gzdoom/src/timidity/README
Randy Heit 10c0d67b78 - Changed the MIDIStreamer to send the all notes off controller to each
channel when restarting the song, rather than emitting a single note off
  event which only has a 1 in 127 chance of being for a note that's playing
  on that channel. Then I decided it would probably be a good idea to reset
  all the controllers as well.
- Increasing the size of the internal Timidity stream buffer from 1/14 sec
  (copied from the OPL player) improved its sound dramatically, so apparently
  Timidity has issues with short stream buffers. It's now at 1/2 sec in
  length. However, there seems to be something weird going on with
  corazonazul_ff6boss.mid near the beginning where it stops and immediately
  restarts a guitar on the exact same note.
- Added a new sound debugging cvar: snd_drawoutput, which can show various
  oscilloscopes and spectrums.
- Internal TiMidity now plays music.
- Changed the progdir global variable into an FString.

SVN r900 (trunk)
2008-04-11 04:59:23 +00:00

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[This version of timidity has been stripped for simplicity in porting to SDL,
and then even further for SDL_sound]
---------------------------------*-text-*---------------------------------
From http://www.cgs.fi/~tt/discontinued.html :
If you'd like to continue hacking on TiMidity, feel free. I'm
hereby extending the TiMidity license agreement: you can now
select the most convenient license for your needs from (1) the
GNU GPL, (2) the GNU LGPL, or (3) the Perl Artistic License.
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This is the README file for TiMidity v0.2i
TiMidity is a MIDI to WAVE converter that uses Gravis
Ultrasound(*)-compatible patch files to generate digital audio data
from General MIDI files. The audio data can be played through any
sound device or stored on disk. On a fast machine, music can be
played in real time. TiMidity runs under Linux, FreeBSD, HP-UX, SunOS, and
Win32, and porting to other systems with gcc should be easy.
TiMidity Features:
* 32 or more dynamically allocated fully independent voices
* Compatibility with GUS patch files
* Output to 16- or 8-bit PCM or uLaw audio device, file, or
stdout at any sampling rate
* Optional interactive mode with real-time status display
under ncurses and SLang terminal control libraries. Also
a user friendly motif interface since version 0.2h
* Support for transparent loading of compressed MIDI files and
patch files
* Support for the following MIDI events:
- Program change
- Key pressure
- Channel main volume
- Tempo
- Panning
- Damper pedal (Sustain)
- Pitch wheel
- Pitch wheel sensitivity
- Change drum set
* The GNU General Public License can, as always, be found in the file
"../COPYING".
* TiMidity requires sampled instruments (patches) to play MIDI files. You
should get the file "timidity-lib-0.1.tar.gz" and unpack it in the same
directory where you unpacked the source code archive. You'll want more
patches later -- read the file "FAQ" for pointers.
* Timidity is no longer supported, but can be found by searching the web.
Tuukka Toivonen <toivonen@clinet.fi>
[(*) Any Registered Trademarks used anywhere in the documentation or
source code for TiMidity are acknowledged as belonging to their
respective owners.]