (-EF, --ext=F option): -EFdelay=d Disable delay effect (default) -EFdelay=l Enable Left delay [,msec] `msec' is optional to specify left-right delay time -EFdelay=r Enable Right delay [,msec] `msec' is optional to specify left-right delay time -EFdelay=b Enable rotate Both left and right [,msec] `msec' is optional to specify left-right delay time -EFchorus=d Disable MIDI chorus effect control -EFchorus=n Enable Normal MIDI chorus effect control [,level] `level' is optional to specify chorus level [0..127] (default) -EFchorus=s Surround sound, chorus detuned to a lesser degree [,level] `level' is optional to specify chorus level [0..127] -EFreverb=d Disable MIDI reverb effect control -EFreverb=n Enable Normal MIDI reverb effect control [,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127] -EFreverb=g Global reverb effect [,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127] -EFreverb=f Enable Freeverb MIDI reverb effect control (default) [,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127] -EFreverb=G Global Freeverb effect [,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127] -EFvlpf=d Disable voice LPF -EFvlpf=c Enable Chamberlin resonant LPF (12dB/oct) (default) -EFvlpf=m Enable Moog resonant lowpass VCF (24dB/oct) -EFns=n Enable the n th degree (type) noise shaping filter n:[0..4] (for 8-bit linear encoding, default is 4) n:[0..4] (for 16-bit linear encoding, default is 4) -EFresamp=d Disable resamplation -EFresamp=l Enable Linear resample algorithm -EFresamp=c Enable C-spline resample algorithm -EFresamp=L Enable Lagrange resample algorithm -EFresamp=n Enable Newton resample algorithm -EFresamp=g Enable Gauss-like resample algorithm (default) -EFresamp affects the behavior of -N option Alternative TiMidity sequencer extensional mode long options: --[no-]mod-wheel --[no-]portamento --[no-]vibrato --[no-]ch-pressure --[no-]mod-envelope --[no-]trace-text-meta --[no-]overlap-voice --[no-]temper-control --default-mid=<HH> --system-mid=<HH> --default-bank=n --force-bank=n --default-program=n/m --force-program=n/m --delay=(d|l|r|b)[,msec] --chorus=(d|n|s)[,level] --reverb=(d|n|g|f|G)[,level] --voice-lpf=(d|c|m) --noise-shaping=n --resample=(d|l|c|L|n|g) Available interfaces (-i, --interface option): -in ncurses interface -ie Emacs interface (invoked from `M-x timidity') -ia XAW interface -id dumb interface -ir remote interface -iA ALSA sequencer interface Supported dynamic load interfaces (/usr/lib/timidity): -ig gtk+ interface -iT vt100 interface -ik Tcl/Tk interface -ii X Skin interface -is slang interface Interface options (append to -i? option): `v' more verbose (cumulative) `q' quieter (cumulative) `t' trace playing `l' loop playing (some interface ignore this option) `r' randomize file list arguments before playing `s' sorting file list arguments before playing `D' daemonize TiMidity++ in background (for alsaseq only) Alternative interface long options: --verbose=n --quiet=n --[no-]trace --[no-]loop --[no-]random --[no-]sort --[no-]background Available output modes (-O, --output-mode option): -Od dsp device -Os ALSA pcm device -Oe Enlightened sound daemon -Oj JACK device -On Network Audio Server -Ow RIFF WAVE file -Or Raw waveform data -Ou Sun audio file -Oa AIFF file -Ov Ogg Vorbis -OF FLAC / OggFLAC -Ol List MIDI event -OM MOD -> MIDI file conversion Output format options (append to -O? option): `S' stereo `M' monophonic `s' signed output `u' unsigned output `1' 16-bit sample width `2' 24-bit sample width `8' 8-bit sample width `l' linear encoding `U' U-Law encoding `A' A-Law encoding `x' byte-swapped output Alternative output format long options: --output-stereo --output-mono --output-signed --output-unsigned --output-16bit --output-24bit --output-8bit --output-linear --output-ulaw --output-alaw --[no-]output-swab Available WRD interfaces (-W, --wrd option): -Wx X WRD tracer -Wt TTY WRD tracer -Wd dumb WRD tracer -W- No WRD trace