NAME

sonivoxrender — Render standard MIDI files into raw PCM audio

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

This program is a MIDI file renderer based on the sonivox synthesizer library. It reads .MID (Standard MIDI Files) file format, and writes an audio stream to the standard output as raw 16 bit stereo PCM samples.

Options

-h, --help: Prints brief usage information.
-v, --version: Prints the version numbers.
-d, --dls file.dls: Optional DLS soundfont file name. If not provided, it uses an internal embedded soundfont.
-r, --reverb reverb_preset: Reverb preset between 0 and 4: 0=no, 1=large hall, 2=hall, 3=chamber, 4=room.
-w, --wet reverb_wet: Reverb wet level between 0 and 32767.
-n, --dry reverb_dry: Reverb dry level between 0 and 32767.
-c, --chorus chorus_preset: Chorus preset between 0 and 4: 0=no, 1..4=presets.
-l, --level chorus_level: Chorus level between 0 and 32767.
-g, --gain master_gain: Master gain between 0 and 100, default is 90 (10 dB below maximum).

Arguments

midi_file: Input MID file name.

EXAMPLES

The following examples assume the default option USE_44KHZ=ON, which means an output sample rate = 44100 Hz.

Example 1: Render a MIDI file and save the rendered audio as a raw audio file:

$ sonivoxrender ants.mid > ants.pcm

Example 2: pipe the rendered audio thru the Linux ALSA aplay utility:

$ sonivoxrender ants.mid | aplay -c 2 -f S16_LE -r 44100

is equivalent to:

$ sonivoxrender ants.mid | aplay -f cd

Example 3: pipe the rendered audio thru the lame utility creating a MP3 file:

$ sonivoxrender ants.mid | lame -r -s 44100 - ants.mp3

Example 4: pipe the rendered audio thru the sox utility creating a WAV file:

$ sonivoxrender ants.mid | sox -t s16 -c 2 -r 44100 - ants.wav

Example 5: pipe the rendered audio thru the PulseAudio’s pacat utility:

$ sonivoxrender ants.mid | pacat

BUGS

See Tickets at GitHub <https://github.com/pedrolcl/sonivox/issues/>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0

AUTHORS

Pedro López-Cabanillas <plcl@users.sf.net>.