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.TH "mididings" "1" "2026\-08\-13"
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.SH NAME
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mididings \- A MIDI router and processor based on Python.\&
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The mididings command line tool offers several ways to run patches without
writing full\-fledged Python scripts.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Display version number of Python & mididings.\&
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.RE
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display help message.\&
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.RE
.SS BACKEND OPTIONS
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\fB\-A\fR
.RS 4
Use ALSA sequencer.\&
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.RE
\fB\-J\fR
.RS 4
Use JACK MIDI (buffered).\&
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.RE
\fB\-R\fR
.RS 4
Use JACK MIDI (realtime).\&
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.RE
\fB\-c\fR \fIclient name\fR
.RS 4
ALSA or JACK client name.\&
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.RE
\fB\-i\fR \fIports\fR
.RS 4
Number of input ports.\&
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.RE
\fB\-o\fR \fIports\fR
.RS 4
Number of output ports.\&
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.RE
\fB\-I\fR \fIconnections\fR
.RS 4
Input port connections.\& Regular expression.\&
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.RE
\fB\-O\fR \fIconnections\fR
.RS 4
Output port connections.\& Regular expression.\&
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.RE
.SS GENERAL OPTIONS
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\fB\-d\fR \fIdelay\fR
.RS 4
Delay (in seconds) before processing starts.\&
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.RE
\fB\-t\fR \fIoffset\fR
.RS 4
Octave offset.\&
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.RE
\fB\-z\fR \fIoffset\fR
.RS 4
Offset for port, channel & program numbers.\&
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.RE
.SS MODE OPTIONS
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\fB\-f\fR \fIfilename\fR
.RS 4
File name of script to run.\&
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.RE
\fB\-s\fR
.RS 4
Interactive shell.\&
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.RE
\fB\-S\fR
.RS 4
Interactive shell with automatic patch execution.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB\-p\fR
.RS 4
Print MIDI events.\& No processing is done.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
See the online documentation at https://mididings.\&github.\&io/mididings/ for
current information on mididings and its related tools.\&
.PP
.SH BUGS
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Bugs?\& You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software.\& But if we happen
to be wrong, submit a bug report with as much detail as possible at
https://github.\&com/mididings/mididings/issues.\&
.PP