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You can use TiMidity++:
free and open source
CLI
Linux and Windows (although it seems to be painful to make it work on Windows, but maybe things have improved since then)
can convert MIDI files into WAV files: timidity input.mid -Ow -o out.wav
answered Aug 22 '14 at 15:49
Franck Dernoncourt
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You can use Midi Sheet Music
free and open source
plays MIDI music files while highlighting the piano notes and sheet music notes
supports multiple channels
Works on Windows, Mac OS X, and Ubuntu Linux.
Export the sheets to PDF
answered May 28 '14 at 18:44
Franck Dernoncourt
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There is a music notation program called Lilypond which includes a command line interface and a command line midi2ly converter that will read in a midi file and output a lilypond file.
Should work on linux Yes and OS/X, Windows
Should be able to run in terminal Yes or GUI for the main program
Should be able to save the music sheet in a image format: jpeg or ...
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You can use SoX - Sound eXchange:
free and open source
CLI
cross-platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS X, etc.)
can convert MIDI file to WAV: sox -t raw -r 44100 -e signed -b 16 -c 1 raw_audio audio.wav
answered Aug 22 '14 at 16:03
Franck Dernoncourt
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I found MidiQuickFix java program, it covers all my requirements
https://sourceforge.net/projects/midiquickfix
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Since I own a license for Synthesia I could check in "Free play" mode what you want and I think I found the issue: there seem to be many programs that do play notes which are received via MIDI, but some of them don't respect the instrument setting and will only play a single instrument instead. Synthesia does respect the instrument setting.
Since you ...
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Bome MIDI Translator Pro can translate many input sources (MIDI, keyboard, serial port) into MIDI messages. You'd have to check whether your gaming USB pedal works with it.
The Windows MIDI API does not allow applications to create MIDI ports, so you probably also need to install a virtual MIDI port driver.
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I ended up using Garritan Personal Orchestra, which features a standalone program called "Aria Player" that is able to render MIDI directly to orchestral sounds.
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I was able to leverage MidiPipe to accomplish this.
http://www.subtlesoft.square7.net/MidiPipe.html
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