On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 11:33:57AM -0500, Christopher Myers wrote:
> Again, another possibly silly question.
> 
> (First, note that I'm working on a linux box)
> I have an abc file with multiple tunes in it.  abc2midi very happily
> renders all the tunes in that file into midi files (filename1.mid,
> filename2.mid, etc).  I plop these files onto into a webpage, and
> generally listen to them using my browser (netscape 4.*) since playmidi
> complains about not being able to find /dev/sequencer (any solution for
> that, anyone?). 

timidity (or kmidi if you like kde)
Converts a midi file to a wave file and pumps it out your soundcard.

>  
> My issue is, I can only listen to them one at a time, and for short abc 
> tunes, it's a nuisance to have to keep clicking the links to the tune.
> 
> What I'd like is a way to join midi files, perhaps with a few seconds of
> silence between them, into a single file, so that I can listen to all
> tunes in a single multi-tune abc file with one click in my browser.  It
> sounds like it should be simple, but I haven't figured it out yet.

see above.
timidity can be called from the command line with multiple filenames.
It can also use a GUI interface (kmidi always uses a GUI) in which case
you can set up playlists.

Ali
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