MIDIPLAY(1) BSD General Commands Manual MIDIPLAY(1)NAME
midiplay -- play MIDI and RMID files
SYNOPSIS
midiplay [-d devno] [-f file] [-l] [-m] [-p pgm] [-q] [-t tempo] [-v] [-x] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
The midiplay command plays MIDI and RMID files using the sequencer device. If no file name is given it will play from standard input, other-
wise it will play the named files.
RMID files are Standard MIDI Files embedded in a RIFF container and can usually be found with the 'rmi' extension. They contain some addi-
tional information in other chunks which are not parsed by midiplay yet.
The program accepts the following options:
-d devno specifies the number of the MIDI device used for output (as listed by the -l flag). There is no way at present to have midiplay
map playback to more than one device. The default is device is given by environment variable MIDIUNIT.
-f file specifies the name of the sequencer device.
-l list the possible devices without playing anything.
-m show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc).
-p pgm force all channels to play with the single specified program (or instrument patch, range 1-128). Program change events in the
file will be suppressed. There is no way at present to have midiplay selectively map channels or instruments.
-q specifies that the MIDI file should not be played, just parsed.
-t tempo-adjust
specifies an adjustment (in percent) to the tempi recorded in the file. The default of 100 plays as specified in the file, 50
halves every tempo, and so on.
-v be verbose. If the flag is repeated the verbosity increases.
-x play a small sample sound instead of a file.
A file containing no tempo indication will be played as if it specified 150 beats per minute. You have been warned.
ENVIRONMENT
MIDIUNIT the default number of the MIDI device used for output. The default is 0.
FILES
/dev/music MIDI sequencer device
SEE ALSO midi(4)HISTORY
The midiplay command first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.
BUGS
It may take a long while before playing stops when midiplay is interrupted, as the data already buffered in the sequencer will contain timing
events.
BSD January 16, 2010 BSD
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ARECORDMIDI(1) General Commands Manual ARECORDMIDI(1)NAME
arecordmidi - record Standard MIDI Files
SYNOPSIS
arecordmidi -p client:port[,...] [options] midifile
DESCRIPTION
arecordmidi is a command-line utility that records a Standard MIDI File from one or more ALSA sequencer ports.
To stop recording, press Ctrl+C.
OPTIONS -h,--help
Prints a list of options.
-V,--version
Prints the current version.
-l,--list
Prints a list of possible input ports.
-p,--port=client:port,...
Sets the sequencer port(s) from which events are recorded.
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.
-b,--bpm=beats
Sets the musical tempo of the MIDI file, in beats per minute. The default value is 120 BPM.
-f,--fps=frames
Sets the SMPTE resolution, in frames per second. Possible values are 24, 25, 29.97 (for 30 drop-frame), and 30.
-t,--ticks=ticks
Sets the resolution of timestamps (ticks) in the MIDI file, in ticks per beat (when using musical tempo) or ticks per frame (when
using SMPTE timing). The default value is 384 ticks/beat or 40 ticks/frame, respectively.
-s,--split-channels
Specifies that the data for each MIDI channel should be written to a separate track in the MIDI file. This will result in a "format
1" file. Otherwise, when there is only one track, arecordmidi will generate a "format 0" file.
-m,--metronome=client:port
Plays a metronome signal on the specified sequencer port.
Metronome sounds are played on channel 10, MIDI notes 33 & 34 (GM2/GS/XG metronome standard notes), with velocity 100 and duration
1.
-i,--timesig=numerator:denominator
Sets the time signature for the MIDI file and metronome.
The time signature is specified as usual with two numbers, representing the numerator and denominator of the time signature as it
would be notated. The denominator must be a power of two. Both numbers should be separated by a colon. The time signature is 4:4 by
default.
AUTHOR
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
17 Sep 2007 ARECORDMIDI(1)