YM2WAV(1)

💖 YM2WAV(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because ym2wav is literally the moment and you're about to be obsessed. it's a command line YM to WAV audio converter, and yes, the manual name is right there in the title, we're doing this properly. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ym2wav — a commandline YM to WAV audio converter. that's it, that's the whole vibe. short, sweet, iconic. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so first things first, you need to know about STYMulator, because ym2wav is part of it and it's giving main character energy. STYMulator is an Open Source (GPL License) player which plays music files in the YM chiptune format. 🦋

and what even is a YM file, you ask? not me about to explain chiptune lore. so, the YM files are Yamaha YM2149 soundchip music datas (registers) dumped from the ATARI 16-bit computers. like, actual register dumps from real hardware. vintage. legendary. no cap. 🔥

and then ym2wav — which, reminder, is part of STYMulator — is a command line YM to WAV audio converter. so you feed it the chiptune, and it hands you back a WAV. glow up achieved. ✨

💜 SYNOPSIS 💜

ym2wav <input_ym_music_file> <output_wav_file>

two arguments, that's the whole thing, so simple it's practically a self-care routine. 🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

okay so plot twist: ym2wav has no options. none. zero. not a single flag. it's unbothered, it's minimal, it's confident. 💀

However — and this part matters, bestie — it requires two arguments:

• <input_ym_music_file> — the relative or absolute filename path of the input YM file. that's your chiptune going in. 🎵
• <output_wav_file> — the relative or absolute filename path of the output WAV file. that's your audio coming out. 🎧

fr fr, both of these are required. it's not "no options" as in "no input needed", it's "no flags, just vibes and two paths". don't come for me. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• ymplayer(1) — the sibling, go say hi 👋
• Homepage: http://atariarea.krap.pl/stymulator/ — the source of all truth 🧚

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this manual page was written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). king behavior, honestly. 👑

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. slay, legally speaking. 💖

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL. go read it if that's your thing, i respect it. ⭐

and that's the whole page, bestie!! version 0.21, dated March 2007 — yes she's a vintage icon and she still ate. 🌸✨💅