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authorJaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>2004-02-23 10:58:34 +0000
committerJaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>2004-02-23 10:58:34 +0000
commit1ae3fa853241fa2e44bf913899843d26f7830060 (patch)
tree78d9f9657caa7195246672a674e3d36ad7f35886 /amidi
parent33b53d88fdf506ab8786455e74eaf57e2edc1af6 (diff)
downloadalsa-utils-1ae3fa853241fa2e44bf913899843d26f7830060.tar.gz
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
add aplaymidi & arecordmidi utilities
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diff --git a/amidi/amidi.1 b/amidi/amidi.1
index c4f160d..6ff6312 100644
--- a/amidi/amidi.1
+++ b/amidi/amidi.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH AMIDI 1 "18 Jan 2004"
+.TH AMIDI 1 "22 Feb 2004"
.SH NAME
amidi \- read from and write to ALSA RawMIDI ports
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ It can also send any other MIDI commands.
.B amidi
handles only files containing raw MIDI commands, without timing
information.
-Standard MIDI (.mid) files are not supported.
+.B amidi
+does not support Standard MIDI (.mid) files, but
+.B aplaymidi(1)
+and
+.B arecordmidi(1)
+do.
.SH INVOKING
.B amidi
@@ -68,17 +73,15 @@ uses the default port defined in the configuration file
.I -s, --send=filename
Sends the contents of the specified file to the MIDI port.
The file must contain raw MIDI commands (e.g. a .syx file);
-you can
-.I not
-use a Standard MIDI (.mid) file for this.
+for Standard MIDI (.mid) files, use
+.B aplaymidi(1).
.TP
.I -r, --receive=filename
Writes data received from the MIDI port into the specified file.
The file will contain raw MIDI commands (such as in a .syx file);
-this will
-.I not
-create a Standard MIDI (.mid) file.
+to record a Standard MIDI (.mid) file, use
+.B arecordmidi(1).
.B amidi
will filter out any Active Sensing bytes (FEh), unless the
@@ -156,5 +159,10 @@ The
.I --list-devices
option pretends that output and input ports are the same.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+aplaymidi(1)
+.br
+arecordmidi(1)
+
.SH AUTHOR
Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>