Playmidi 2.3 Quick Start Instructions
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Be sure to read the REAME.1ST for install instructions. This file
explains all of the options for running playmidi, and options while
playmidi is running. A better manpage will be written in a future
release.
My personal preferred options for playmidi and explanations thereof:
playmidi -rR111 -C111 -D0 ~ftp/midi/gmidi/General_MIDI/CLASSIC/*.mid
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| | | | list of files to play
| | | my system has 3 midi interfaces, use first one
| | initial midi chorus value of 111 (scale 0-127, 0=off)
| initial midi reverb value of 111 (scale is 0-127, 0=off)
real time playback graphics (assumed for splaymidi/xplaymidi)
Version specific features:
playmidi -r example playback screen:
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instrument name
| Percussion channel
| | song timer
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mar pic flu bas cla eng fre tro tru ORC syn tub tim mar syn gun 13:25.5
Playmidi 2.3
G5 G5 G5 by
Nathan Laredo
Eb7 Eb7 1812.mid
Eb5 Eb5 Eb5 30 tracks
Eb3 Eb3 Eb3
sna skew=1.00
Adapted and Se
Bb6 Robert C. Good
Bb4 Bb4 1995
G6 Violins
G4 G4 Sostennuto Str
Tremolo String
cym Violas
Eb6 Cellos
Eb4 Eb4 Basses
Guns
1812 OVERTURE
by P. I. Tscha
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Text events
Left Arrow and Right Arrow change skew (warp playback speed)
Up Arrow repeats current song
Page Up skips to previous song
Q, ^C or ESC will exit
^L or ^R will repaint screen
Any key other than above will skip to next song
xplaymidi display:
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xplaymidi does not require -r option, xplaymidi may be used with -v option
to echo text events to controlling terminal (usually xterm).
X interface is fairly intuitive, no keyboard commands are required or
implemented (with the exception of control-s to search the file text events)
Application defaults may be changed to bind keys to buttons if desired.
Enjoy, and as always if you like this program, please send me email
and let me know that you are using it. It encourages me to make future
more frequent releases with more enhancements. If you find any bugs
not listed in the BUGS file, please let me know.
If you have trouble with a specific midi file that another player can
play and playmidi has trouble with, please email me the name of the file,
I have a collection of over 15000 midi files so chances are i have the
file already and there's no need for you to send me a uuencoded file
to debug with. Playmidi can handle some pretty nastily corrupted
midi files, but it may seg fault on others, I'm working on that too.
Join the new playmidi mailing list:
e-mail "subscribe linux-playmidi" to majordomo@majordomo.nether.net
You'll find announcements for new and testing versions, as well as
a good forum for communicating with other playmidi users.
Nathan Laredo
laredo@gnu.org
PS. HAVE FUN!
PPS. If you really want to make my day, send me a postcard from wherever
you live and use playmidi.
mail: PSC#1, Box 709, 2401 Kelly Drive, Lackland AFB, TX 78236-5128 USA
