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- TiMidity -- Experimental MIDI to WAVE converter
- Copyright (C) 1995 Tuukka Toivonen <toivonen@clinet.fi>
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
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- This is the README file for TiMidity v0.2i
-
- TiMidity is a MIDI to WAVE converter that uses Gravis
- Ultrasound(*)-compatible patch files to generate digital audio data
- from General MIDI files. The audio data can be played through any
- sound device or stored on disk. On a fast machine, music can be
- played in real time. TiMidity runs under Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, and
- Win32, and porting to other systems with gcc should be easy.
-
- TiMidity Features:
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- * 32 or more dynamically allocated fully independent voices
- * Compatibility with GUS patch files
- * Output to 16- or 8-bit PCM or uLaw audio device, file, or
- stdout at any sampling rate
- * Optional interactive mode with real-time status display
- under ncurses and SLang terminal control libraries. Also
- a user friendly motif interface since version 0.2h
- * Support for transparent loading of compressed MIDI files and
- patch files
-
- * Support for the following MIDI events:
- - Program change
- - Key pressure
- - Channel main volume
- - Tempo
- - Panning
- - Damper pedal (Sustain)
- - Pitch wheel
- - Pitch wheel sensitivity
- - Change drum set
-
- * The file "CHANGES" contains a brief list of what has changed since
- the previous version. Please check it if you've been using a TiMidity
- version older than 0.2d. You may have to modify your configuration
- files slightly -- look at the included "gravis.cfg" for examples.
-
- * Installation instructions are in the file "INSTALL".
-
- * Instructions for use can be found in the manual page "timidity.man",
- preformatted in "timidity.txt", and in comments in the configuration
- files.
-
- * The GNU General Public License can, as always, be found in the file
- "COPYING".
-
- * TiMidity requires sampled instruments (patches) to play MIDI files. You
- should get the file "timidity-lib-0.1.tar.gz" and unpack it in the same
- directory where you unpacked the source code archive. You'll want more
- patches later -- read the file "FAQ" for pointers.
-
- * The latest version of TiMidity can be found on the TiMidity Home Page,
- URL http://www.clinet.fi/~toivonen/timidity/
-
- An alternative URL for Motif version is http://www.loria.fr/~pagel
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- * If you have any comments or suggestions, please email me!
-
-
- Tuukka Toivonen <toivonen@clinet.fi>
-
- [(*) Any Registered Trademarks used anywhere in the documentation or
- source code for TiMidity are acknowledged as belonging to their
- respective owners.]
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