[This version of timidity has been stripped for simplicity in porting to SDL,

and then even further for SDL_sound]

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From http://www.cgs.fi/~tt/discontinued.html :

If you'd like to continue hacking on TiMidity, feel free. I'm

hereby extending the TiMidity license agreement: you can now

select the most convenient license for your needs from (1) the

GNU GPL, (2) the GNU LGPL, or (3) the Perl Artistic License.

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This is the README file for TiMidity v0.2i

TiMidity is a MIDI to WAVE converter that uses Gravis

Ultrasound(*)-compatible patch files to generate digital audio data

from General MIDI files. The audio data can be played through any

sound device or stored on disk. On a fast machine, music can be

played in real time. TiMidity runs under Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, and

Win32, and porting to other systems with gcc should be easy.

TiMidity Features:

* 32 or more dynamically allocated fully independent voices

* Compatibility with GUS patch files

* Output to 16- or 8-bit PCM or uLaw audio device, file, or

stdout at any sampling rate

* Optional interactive mode with real-time status display

under ncurses and SLang terminal control libraries. Also

a user friendly motif interface since version 0.2h

* Support for transparent loading of compressed MIDI files and

patch files

* Support for the following MIDI events:

- Program change

- Key pressure

- Channel main volume

- Tempo

- Panning

- Damper pedal (Sustain)

- Pitch wheel

- Pitch wheel sensitivity

- Change drum set

* TiMidity requires sampled instruments (patches) to play MIDI files. You

should get the file "timidity-lib-0.1.tar.gz" and unpack it in the same

directory where you unpacked the source code archive. You'll want more

patches later -- read the file "FAQ" for pointers.

* Timidity is no longer supported, but can be found by searching the web.

Tuukka Toivonen <toivonen@clinet.fi>

[(*) Any Registered Trademarks used anywhere in the documentation or

source code for TiMidity are acknowledged as belonging to their

respective owners.]