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NAME

midiplay — play MIDI files

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The midiplay command plays MIDI files. If no file name is given it will play from standard input; otherwise it will play the named files.

The options are as follows:

-f device

Specifies the name of the sndio(7) MIDI device.

-g

Send a “General MIDI On” system exclusive message to the device.

-m

Show MIDI file meta events (copyright, lyrics, etc.).

-q

Do not play the MIDI file, just parse it.

-t tempo

Specifies the tempo. Default is 100.

-v

Be verbose. If the flag is repeated, the verbosity increases.

-x

Play a small sample sound.

SEE ALSO

aucat(1), midi(4), sndio(7)

HISTORY

The midiplay command first appeared in NetBSD 1.4.