midid1

Standard options

-o seconds--timeout=seconds

Turns output off after seconds of inactivity. (default: 0 - no timeout)

-r,--resident

Stays resident ; doesn't stop at the end of file. It works only if input_file isn't STDIN.

-g,--emulate-gm

Selects GM mode (default).

-m,--emulate-mt

Selects MT32 mode.

-d device,--device=device

Comma-separated list of devices to use for output.

-l,--list-devices

Lists devices.

-h

Displays a help message.

Options for .MID file output device

-f,--file filename

Sets the .MID output filename. Default: midid.mid.

-t bpm,--tempo=bpm

Sets the tempo (beats/minute). Default: 120.

-q tickrate,--tick-rate=tickrate

Sets the number of ticks/quarter note. Default: 144.

Options for timidity(1) client

-s server,--server-name=server,

Sets the timidity(1) server host name. Default: localhost.

-p port,--port=port

Sets the timidity(1) server control port. Default: 0. Specifying 0 enables the standalone mode: midid will attempt to start and configure timidity(1) itself.

Options for using standalone mode with timidity(1)

-B path,--timidity-bin=path

Sets the timidity binary path.

-A args,--timidity-args=args

Specifies some extra arguments to pass to timidity(1) . Default: -EFreverb=0 -EFchorus=0 -EFresamp=1 -EFvlpf=0 -EFns=0.

-M,--timidity-mono

Tells timidity(1) to produce mono sound instead of stereo.

-L,--timidity-low

Tells timidity(1) to produce the low-q 8bit sound instead of the 16bit.

-U,--timidity-uns

Tells timidity(1) to produce the unsigned samples instead of the signed ones.

-F rate,--timidity-freq=rate

Sets the sampling rate for timidity(1).

-C,--timidity-capture

Enables the capturing mode: the data produced by timidity(1) gets captured by midid and forwarded to stdout. You won't hear any sound in that mode.