NAME

       smfplay — play a standard MIDI file

SYNOPSIS

       smfplay [-mxy] [-g measure] [-d devname] [-i devname] midifile

DESCRIPTION

       The  smfplay  utility  plays  a  MIDI file. While playing, it can route events from one midi(4) device to
       another. To stop performance, send an interrupt signal to smfplay (for instance by pressing control ^C on
       the terminal).  The options are as follows:

       -m           Use metronome. The metronome will follow tempo changes and time  signature  changes  in  the
                    midi file.

       -x           Synchronise  to  an  external  midi(4)  device. If the -i flag is used then playback will be
                    synchronised to the input device else it will be synchronised to the default device.

       -y           Send midi timing information to the default device. Useful if the output device is  a  slave
                    MIDI sequencer.

       -g measure   Start playback at the given measure number.

       -d filename  Default  midi(4) device on which to play the midi file. If not specified, the content of the
                    MIDIDEV environment variable will be used instead.

       -i filename  Alternate input midi(4) device. Voice events (notes, controllers, etc) received on the input
                    device will be sent as-is to the default device. Without this flag, the default device  will
                    be used for input.

       The  smfplay  utility  is  an interface to midish(1).  If more specific features are needed, the user may
       consider using midish(1).

EXAMPLES

       The following will play mysong.mid on device /dev/rmidi4 and will use metronome.

             $ smfplay -m -d /dev/rmidi4 mysong.mid

SEE ALSO

       smfrec(1), midish(1), midiplay(1), midi(4)

Debian                                           August 22, 2005                                      SMFPLAY(1)