amidi
read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
see also :
aplaymidi - arecordmidi
Synopsis
amidi
[-p port] [-s file | -S
data] [-r file] [-d]
[-t seconds] [-a]
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examples
amidi -p hw:0 -s my_settings.syx
will send the MIDI commands in my_settings.syx to port
hw:0.
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.
source
amidi --dump -p hw:1,0,0 | xargs -I {} ./midicurl.sh {}
source
amidi --dump -p hw:1,0,0 | node socketio-client.js
description
amidi is
a command-line utility which allows 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.
-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 bytes (FEh), unless the
-a option has 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 bytes (FEh)
will not be shown, unless the -a option has
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.
files
/usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf default rawmidi definitions
/etc/asound.conf system-wide rawmidi definitions
~/.asoundrc user specific rawmidi definitions
see also
aplaymidi
arecordmidi
author
Clemens Ladisch
<clemens[:at:]ladisch[:dot:]de>