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6 amidi - read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
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10 amidi [-p port] [-s file | -S data] [-r file] [-d] [-t seconds] [-a]
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14 amidi is a command-line utility which allows to receive and send SysEx
15 (system exclusive) data from/to external MIDI devices. It can also
16 send any other MIDI commands.
17 amidi handles only files containing raw MIDI commands, without timing
19 information. amidi does not support Standard MIDI (.mid) files, but
20 aplaymidi(1) and arecordmidi(1) do.
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24 Use the -h, -V, -l, or -L options to display information; or use at
25 least one of the -s, -r, -S, or -d options to specify what data to send
26 or receive.
27 -h, --help
30 Help: prints a list of options.
31 -V, --version
34 Prints the current version.
35 -l, --list-devices
38 Prints a list of all hardware MIDI ports.
39 -L, --list-rawmidis
42 Prints all RawMIDI definitions. (used when debugging configura‐
43 tion files)
44 -p, --port=name
47 Sets the name of the ALSA RawMIDI port to use. If this is not
48 specified, amidi uses the default port defined in the configura‐
49 tion file (the default for this is port 0 on card 0, which may
50 not exist).
51 -s, --send=filename
54 Sends the contents of the specified file to the MIDI port. The
55 file must contain raw MIDI commands (e.g. a .syx file); for
56 Standard MIDI (.mid) files, use aplaymidi(1).
57 -r, --receive=filename
60 Writes data received from the MIDI port into the specified file.
61 The file will contain raw MIDI commands (such as in a .syx
62 file); to record a Standard MIDI (.mid) file, use arecord‐
63 midi(1).
64 amidi will filter out any Active Sensing bytes (FEh), unless the
66 -a option has been given.
67 -S, --send-hex="..."
70 Sends the bytes specified as hexadecimal numbers to the MIDI
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72 -d, --dump
75 Prints data received from the MIDI port as hexadecimal bytes.
76 Active Sensing bytes (FEh) will not be shown, unless the -a
77 option has been given.
78 This option is useful for debugging.
80 -t, --timeout=seconds
83 Stops receiving data when no data has been received for the
84 specified amount of time.
85 If this option has not been given, you must press Ctrl+C (or
87 kill amidi) to stop receiving data.
88 -a, --active-sensing
91 Does not ignore Active Sensing bytes (FEh) when saving or print‐
92 ing received MIDI commands.
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96 amidi -p hw:0 -s my_settings.syx
97 will send the MIDI commands in my_settings.syx to port hw:0.
98 amidi -S 'F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7'
101 sends an XG Reset to the default port.
102 amidi -p hw:1,2 -S F0411042110C000000000074F7 -r dump.syx -t 1
105 sends a “Parameter Dump Request” to a GS device, saves the
106 received parameter data to the file dump.syx, and stops after
107 the device has finished sending data (when no data has been
108 received for one second).
109 amidi -p virtual -d
112 creates a virtual RawMIDI port and prints all data sent to this
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117 /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf default rawmidi definitions
118 /etc/asound.conf system-wide rawmidi definitions
119 ~/.asoundrc user specific rawmidi definitions
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123 aplaymidi(1)
124 arecordmidi(1)
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128 Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
129 26 Jun 2006 AMIDI(1)