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#language en ~-[[DebianWiki/EditorGuide#translation|Translation(s)]]: English - [[fr/MIDI|Français]] - [[it/MIDI|Italiano]] -~ . '''[[WikiPedia:MIDI|MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)]]''' is a standard communication protocol thats connects a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related '''[[Sound]]''' devices for playing, editing and recording music. A single MIDI link through a MIDI cable can carry up to sixteen channels of information, each of which can be routed to a separate device or instrument. This could be sixteen different digital instruments, for example. <<TableOfContents(2)>> == Software == '''For a full list of MIDI software, see the [[Multimedia]] page.''' MIDI file [[MIME]] types are {{{audio/x-midi}}}, {{{audio/x-mid}}}, and {{{audio/midi}}}. The file extensions are {{{.mid}}}, {{{.midi}}}. [[http://timidity.sourceforge.net/|Timidity]] is a MIDI and Karaoke (`.kar`) player. [[PackageManagement#Installing.2C_removing.2C_upgrading_software|Install]] the [[DebianPkg:timidity]] and [[DebianPkg:timidity-interfaces-extra]] packages, and run the program with the interface of your choice: |
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You can use ["Timidity"] to easily play MIDI and ["karaoke"] files in Linux and ["Mozilla"]. | The [[DebPkg:fluid-soundfont-gs]] [[DebPkg:fluid-soundfont-gm]] [[DebPkg:vlc-plugin-fluidsynth]] packages allow you to play MIDI files in any Gstreamer-based media player or [[VLC]]. Right-click a {{{.mid}}} or {{{.kar}}} file in your FileManager, ''Open with...'', select the {{{/usr/bin/timidy}}} program, and change its command line to {{{'/usr/bin/timidity' -ia}}} |
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See also: * SoundFont * ["XMMS"] MIDI plugins: http://bge.kernel-panic.net/software/xmms.html * http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI ''' http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAR for '''.KAR open karaoke music files * PatchBay . * [http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue15/midi.html Linux and MIDI: In the beginning...]. === OSS === * ["OSS"] * http://www.4front-tech.com/ossapps.html#midi === ALSA === * [http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php?page=AlsaMidi wiki:Self:AlsaMidi]. * ["Timidity"] * http://www.fluidsynth.org/ and http://qsynth.sourceforge.net/qsynth-index.html * http://pkl.net/~node/alsa-patch-bay.html |
== Hardware == See the MidiHardware page to connect a musical instrument to your computer using MIDI. === MIDI systems === MIDI playback and recording is supported by the following systems and sound servers: * [[ALSA]], [[AlsaMidi]], [[MidiHardware]] * [[JACK]] * [[OSS]] |
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* [http://unixmidiplugin.tripod.com/midiSamplePage.html MIDI test page]. | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI - MIDI - Wikipedia * http://alsa.opensrc.org/AlsaMidi - AlsaMidi - ALSA Wiki * http://linuxgazette.net/issue15/midi.html - Linux and MIDI: In the beginning... ---- CategorySound CategoryFileFormat |
Translation(s): English - Français - Italiano
MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a standard communication protocol thats connects a wide variety of electronic musical instruments, computers, and related Sound devices for playing, editing and recording music. A single MIDI link through a MIDI cable can carry up to sixteen channels of information, each of which can be routed to a separate device or instrument. This could be sixteen different digital instruments, for example.
Contents
Software
For a full list of MIDI software, see the Multimedia page.
MIDI file MIME types are audio/x-midi, audio/x-mid, and audio/midi. The file extensions are .mid, .midi.
Timidity is a MIDI and Karaoke (.kar) player. Install the timidity and timidity-interfaces-extra packages, and run the program with the interface of your choice:
timidity -ia #text interface timidity -ig #gtk interface timidity -ik #tcl/tk interface
The fluid-soundfont-gs fluid-soundfont-gm vlc-plugin-fluidsynth packages allow you to play MIDI files in any Gstreamer-based media player or VLC. Right-click a .mid or .kar file in your FileManager, Open with..., select the /usr/bin/timidy program, and change its command line to '/usr/bin/timidity' -ia
Hardware
See the MidiHardware page to connect a musical instrument to your computer using MIDI.
MIDI systems
MIDI playback and recording is supported by the following systems and sound servers:
External links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI - MIDI - Wikipedia
http://alsa.opensrc.org/AlsaMidi - AlsaMidi - ALSA Wiki
http://linuxgazette.net/issue15/midi.html - Linux and MIDI: In the beginning...