GMIDIMONITOR(1)

πŸ“¦ version 3.6, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

πŸ’– GMIDIMONITOR πŸ’–

okay bestie, so like β€” this is the manual page for gmidimonitor, a MIDI controlled sampler living in the General Commands Manual section. yes it's section 1. yes we're doing this. sit down, grab a strawberry πŸ“, and let's vibe check some MIDI.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gmidimonitor

that's it. that's the whole invocation. no flags required, just pure unbothered energy. πŸ’…

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so, real talk β€” this page is here to give you the brief rundown on the gmidimonitor program. and like, the tea β˜• is that this manual page was written for the Debian distribution, specifically because the original program doesn't have a manual page of its own. so Debian said "fine, we'll do it ourselves" and honestly? iconic behavior. πŸ‘‘

so what does it actually do? gmidimonitor helps you read MIDI messages β€” the ones coming through ALSA or Jack Audio Connection Kit. that's the whole plot. it watches, you read, everyone's happy. πŸ¦‹

πŸŽ€ OPTIONS πŸŽ€

two options. two. and both of them are just "which audio backend are we vibing with today":

  • --jack β€” gmidimonitor will read its MIDI messages through JACK 🎧
  • --alsa β€” gmidimonitor will read its MIDI messages through ALSA 🎹

pick your fighter. no wrong answers. (well, ok, there might be a wrong answer for your setup, but that's between you and your sound server fr fr.) 😭

πŸ”₯ SEE ALSO πŸ”₯

go read about the JACK daemon if you want the full lore. iykyk. πŸ’œ

πŸ’Œ AUTHOR πŸ’Œ

this manual page was written by JaromΓ­r MikeΕ‘ <mira.mikes@seznam.cz>, for the Debian project β€” but it may be used by others. so like, share the love, it's fine. 🫢

and that's a wrap on the General Commands Manual page for GMIDIMONITOR(1), last touched way back on July 4, 2011 β€” vintage, honestly. βœ¨πŸ’…

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