11 Jul
2014
11 Jul
'14
11:35 p.m.
Just wondering if there is a better (or even worse) command line MIDI file
player other than timidity?
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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12 Jul
12 Jul
12:46 a.m.
On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Bob van der Poel wrote:
Just wondering if there is a better (or even worse)
command line MIDI file player
other than timidity?
Have you looked at midish? Says it imports and exports standard MIDI
files. It does not have it's own synth module though you would have to
route it to a synth module for sound... maybe fluidsynth. I don't know how
hard it would be to set up a script to start both and connect them to the
desired ports.
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4:37 p.m.
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?
--
**** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars ****
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca <mailto:bob@mellowood.ca>
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
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7:24 p.m.
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Fluidsynth can play midi files with a selected soundfont, e.g:
$ fluidsynth -a alsa -i /path/to/soundfont.sf2 mymidifile.mid
Hey, that works great. Good to know that there is an alternative to
timidity. Not sure that I hear any differences in my midi files, but that's
probably since I'm too cheap to buy high quality soundfonts.
Is there a default config file that it reads, or do I need to use the -f
option?
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
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WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
14 Jul
14 Jul
12:39 a.m.
2014-07-12 14:24 GMT-03:00, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca>ca>:
On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 7:37 AM, Lorenzo Sutton
<lorenzofsutton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Before, I was using Fluidsynth to play MIDI files, but I never found a
way to make it recognize channel 10 as the percussion channel. Does
that happen with anyone else? With the same files, Timidity assigns
drums to channel 10 just fine... Does Fluidsynth need any special
configuration for that?
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Fluidsynth can play midi files with a selected soundfont, e.g:
$ fluidsynth -a alsa -i /path/to/soundfont.sf2 mymidifile.mid
Hey, that works great. Good to know that there is an alternative to
timidity. Not sure that I hear any differences in my midi files, but that's
probably since I'm too cheap to buy high quality soundfonts.
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