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AMIDI(1) General Commands Manual AMIDI(1) NAME
amidi - read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports SYNOPSIS
amidi [-p port] [-s file | -S data] [-r file] [-d] [-t seconds] [-a] DESCRIPTION
amidi is a command-line utility which allows one to receive and send SysEx (system exclusive) data from/to external MIDI devices. It can also send any other MIDI commands. amidi handles only files containing raw MIDI commands, without timing information. amidi does not support Standard MIDI (.mid) files, but aplaymidi(1) and arecordmidi(1) do. OPTIONS
Use the -h, -V, -l, or -L options to display information; or use at least one of the -s, -r, -S, or -d options to specify what data to send or receive. -h, --help Help: prints a list of options. -V, --version Prints the current version. -l, --list-devices Prints a list of all hardware MIDI ports. -L, --list-rawmidis Prints all RawMIDI definitions. (used when debugging configuration files) -p, --port=name Sets the name of the ALSA RawMIDI port to use. If this is not specified, amidi uses the default port defined in the configuration file (the default for this is port 0 on card 0, which may not exist). -s, --send=filename Sends the contents of the specified file to the MIDI port. The file must contain raw MIDI commands (e.g. a .syx file); for Standard MIDI (.mid) files, use aplaymidi(1). -r, --receive=filename Writes data received from the MIDI port into the specified file. The file will contain raw MIDI commands (such as in a .syx file); to record a Standard MIDI (.mid) file, use arecordmidi(1). amidi will filter out any Active Sensing bytes (FEh), unless the -a option has been given. -S, --send-hex="..." Sends the bytes specified as hexadecimal numbers to the MIDI port. -d, --dump Prints data received from the MIDI port as hexadecimal bytes. Active Sensing bytes (FEh) will not be shown, unless the -a option has been given. This option is useful for debugging. -t, --timeout=seconds Stops receiving data when no data has been received for the specified amount of time. If this option has not been given, you must press Ctrl+C (or kill amidi) to stop receiving data. -a, --active-sensing Does not ignore Active Sensing bytes (FEh) when saving or printing received MIDI commands. EXAMPLES
amidi -p hw:0 -s my_settings.syx will send the MIDI commands in my_settings.syx to port hw:0. amidi -S 'F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7' sends an XG Reset to the default port. amidi -p hw:1,2 -S F0411042110C000000000074F7 -r dump.syx -t 1 sends a "Parameter Dump Request" to a GS device, saves the received parameter data to the file dump.syx, and stops after the device has finished sending data (when no data has been received for one second). amidi -p virtual -d creates a virtual RawMIDI port and prints all data sent to this port. FILES
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf default rawmidi definitions /etc/asound.conf system-wide rawmidi definitions ~/.asoundrc user specific rawmidi definitions SEE ALSO
aplaymidi(1) arecordmidi(1) AUTHOR
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de> 26 Jun 2006 AMIDI(1)
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MIDICOPY(1) General Commands Manual MIDICOPY(1) NAME
midicopy - Copy selected track, channel, time interval of a MIDI file to another MIDI file SYNOPSIS
midicopy [-ver] [-trks n1,n2,..] [-chans n1,n2,...] [-from n (in midi ticks)] [-to n (in midi ticks)] [-fromsec %f n (in seconds)] [-tosec n (in seconds)] [-frombeat %f n (in beats)] [-tosec n (in beats)] [-replace trk,loc,val] input.mid output.mid DESCRIPTION
midicopy is used to copy part of a MIDI file to another MIDI file. You can select a particular time interval, particular channels, and par- ticular tracks or any combinations. If one or both of the run time parameters -from or -to are included, the program returns the playing time in seconds of the output file. Midicopy was developed by Seymour Shlien from the midifilelib distribution available from http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/midifilelib.tar.gz. OPTIONS
-ver prints version number and then exits -trks n Selects the tracks to be copied where the track numbers start from 1. If more than one track is specified, they should be separated by commas. You should always copy track 1 since by convention it contains information pertinent to all the other tracks. By default all tracks are copied unless you specify particular tracks using this run time parameter. -chns n Like above, it specifies the MIDI channels to be copied. By default all channels are copied. Channel numbers also start from 1. -from n The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from midi pulse number n. By default it will start from time zero or the beginning of the MIDI file. -to n Stops copying all events after midi pulse number n. By default the file is copied to the end. -frombeat n The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from quarter beat number n. By default it will start from time zero or the begin- ning of the MIDI file. -tobeat n Stops copying all events after quarter beat number n. By default the file is copied to the end. -fromsec n The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from time n in seconds. -tosec n Stops copying all events after time n in seconds. These two options (-fromsec and -tosec) do not work accurately if the MIDI file has more than one tempo command. Only the first one is used for converting seconds into MIDI pulse units. It is therefore prefer- able to use the -from and -to options. -replace trk,loc,val This option should be used alone. Midicopy will copy the entire file verbatim except it will replace a byte by val, where the byte is located in the specified track (trk) and specified position (loc). Commonly this function is used for changing a particular MIDI program number (instrument) associated with a channel. You need to know the byte count in the track of that parameter in order to use this function, EXAMPLE
midicopy.exe -trks 1,5 -from 2669 -to 8634 uzicko.mid fragment.mid Midicopy will copy tracks 1 and 5 starting from midi pulse position 2669 and ending at MIDI pulse position 8634. SEE ALSO
abcmtex(1), abc2abc(1), abc2midi(1), midi2abc(1) ,yaps(1) AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Seymour Shlien. VERSION
This man page describes midicopy version 1.04 from September 19 2005. MIDICOPY(1)