Controls a physical MIDI output device. More...
Inherits Thread.
Public Member Functions | |
| virtual | ~MidiOutput () |
| Destructor. | |
| virtual void | sendMessageNow (const MidiMessage &message) |
| Makes this device output a midi message. | |
| virtual void | sendBlockOfMessages (const MidiBuffer &buffer, double millisecondCounterToStartAt, double samplesPerSecondForBuffer) |
| This lets you supply a block of messages that will be sent out at some point in the future. | |
| virtual void | clearAllPendingMessages () |
| Gets rid of any midi messages that had been added by sendBlockOfMessages(). | |
| virtual void | startBackgroundThread () |
| Starts up a background thread so that the device can send blocks of data. | |
| virtual void | stopBackgroundThread () |
| Stops the background thread, and clears any pending midi events. | |
Static Public Member Functions | |
| static StringArray | getDevices () |
| Returns a list of the available midi output devices. | |
| static int | getDefaultDeviceIndex () |
| Returns the index of the default midi output device to use. | |
| static MidiOutput * | openDevice (int deviceIndex) |
| Tries to open one of the midi output devices. | |
| static MidiOutput * | createNewDevice (const String &deviceName) |
| This will try to create a new midi output device (Not available on Windows). | |
Protected Member Functions | |
| MidiOutput () | |
| void | run () |
| Must be implemented to perform the thread's actual code. | |
Protected Attributes | |
| void * | internal |
| CriticalSection | lock |
| PendingMessage * | firstMessage |
Controls a physical MIDI output device.
To create one of these, use the static getDevices() method to get a list of the available output devices, then use the openDevice() method to try to open one.
| virtual MidiOutput::~MidiOutput | ( | ) | [virtual] |
Destructor.
| MidiOutput::MidiOutput | ( | ) | [protected] |
| static StringArray MidiOutput::getDevices | ( | ) | [static] |
Returns a list of the available midi output devices.
You can open one of the devices by passing its index into the openDevice() method.
| static int MidiOutput::getDefaultDeviceIndex | ( | ) | [static] |
Returns the index of the default midi output device to use.
This refers to the index in the list returned by getDevices().
| static MidiOutput* MidiOutput::openDevice | ( | int | deviceIndex | ) | [static] |
Tries to open one of the midi output devices.
This will return a MidiOutput object if it manages to open it. You can then send messages to this device, and delete it when no longer needed.
If the device can't be opened, this will return a null pointer.
| deviceIndex | the index of a device from the list returned by getDevices() |
| static MidiOutput* MidiOutput::createNewDevice | ( | const String & | deviceName | ) | [static] |
This will try to create a new midi output device (Not available on Windows).
This will attempt to create a new midi output device that other apps can connect to and use as their midi input.
Returns 0 if a device can't be created.
| deviceName | the name to use for the new device |
| virtual void MidiOutput::sendMessageNow | ( | const MidiMessage & | message | ) | [virtual] |
Makes this device output a midi message.
| virtual void MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessages | ( | const MidiBuffer & | buffer, |
| double | millisecondCounterToStartAt, | ||
| double | samplesPerSecondForBuffer | ||
| ) | [virtual] |
This lets you supply a block of messages that will be sent out at some point in the future.
The MidiOutput class has an internal thread that can send out timestamped messages - this appends a set of messages to its internal buffer, ready for sending.
This will only work if you've already started the thread with startBackgroundThread().
A time is supplied, at which the block of messages should be sent. This time uses the same time base as Time::getMillisecondCounter(), and must be in the future.
The samplesPerSecondForBuffer parameter indicates the number of samples per second used by the MidiBuffer. Each event in a MidiBuffer has a sample position, and the samplesPerSecondForBuffer value is needed to convert this sample position to a real time.
| virtual void MidiOutput::clearAllPendingMessages | ( | ) | [virtual] |
Gets rid of any midi messages that had been added by sendBlockOfMessages().
| virtual void MidiOutput::startBackgroundThread | ( | ) | [virtual] |
Starts up a background thread so that the device can send blocks of data.
Call this to get the device ready, before using sendBlockOfMessages().
| virtual void MidiOutput::stopBackgroundThread | ( | ) | [virtual] |
Stops the background thread, and clears any pending midi events.
| void MidiOutput::run | ( | ) | [protected, virtual] |
Must be implemented to perform the thread's actual code.
Remember that the thread must regularly check the threadShouldExit() method whilst running, and if this returns true it should return from the run() method as soon as possible to avoid being forcibly killed.
Implements Thread.
void* MidiOutput::internal [protected] |
CriticalSection MidiOutput::lock [protected] |
PendingMessage* MidiOutput::firstMessage [protected] |