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27.Dd July 22, 2015
28.Dt MIDIRECORD 1
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm midirecord
32.Nd record midi files
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.Nm
35.Op Fl aDfhoqV
36.Op Fl B Ar buffersize
37.Op Fl c Ar channels
38.Op Fl d Ar devices
39.Op Fl f Ar sequencerdev
40.Op Fl n Ar notesperbeat
41.Op Fl R Ar roundbeats
42.Op Fl r Ar raw_output
43.Op Fl T Ar tempo
44.Op Fl t Ar time
45.Ar file
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49program converts the sequencer events read on
50.Ar sequencerdev
51to the named MIDI SMF output.
52If the file name is \-, output will go to the standard output.
53By default, timing for events begins with the first event.
54The
55.Fl o
56flag may be used to start timing events at the process start up.
57.Sh OPTIONS
58The following options are available:
59.Bl -tag -width XnXnotesperbeatX
60.It Fl a
61Append to the specified file, rather than overwriting.
62.It Fl B Ar buffersize
63Set the sequencer device read buffer size to
64.Ar buffersize .
65The default value is 32768 bytes.
66.It Fl c Ar channels
67Sets the filter list of channels to
68.Ar channels ,
69which is a comma separated list of channels to filter in.
70.It Fl D
71Enable debug log.
72.It Fl d Ar devices
73Sets the filter list of devices to
74.Ar devices ,
75which is a comma separated list of devices to filter in.
76.It Fl f Ar sequencerdev
77Sets the sequencer device to use to
78.Ar sequencerdev .
79The default is
80.Pa /dev/music .
81.It Fl h
82Print a help message.
83.It Fl n Ar notesperbeat
84Sets the MIDI notes (clocks) per beat to
85.Ar notesperbeat .
86.It Fl o
87Start the relative timer at process start up instead of at
88the first event.
89.It Fl q
90Be quiet.
91.It Fl R Ar roundbeats
92Round timings to
93.Ar roundbeats
94of a note.
95Output will always be aligned to this many beats.
96.It Fl r Ar raw_output
97Create the raw output of the sequencer device in
98.Ar raw_output .
99.It Fl T Ar tempo
100Set the tempo for the recording to
101.Ar tempo .
102.It Fl t Ar time
103Sets the maximum amount of time to record.
104Format is [hh:]mm:ss[.dddddd].
105.It Fl V
106Be verbose.
107.El
108.Sh ENVIRONMENT
109.Bl -tag -width MIDIDEVICE
110.It Ev MIDIDEVICE
111the midi device to be used.
112.El
113.Sh SEE ALSO
114.Xr midiplay 1 ,
115.Xr midi 4 ,
116.Xr sequencer 4
117.Sh HISTORY
118The
119.Nm
120program was first seen in
121.Nx 7 .
122.Sh AUTHORS
123The
124.Nm
125program was written by
126.An Matthew R. Green Aq Mt mrg@eterna.com.au .
127.Sh BUGS
128SYSEX, LOCAL and FULLSIZE messages are not currently handled, but the
129.Nx
130.Xr sequencer 4
131device does not generate them.
132