aseqnet(1) General Commands Manual aseqnet(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

aseqnet - ALSA sequencer connectors over network

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**aseqnet** \[remotehost]

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

**aseqnet** is an ALSA sequencer client which sends and receives event packets over network. Suppose two hosts connected by network, *hostA* as a server and *hostB* as a client. The ALSA sequencer system must be running on both hosts. For creating the server port, run the following on hostA:

hostA% aseqnet  
sequencer opened: 128:0

Then a user client 128 with port 0 was opened on hostA. (The client number may vary.) For creating the (network-)client port, run **aseqnet** with the hostname of the server:

hostB% aseqnet hostA  
sequencer opened: 132:0

Now all events sent to hostA:128:0 are transferred to hostB:132:0, and vice versa.

The ports created by **aseqnet** can be connected arbitrary to other sequencer ports via **[aconnect(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/alsa-utils/aconnect.1).** For example, to connect hostB:132:0 to a MIDI output device 65:0:

hostB% aconnect 132:0 65:0

Then events to hostA:128:0 will be delivered to hostB:65:0. The following command plays MIDI on *hostB.*

hostA% pmidi -p 128:0 foo.mid

The multiple clients may exist simultaneously. If *hostC* is connected as a client to hostA, events from from hostA are sent to all connected network clients, i.e. hostB and hostC. However, only one connection is allowed from a client to a server.

To disconnect network, stop all clients before server by ctrl-C or sending signal to them. The server will automatically quit.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-p port**](#p)

Specify the TCP port number or TCP service name.

[**-s addr**](#s)

Subscribe to the given address for read automatically.

[**-d addr**](#d)

Subscribe to the given address for write automatically.

[**-n name**](#n)

Specify the midi name of the process.

[**-v**](#v)

Verbose mode.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[aconnect(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/alsa-utils/aconnect.1), [pmidi(1)](/man/enterprise-packages/alsa-utils/pmidi.1)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>.

January 1, 2000

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Document: aseqnet(1) from alsa-utils 1.2.16-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/alsa-project/alsa-utils