<s>
TiMidity++	B-Language
,	O
originally	O
and	O
still	O
frequently	O
informally	O
called	O
TiMidity	B-Language
,	O
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
synthesizer	I-Application
that	O
can	O
play	O
MIDI	O
files	O
without	O
a	O
hardware	O
synthesizer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
either	O
render	O
to	O
the	O
sound	O
card	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
,	O
or	O
it	O
can	O
save	O
the	O
result	O
to	O
a	O
file	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
PCM	B-Algorithm
.wav	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TiMidity++	B-Language
primarily	O
runs	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
it	O
also	O
runs	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distributed	O
under	O
the	O
GPL-2.0-or-later	B-License
,	O
TiMidity++	B-Language
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TiMidity++	B-Language
can	O
read	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
file	O
types	O
and	O
devices	O
,	O
primarily	O
the	O
ordinary	O
.mid	O
files	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
.kar	O
(	O
MIDI	O
with	O
Karaoke	O
lyrics	O
)	O
,	O
Recomposer	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
module	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TiMidity++	B-Language
also	O
has	O
support	O
for	O
SoundFonts	B-Application
,	O
rendering	O
the	O
synthesized	O
MIDI	O
sounds	O
into	O
their	O
recorded	O
SoundFont	B-Application
equivalents	O
and	O
directing	O
the	O
output	O
to	O
the	O
soundcard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
can	O
be	O
fetched	O
from	O
standard	O
input	O
,	O
files	O
,	O
archive	O
files	O
,	O
or	O
from	O
the	O
network	O
(	O
over	O
HTTP	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
or	O
NNTP	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
has	O
various	O
interfaces	O
,	O
including	O
but	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
bare	O
text	O
,	O
ncurses	B-Language
,	O
X11	O
(	O
Motif	B-Application
,	O
Xaw	B-Library
,	O
GTK+	B-Application
and	O
Tk	B-Application
)	O
and	O
even	O
an	O
Emacs	B-Application
interface	O
that	O
shows	O
played	O
notes	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TiMidity++	B-Language
has	O
some	O
support	O
for	O
microtonal	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
TiMidity	B-Language
was	O
written	O
in	O
1995	O
by	O
Tuukka	O
Toivonen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
he	O
stopped	O
updating	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
Masanao	O
Izumo	O
and	O
other	O
contributors	O
started	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
renaming	O
it	O
to	O
TiMidity++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
