ABC notation/MIDI

ABC notation has a function to generate MIDI file. You need a converter for this function. If you use NetBSD, you can easily install it. # pkgin install abcmidi If you use a Linux distribution, you'll follow your installation process of your distribution. The first example The file "sample_midi01.abc" below is the first example. X:1 T:eine kleine Nachtmusik C:W. A. Mozart K:G M:C L:1/4 % Q:Allegro Q:1/4=120 I:violin %%MIDI program 41 gz1/2d1/2gz1/2d1/2|g1/2d1/2g1/2b1/2d'z|c'z1/2a1/2c'z1/2a1/2|c'1/2a1/2f1/2a1/2dz| alice-fmvwe3u27l% You will convert this ABC notation file to a MIDI file with the command below. % abc2midi sample_midi01.abc % mv sample_midi011.mid sample_midi01.mid If you want to indicate the output filename, the correspondent command is below. % abc2midi sample_midi01.abc -o sample_midi01.mid You can listen to the generated MIDI file with any MIDI player. One choice is timidity. terminal 1 % timidity -iA terminal 2 % timidity sample_midi01.mid This sample ABC notation includes the line below. %%MIDI program 41 The line determines the kind of instrument used to play. MIDI to sound file You are able to convert the generated MIDI file to a sound file with timidity. % timidity sample_midi01.mid -Ow -o output.wav % timidity sample_midi01.mid -Ow -o - | ffmpeg7 -i - output.mp3 The first command generates WAV file and the second command generates MP3 file. If you use not NetBSD but Linux, you need to replace ffmpeg7 to ffmpeg.