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NAME

       aplaymidi - play Standard MIDI Files

SYNOPSIS

       aplaymidi -p client:port[,...] [-d delay] midifile ...

DESCRIPTION

       aplaymidi is a command-line utility that plays the specified MIDI file(s) to one or more ALSA sequencer ports.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help
	      Prints a list of options.

       -V, --version
	      Prints the current version.

       -l, --list
	      Prints a list of possible output ports.

       -p, --port=client:port,...
	      Sets the sequencer port(s) to which the events in the MIDI file(s) are sent.

	      A  client  can  be  specified  by  its number, its name, or a prefix of its name. A port is specified by its number; for port 0 of a
	      client, the ":0" part of the port specification can be omitted.

	      Multiple ports can be specified to allow playback of MIDI file(s) that contain events for multiple devices (ports), as specified	by
	      "Port Number" meta events.

	      For compatibility with pmidi(1), the port specification is taken from the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS environment variable if none is given on
	      the command line.

       -d, --delay=seconds
	      Specifies how long to wait after the end of each MIDI file, to allow the last notes to die away.

BUGS

       aplaymidi handles "Port Number" meta events, but not "Port Name" meta events.

SEE ALSO

       pmidi(1)
       playmidi(1)

AUTHOR

       Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>

								    2 Nov 2011							      APLAYMIDI(1)