DRUMSTICK-DUMPMID(1)

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version 2.11.1 · 6 versions
, in arch rolling, nixpkgs unstable

🌟 NAME 🌟

okay so bestie, meet drumstick-dumpmid — a Drumstick command line utility for decoding MIDI events. that's the whole vibe. it takes MIDI and turns it into text so you can actually read it. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

drumstick-dumpmid [options]

that's it. that's the whole invocation. no positional args, no drama. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this program is a Drumstick example and utility program, which is honestly iconic of it. like, it's demonstrating the library AND being genuinely useful at the same time? main character energy fr fr. 👑

you use it to decode standard MIDI events as text. that's literally the job. MIDI goes in, readable text comes out. no cap. 🔥

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

💖 the one that's mandatory 💖

like, you genuinely cannot skip this one bestie, it's required:

  • -p, --port= client:port — an ALSA client:port specification that will be subscribed in order to read MIDI events from it. the client portion can be a number or a name, like in "20:0" or "Virtual Piano:0". yes you can just use the name, it's giving convenience 💅

🍓 the optional ones 🍓

these are the little extras, the sprinkles on top:

  • -h, --help — prints a summary of the command-line options and exits. your classic "what does this thing do again" button. 🫶
  • -v, --version — prints the program version number and exits. quick little flex. ⭐

🧚 LICENSE 🧚

okay so here's the legal bit, and it's actually kinda slay: permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, considering as source code any files used for the production of this manpage. 💜

yes that's the whole license paragraph, it's short and it ate. read it, it's literally your rights. 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go check out the siblings, they're family:

iykyk 🎹

👑 AUTHOR 👑

shoutout to Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas — plcl@users.sf.net 💌

Copyright © 2010-2024 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

and that's the page, bestie ✨ this little number ships as part of drumstick 2.11.1, dated August 22, 2026 — go decode some MIDI, you're gonna do amazing, mwah 💋🌸

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