
What Is This?
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Timidity(++) by Tuukka Toivonen/Masanao Izumo.

Timdity++ is a midi file to wave converter. It allows
the playing of midi files on ordinary soundcards which do
not have midi support. It does this by using samples from a
soundbank. The original sound bank uses GUS patches
(Gravis Ultrasound Soundboard) but other patches can be found
on the internet. Timidity can also use Creative soundfonts.

This Version
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This version of Timidity is tailored for DamnSmallLinux (2.1).
The program is found in /opt/timidity and the config files
in /home/dsl/.timidity.

The soundbank supplied is a 4M version of the Midia patches.
(It is recommended to turn off the reverb and chorus setting).


It has been compiled for Athena 2D Widgets. To get the gui, the
command line  must invoke with the '-ia' option. Timidity expects
timidity.cfg. A wrapper timidity.sh will create this if it does not
already exist.

DSL 2.1 tip:
	You may have to turn up the volume
	 (via dMix - turn up Master and PCM volumes).
Bugs:
	Karaoke midi lyrics don't yet display correctly.


Things To Do
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It is recommended to find your own patches or soundfonts. Generally
the bigger the better. e.g EAWpatches is about 30Mb. If you install
your own patches, it's a good idea to make timidity permanent by 
copying the installed program to HD and editing timidity.cfg to reflect
the changes.

References and Links
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	Timidity Project Page
		http://timidity.sourceforge.net/

 	Original GM Midia Patch (8Mb)
		ftp://archive.cs.umbc.edu/pub/midia
	  as touted by 4front Technologies as being public domain
		http://www.opensound.com/softoss.html
		http://www.4front-tech.com/ossapps/instruments.tar.gz
 	  4Mb modification by Shoji Matsumoto
		http://www.i.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~shom/timidity/
		http://www.i.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~shom/timidity/miniinst.zip

 	You can get more info and soundbanks by browsing these links;

	freepats
		http://freepats.opensrc.org/

	Masano Izumo - Patch collection.
		http://dodo.nurs.or.jp/~iz/guspat/tim-patches.html

	HammerSound SoundFonts
		http://www.hammersound.net

	Original Gus Software + Drivers
 	 	http://www.dcee.net/Files/Music/Gus/
  	 	http://www.filelibrary.com/Contents/DOS/38/7.html
   		http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/Hardware/mult...is/gus411/

	wavetoy - Milton Paredes
		http://www.soundfonts.it/?a=soundfonts&c=18#18

	Other
		http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/timidity/link.html
		http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/soundapps.html
		http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/digmid.html
		http://www.sf2midi.com
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