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

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

Debian                                           August 22, 2005                                      SMFPLAY(1)