---
name: "livedings"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mididings"
version: "20260601-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/livedings"
---

# livedings(1)

A graphical frontend for mididings

## NAME

livedings - A graphical frontend for mididings

## DESCRIPTION

livedings is a graphical front end that allows you to monitor and trigger scene changes. It runs as a separate application that uses OSC to communicate with mididings.

By default, livedings uses the standard Tk theme. Specify the -T option to switch to a custom theme with higher contrast and larger fonts. See livedings --help for more options.

The buttons at the bottom of the screen can be used to switch to the previous/next scene, previous/next subscene, and to send all-notes-off messages (panic) on all output ports. It’s also possible to use the arrow keys to switch scenes (up/down) and subscenes (left/right).

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **-p** *port*

  OSC port mididings is listening on (56418)

- **-l** *port*

  OSC port for notifications from mididings (56419)

- **-T**

  enable custom theme and larger fonts

- **-x** *width*

  width of window in pixels (640)

- **-y** *height*

  height of window in pixels (400)

- **-w** *width*

  width of scene list in pixels (240)

- **-F** *font*

  display font (Sans 14 bold)

- **-f** *font*

  scene list font (Sans 10)

- **-c** *color*

  text color (gray50)

- **-C** *color*

  highlight text color (black)

- **-b** *color*

  background color

- **-n** *name*

  name to be shown in window title

## SEE ALSO

See the online documentation at https://mididings.github.io/mididings/ for current information on mididings and its related tools.

## BUGS

Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, submit a bug report with as much detail as possible at https://github.com/mididings/mididings/issues.