midicopy - Copy selected track, channel, time interval of a MIDI file to another MIDI file

       This manual page was written by Seymour Shlien.

midicopy  is  used  to  copy  part  of a MIDI file to another MIDI file. You can select a particular time
       interval, particular channels, and particular tracks or any combinations. If one or both of the run  time
       parameters -from or -to are included, the program returns the playing time in seconds of the output file.
       Midicopy   was   developed   by   Seymour   Shlien  from  the  midifilelib  distribution  available  from
       http://www.harmony-central.com/MIDI/midifilelib.tar.gz.

midicopy.exe-trks1,5-from2669-to8634uzicko.midfragment.mid Midicopy will  copy  tracks  1  and  5
       starting from midi pulse position 2669 and ending at MIDI pulse position 8634.

       midicopy - Copy selected track, channel, time interval of a MIDI file to another MIDI file

-ver   prints version number and then exits

       -trksn1,n2,etc
              Selects the tracks to be copied where the track numbers start from 1.  If more than one  track  is
              specified,  they should be separated by commas. You should always copy track 1 since by convention
              it contains information pertinent to all the other  tracks.  By  default  all  tracks  are  copied
              unless you specify particular tracks using this run time parameter.

       -xtrksn1,n2,etc
              Lists  the tracks to exclude from copying. All other tracks are copied.  This option does not work
              in combination with -trks.

       -xchnsn1,n2,etc
              Lists the channels to exclude from copying. All other channels are copied.  This option  does  not
              work in combination with -chns.

       -chnsn
              Like  above,  it  specifies  the  MIDI  channels to be copied. By default all channels are copied.
              Channel numbers also start from 1.

       -fromn
              The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from midi pulse number  n.  By  default  it  will
              start from time zero or the beginning of the MIDI file.

       -ton  Stops copying all events after midi pulse number n. By default the file is copied to the end.

       -frombeatn
              The  program  will  copy all MIDI commands starting from quarter beat number n. By default it will
              start from time zero or the beginning of the MIDI file.

       -tobeatn
              Stops copying all events after quarter beat number n. By default the file is copied to the end.

       -fromsecn
              The program will copy all MIDI commands starting from time n in seconds.

       -tosecn
              Stops copying all events after time n in seconds. These two options (-fromsec and -tosec)  do  not
              work  accurately  if the MIDI file has more than one tempo command. Only the first one is used for
              converting seconds into MIDI pulse units.  It is therefore preferable to use  the  -from  and  -to
              options.

       -replacetrk,loc,val
              This  option  should  be  used  alone.  Midicopy will copy the entire file verbatim except it will
              replace a byte by val, where the byte is located  in  the  specified  track  (trk)  and  specified
              position  (loc).  Commonly  this  function  is  used for changing a particular MIDI program number
              (instrument) associated with a channel.  You need to know the byte count  in  the  track  of  that
              parameter in order to use this function,

       -tempoquarternotes/minute
              All tempo indications in the midi file will be replaced with the above value.

       -speedfactor
              All  tempo  indications  in the midi file will be multiplied with this factor. Values greater than
              1.0 will speed up the music while lower values slow the music. The  factor  is  a  floating  point
              value.

       -drumfocusdrum-codeexcluded_drum_velocities
              The  selected  drum  line  (specified by the drum-code pitch value) is highlighted by reducing the
              loudness of all other drum lines to the excluded_drum_velocities value. The drum-code  value  must
              be in the range of 35 to 81 inclusive.

       -mutenodrum[level]
              All  channels  which  are  not 9 (drum channel) are attenuated to the given level. If level is not
              specified, it is assumed to be zero.

       -setdrumloudnessnm
              where n is between 35 to 81 inclusive and m is the loudness between 0 and 127. The loudness of all
              instances of drum n are changed to m.

       -focusontrackn1,n2,...
              The velocities of notes in all tracks except n are attenuated.

       -focusonchanneln1,n2,...
              The velocities of notes in all channels except n are attenuated.

       -attenuationn
              Specifies the amount the note velocities are reduced by either -focusontracks or -focusonchannels.
              Current default is 70.

       -nobends
              Suppresses all channel pitchbend commands.

       -indrumsn1,n2,...
              Only allow percussions with codes n1,n2,...

       -xdrumsn1,n2,...
              Exclude the percussions with codes n1,n2,...

       -onlydrums
              Only copy the percussion channel.

       -nodrums
              Copy all channels except the percussion channel.

       -transposen(semitones)
              Transpose pitch for all channels except the percussion by n semitones.

abcmtex(1), abc2abc(1), abc2midi(1), midi2abc(1) ,yaps(1)

midicopy  [-ver]  [-trksn1,n2,..]     [-xtrksn1,n2,..]     [-xchnsn1,n2,..]     [-chansn1,n2,...]
       [-fromn(inmiditicks)] [-ton(inmiditicks)]    [-fromsec%fn(inseconds)] [-tosecn(inseconds)]
       [-frombeat%fn(inbeats)] [-tobeatn(inbeats)]    [-replacetrk,loc,val]  [-tempo%n]  [-speed%f]
       [-drumfocusnm][-mutenodrum[%d]][-setdrumloudnessnm][-focusontrackn1,n2,...(from1)][-focusonchanneln1,n2,...(from1)][-attenuationn][-nobends][-indrumsn1,n2,...][-xdrumsn1,n2,...][-onlydrums][-nodrums][-transposen(semitones)]input.midoutput.mid

       This man page describes midicopy version 1.40 from August 11 2024.

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