Seq24(1)

📦 version 0.9.3, in debian bookworm, nixos 26.05, ubuntu jammy

✨ Seq24(1) — the Seq24 manual page, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're about to talk about Seq24 and honestly? it's giving legendary. this is the manual page for it, and i'm gonna walk you through every single crumb of it. no skips, no skimming, we read the whole thing like the main character we are 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

Seq24 — real time MIDI sequencer 🎹✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

seq24 [OPTIONS] [FILENAME]

like… that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. options, then a filename, and boom, you're sequencing. iconic.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so Seq24 is a real-time midi sequencer, periodt. it was created to give you a very simple interface for editing and playing midi "loops". that's the whole assignment. simple interface, loops, go off. 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Seq24 accepts the following options, and yes we're doing all of them, every last one, no crumbs left behind:

  • --help — shows you a list of all the commandline options. your little map. your flashlight in the dark. 🔦
  • --version — displays the program version. say hi to the number.
  • --file <filename> — loads a MIDI file right at startup, so it's already there waiting for you like a bestie with boba. 🧋
  • --manual_alsa_ports — Seq24 won't attach alsa ports. hands off, respectfully. 🙈
  • --showmidi — dumps incoming midi to the screen. every message, right there, on display. 💀
  • --priority — runs higher priority with the FIFO scheduler. she's got places to be. 🏃♀️
  • --pass_sysex — passes any incoming sysex messages to all outputs. sharing is caring fr fr.
  • --ignore <number> — ignores ALSA device <number>. not today, device. ✋
  • --show_keys — prints the pressed key value. tell me everything, keyboard. ⌨️
  • --interaction_method <number> — picks your mouse interaction method: (0 = seq24) which is the default, or (1 = fruity loops method). choose your fighter. 🥊
  • --jack_transport — seq24 will sync to JACK transport. synchronized. in sync. slay. 🎶
  • --jack_master — seq24 will try to be JACK master. main character energy, literally. 👑
  • --jack_master_cond — JACK master will fail if there's already a master. so if someone got there first… it's not happening bestie. 😭
  • --jack_start_mode <x> — when seq24 is synced to JACK, these play modes are available: (0 = live mode), (1 = song mode), and song mode is the default. 🌈
  • --stats — prints statistics on the commandline while running. numbers, live, constantly. obsessed. 📊
  • --jack_session_uuid <uuid> — sets the uuid for the jack session. very specific, very important, very uuid. 🔑

💜 FILES 💜

  • $HOME/.seq24rc — this stores the user settings for seq24. that's where all your little preferences live. home sweet home. 🏠

🍓 SUGGESTIONS AND BUG REPORTS 🍓

any bugs you find should be reported to the upstream author and/or the package maintainer. don't suffer in silence, tell somebody, that's the vibe check. 🐛

⭐ OTHER INFO ⭐

the old project homepage is at http://www.filter24.org/seq24/ and the new one is at https://edge.launchpad.net/seq24/. glow-up complete. ✨

it is released under the GNU GPL license. free as in freedom, no cap. 🕊️

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Seq24 was written by Rob C. Buse <seq24@filter24.org> and the Seq24team. legends, all of them. 🙌

this manual page was written by Dana Olson <seq24@ubuntustudio.com> with additions from Guido Scholz <guido.scholz@bayernline.de>. shoutout to the manual writers, the unsung heroes. 📝💖

and that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every path, every email, nothing skipped, nothing invented. ate and left no crumbs. 🎀

okay so that's Version 0.9.2, dated November 20 2010, and that's your Seq24 manual page from the Seq24 Manual Page. go make some loops, you've got this. 💅🦋🌸

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