https://blog.thameera.com Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:17:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.12 139676693 https://blog.thameera.com/playing-midi-files-in-ubuntu/ https://blog.thameera.com/playing-midi-files-in-ubuntu/#comments thameera Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:17:07 +0000 Uncategorized linux midi music ubuntu http://thameera.wordpress.com/?p=309 I was taken by surprise when I found out that I could not play MIDI audio in my Ubuntu box. Apparently it has to do with your sound card. But still..! One of the simplest methods to play a midi file in Ubuntu is to install timidity. Yeah, lovely name that. 😀 sudo apt-get install timidity…<p><a class="more-link" href="https://blog.thameera.com/playing-midi-files-in-ubuntu/" title="Continue reading ‘Playing MIDI files in Ubuntu’">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a></p> <p>I was taken by surprise when I found out that I could not play MIDI audio in my Ubuntu box. Apparently it has to do with your sound card. But still..!</p> <p>One of the simplest methods to play a midi file in Ubuntu is to install <em>timidity</em>. Yeah, lovely name that. <img alt="😀" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f600.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"/></p> <blockquote><p>sudo apt-get install timidity timidity-interfaces-extra</p></blockquote> <p>You can play a midi file directly from the command <em>timidity </em>followed by the file name. For example,</p> <blockquote><p>timidity awesometune.mid</p></blockquote> <p>Or, if you want a GUI, you can simply type</p> <blockquote><p>timidity -ig</p></blockquote> <p>and an old-fashioned window will pop up.</p> <p><img alt="" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-310" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" height="336" src="https://blog.thameera.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/timidity.png" title="timidity" width="284"/></p> <p>Happy listening! <img alt="😀" class="wp-smiley" src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f600.png" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;"/></p> https://blog.thameera.com/playing-midi-files-in-ubuntu/feed/ 10 309