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TiMidity++ is a software synthesizer.  It can play MIDI files by converting
them into PCM waveform data or other various audio file formats.

TiMidity++ can also be run as an ALSA sequencer client.  To do this, make
/etc/rc.d/rc.timidity executable and add this line to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

    /etc/rc.d/rc.timidity start

Optional dependencies are jack-audio-connection-kit, speex, and portaudio.

You will need a set of instrument patch files or soundbank fonts for
TiMidity++ to be of any use.  Install freepats, eawpats, or fluid-soundfont
(or any combination of these) to satisfy this dependency.