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The Scarlet Devil Mansion :: midi123

midi123 is a command line MIDI player and MIDI->WAV converter that uses my

Haematite and RemiAudio libraries for its sound engine. It is written entirely

in the Crystal programming language.

Source Code

Releases, including Linux x86-64 AppImages

Haematite

Example Videos

Sonic the Hedgehog's Green Hill Zone by Masato Nakamura

Warcraft 2's "Human 2" by Glenn Stafford

Sonic the Hedgehog's "Spring Yard Zone" by Masato Nakamura

Rise of The Triad's "Smoke and Mirros" by Lee Jackson

Mega Man 2's "Airman" by Takashi Tateishi

Example Usage

# Play a MIDI file using a SoundFont, and stop after it finishes.
$ midi123 -s TimGM6mb.sf2 "24 - I Choose the Stairs.mid"

# Play a MIDI file using a SoundFont, and loop at the end.
$ midi123 --loop -s sc-55.sf2 "11 - Goin' Down the Fast Way.mid"

# Render multiple MIDI files to WAVs in parallel.
$ midi123 --render -s "Arachno SoundFont.sf2" "15 - Spray.mid" "07 - How'd I Do.mid"

# Show the help information.
$ midi123 --help

# Show version information
$ midi123 --version

Features

Supports both MIDI and RMI files
Multiple MIDIs can be specified and they will play one after the other
Loop support
Rendering to either WAV or Au format.
Rendering multiple MIDI files to WAV files in parallel without excess memory usage
Support for multiple bit depths and sample rates, and both integer and floating point WAVs
Parametric EQ with an arbitrary number of bands
Multiple reverb models to choose from
Multiple filter models to choose from for both the voices, and the channels.
Optional stereo enhancement effect
Optional soft clipping
Control over the reverb and chorus effects
VU meters
Keyboard control support
Configuration file support