README (2368B)
1 [This version of timidity has been stripped for simplicity in porting to SDL] 2 ---------------------------------*-text-*--------------------------------- 3 4 From http://www.cgs.fi/~tt/discontinued.html : 5 6 If you'd like to continue hacking on TiMidity, feel free. I'm 7 hereby extending the TiMidity license agreement: you can now 8 select the most convenient license for your needs from (1) the 9 GNU GPL, (2) the GNU LGPL, or (3) the Perl Artistic License. 10 11 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 13 This is the README file for TiMidity v0.2i 14 15 TiMidity is a MIDI to WAVE converter that uses Gravis 16 Ultrasound(*)-compatible patch files to generate digital audio data 17 from General MIDI files. The audio data can be played through any 18 sound device or stored on disk. On a fast machine, music can be 19 played in real time. TiMidity runs under Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, and 20 Win32, and porting to other systems with gcc should be easy. 21 22 TiMidity Features: 23 24 * 32 or more dynamically allocated fully independent voices 25 * Compatibility with GUS patch files 26 * Output to 16- or 8-bit PCM or uLaw audio device, file, or 27 stdout at any sampling rate 28 * Optional interactive mode with real-time status display 29 under ncurses and SLang terminal control libraries. Also 30 a user friendly motif interface since version 0.2h 31 * Support for transparent loading of compressed MIDI files and 32 patch files 33 34 * Support for the following MIDI events: 35 - Program change 36 - Key pressure 37 - Channel main volume 38 - Tempo 39 - Panning 40 - Damper pedal (Sustain) 41 - Pitch wheel 42 - Pitch wheel sensitivity 43 - Change drum set 44 45 * The GNU General Public License can, as always, be found in the file 46 "../COPYING". 47 48 * TiMidity requires sampled instruments (patches) to play MIDI files. You 49 should get the file "timidity-lib-0.1.tar.gz" and unpack it in the same 50 directory where you unpacked the source code archive. You'll want more 51 patches later -- read the file "FAQ" for pointers. 52 53 * Timidity is no longer supported, but can be found by searching the web. 54 55 56 Tuukka Toivonen <toivonen@clinet.fi> 57 58 [(*) Any Registered Trademarks used anywhere in the documentation or 59 source code for TiMidity are acknowledged as belonging to their 60 respective owners.]