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-.TH AMIDI 1 "26 Jun 2006"
-
-.SH NAME
-amidi \- read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
-
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBamidi\fP [\fI\-p port\fP] [\fI\-s file\fP | \fI\-S data\fP]
-[\fI\-r file\fP] [\fI\-d\fP] [\fI\-t seconds\fP] [\fI\-a\fP]
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B 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.
-
-.B amidi
-handles only files containing raw MIDI commands, without timing
-information.
-.B amidi
-does not support Standard MIDI (.mid) files, but
-.B aplaymidi(1)
-and
-.B arecordmidi(1)
-do.
-
-.SH OPTIONS
-
-Use the
-.I \-h,
-.I \-V,
-.I \-l,
-or
-.I \-L
-options to display information;
-or use at least one of the
-.I \-s,
-.I \-r,
-.I \-S,
-or
-.I \-d
-options to specify what data to send or receive.
-
-.TP
-.I \-h, \-\-help
-Help: prints a list of options.
-
-.TP
-.I \-V, \-\-version
-Prints the current version.
-
-.TP
-.I \-l, \-\-list\-devices
-Prints a list of all hardware MIDI ports.
-
-.TP
-.I \-L, \-\-list\-rawmidis
-Prints all RawMIDI definitions.
-(used when debugging configuration files)
-
-.TP
-.I \-p, \-\-port=name
-Sets the name of the ALSA RawMIDI port to use.
-If this is not specified,
-.B amidi
-uses the default port defined in the configuration file
-(the default for this is port 0 on card 0, which may not exist).
-
-.TP
-.I \-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
-.B aplaymidi(1).
-
-.TP
-.I \-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
-.B arecordmidi(1).
-
-.B amidi
-will filter out any Active Sensing bytes (FEh), unless the
-.I \-a
-option has been given.
-
-.TP
-.I \-S, \-\-send\-hex="..."
-Sends the bytes specified as hexadecimal numbers to the MIDI port.
-
-.TP
-.I \-d, \-\-dump
-Prints data received from the MIDI port as hexadecimal bytes.
-Active Sensing bytes (FEh) will not be shown, unless the
-.I \-a
-option has been given.
-
-This option is useful for debugging.
-
-.TP
-.I \-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
-.B amidi\fR)
-to stop receiving data.
-
-.TP
-.I \-a, \-\-active\-sensing
-Does not ignore Active Sensing bytes (FEh) when saving or printing
-received MIDI commands.
-
-.SH EXAMPLES
-
-.TP
-.B amidi \-p hw:0 \-s my_settings.syx
-will send the MIDI commands in
-.I my_settings.syx
-to port
-.I hw:0.
-
-.TP
-.B amidi \-S 'F0 43 10 4C 00 00 7E 00 F7'
-sends an XG Reset to the default port.
-
-.TP
-.B amidi \-p hw:1,2 \-S F0411042110C000000000074F7 \-r dump.syx \-t 1
-sends a \(lqParameter Dump Request\(rq to a GS device, saves the received
-parameter data to the file
-.I dump.syx,
-and stops after the device has finished sending data
-(when no data has been received for one second).
-
-.TP
-.B amidi \-p virtual \-d
-creates a virtual RawMIDI port and prints all data sent to this port.
-
-.SH FILES
-.I /usr/share/alsa/alsa.conf
-default rawmidi definitions
-.br
-.I /etc/asound.conf
-system-wide rawmidi definitions
-.br
-.I ~/.asoundrc
-user specific rawmidi definitions
-
-.SH SEE ALSO
-aplaymidi(1)
-.br
-arecordmidi(1)
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>