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MIDIFEATURE(N)                         N                        MIDIFEATURE(N)

NAME
     midifeature - tclmidi command to control hardware specific features on a
     MIDI device

SYNOPSIS
     midifeature DevID [device_specific_features]

DESCRIPTION
     midifeature is a tclmidi(1) command that allows you to control features
     available only on some MIDI hardware interfaces.  The ability to control
     features common to all MIDI interfaces is done with the mididevice(n)
     command.  The first argument is the device identifier, as returned by a
     call to mididevice(n).  The remaining arguments are device specific.

     Currently, the following features are available:

     kernel_timing  This feature enable kernel based timing on the interface.
                    This is the default timing mode on all devices.

     smpte_timing   This feature is only available on the MQX-32 MIDI
                    interface.  It enables an external timing mode based on a
                    SMPTE tape.  The device will follow the SMPTE tape times,
                    even if the tape is rewound, or fast-forwarded.

     mpu401_timing  This feature is available on all fully MPU401 compatible
                    boards.  It puts the board in intelligent mode and uses it
                    as a timing source.  Due to driver implementation details,
                    it really is no more accurate than kernel_timing, and
                    perhaps less so.  It use is discouraged, and is only used
                    for driver debugging purposes.

     get_smpte      This feature is only available on the MQX-32 MIDI
                    interface when that device is in SMPTE mode.  It returns
                    the current SMPTE time.  The time is in the form:
                    hh:mm:ss:fr:ff

RETURN VALUES
     Return values are dependent on the feature type.  See the list above for
     details.

SEE ALSO
     tclmidi(1), mididevice(n)

AUTHOR
     Mike Durian - durian@boogie.com

DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT      November 30, 1995     DragonFly 6.5-DEVELOPMENT