midid • man page

midid - Raw Midi interpreter

midid [OPTIONS] [input_file]

This manual page documents briefly the midid command.

midid reads STDIN or input_file and interprets it as raw MIDI data according to the General Midi standard.

The General Midi data is sent to a sound device (default), a .MID file, or to timidity(1) if you specify it.

midid includes a standalone mode for timidity(1): midid will then attempt to start and configure timidity(1) itself for you.

-o seconds--timeout=seconds: Turns output off after seconds of inactivity. (default: 0 - no timeout)
-r,--resident: Stays resident ; doesn't stop at the end of file. It works only if input_file isn't STDIN.
-g,--emulate-gm: Selects GM mode (default).
-m,--emulate-mt: Selects MT32 mode.
-d device,--device=device: Comma-separated list of devices to use for output.
-l,--list-devices: Lists devices.
-h: Displays a help message.

-f,--file filename: Sets the .MID output filename. Default: midid.mid.
-t bpm,--tempo=bpm: Sets the tempo (beats/minute). Default: 120.
-q tickrate,--tick-rate=tickrate: Sets the number of ticks/quarter note. Default: 144.

-s server,--server-name=server,: Sets the timidity(1) server host name. Default: localhost.
-p port,--port=port: Sets the timidity(1) server control port. Default: 0. Specifying 0 enables the standalone mode: midid will attempt to start and configure timidity(1) itself.

-B path,--timidity-bin=path: Sets the timidity binary path.
-A args,--timidity-args=args: Specifies some extra arguments to pass to timidity(1) . Default: -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0 -EFresamp=1 -EFvlpf=0 -EFns=0.
-M,--timidity-mono: Tells timidity(1) to produce mono sound instead of stereo.
-L,--timidity-low: Tells timidity(1) to produce the low-q 8bit sound instead of the 16bit.
-U,--timidity-uns: Tells timidity(1) to produce the unsigned samples instead of the signed ones.
-F rate,--timidity-freq=rate: Sets the sampling rate for timidity(1).
-C,--timidity-capture: Enables the capturing mode: the data produced by timidity(1) gets captured by midid and forwarded to stdout. You won't hear any sound in that mode.

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