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NAME

midiclick - generates a metronome click-track on MIDI channel 9

SYNOPSIS

 midiclick -t 108           # tempo is (starts at) 108 beats/min
 midiclick -t 108 -b 4      # Four beats in a bar
 midiclick -Q -t 108 -b 4   # Quiet mode; no User-Interface
 midiclick -o 14:1 -t 108   # Output to ALSA-port 14:1
 midiclick -p               # starts up in Paused mode
 xterm -geometry 80x7-1+1 -exec 'midiclick -t 165 -b 5' &

 ~> midiclick -o TiMidity -t 144 -b 5 -p
 ALSA client 129                midiclick pid=2157
 Output port 129:1 is connected to 128:0
 Tempo 144 beats/min            BarLength 5 beats
 PAUSED                         Volume 100
 _
  t=Tempo  b=Barlength  <spacebar>=Play  v=Volume  q=Quit

 http://www.pjb.com.au/midi/midiclick.html

DESCRIPTION

The MIDI::ALSA module is used to create an ALSA client.

The keyboard interface, allows real-time adjustment of the delay parameters. If you don't want the interface (e.g. in a Makefile), the -Q option sets Quiet-mode.

OPTIONS

-t 72

The Tempo will be set; to 72 beats per minute in this example. The default is 120.

-b 3

The Bar length will be set; the bell will sound every 3 beats in this example The default is 0, which means every beat clicks and there are no bells.

-v 80

This option sets the Volume (or Velocity) of the midi output. The default is 100.

-p

This option starts midiclick in Paused state; you can then start it Playing with spacebar. This option is ignored in -Q Quiet mode.

-o 128:0 or -o TiMidity

This option sets the ouput-port to which the midi output will be sent. You can check out the available ports with the command aplaymidi -l or aconnect -ol. The default ouput-port is the environment variable $ALSA_OUTPUT_PORTS

-Q

This option runs midiclick in Quiet mode; there is no user-interface, and the metronome just runs with its Tempo and BarLength as given on the command-line, until it is interrupted. It can be useful in scripts.

-V

This option displays the Version number.

AUTHOR

Peter J Billam http://www.pjb.com.au/comp/contact.html

CREDITS

Based on the MIDI::Perl CPAN module in midi-file mode, and the MIDI::ALSA CPAN module in real-time mode.

SEE ALSO

 http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?MIDI
 http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?MIDI::ALSA
 http://www.pjb.com.au/muscript
 http://www.pjb.com.au/midi