mididings(1)

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mididings(1) 🎹💖

okay so this is the mididings page from the General Commands Manual, and it's literally your new fave MIDI bestie. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

mididings — a MIDI router and processor based on Python. periodt. 💅

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

bestie, the mididings command line tool offers several ways to run patches without writing full-fledged Python scripts. it's giving convenience, it's giving main character energy, and we're obsessed. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here's the whole menu, no cap 🍓

  • --version — display version number of Python & mididings. 👑
  • -h, --help — display help message. 🫶

🌈 BACKEND OPTIONS 🌈

  • -A — use ALSA sequencer. 🎛️
  • -J — use JACK MIDI (buffered). 🎧
  • -R — use JACK MIDI (realtime). ⚡
  • -c client name — ALSA or JACK client name. 💖
  • -i ports — number of input ports. 📥
  • -o ports — number of output ports. 📤
  • -I connections — input port connections. regular expression. 🔍
  • -O connections — output port connections. regular expression. 🔎

🦋 GENERAL OPTIONS 🦋

  • -d delay — delay (in seconds) before processing starts. ⏳
  • -t offset — octave offset. 🎹
  • -z offset — offset for port, channel & program numbers. 🔢

🌸 MODE OPTIONS 🌸

  • -f filename — file name of script to run. 📜
  • -s — interactive shell. 🐚
  • -S — interactive shell with automatic patch execution. 🤖✨
  • -p — print MIDI events. no processing is done. 👀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

see the online documentation at https://mididings.github.io/mididings/ for current information on mididings and its related tools. iykyk, that's where the freshest info lives. 🌐

💀 BUGS 💀

bugs? you must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. but if we happen to be wrong, submit a bug report with as much detail as possible at https://github.com/mididings/mididings/issues. like, as much detail as possible, bestie — don't leave them guessing 🙈.

🦋 that's the whole iconic page from mididings(1), dated 2026-08-13 — now go slay some MIDI, bestie 💖✨
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