StrikeUpTheBand

December 2006

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sutb is a command line program written in “C” to generate midi files from a text file (txt2mid). Includes samples for band, orchestra and Jeux organ soundfont. A source code package is available as well as precompiled binary for Windows.

Make your own audio cd's with several open source command line tools. Start with sutb to generate a midi file (sutb songfile > songfile.mid). The midi file can be examined with midicsv (midicsv songfile > songfile.csv) or xxd (xxd songfile > songfile.hex). The file can be played with timidity (timidity songfile.mid). Convert your midi file to a wav (timidity -Ow songfile.mid). The wav file can be played or edited with audacity. You can also play or edit the wav with the command line utility sox. Finally burn an audio cd of all songs in the current directory with cdrecord ( cdrecord -v speed=8 dev=/dev/hdd -audio -tao -pad * ).

timidity is a mid2wav file converter, also referred to as a "soft synth", useful for playing your midi files or converting them to wav,ogg,mp3. Here are some tips for download and setup, and my timidity.cfg file.

Author: Tom Timmermann