[LAU] Midi player

[Lorenzo Sutton]

On 11/07/14 23:35, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> Just wondering if there is a better (or even worse) command line MIDI
> file player other than timidity?

Fluidsynth can play midi files with a selected soundfont, e.g:

$ fluidsynth -a alsa -i /path/to/soundfont.sf2  mymidifile.mid

to play using alsa as audio driver.

Or simply:

$ fluidsynth -j -i /path/to/soundfont.sf2  mymidifile.mid

to play through jack (default audio driver, the -j switch attempts to 
connect fluidsynth to jack outputs..)

Hope this helps.
Lorenzo.



>
> timidity seems to work okay, but it seems to be pretty much abandonware
> with little or no updates over the last 10 years. Not to mention it's
> totally confusing set of options. OTOH, it seems to be pretty solid and
> works for me. So, maybe I should leave things alone :)
>
> Most of the time I play my midi files though a real synth, but there are
> times when using software is nice. Never sounds as good to my ears ...
> and I have to assume the software or the sound files?
>
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