MIDI2MG(1) General Commands Manual MIDI2MG(1)NAME
midi2mg - convert a midi file into midge(1) text format.
SYNOPSIS
midi2mg [ options ] midi_file
DESCRIPTION
midi2mg reads a midi file and writes its contents to a file in midge(1) text format. It prints a message to stdout for any midi events it
can't handle.
OPTIONS -h or --help
Display help text.
-v or --verbose
Print verbose messages to stdout.
-q or --quiet
Quiet. No stdout.
-o file or --outfile file
Write output to file. Otherwise converts file.mid to file.mg Outputs to stdout if file is `-'. When outputting to stdout quiet mode
is automatically set unless verbose mode is set earlier on the command line.
-w or --ignore-wrong-track
Ignore MIDI events on the wrong channel instead of exiting.
-n i[,j...] or --include-tracks i[,j...]
Only convert the tracks in the comma separated list, with track numbers starting from 1.
-N i[,j...] or --exclude-tracks i[,j...]
Convert all tracks except those specified in the comma separated list.
-t n or --tuplet-factor n
An additional factor for files with odd note lengths, to prevent them being translated as decimals (n should be a prime number
greater than 3).
-F or --no-factorise
Do not factorise time values (may help to decipher unusual tuplet values).
BUGS
Does not correctly handle some text events.
Does not handle SMTPE style tempo events.
Does not handle changes of tempo/time_sig/key if these are on a separate tempo track.
SEE ALSO midge(1)AUTHOR
David Riley <dave@dmriley.demon.co.uk>
17 July 2006 MIDI2MG(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.
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