Recording commences as soon as the command is invoked. Recording ceases when any ASCII key is pressed -- with the exception of the space bar. Only MIDI key-press activity (including after-touch) information is recorded. MIDI system-exclusive instructions and other non-key-press data are not recorded.

Each MIDI channel is represented using a separate Humdrum spine. New spines are added automatically during the recording -- in response to additional activity on new MIDI channels. Once a MIDI channel becomes active, the corresponding Humdrum spine continues to be output until the recording is terminated.

At any time during the recording process, pressing the space bar will insert a **MIDI barline data token in the output stream. Measure numbers are incremented automatically beginning with measure 1.

It is recommended that output files produced using the record command should be given names with the distinguishing `.hmd' extension.

-h	displays a help screen summarizing the command syntax
-i hex	assign MIDI interface input/output address to hex
-q n	invokes quantizing using a temporal window of n clock ticks

The -q option invokes a quantizing function where timing information is rounded-off to a specified level of resolution. This option may be used to eliminate expressive timing information and assist in producing a canonical duration representation. The degree of quantizing is specified by the n argument to the -q option, where n represents the quantizing window in MIDI clock ticks. Recorded events occurring within this window are deemed to be simultaneous, and are recorded as Humdrum double-stops in the output.

The -i option is used to specify the input/output address of the MIDI card. The default address is `330.' The address is specified as a hexadecimal number.

record

Output **MIDI data may appears as follows:

!! Data from the MPU-401 MIDI card.

**MIDI

*Ch1

236/67/64

12/-67/64

10/67/66

11/-67/64

13/67/51

12/-67/64

14/63/72

263/-63/64

84/65/61

15/-65/64

10/65/55

15/-65/64

11/65/51

23/-65/64

12/62/58

171/-62/64

*-

record -q 10

might produce output such as the following **MIDI data. Notice the frequent occurrence of multiple-stops (more than one note-instruction in the spine).

!! Data from the MPU-401 MIDI card.

!! Quantizing set at 10 clock ticks.

**MIDI

*Ch1

303/50/39

13/-50/64 13/74/55

23/76/43

15/-74/64 15/78/58 15/-76/64

22/69/35 22/-78/64 22/62/43

18/-62/64 18/78/43 18/-69/64

22/76/35

14/-78/64 14/74/58

15/-76/64 15/-74/64

12/81/48 12/54/77

17/-54/64 17/74/69 17/-81/64

23/76/48

19/78/66 19/-74/64 19/-76/64

21/62/43 21/69/69 21/-78/64

14/-62/64 14/78/51 14/-69/64

25/76/58

17/-78/64 17/74/74 17/-76/64

15/-74/64

*-

• Pertinent description in the Humdrum User Guide
• Index to Humdrum Commands
• Table for Contents for Humdrum User Guide