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