- TiMidity++
Infobox Software
name = TiMidity++
developer = Masanao Izumo et al.
latest_release_version = 2.13.2
latest_release_date =3 October 2004
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =software synthesizer
license =GNU General Public License
website = http://sourceforge.net/projects/timidityTiMidity++, originally and still frequently informally titled TiMidity, is a
software synthesizer that is able to convert from MIDI to various formats, and some other file types as well, to PCM audio, either rendering to soundcard in real time or storing it to file (for example, .wav file).TiMidity++ primarily runs under
Linux andUnix-like operating systems, but also runs underMicrosoft Windows andAmigaOS . Distributed under theGNU General Public License , TiMidity isfree software .Features
TiMidity++ can read a number of file types and devices, primarily the ordinary ".mid" files, but also ".kar" (MIDI with
Karaoke lyrics),Recomposer files, andmodule file s. It is one of the few programs which can read MIDI ".mid" files using theMIDI Tuning Standard . Files can be fetched from standard input, files, archive files, or from the network (overHTTP , FTP orNNTP ).The program has various interfaces, including but not limited to bare text,
ncurses , X11 (Xaw ,GTK+ and Tk) and even anEmacs interface that shows played notes in real time.Timidity has some support for
microtonal music. [ [http://www.parnasse.com/microtonal/ Making Microtonal Music with Software ] ]History
The original version of TiMidity was written in 1995 by Tuukka Toivonen. After he stopped updating the program, Masanao Izumo and other contributors started to work on the program, renaming it to TiMidity++. The TiMidity++ project has not been actively maintained since 2004. [ [http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.audio.timidity%2B%2B.general/389 TiMidity++ mailing list] ] though code is still being committed every once in a while to the CVS head [http://timidity.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/timidity/timidity/ChangeLog]
See also
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FluidSynth References
External links
* [http://timidity.sourceforge.net/ TiMidity++ home page]
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