Manual: amidi

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NAME
       amidi - read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports

SYNOPSIS
       amidi [-p port] [-s file | -S data] [-r file] [-d] [-t seconds] [-a]

DESCRIPTION
       amidi  is  a command-line utility which allows one to receive and send SysEx (system exclusive) data from/to external
       MIDI devices.  It can also send any other MIDI commands.

       amidi handles only files containing raw MIDI commands, without timing information.  amidi does not  support  Standard
       MIDI (.mid) files, but aplaymidi(1) and arecordmidi(1) do.

OPTIONS
       Use  the	 -h,  -V,  -l, or -L options to display information; or use at least one of the -s, -r, -S, or -d options to
       specify what data to send or receive.

       -h, --help
	      Help: prints a list of options.

       -V, --version
	      Prints the current version.

       -l, --list-devices
	      Prints a list of all hardware MIDI ports.

       -x, --list-inactive
	      Use together with -l option.  Print all MIDI ports including inactive ports.

       -L, --list-rawmidis
	      Prints all RawMIDI definitions.  (used when debugging configuration files)

       -p, --port=name
	      Sets the name of the ALSA RawMIDI port to use.  If this is not specified, amidi uses the default port  defined
	      in the configuration file (the default for this is port 0 on card 0, which may not exist).

       -s, --send=filename
	      Sends  the  contents  of the specified file to the MIDI port.  The file must contain raw MIDI commands (e.g. a
	      .syx file); for Standard MIDI (.mid) files, use aplaymidi(1).

       -r, --receive=filename
	      Writes data received from the MIDI port into the specified file.	The file  will	contain	 raw  MIDI  commands
	      (such as in a .syx file); to record a Standard MIDI (.mid) file, use arecordmidi(1).

	      amidi  will  filter  out	any Active Sensing and Clock bytes (FEh, F8h), unless the -a or -c options have been
	      given.

       -S, --send-hex="..."
	      Sends the bytes specified as hexadecimal numbers to the MIDI port.

       -d, --dump
	      Prints data received from the MIDI port as hexadecimal bytes.  Active Sensing and Clock bytes (FEh, F8h)	will
	      not be shown, unless the -a or -c options have been given.

	      This option is useful for debugging.

       -t, --timeout=seconds
	      Stops receiving data when no data has been received for the specified amount of time.

	      If this option has not been given, you must press Ctrl+C (or kill amidi) to stop receiving data.

       -a, --active-sensing
	      Does not ignore Active Sensing bytes (FEh) when saving or printing received MIDI commands.

       -c, --clock
	      Does not ignore Clock bytes (F8h) when saving or printing received MIDI commands.

       -i, --sysex-interval=mseconds
	      Adds  a  delay  in between each SysEx message sent to a device. It is useful when sending firmware updates via
	      SysEx messages to a remote device.

EXAMPLES
       amidi -p hw:0 -s my_settings.syx
	      will send the MIDI commands in my_settings.syx to port hw:0.

       amidi -p hw:1,0,0 -s firmware.syx -i 100
	      will send the MIDI commands in firmware.syx to port hw:1,0,0 with 100 milliseconds delay in between each SysEx
	      message.

       amidi -S 'F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7'
	      sends an XG Reset to the default port.

       amidi -p hw:1,2 -S F0411042110C000000000074F7 -r dump.syx -t 1
	      sends a “Parameter Dump Request” to a GS device, saves the received parameter data to the file  dump.syx,	 and
	      stops after the device has finished sending data (when no data has been received for one second).

       amidi -p virtual -d
	      creates a virtual RawMIDI port and prints all data sent to this port.

FILES
       /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf default rawmidi definitions
       /etc/asound.conf system-wide rawmidi definitions
       ~/.asoundrc user specific rawmidi definitions

SEE ALSO
       aplaymidi(1)
       arecordmidi(1)

AUTHOR
       Clemens Ladisch 

							 30 Aug 2016						    AMIDI(1)