The original version (C) 1995 Tuukka Toivonen <tt@cgs.fi>
TiMidity is free software and comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
Win32 version by Davide Moretti <dave@rimini.com>
and Daisuke Aoki <dai@y7.net>
Usage:
timidity.exe [options] filename [...]
Options:
-A n,m --volume=n, --drum-power=m
Amplify volume by n percent (may cause clipping),
and amplify drum power by m percent
(a) --[no-]volume-compensation
Toggle amplify compensation (disabled by default)
-a --[no-]anti-alias
Enable the anti-aliasing filter
-B n,m --buffer-fragments=n,m
Set number of buffer fragments(n), and buffer size(2^m)
-C n --control-ratio=n
Set ratio of sampling and control frequencies
-c file --config-file=file
Read extra configuration file
-D n --drum-channel=n
Play drums on channel n
-E mode --ext=mode
TiMidity sequencer extensional modes:
mode = w/W : Enable/Disable Modulation wheel
p/P : Enable/Disable Portamento
v/V : Enable/Disable NRPN Vibrato
s/S : Enable/Disable Channel pressure
e/E : Enable/Disable Modulation Envelope
t/T : Enable/Disable Trace Text Meta Event at playing
o/O : Enable/Disable Overlapped voice
z/Z : Enable/Disable Temperament control
m<HH>: Define default Manufacture ID <HH> in two hex
M<HH>: Define system Manufacture ID <HH> in two hex
b<n>: Use tone bank <n> as the default
B<n>: Always use tone bank <n>
i<n/m>: Use program <n> on channel <m> as the default
I<n/m>: Always use program <n> on channel <m>
F<args>: For effect. See below for effect options
default: -E wpvSEToz
-e --evil
Increase thread priority (evil) - be careful!
-F --[no-]fast-panning
Disable/Enable fast panning (toggle on/off, default is on)
-f --[no-]fast-decay
Enable fast decay mode (toggle)
-H n --force-keysig=n
Force keysig number of sHarp(+)/flat(-) (-7..7)
-h --help
Display this help message
-i mode --interface=mode
Select user interface (see below for list)
-j --[no-]realtime-load
Realtime load instrument (toggle on/off)
-K n --adjust-key=n
Adjust key by n half tone (-24..24)
-k msec --voice-queue=msec
Specify audio queue time limit to reduce voice
-L path --patch-path=path
Append dir to search path
-M name --pcm-file=name
Specify PCM filename (*.wav or *.aiff) to be played or:
"auto" : Play *.mid.wav or *.mid.aiff
"none" : Disable this feature (default)
-m msec --decay-time=msec
Minimum time for a full volume sustained note to decay,
0 disables
-N n --interpolation=n
Set the interpolation parameter (depends on -EFresamp option)
Linear interpolation is used if audio queue < 99%
cspline, lagrange:
Toggle 4-point interpolation (default on)
newton:
n'th order Newton polynomial interpolation, n=1-57 odd
gauss:
n+1 point Gauss-like interpolation, n=1-34 (default 25)
-O mode --output-mode=mode
Select output mode and format (see below for list)
--flac-verify (for Ogg FLAC only)
Verify a correct encoding
--flac-padding=n (for Ogg FLAC only)
Write a PADDING block of length n
--flac-complevel=n (for Ogg FLAC only)
Set compression level n:[0..8]
--oggflac (for Ogg FLAC only)
Output OggFLAC stream (experimental)
-o file --output-file=file
Output to another file (or device/server) (Use "-" for stdout)
-P file --patch-file=file
Use patch file for all programs
-p n --polyphony=n
Allow n-voice polyphony. Optional auto polyphony reduction
(a) --[no-]polyphony-reduction
Toggle automatic polyphony reduction. Enabled by default
-Q n[,...] --mute=n[,...]
Ignore channel n (0: ignore all, -n: resume channel n)
(t) --temper-mute=n[,...]
Quiet temperament type n (0..3: preset, 4..7: user-defined)
-q sec/n --audio-buffer=sec/n
Specify audio buffer in seconds
sec: Maxmum buffer, n: Filled to start (default is 5.0/100%)
(size of 100% equals device buffer size)
-R msec Pseudo reveb effect (set every instrument's release to msec)
if n=0, n is set to 800
-S n --cache-size=n
Cache size (0 means no cache)
-s freq --sampling-freq=freq
Set sampling frequency to freq (Hz or kHz)
-T n --adjust-tempo=n
Adjust tempo to n%,
120=play MOD files with an NTSC Amiga's timing
-t code --output-charset=code
Output text language code:
code=auto : Auto conversion by `LANG' environment variable
(UNIX only)
ascii : Convert unreadable characters to '.' (0x2e)
nocnv : No conversion
1251 : Convert from windows-1251 to koi8-r
euc : EUC-japan
jis : JIS
sjis : shift JIS
-U --[no-]unload-instruments
Unload instruments from memory between MIDI files
-V power --volume-curve=power
Define the velocity/volume/expression curve
amp = vol^power (auto: 0, linear: 1, ideal: ~1.661, GS: ~2)
-v --version
Display TiMidity version information
-W mode --wrd=mode
Select WRD interface (see below for list)
-w mode --rcpcv-dll=mode
Windows extensional modes:
mode=r/R : Enable/Disable rcpcv.dll
-x str --config-string=str
Read configuration str from command line argument
-Z file --freq-table=file
Load frequency table (Use "pure" for pure intonation)
pure<n>(m) --pure-intonation=n(m)
Initial keysig number <n> of sharp(+)/flat(-) (-7..7)
'm' stands for minor mode
--module=n
Simulate behavior of specific synthesizer module by n
n=0 : TiMidity++ Default (default)
1-15 : GS family
16-31 : XG family
32-111 : SoundBlaster and other systhesizer modules
112-127 : TiMidity++ specification purposes
Effect options (-EF, --ext=F option):
-EFdelay=d Disable delay effect (default)
-EFdelay=l Enable Left delay
[,msec] `msec' is optional to specify left-right delay time
-EFdelay=r Enable Right delay
[,msec] `msec' is optional to specify left-right delay time
-EFdelay=b Enable rotate Both left and right
[,msec] `msec' is optional to specify left-right delay time
-EFchorus=d Disable MIDI chorus effect control
-EFchorus=n Enable Normal MIDI chorus effect control
[,level] `level' is optional to specify chorus level [0..127]
(default)
-EFchorus=s Surround sound, chorus detuned to a lesser degree
[,level] `level' is optional to specify chorus level [0..127]
-EFreverb=d Disable MIDI reverb effect control
-EFreverb=n Enable Normal MIDI reverb effect control
[,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127]
-EFreverb=g Global reverb effect
[,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127]
-EFreverb=f Enable Freeverb MIDI reverb effect control (default)
[,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127]
-EFreverb=G Global Freeverb effect
[,level] `level' is optional to specify reverb level [1..127]
-EFvlpf=d Disable voice LPF
-EFvlpf=c Enable Chamberlin resonant LPF (12dB/oct) (default)
-EFvlpf=m Enable Moog resonant lowpass VCF (24dB/oct)
-EFns=n Enable the n th degree (type) noise shaping filter
n:[0..4] (for 8-bit linear encoding, default is 4)
n:[0..4] (for 16-bit linear encoding, default is 4)
-EFresamp=d Disable resamplation
-EFresamp=l Enable Linear resample algorithm
-EFresamp=c Enable C-spline resample algorithm
-EFresamp=L Enable Lagrange resample algorithm
-EFresamp=n Enable Newton resample algorithm
-EFresamp=g Enable Gauss-like resample algorithm (default)
-EFresamp affects the behavior of -N option
Alternative TiMidity sequencer extensional mode long options:
--[no-]mod-wheel
--[no-]portamento
--[no-]vibrato
--[no-]ch-pressure
--[no-]mod-envelope
--[no-]trace-text-meta
--[no-]overlap-voice
--[no-]temper-control
--default-mid=<HH>
--system-mid=<HH>
--default-bank=n
--force-bank=n
--default-program=n/m
--force-program=n/m
--delay=(d|l|r|b)[,msec]
--chorus=(d|n|s)[,level]
--reverb=(d|n|g|f|G)[,level]
--voice-lpf=(d|c|m)
--noise-shaping=n
--resample=(d|l|c|L|n|g)
Available interfaces (-i, --interface option):
-in ncurses interface
-iT vt100 interface
-id dumb interface
-iW Windows Synthesizer interface
Interface options (append to -i? option):
`v' more verbose (cumulative)
`q' quieter (cumulative)
`t' trace playing
`l' loop playing (some interface ignore this option)
`r' randomize file list arguments before playing
`s' sorting file list arguments before playing
Alternative interface long options:
--verbose=n
--quiet=n
--[no-]trace
--[no-]loop
--[no-]random
--[no-]sort
Available output modes (-O, --output-mode option):
-Od Windows audio driver
-Oo PortAudio(ASIO)
-OP PortAudio(DirectSound)
-Op PortAudio(WMME)
-Ow RIFF WAVE file
-Or Raw waveform data
-Ou Sun audio file
-Oa AIFF file
-Ov Ogg Vorbis
-OF FLAC / OggFLAC
-Og MP3 GOGO
-Ol List MIDI event
-OM MOD -> MIDI file conversion
Output format options (append to -O? option):
`S' stereo
`M' monophonic
`s' signed output
`u' unsigned output
`1' 16-bit sample width
`2' 24-bit sample width
`8' 8-bit sample width
`l' linear encoding
`U' U-Law encoding
`A' A-Law encoding
`x' byte-swapped output
Alternative output format long options:
--output-stereo
--output-mono
--output-signed
--output-unsigned
--output-16bit
--output-24bit
--output-8bit
--output-linear
--output-ulaw
--output-alaw
--[no-]output-swab
Available WRD interfaces (-W, --wrd option):
-Ww Windows Console WRD tracer
-Wt TTY WRD tracer
-Wd dumb WRD tracer
-W- No WRD trace