NAME

       midicopy - Copy selected track, channel, time interval of a MIDI file to another MIDI file

SYNOPSIS

       midicopy  [-ver]  [-trks  n1,n2,..]     [-xtrks  n1,n2,..]     [-xchns  n1,n2,..]     [-chans  n1,n2,...]
       [-from n (in midi ticks)] [-to n (in midi ticks)]    [-fromsec %f n (in seconds)] [-tosec n (in seconds)]
       [-frombeat %f n (in beats)] [-tobeat n (in beats)]    [-replace  trk,loc,val]  [-tempo  %n]  [-speed  %f]
       [-drumfocus  n  m]  [-mutenodrum  [%d]]     [-setdrumloudness  n m]    [-focusontrack n1,n2,... (from 1)]
       [-focusonchannel n1,n2,... (from 1)]    [-attenuation n]    [-nobends] input.mid output.mid

DESCRIPTION

       midicopy is used to copy part of a MIDI file to another MIDI file.  You  can  select  a  particular  time
       interval,  particular channels, and particular tracks or any combinations. If one or both of the run time
       parameters -from or -to are included, the program returns the playing time in seconds of the output file.
       Midicopy  was  developed  by  Seymour  Shlien  from   the   midifilelib   distribution   available   from
       http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/midifilelib.tar.gz.

OPTIONS

       -ver   prints version number and then exits

       -trks n1,n2, etc
              Selects  the  tracks to be copied where the track numbers start from 1.  If more than one track is
              specified, they should be separated by commas. You should always copy track 1 since by  convention
              it  contains  information  pertinent  to  all  the other  tracks. By default all tracks are copied
              unless you specify particular tracks using this run time parameter.

       -xtrks n1,n2, etc
              Lists the tracks to exclude from copying. All other tracks are copied.  This option does not  work
              in combination with -trks.

       -xchns n1,n2, etc
              Lists  the  channels to exclude from copying. All other channels are copied.  This option does not
              work in combination with -chns.

       -chns n
              Like above, it specifies the MIDI channels to be copied.  By  default  all  channels  are  copied.
              Channel numbers also start from 1.

       -from n
              The  program  will  copy  all  MIDI commands starting from midi pulse number n. By default it will
              start from time zero or the beginning of the MIDI file.

       -to n  Stops copying all events after midi pulse number n. By default the file is copied to the end.

       -frombeat n
              The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from quarter beat number n. By  default  it  will
              start from time zero or the beginning of the MIDI file.

       -tobeat n
              Stops copying all events after quarter beat number n. By default the file is copied to the end.

       -fromsec n
              The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from time n in seconds.

       -tosec n
              Stops  copying  all events after time n in seconds. These two options (-fromsec and -tosec) do not
              work accurately if the MIDI file has more than one tempo command. Only the first one is  used  for
              converting  seconds  into  MIDI  pulse units.  It is therefore preferable to use the -from and -to
              options.

       -replace trk,loc,val
              This option should be used alone. Midicopy will copy the  entire  file  verbatim  except  it  will
              replace  a  byte  by  val,  where  the  byte is located in the specified track (trk) and specified
              position (loc). Commonly this function is used for  changing  a  particular  MIDI  program  number
              (instrument)  associated  with  a  channel.   You need to know the byte count in the track of that
              parameter in order to use this function,

       -tempo quarter notes/minute
              All tempo indications in the midi file will be replaced with the above value.

       -speed factor
              All tempo indications in the midi file will be multiplied with this factor.  Values  greater  than
              1.0  will  speed  up  the  music while lower values slow the music. The factor is a floating point
              value.

       -drumfocus drum-code excluded_drum_velocities
              The selected drum line (specified by the drum-code pitch value) is  highlighted  by  reducing  the
              loudness  of  all other drum lines to the excluded_drum_velocities value. The drum-code value must
              be in the range of 35 to 81 inclusive.

       -mutenodrum [level]
              All channels which are not 9 (drum channel) are attenuated to the given level.  If  level  is  not
              specified, it is assumed to be zero.

       -setdrumloudness n m
              where n is between 35 to 81 inclusive and m is the loudness between 0 and 127. The loudness of all
              instances of drum n are changed to m.

       -focusontrack n1,n2,...
              The velocities of notes in all tracks except n are attenuated.

       -focusonchannel n1,n2,...
              The velocities of notes in all channels except n are attenuated.

       -attenuation n
              Specifies the amount the note velocities are reduced by either -focusontracks or -focusonchannels.
              Current default is 70.

       -nobends
              Suppresses all channel pitchbend commands.

EXAMPLE

       midicopy.exe  -trks  1,5  -from  2669  -to 8634 uzicko.mid fragment.mid Midicopy will copy tracks 1 and 5
       starting from midi pulse position 2669 and ending at MIDI pulse position 8634.

SEE ALSO

       abcmtex(1), abc2abc(1), abc2midi(1), midi2abc(1) ,yaps(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Seymour Shlien.

VERSION

       This man page describes midicopy version 1.30 from December 15 2017.

                                                                                                     MIDICOPY(1)