---
name: "kmidimon"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kmidimon"
version: "1.4.1-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kmidimon"
---

# kmidimon(1)

Drumstick MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and QT user interface

## NAME

**kmidimon** - Drumstick MIDI monitor using ALSA sequencer and QT user interface

## SYNOPSIS

**kmidimon** \[ options \] \[ file \]

## DESCRIPTION

Drumstick MIDI Monitor records events coming from a MIDI external port or application via the ALSA sequencer, or stored as Standard MIDI Files (SMF), RIFF MIDI (RMI) or Cakewalk (WRK) files. It is especially useful if you want to debug MIDI software or your MIDI setup. It features a nice graphical user interface, customizable event filters and sequencer parameters, support for all MIDI messages and some ALSA messages, and saving the recorded event list to a text file or SMF.

### Generic options

- `--help`

  Show help about options

- `--help-all`

  Show all options

- `-v`,`--version`

  Show version information

### QT options

The following options apply to all Qt5 applications.

- `-style=` style / `-style` style

  Set the application GUI style. Possible values depend on the system configuration. If Qt is compiled with additional styles or has additional styles as plugins these will be available to the `-style` command line option.

- `-stylesheet=` stylesheet / `-stylesheet` stylesheet

  Set the application styleSheet. The value must be a path to a file that contains the Style Sheet.

- `-widgetcount`

  Print debug message at the end about number of widgets left undestroyed and maximum number of widgets existed at the same time.

- `-reverse`

  Set the application’s layout direction to Qt::RightToLeft. This option is intended to aid debugging and should not be used in production. The default value is automatically detected from the user’s locale (see also QLocale::textDirection()).

- `-platform` platformName\[:options\]

  Specify the Qt Platform Abstraction (QPA) plugin.

- `-platformpluginpath` path

  Specify the path to platform plugins.

- `-platformtheme` platformTheme

  Specify the platform theme.

- `-plugin` plugin

  Specify additional plugins to load. The argument may appear multiple times.

- `-qwindowgeometry` geometry

  Specify the window geometry for the main window using the X11-syntax. For example: -qwindowgeometry 100x100+50+50

- `-qwindowicon` icon

  Set the default window icon.

- `-qwindowtitle` title

  Set the title of the first window.

- `-session` session

  Restore the application from an earlier session.

- `-display` hostname:screen\_number

  Switch displays on X11. Overrides the DISPLAY environment variable.

- `-geometry` geometry

  Specify the window geometry for the main window on X11. For example: -geometry 100x100+50+50

- `-fontengine=` freetype

  Use the FreeType font engine.

### Arguments

- `file`

  Input SMF/RMI/KAR/WRK file name.

## BUGS

See Tickets at Sourceforge ⟨https://sourceforge.net/p/kmidimon/⟩\\c

## SEE ALSO

**qt5options (7)**

## LICENSE

This manual page was written by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas ⟨plcl@users.sourceforge.net⟩\\c  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; considering as source code all the file that enable the production of this manpage.

## AUTHORS

Pedro López-Cabanillas ⟨plcl@users.sf.net⟩\\c.