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TiMidity++ -- MIDI to WAVE converter and player |
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Masanao Izumo |
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<mo@goice.co.jp> |
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Apr.28.1999 |
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version 2.0.0 or lator |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public |
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; |
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either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any |
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later version. |
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or |
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modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public |
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; |
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either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any |
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later version. |
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The original version of this program was written by Tuuka Tiovonen |
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<tt@cgs.fi> until TiMidity 0.2i (he discontinued development |
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because he was too busy with work). Masanao Izumo <mo@goice.co.jp> and |
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other people began to hack it, then we officially released the new |
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version, which is called TiMidity++. |
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TiMidity was originally a converter that converted MIDI files to WAV |
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audio files. But now TiMidity++ is not only a converter but also a |
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real-time player that can play a MIDI file in real time. TiMidity does |
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not requires an external MIDI instrument module to play MIDI file; it can |
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perform with software power only. |
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TiMidity++ uses GUS/patch (Glavis Ultrasound) as the voice data to play. |
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It can also handle SoundFont data for voice data. |
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*Features of TiMidity++: |
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- Plays MIDI files without external MIDI instruments |
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- Converts MIDI files to various audio file formats |
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(ex. wav, au, etc.) |
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- Uses GUS/patch and SoundFont for voice data |
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- Displays some information about the music data during playback |
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- Various user interfaces are available (ncurses, motif, xaw, etc..) |
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- Plays MIDI files over a network |
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- Plays MIDI files in archive files |
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- Plays not only SMF files but also MOD, RCP/R36/G18/G36 |
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- Can handle 32 channel data |
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- Can handle user interfaces as dynamically linked modules |
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- Can display a sound spectrogram |
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- Automatically detects the mode of a MIDI file (GM/GS/XG) |
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- Automatically detects drum channels (GS/XG) |
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- Trace playing |
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- Low load |
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- The following MIDI events are supported: |
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NoteOn/Off, KeyPressure, Program, ChannelPressure, Pitchwheel, |
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ToneBank, ModulationWheel, MainVolume, Panning, Expression, |
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Sustain, Portamento, DataEntry, ReverbEffect, ChorusEffect, |
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RPN+/-, NRPN, RPN, AllSoundsOff, ResetControllers, AllNotesOff, |
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Mono/Poly Part, RandomPan, KeyShift, |
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TempoChange, Lyric, InsertText, KARAOKE-Part(@KMIDI), |
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MasterVolume, MIDI-Reset, SystemExclusiveMessages |
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*Usage: |
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-format: timidity [options] midi-filenames |
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-option: |
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-A amplification |
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Multiplies the master volume by amplification %. |
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Default value is 70%. The grater number of amplification |
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makes louder sounds. Range of the amplification is from 0 to 800%. |
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-a Turns on anti-aliasing. Samples are run through a |
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low-pass filter before playing, which reduces aliasing |
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noise at low resampling frequencies. |
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-B fragments |
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For the Linux / FreeBSD / OSS / Windows sound |
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driver, selects the number of buffer fragments |
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in interactive mode. Increasing the number of |
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fragments may reduce choppiness when many proc- |
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esses are running. It will make TiMidity++ seem to |
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respond sluggishly to fast forward, rewind, and |
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volume controls, and it will throw the status |
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display off sync. Specify a fragments of 0 to use |
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the maximum number of fragments available. |
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-b mode |
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Enables pseudo surround effects. mode parameters |
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are the following: |
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-bl Sounds are comes mainly from left. |
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-br Sounds are comes mainly from right. |
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-bb Sounds are comes left and right in random. |
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-bc Disables this feature. |
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-C ratio |
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Sets the ratio of sampling and control frequencies. |
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This determines how often envelopes are recalcu- |
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lated -- small ratios yield better quality but use |
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more CPU time. |
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-c filename |
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Reads an extra configuration file. |
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-D channel |
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Marks channel as a drum channel. If channel is |
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negative, channel -channel is marked as an instru- |
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mental channel. If channel is 0, all channels are |
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marked as instrumental. |
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-d dir Specifies the directory contains installed dynamic- |
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link interface modules. |
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-e Make TiMidity++ evil. On Win32 version, this |
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increases the task priority by one. It can give |
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better playback when you switch tasks at the |
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expense of slowing all other tasks down. |
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-E mode |
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Set TiMidity++ extend modes. The following modes are |
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available (capitalized switch means disable this |
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feature): |
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w/W Enables/disables modulation controlling. |
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p/P Enables/disables portamento controlling. |
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v/V Enables/disables NRPM vibration. |
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r/R Enables/disables reverb effect controlling. |
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c/C Enables/disables chorus effect controlling. |
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c ratio |
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Sets the chorus effect value of all channels |
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to ratio. |
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s/S Enables/disables channel pressure control- |
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ling. |
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t/T Enables/disables tracing all Text Meta |
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Events. |
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o/O Accepts/rejects pronouncing multiple same |
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notes. |
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m HH Sets the manufacture ID to HH ( HH is the |
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two hex-digits ). |
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In addition if HH is GM/gm , GS/gs or XG/xg |
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that are same as to 41 , 43 and 7e. |
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B bank Sets the bank number of all channels to |
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bank. |
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-F Turns on fast panning to accommodate MIDI pieces |
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that expect panning adjustments to affect notes |
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that are already playing. Some files that don't |
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expect this have a habit of flipping balance |
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rapidly between left and right, which can cause |
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severe popping when the -F flag is used. |
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In current versions of TiMidity++ this option are |
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toggled. |
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-f Toggles fast envelopes. This option makes TiMidity++ |
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do fast but the release time of the notes are |
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shorten. |
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-g sec Open the Sound-Spectrogram window. This option is |
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activated if the system has support for X Window |
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System. |
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-h Show the help message. |
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-I voice[/c] |
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Uses the program number as the default instrument. |
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Any Program Change events in MIDI files will over- |
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ride this option. |
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If the voice followed by /c the default program |
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number of the channel c is specified by the voice. |
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-i interface |
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Selects the user interfaces from the compiled-in |
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alternatives. interface must be begun with one of |
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the supported interface identifiers. Run TiMidity++ |
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with the -h option to see a list. The following |
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identifiers may be available: |
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-id dumb interface |
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-in ncurses interface |
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-is slang interface |
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-ia X Athena Widget interface |
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-ik Tcl/Tk interface |
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-im motif interface |
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-iT vt100 interface |
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-ie Emacs interface (press M-x timidity on |
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Emacs) |
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-ii skin interface |
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Environment variable TIMIDITY_SKIN must be |
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specified with path of the skin data(com- |
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pressed data are also available). |
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Interface options |
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Option characters may be added immediately |
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after the interface identifier. The follow- |
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ing options are recognized: |
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v Increases verbosity level. This option is |
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cumulative. |
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q Decreases verbosity level. This option is |
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cumulative. |
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t Toggles trace mode. In trace mode, TiMid- |
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ity attempts to display its current state |
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in real time. For the Linux sound driver, |
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this is accomplished through the use of |
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short DMA buffer fragments, which can be |
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tuned via the -B option. |
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-j This option enables to load the patch file while |
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playing. |
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-L directory |
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Adds directory to the library path. Patch, config- |
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uration, and MIDI files are searched along this |
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path. Directories added last will be searched |
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first. Note that the current directory is always |
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searched first before the library path. |
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-n degree |
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Enables Noise Shaping Filter. degree is from 0(min) |
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to 4(max). |
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-O mode |
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Selects the output mode from the compiled-in alter- |
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natives. mode must begin with one of the supported |
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output mode identifiers. Run TiMidity++ with the -h |
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option to see a list. The following identifiers |
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should be available in all versions: |
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-Od Output via audio device (default) |
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-Or Generate raw waveform data. All format |
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options are supported. Common formats |
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include: |
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-OrU uLaw |
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-Or1sl 16-bit signed linear PCM |
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-Or8ul 8-bit unsigned linear PCM |
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-Ou Generate Sun Audio (au) file |
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-Oa Generate AIFF file |
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-Ow Generate RIFF WAVE format output. If output |
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is directed to a non-seekable file, or if |
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TiMidity++ is interrupted before closing the |
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file, the file header will contain |
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0xFFFFFFFF in the RIFF and data block length |
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fields. The popular sound conversion util- |
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ity sox is able to read such malformed |
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files, so you can pipe data directly to sox |
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for on-the-fly conversion to other formats. |
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Format options |
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Option characters may be added immediately |
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after the mode identifier to change the out- |
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put format. The following options are rec- |
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ognized: |
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8 8-bit sample width |
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1 6-bit sample width |
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l Linear encoding |
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U uLaw (8-bit) encoding |
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M Monophonic |
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S Stereo |
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s Signed output |
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u Unsigned output |
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x Byte-swapped output |
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Note that some options have no effect on some |
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modes. For example, you cannot generate a byte- |
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swapped RIFF WAVE file, or force uLaw output on a |
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Linux PCM device. |
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-o filename |
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Place output on filename, which may be a file, |
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device, or HP-UX audio server, depending on the |
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output mode selected with the -O option. The spe- |
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cial filename ``-'' causes output to be placed on |
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stdout. |
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-p voices |
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Sets polyphony (maximum number of simultaneous |
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voices) to voices. |
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-Q channel |
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Causes channel to be quiet. If channel is nega- |
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tive, channel -channel is turned back on. If chan- |
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nel is 0, all channels are turned on. |
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-R value |
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Enables Pseudo Reverb Mode. value are the follow- |
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ing: |
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0 Long slight release |
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1 Long loud release |
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2 Short release |
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3 No release |
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-r This options causes another reverb effects. |
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-s frequency |
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Sets the resampling frequency(Hz or kHz). Not all |
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sound devices are capable of all frequencies -- an |
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approximate frequency may be selected, depending on |
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the implementation. |
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-U Instructs TiMidity++ to unload all instruments from |
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memory between MIDI files. This can reduce memory |
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requirements when playing many files in succession. |
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-w mode |
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Extend mode for MS-Windows. The following options are |
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available: |
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-wr Use rcpcv.dll to play RCP/R36 files. |
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-wR Not use rcpcv.dll (default). |
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-W mode |
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Play with WRD file. mode are the follwing: |
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x X Window System mode |
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t TTY mode |
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d Dumb mode (outputs WRD events directry) |
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- not traces WRD |
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WRD mode must be with trace mode(option -i?t) or timing of |
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WRD events are terrible. |
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-WR[opts] |
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Sets WRD options: |
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a1=b1,a2=b2, ... |
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Sets the WRD options. an is the name of option and |
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bn is the value. |
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-WRd=n |
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Emulates timing(@WAIT,@WMODE) bugs of the original |
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MIMPI player. The emulate level is following: |
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-WRd=0 |
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not emulates any bugs of MIMPI |
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-WRd=1 |
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only emulates some bugs (default) |
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-WRd=2 |
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emulates all known bugs |
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-WRF=filename |
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Uses filename as WRD file only |
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(input-file-name):r.wrd (like csh syntax) is not |
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available. |
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-WRf=filename |
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Uses filername as WRD file. |
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-x string |
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Configure TiMidity++ by the string. The format of |
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string is the same as timidity.cfg. |
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For example: |
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-x'bank 0\n0 violin.pat' |
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Sets the instrument number 0 to violin. |
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*Play the MIDI file in archive file: |
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TiMidity++ can play a file contained in various kinds of archive file. The |
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following archive formats are supported: |
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- tar (*.tar) |
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- gzipped tar (*.tar.gz, *.tgz) |
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- zip file (*.zip) |
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- lzh file (*.lzh) |
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If you want to specify a certain MIDI file in the archive, describe the |
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#<MIDI-filename> expression following the archive name. The |
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expressions after the # are allowed to use regular expressions (case |
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insensitive). Note that the single quotes are needed to prevent the |
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shell from misinterpreting the # character. For example: |
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timidity 'file.zip#file.mid' |
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Plays file.mid in file.zip |
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timidity 'file.lzh#*.mid' |
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Plays any files that match the regular |
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expression '*.mid' in file.zip |
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timidity 'file.tgz#*' |
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This expression is the same as |
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timidity 'file.tgz' |
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*Play the MIDI file over a network |
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TiMidity++ can access a file over a network. Supported network protocols |
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include HTTP, FTP and NNTP(NetNews); specify these as http://foo, |
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ftp://foo, and news://foo respectively. An archived file is also |
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accessible over a network. |
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With NNTP, if you specify a newsgroup in the message-ID field TiMidity++ |
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plays all MIDI files posted in the specified newsgroup. These MIDI files |
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must be encoded using uuencode or the Multipart encoded |
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uuencode/base64/hexbin. |
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*Availability: |
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The latest release of TiMidity++ are available in these sites: |
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http://www.goice.co.jp/member/mo/timidity/ |
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(Unix version; the developer's site) |
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http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~gb7t-ngm/timidity/ |
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(Macintosh version) |
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http://www2.off.ne.jp/~dai/timidity/timidity-izumo.html |
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(Windows version) |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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This document was translated from the original README.jp (written in Japanese). |
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Translator: NAGANO Daisuke <breeze_geo@geocities.co.jp> |
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(And modified by Masanao Izumo <mo@goice.co.jp>) |
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Proofreader: Mike Vanier (mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu) |
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If you have any comments on or corrections for this translation, |
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please tell us. |
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