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.TH "send_midi" "1" "2023-01-14"
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.SH NAME
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send_midi - Send one or more MIDI events via ALSA or JACK
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A simple utility to send MIDI events to any ALSA or JACK MIDI client, using a
terse command line format.\&
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.SH OPTIONS
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\fB-A\fR, \fB--alsa\fR
.RS 4
Use the ALSA backend (default).\&
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.RE
\fB-J\fR, \fB--jack\fR
.RS 4
Use the JACK backend.\&
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.RE
\fB-0\fR, \fB--zero-based\fR
.RS 4
Determines whether channel & program numbers used in events have a data offset
applied.\& When the flag is enabled, the numbers are 0-127.\& The default range is
set to 1-128.\&
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.RE
\fB-h\fR, \fB--help\fR
.RS 4
Shows a brief summary of how to use this program.\&
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.RE
\fB--version\fR
.RS 4
Shows the program version.\&
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.RE
.SH EXAMPLES
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Send two events to LinuxSampler:0 while using the JACK backend.\&
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.RS 4
send_midi -J LinuxSampler:0 NOTEON,1,60,127 CTRL,2,7,66
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.RE
Send a SYSEX command to 14:0.\&
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.RS 4
send_midi 14:0 SYSEX,F0,23,42,F7
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.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
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See the online documentation at https://mididings.\&github.\&io/mididings/ for
current information on mididings and its related tools.\&
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.SH BUGS
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Bugs?\& You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software.\& But if we happen
to be wrong, submit a bug report with as much detail as possible at
https://github.\&com/mididings/mididings/issues.\&
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