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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Simple Midi Need Post 302941573 by Priscus on Friday 17th of April 2015 12:07:59 PM
Old 04-17-2015
Simple Midi Need

In MS Windows Media Player, I can open a MIDI file (.mid), and in 'Sound' sub section of control panel, I can direct an external USB device to play it.

I do not seem to be able to find any SIMPLE way to do this in Linux: the Ubuntu Midi info says it is applicable UNLESS you are using external instrument. Says nothing about what to do if you are.

I am using Linux Mint 17.1 Cinnamon 64bit.

I require to output MIDI data via USB to a Roland UM1 (edirol), which interfaces to my Yamaha keyboards.

I do not want a synth, such as 'TIMIDITY': I need a MIDI output stream, not Audio. Nor do I need to edit or in any way interact with the content.

I do not need the sophisticated features that suites for music production offer.

I do not want to install stuff that will mess up my sound, as I do not want it to output any audio. (I gather Rosegarden/ ALSA would do)

It is not obvious to me, that anything offered by 'Software Manager' will do this for me.

I would be most grateful for any suggestion.

I am keeping an MS W system alive just, (and only) to play MIDIs on my keyboards. There must be a better way.
 

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APLAYMIDI(1)						      General Commands Manual						      APLAYMIDI(1)

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. 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. SEE ALSO
pmidi(1) playmidi(1) AUTHOR
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> 15 Feb 2004 APLAYMIDI(1)
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