ASEQSEND(1)

NAME
aseqsend - send arbitrary messages to selected ALSA MIDI seqencer port

SYNOPSIS
aseqsend -p client:port -s file-name
aseqsend -p client:port "hex encoded byte-string"

DESCRIPTION
aseqsend is a command-line utility which allows one to send SysEx (system exclusive) data to ALSA MIDI sequencer port. It can also send any other MIDI commands. Messages to be sent can be given in the last argument as hex encoded byte string or can be read from raw binary file. When sending several SysEx messages at once there is a delay of 1ms after each message as default and can be set to different value with option -i.

A client can be specified by its number, its name, or a prefix of its name. A port is specified by its number; for port 0 of a client, the ":0" part of the port specification can be omitted.

aseqsend can send UMP packets as MIDI 2.0 device by specifying via -u option as well, while the default operation is the legacy MIDI 1.0 byte stream.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
    Prints a list of options.

-V, --version
    Prints the current version.

-l, --list
    Prints a list of possible output ports.

-v, --verbose
    Prints number of bytes actually sent

-p, --port=client:port
    Target port by number or name

-s, --file=filename
    Send raw binary data from given file name

-i, --interval=msec
    Interval between SysEx messages in milliseconds

-u, --ump=version
    Specify the MIDI version. 0 for the legacy MIDI 1.0 (default), 1 for UMP MIDI 1.0 protocol and 2 for UMP MIDI 2.0 protocol.

    When UMP MIDI 1.0 or MIDI 2.0 protocol is specified, aseqsend reads the input as raw UMP packets, 4 each byte in big endian.

EXAMPLES

aseqsend -p 128:0 "F0 41 10 00 00 64 12 18 00 21 06 59 41 59 4E F7"

aseqsend -p 128:0 -s I7BulkDump.syx

SEE ALSO
aseqdump(1)

AUTHOR
Miroslav Kovac <mixxoo@gmail.com>