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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:
* 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
* 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.]