send_midi(1)                General Commands Manual               send_midi(1)

NAME
       send_midi - Send one or more MIDI events via ALSA or JACK

DESCRIPTION
       A simple utility to send MIDI events to any ALSA or JACK MIDI client,
       using a terse command line format.

OPTIONS
       -A, --alsa
           Use the ALSA backend (default).

       -J, --jack
           Use the JACK backend.

       -0, --zero-based
           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.

       -h, --help
           Shows a brief summary of how to use this program.

       --version
           Shows the program version.

EXAMPLES
       Send two events to LinuxSampler:0 while using the JACK backend.

           send_midi -J LinuxSampler:0 NOTEON,1,60,127 CTRL,2,7,66

       Send a SYSEX command to 14:0.

           send_midi 14:0 SYSEX,F0,23,42,F7

SEE ALSO
       See the online documentation at https://mididings.github.io/mididings/
       for current information on mididings and its related tools.

BUGS
       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.

                                  2023-01-14                      send_midi(1)