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TiMidity command line option
Options
-A [n][,m](a)
--amplification=n
--drumpower=m
--[no-]volume-compensation
Multiplies the master volume by n % Default value is 70%Higher amplification makes louder sounds You can specify the drumpower, ratio of drum volume from the other channels The allowedvalues of amplification range from 0 (no sound) to 800
Optionally to put `a' character along with -a option, or to use--volume-compensation , instructs TiMidity++ toregularize the volume You can easily gain dynamic range
For example:
-A90
volume 90%, drum power 100%, compensation is off
-A,120
volume 70%, drum power 120%, compensation is off
-A90,120
volume 90%, drum power 120%, compensation is off
-Aa
volume 70%, drum power 100%, compensation is on
-A90a
volume 90%, drum power 100%, compensation is on
-A,120a
volume 70%, drum power 120%, compensation is on
-A90,120a
volume 90%, drum power 120%, compensation is on
-a, --[no-]anti-alias
Turns on antialiasing Samples are run through a lowpass filterbefore playing, which reduces aliasing noise at low resamplingfrequencies
-B n,m , --buffer-fragments=n,m
For the Linux/FreeBSD/OSS/ALSA/Windows sound driver, selects thenumber of buffer fragments in interactive mode Increasing the numberof fragments may reduce choppiness when many processes are runningIt will make TiMidity++ seem to respond sluggishly to fastforward, rewind, and volume controls, and it will throw the statusdisplay off sync Specify a fragments number of 0 to use the maximumnumber of fragments available
-C n , --control-ratio=n
Sets the ratio of sampling and control frequencies This determineshow often envelopes are recalculated -- small ratios yield betterquality but use more CPU time
-c file , --config-file=file
Reads an extra configuration file
-D n , --drum-channel=n
Marks channel as a drum channel If channel is negative, channel-n is marked as an instrumental channel If n is0 , all channels are marked as instrumental
-d dir , --interface-path=dir
Specifies the directory containing installed dynamic-link interfacemodules
-E mode , --ext=mode
Set TiMidity++ extend modes The following modes are available(capitalized switch means disable this feature):
w/W, --[no-]mod-wheel
Enable/disable modulation controlling
p/P, --[no-]portamento
Enable/disable portamento controlling
v/V, --[no-]vibrato
Enable/disable NRPM vibration
s/S, --[no-]ch-pressure
Enable/disable channel pressure controlling
e/E, --[no-]mod-envelope
Enable/disable modulation envelope controlling
t/T, --[no-]trace-text-meta
Enable/disable tracing all Text Meta Events
o/O, --[no-]overlap-voice
Accept/reject pronouncing multiple same notes
z/Z, --[no-]temper-control
Enable/disable MIDI Tuning Standard temperament controlling
m HH , --default-mid=HH
Sets the manufacturer ID to HH (where HH are twohex-digits)
HH values of GS/gs , XG/xg or GM/gm areunderstood as 41 , 43 and 7e respectively
M HH , --system-mid=HH
Sets the system manufacturer ID to HH (where HH are twohex-digits)
In this option, the manufacuture ID is set unchangable ManufacutureID from the input file would be ignored
b n , --default-bank=n
Use tone bank n as the default
B n , --force-bank=n
Sets the bank number of all channels to n
i n[/m] , --default-program=n[/m]
Use the program number as the default instrument Any Program Changeevents in MIDI files will override this option
If n is followed by /m the default program number of thechannel m is specified by n
I n[/m] , --force-program=n[/m]
Similar to -Ei but this ignores all program changes
F args
For effects See below In args option, you can specifyfollowing effect options:
delay=(d|l|r|b)[,msec] , --delay=(d|l|r|b)[,msec]
Sets delay type
d, 0
Disabled delay effect
l, 1
Left delay
r, 2
Right delay
b, 3
Swap left & right
Optional msec is the delay time
chorus=(d|n|s)[,level] , --chorus=(d|n|s)[,level]
d, 0
Disable this effect
n, 1
Enable MIDI chorus effect control
s, 2
Surround sound, chorus detuned to a lesser degree (default)
The optional parameter level specifies the chorus level 0 to 127
reverb=(d|n|g)[,level] , --reverb=(d|n|g)[,level]
reverb=(f|G)[,level,scaleroom,offsetroom,predelay]
--reverb=(f|G)[,level,scaleroom,offsetroom,predelay]
d, 0
Disable MIDI reverb effect control
n, 1
Enable MIDI reverb effect control This effect is only available instereo
g, 2
Global reverb effect
f, 3
Freeverb MIDI reverb effect control (default)
G, 4
Global Freeverb effect
The optional parameter level specifies the reverb level 0 to 127
For Freeverb effect, additional parameters scaleroom ,offsetroom and predelay can be specifiedscaleroom and offsetroom specify variables for the roomsize calculated as
roomsize =C * scaleroom + offsetroom
where C is the reverberation characterpredelay specifies the factor for pre-delay time ofreverberation in percentAny of the optional parameters can be omittedDefault values are 028 , 07 and 100 respectively
vlpf=(d|c|m) , --voice-lpf=(d|c|m)
d, 0
Disable LPF effect
c, 1
Chamberlin resonant LPF (12dB/oct) (default)
m, 2
Moog resonant low-pass VCF (24dB/oct)
ns=n , --noise-shaping=n
Enable the n th degree noiseshaping filter The distortion atdecay stage is improved, but the noise on human auditory feelingincreases because it shifts to a high frequency In case of 8-bitlinear encoding, valid values of n are in the interval from0 (min) to 4 (max) Default value is 4 In case of16-bit linear encoding, valid values of n are in the interval from0 to 4 According to the value, it works as followingDefault value is 4
0
No noise shaping
1
Traditional noise shaping
2
Overdrive-like soft-clipping + new noise shaping
3
Tube-amplifier-like soft-clipping + new noise shaping
4
New noise shaping
resamp=(d|l|c|L|n|g) , --resample=(d|l|c|L|n|g)
d, 0
No interpolation
l, 1
Linear interpolation
c, 2
Cubic spline interpolation
L, 3
Lagrange method
n, 4
Newton polynomial interpolation
g, 5
Modified Gauss effect (default)
This option affects the behavior of -N option
-e, --evil
Make TiMidity++ evil For the Win32 version, this increases thetask priority by one It can give better playback when you switchtasks at the expense of slowing all other tasks down
-F, --[no-]fast-panning
Turns on fast panning to accommodate MIDI pieces that expect panningadjustments to affect notes that are already playing Some files thatdon't expect this have a habit of flipping balance rapidly betweenleft and right, which can cause severe popping when the -F flagis used
In the current version of TiMidity++ this option is a toggle
-f, --[no-]fast-decay
Toggles fast envelopes This option makes TiMidity++ faster butthe release time of the notes are shortened
-g sec , --spectrogram=sec
Open the Sound-Spectrogram window This option is activated if thesystem has support for the X Window System
-H n , --force-keysig=n
Specify the number of key signature MIDI file is performed withtransposition to the key of the number of sharp (when n ispositive) or flat (when n is negative) Valid values of n are in the interval from -7 to 7 For example, if n is 1 , MIDI file with any tonality will be performed transposingto 1 flat (ie, F major or D minor) Therefore, it isconvenient to use for the accompaniment when practicing a musicalinstrument by the tonality which is easy to perform
-h, --help
Show the help message
-i mode , --interface=mode
--realtime-priority=n
--sequencer-ports=n
Selects the user interfaces from the compiled-in alternativesmode must be begun with one of the supported interfaceidentifiers Run TiMidity++ with the -h option to see alist
For ALSA sequencer interface, optionally to use--realtime-priority , set the realtime priority by n ,and to use --sequencer-ports , set the number of openedsequencer ports Default value is 4
The following identifiers may be available:
-id
dumb interface
-in
ncurses interface
-is
S-Lang interface
-ia
X Athena Widget interface
-ik
Tcl/Tk interface
-im
Motif interface
-iT
vt100 interface
-ie
Emacs interface
(use ``M-x timidity'' in Emacs)
-ii
skin interface
Environment variable TIMIDITY_SKIN must be set to the path ofthe skin data (compressed data are also supported)
-ig
GTK+ interface
-ir
Launch TiMidity++ as MIDI server
-iA
Launch TiMidity++ as ALSA sequencer client
-iW
Windodws synthesizer interface
-iw
Windodws GUI interface
-iP
PortMIDI synthesizer interface
-ip
UMP interface
Interface options
Option characters may be added immediately after the interfaceidentifier The following options are recognized:
v, --verbose=n
Increases verbosity level This option is cumulative
q, --quiet=n
Decreases verbosity level This option is cumulative
t, --[no-]trace
Toggles trace mode In trace mode, TiMidity++ attempts todisplay its current state in real time For the Linux sound driver,this is accomplished through the use of short DMA buffer fragments,which can be tuned via the -B option
l, --[no-]loop
Loop playing (some interfaces ignore this option)
r, --[no-]random
Randomize file list arguments before playing
s, --[no-]sort
Sort file list arguments before playing
D, --[no-]background
Daemonize TiMidity++ in background (for alsaseq only)
-j, --[no-]realtime-load
Enable the loading of patch files during play
-K n , --adjust-key=n
Adjusts key (ie, transposes the song) by n half tones Rangesfrom -24 to 24
-k msec , --voice-queue=msec
Specify audio queue time limit to reduce voices If the remainingaudio buffer is less than msec milliseconds, TiMidity++ tries to kill some voices This feature makes it possible to playcomplicated MIDI files on slow CPUs Setting msec to zero tellsTiMidity++ to never remove any voices
-L path , --patch-path=path
Adds path to the library path Patch, configuration, and MIDIfiles are searched along this path Directories added last will besearched first Note that the current directory is always searchedfirst before the library path
-M name , --pcm-file=name
TiMidity++ can play a PCM file instead of a MIDI file If``auto'' is specified, TiMidity++ tries to open foomidwav orfoomidaiff when playing foomid If ``none'' is specified, thisfeature is disabled Otherwise just plays name
-m msec , --decay-time=msec
Modify envelope volume decay time msec is the minimum numberof milliseconds to sustain a sustained note
-m 0
Disable sustain ramping, causes constant volume sustains (default)
-m 1
Effectively behaves as if all sustains are ignored, volume ramping isthe same as normal stage 3
-m 3000
A note at full volume will decay for 3 seconds once it begins tobe sustained (assuming the regular stage 3 rate would not cause it todecay even longer) Softer notes will of course die sooner
-N n , --interpolation=n
Sets interpolation parameter This option depends on the-EFresamp option's value
cspline, lagrange
Toggles 4-point linear interpolation (default is on)
newton
n point interpolation using Newton polynomials n must bean odd number from 1 to 57
gauss
n +1 point modified Gauss interpolation Ranges 0 (disable) to 34 (max), default to 25
In either way, linear interpolation is used if audio queue < 99%
-O mode , --output-mode=mode
--flac-verify
--flac-padding=n
--flac-complevel=n
--oggflac
--speex-quality=n
--speex-vbr
--speex-abr=n
--speex-vad
--speex-dtx
--speex-complexity=n
--speex-nframes=n
Selects the output mode from the compiled-in alternativesmode must begin with one of the supported output modeidentifiers Run TiMidity++ with the -h option to seethe list
Special in Ogg FLAC output mode, verifying generated data (will be abit slower), the size of header padding (default is 4096), thecompression level (0 to 8) (default is 5), and enabling OggFLAC streamcan be specified by --flac-verify , --flac-padding ,--flac-complevel and --oggflac options respectively
Special in Ogg Speex output mode, the compression quality (0 to 10)(default is 8), Enabling VBR output, enabling ABR output and settingthe ratio to n, enabling VAD (voice activity detection), enabling DTX(discontinuous transmission), the encoding complexity (0 to 10)(default is 3), and frames in a single Ogg packet (0 to 10) (defaultis 1) can be specified by --speex-quality ,--speex-vbr , --speex-abr , --speex-vad ,--speex-dtx , --speex-complexity and--speex-nframes options respectively
The following identifiers are available in all versions:
-Od
Outputs via audio device (default)
-Os
Output to ALSA
-Or
Generate raw waveform data All format options are supported Commonformats include:
-OrU
u-Law
-Or1sl
16-bit signed linear PCM
-Or8ul
8-bit unsigned linear PCM
-Ou
Generate Sun Audio (au) data
-Oa
Generate AIFF data
-Ow
Generate RIFF WAVE format output If output is directed to anon-seekable file, or if TiMidity++ is interrupted beforeclosing the file, the file header will contain 0xffffffff in the RIFFand data block length fields The popular sound conversion utilitysox is able to read such malformed files, so you can pipe datadirectly to sox for on-the-fly conversion to other formats
-Ol
List MIDI events
-OM
MOD -> MIDI conversion
-Oe
EsounD
-Op
PortAudio
-Oj
JACK
-OR
aRts
-OA
Alib
-Ov
Ogg Vorbis
-OF
Ogg FLAC
-OS
Ogg Speex
-OO
libdao
Format options
Option characters may be added immediately after the mode identifierto change the output format The following options are recognized:
S, --output-stereo
Stereo
M, --output-mono
Monophonic
s, --output-signed
Signed output
u, --output-unsigned
Unsigned output
1, --output-16bit
16-bit sample width
2, --output-24bit
24-bit sample width
8, --output-8bit
8-bit sample width
l, --output-linear
Linear encoding
U, --output-ulaw
u-Law (8-bit) encoding
A, --output-alaw
A-Law encoding
x, --[no-]output-swab
Byte-swapped output
Note that some options have no effect on some modes For example, youcannot generate a byte-swapped RIFF WAVE file, or force uLaw outputon a Linux PCM device
-o file , --output-file=file
Place output on file , which may be a file, device, or HP-UXaudio server, depending on the output mode selected with the -O option The special filename `-' causes output to be placed onstdout
-P file , --patch-file=file
Use patch file for all programs
-p [n](a)
--polyphony=n
--[no-]polyphony-reduction
Sets polyphony (maximum number of simultaneous voices) to n
Optionally to put `a' character along with -p option, or to use--polyphony-reduction , instructs TiMidity++ to enableautomatic polyphony reduction algorithm
-Q n[,...](t)
--mute=n[,...]
--temper-mute=n[,...]
Cause channel n to be quiet n can carry out packagespecification by `,' If n is 0 , all channels are turnedoff Continuously, specifying -n , channel n is turnedback on
On the other hand, to put `t' character after -Q option or touse --temper-mute describes temperament mute This muteschannels of specific temperament type n For presettemperament, n can range 0 to 3 For user-definedtemperament, n can range 4 to 7
-q sec/n , --audio-buffer=sec/n
Specify audio buffer in seconds sec maximum size of buffer,n percentage filled at the beginning (default is 50/100 )(size of 100% equals the whole device buffer size)
-R msec
Enables Pseudo Reverb Mode It sets every instrument's release tomsec ms If msec is 0 , msec is set to800 (default)
-S n , --cache-size=n
Sets the re-sample cache size to n bytes If n equals0 any sample caches are disabled The default value ofn is 2097152 (2MB)
-s freq , --sampling-freq=freq
Sets the resampling frequency (Hz or kHz) Not all sound devices arecapable of all frequencies -- an approximate frequency may beselected, depending on the implementation
-T n , --adjust-tempo=n
Adjust tempo to n %; 120 play MOD files with an NTSCAmiga's timing
-t code , --output-charset=code
Sets output coding of Japanese text Possible values of code are:
auto
determined by the LANG environment variable
ascii
Translates non-ASCII code to period
nocnv
No conversion
1251
Convert from windows-1251 to koi8-r
euc
Outputs EUC (Japan) coding
jis
Outputs JIS coding
sjis
Outputs SJIS coding
-U, --[no-]unload-instruments
Unload all instruments from memory between MIDI files This canreduce memory requirements when playing many files in succession
-V power , --volume-curve=power
Set the power of volume curve The total amplification becomesvolume^power 0 (default) uses the regular tables Anynon-zero value causes all midi to use the new user definedvelocity/volume/expression curve (linear: 1 , ideal:~1661 , GS: ~2 )
-v, --version
Show the version string
-W mode , --wrd=mode
Play WRD file
Allowed values of mode are:
x
X Window System mode
w
Windows console mode
t
TTY mode
d
Dumb mode (outputs WRD events directory)
-
do not trace WRD
R[opts]
Sets WRD options:
a1=b1 ,a2=b2 ,...
Sets the WRD options an is the name of option and bn isthe value
d=n
Emulates timing (@WAIT, @WMODE) bugs of the original MIMPI playerThe emulation levels are:
-WRd=0
do not emulate any bugs of MIMPI
-WRd=1
only emulate some bugs (default)
-WRd=2
emulate all known bugs
F=file
Use file as WRD file only no file matching *wrd is found
f=file
Uses file as WRD file

WRD mode must also use trace mode (option -i?t ) orthe timing of the WRD events will be terrible
-w mode , --rcpcv-dll=mode
Extended mode for MS Windows The following options are available:
-w r
Use rcpcvdll to play RCP/R36 files
-w R
Do not use rcpcvdll (default)
-x str , --config-string=str
Configure TiMidity++ with str The format of str isthe same as timiditycfg
For example:
-x'bank 0n0 violinpat'
Sets the instrument number 0 to violin
Character `' (Ascii 0x5c) in the str is treated as escapecharacter like in C literals For example n is treated ascarriage return
-Z file , --freq-table=file
Cause the table of frequencies to be read from file This isuseful to define a tuning different from 12-equal temperament If``pure'' is specified, TiMidity++ plays in trial pure intonation
-Zpure [n(m)] , --pure-intonation=[n(m)]
Play in trial pure intonation by Key Signature meta-event in the MIDIfile You can specify the initial keysig by hand, in case the MIDIfile does not contains the meta-event Optionally, n is thenumber of key signature In case of sharp, n is positive Incase of flat, n is negative Valid values of n are in theinterval from -7 to 7 In case of minor mode, you shouldput `m' character along with -Zpure option
--module=n
Simulate behavior of specific synthesizer module as much as possibleFor the moment, the value of n defined is as follows:
0
TiMidity++ Default
1
Roland SC-55
2
Roland SC-88
3
Roland SC-88Pro
4
Roland SC-8850
5-15
Reserved for GS family
16
YAMAHA MU-50
17
YAMAHA MU-80
18
YAMAHA MU-90
19
YAMAHA MU-100
20-31
Reserved for XG family
32
SoundBlaster Live!
33
SoundBlaster Audigy
34-111
Reserved for other synthesizer modules
112
TiMidity++ Special 1
113-126
Reserved for TiMidity++ specification purposes
127
TiMidity++ Debug