KMid2

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Simple Karaoke or getting the best from your Midi Synthesizer!

KMid 2 is in preparation. As part of Extragear it does not necessarily ship on the same date as KDE 4.4, but it is on track for release around that time. So what is the current status?

Currently implemented

Here are some major features from KMid that have been implemented in KMid2:

  • Playback to external hardware MIDI devices.
  • Allow to use software synths as well, like Timidity++ and QSynth/FluidSynth.
  • Tempo and volume controls.
  • Added a pitch (transpose) control.
  • Configurable character encodings for lyrics.


What is not yet ready?

  • Channel view and Channel muting may not be available when it first ships.
  • Lyrics display is not yet complete.
  • Your midi files from the original application will be fully supported, but this is not yet complete.
  • Playlists are currently missing.

Notes for usage

  • If you use Timidity++ as a software synthesizer, you may have to install sound fonts. You can find them at freepats
  • In this case you will need to start KMid2 with
$ timidity -iA
  • There is an init script
$ /etc/init.d/timidity start
(in Debian, the package timidity-daemon)

Resources

  • If you are interested in building for testing, please read the README
Note This status report is created on 4th November 2009

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