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jack_midi_clock - JACK MIDI Beat Clock Generator
jack_midi_clock [ OPTIONS ] [JACK-port]*
jack_midi_clock - JACK app to generate MCLK from JACK transport.
jack_midi_clock sends MIDI beat clock message if jack-transport is rolling. it also sends start, continue and stop MIDI realtime messages whenever the transport changes state (unless -T option is used).
In order for jack_midi_clock to send clock messages, a JACK timecode master must be present and provide the tempo map (bar, beat, tick). Alternatively the -b option can be used to set a default BPM value. If a value larger than zero is given, it will be used if no timecode master is present. Combined with the -B option it can used to override and ignore the JACK timecode master and only act on transport state alone.
Either way, jack_midi_clock will never act as timecode master itself.
Note that song-position information is only sent if a timecode master is present ad the -P option is not given.
To allow external synths to accurately sync to song-position, there is a two second delay between the 'song-position changed' message (which is not a MIDI realtime message) and the 'continue transport' message. This delay can be configured with the -d option and is only relevant for if playback starts at a bar|beat|tick other than 1|1|0 in which case a 'start' message is sent immediately.
jack_midi_clock runs until it receives a HUP or INT signal or jackd is terminated.
See also: jack_transport(1), jack_mclk_dump(1)
Report bugs to Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Website: https://github.com/x42/jack_midi_clock/
Copyright © GPL 2013 Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Copyright © GPL 2009 Gabriel M. Beddingfield
<gabriel@teuton.org>
| October 2016 | jack_midi_clock version v0.4.3 |