Manual: aplaymidi2

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NAME
       aplaymidi2 - play MIDI Clip Files

SYNOPSIS
       aplaymidi2 -p client:port[,...] midi2file ...

DESCRIPTION
       aplaymidi2 is a command-line utility that plays the specified MIDI Clip file(s) to one or more ALSA sequencer ports.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	      Prints a list of options.

       -V, --version
	      Prints the current version.

       -p, --port=client:port,...
	      Sets the sequencer port(s) to which the events in the MIDI Clip file(s) are sent.

	      A client can be specified by its number, its name, or a prefix of its name. A port is specified by its number;
	      for port 0 of a client, the ":0" part of the port specification can be omitted.

	      Multiple	ports  can  be specified to allow playback of MIDI Clip file(s) that contain events for multiple de‐
	      vices (ports) corresponding to the multiple UMP Groups.

	      For compatibility with pmidi(1), the port specification is taken from the ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS environment  vari‐
	      able if none is given on the command line.

	      aplaymidi2  supports  only  basic UMP events: in addition to the standard MIDI1 and MIDI2 CVMs and 7bit SysEx,
	      only the following are supported: DCTPQ, DC, Set Tempo, Start Clip, End Clip.  Lyrics and other meta  data  in
	      Flex Data are printed, too, unless -s option is given.

	      The  multiple  output  ports  are	 useful	 when the given MIDI Clip file contains the UMP packets for multiple
	      Groups.  When the destination port is a UMP MIDI 2.0 port, the single connection should suffice, though, since
	      a MIDI 2.0 port can process the inputs for multiple Groups.  For other cases (e.g. connecting to a legacy MIDI
	      port), you would need to specify the destination port per Group.	If undefined, it's sent to the first  desti‐
	      nation port as default.

       -d, --delay=seconds
	      Specifies how long to wait after the end of each MIDI Clip file, to allow the last notes to die away.  Default
	      is 2 seconds.

       -s, --silent
	      Don't show message texts.

       -a, --passall
	      Pass all UMP packets as is.

	      As default, aplaymidi2 passes only MIDI1 and MIDI2 channel voice messages and process other UMP packets inter‐
	      nally.  With this option, it passes all UMP packets to the target.

SEE ALSO
       pmidi(1)
       aplaymidi(1)

AUTHOR
       Takashi Iwai 

							 4 July 2024					       APLAYMIDI2(1)