---
name: "qmidinet"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "qmidinet"
version: "1.0.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/qmidinet"
---

# qmidinet(1)

MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast

## NAME

qmidinet - MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast

## SYNOPSIS

**qmidinet** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **qmidinet** command-line options.

**QmidiNet** is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA Sequencer) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast.

It was inspired by multimidicast (http://llg.cubic.org/tools) and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows (http://nerds.de).

## OPTIONS

**-n**, **--num-ports**=\[*num-ports*\]

-

  Use this number of ports (default = 1)

**-i**, **--interface**=\[*interface*\]

-

  Use specific network interface (default = any)

**-u**, **--udp-addr**=\[*address*\]

-

  Use specific network address (default = 225.0.0.37)

**-p**, **--udp-port**=\[*port*\]

-

  Use specific network port (default = 21928)

**-a**, **--alsa-midi**\[=*flag*\]

-

  Enable ALSA MIDI (0\|1\|yes\|no\|on\|off, default = yes)

**-j**, **--jack-midi**\[=*flag*\]

-

  Enable JACK MIDI (0\|1\|yes\|no\|on\|off, default = no)

**-g**, **--no-gui**

-

  Disable the graphical user interface (GUI)

**-?**, **--help**

-

  Displays help on command-line options.

**-v**, **--version**

-

  Show version information.

## FILES

Configuration settings are stored in ~/.config/rncbc.org/QmidiNet.conf

## AUTHOR

QmidiNet was written by Rui Nuno Capela.

This manual page was written by Alessio Treglia \<alessio@debian.org\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).