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sbiload - Rewritten to use hwdep device
Major rewritten to use hwdep device instead of instrument layer. Also, more options (-c, -2, -q, -D) and better guess work for patch types now.
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This is sbiload - an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for ALSA sequencer
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This is sbiload - an OPL2/3 FM instrument loader for ALSA hwdep
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Written by Uros Bizjak <uros@kss-loka.si>
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Web: http://www.kss-loka.si/~uros/sbiload.html
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@ -14,63 +14,61 @@ are in make.conf if you need to change anything.
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By default it will install into /usr/local/bin, change INSTDIR in
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make.conf to change this.
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Before use
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----------
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Please check that the correct sequencer modules are loaded for your
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sound card. You need to load snd-synth-opl3 module.
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Usage
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-----
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loadsbi [-p client:port] [-4] [-l] [-P path] [-v level] instfile drumfile
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sbiload [options] [instfile [drumfile]]
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sbiload [options] -c
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-p, --port=client:port - An ALSA client and port number to use
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-D, --device=name - An ALSA hwdep name to use
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-c, --clear - Clear patches and exit
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-2 --opl2 - Two operators (OPL2) file type
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-4 --opl3 - Four operators (OPL3) file type
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-l, --list - List possible output ports
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-P, --path=path - Specify the patch path
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-v, --verbose=level - Verbose level
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-q, --quiet - Be quiet, no error/warning messages
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-V, --version - Show version
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Because you may have more than one sound card and each sound
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card may have several MIDI connections, you have to tell sbiload
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which one to use.
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When you have multiple sound cards and/or there may be multiple OPL2/3
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synth devices, you have to tell sbiload which one to use, and pass its
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hwdep name via -D option. Otherwise, sbiload will load the data onto
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the first found device.
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First find out what the possibilities are for your system:
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To find out the hwdep name of the OPL devices, check
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/proc/asound/hwdep file first. It has the list of hwdep devices
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currently available on your system.
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If you run:
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sbiload -l
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% cat /proc/asound/hwdep
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00-00: Emux WaveTable
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00-01: OPL3 FM
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01-00: OPL3 FM
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it will give you a list of the devices. On my system I get:
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Port Client name Port name
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64:0 0: MIDI Synth MIDI 0-0
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65:0 OPL3 FM Synth OPL3 FM Synth port
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In the example above, you have two OPL3 devices. To the first one
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(00-01), which means the first card (00-) and the second device (01),
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pass "-D hw:0,1". For the second OPL3 device (01-00), pass "-D
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hw:1,0" instead.
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Only OPLx FM Synth port can be used with sbiload. In the example above
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the first one is the external Midi port, and the second is the internal
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four-operator FM synthesizer (OPL3).
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If you don't see anything listed then check that the correct ALSA
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modules are loaded as in the section "Before use".
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For convenience, -D option accepts a string like /dev/snd/hwC0D3.
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This is automatically parsed as "hw:0,3".
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Running sbiload
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---------------
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You specify the port to use with the -p option, or by setting the
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environment variable ALSA_OUT_PORT.
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Pass the instrument and drum file data as arguments.
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For example to use port 0 on client 65 to load four-operator FM
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instrument
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sbiload -p 65:0 --opl3 std.o3 drums.o3
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% sbiload std.o3 drums.o3
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or
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export ALSA_OUT_PORT=65:0
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sbiload --opl3 std.o3 drums.o3
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Without a file type option (-2 or -4), sbiload will guess the file
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type according to the hwdep iface type. If it's not correct, pass -2
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or -4 option explicitly.
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Also, when the given file isn't found, sbiload tries to load a file
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with an appropriate extension, .sb for OPL2 and .o3 for OPL3.
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You can omit the instrument and the drum file names, too. In this
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case, the default file name "std" and "drums" are chosen.
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The option -c is to mean just to clear patches and exit without
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loading patches.
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Acknowledgements
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----------------
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