MidiOutput Class Reference

Represents a midi output device. More...

Inheritance diagram for MidiOutput:

Public Member Functions
	~MidiOutput () override
	Destructor.
MidiDeviceInfo	getDeviceInfo () const noexcept
	Returns the MidiDeviceInfo struct containing some information about this device.
String	getIdentifier () const noexcept
	Returns the identifier of this device.
String	getName () const noexcept
	Returns the name of this device.
void	setName (const String &newName) noexcept
	Sets a custom name for the device.
void	sendMessageNow (const MidiMessage &message)
	Sends out a MIDI message immediately.
void	sendBlockOfMessagesNow (const MidiBuffer &buffer)
	Sends out a sequence of MIDI messages immediately.
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.
void	clearAllPendingMessages ()
	Gets rid of any midi messages that had been added by sendBlockOfMessages().
void	startBackgroundThread ()
	Starts up a background thread so that the device can send blocks of data.
void	stopBackgroundThread ()
	Stops the background thread, and clears any pending midi events.
bool	isBackgroundThreadRunning () const noexcept
	Returns true if the background thread used to send blocks of data is running.

Static Public Member Functions
static Array< MidiDeviceInfo >	getAvailableDevices ()
	Returns a list of the available midi output devices.
static MidiDeviceInfo	getDefaultDevice ()
	Returns the MidiDeviceInfo of the default midi output device to use.
static std::unique_ptr< MidiOutput >	openDevice (const String &deviceIdentifier)
	Tries to open one of the midi output devices.
static std::unique_ptr< MidiOutput >	createNewDevice (const String &deviceName)
	This will try to create a new midi output device (only available on Linux, macOS and iOS).

Detailed Description

Represents a midi output device.

To create one of these, use the static getAvailableDevices() method to find out what outputs are available, and then use the openDevice() method to try to open one.

See also

MidiInput

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~MidiOutput()

MidiOutput::~MidiOutput ( )

override

Destructor.

Member Function Documentation

getAvailableDevices()

Array< MidiDeviceInfo > MidiOutput::getAvailableDevices ( )

static

Returns a list of the available midi output devices.

You can open one of the devices by passing its identifier into the openDevice() method.

See also

MidiDeviceInfo, getDevices, getDefaultDeviceIndex, openDevice

getDefaultDevice()

MidiDeviceInfo MidiOutput::getDefaultDevice ( )

static

Returns the MidiDeviceInfo of the default midi output device to use.

openDevice()

std::unique_ptr< MidiOutput > MidiOutput::openDevice ( const String & deviceIdentifier )

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.

If the device can't be opened, this will return an empty object.

Parameters

deviceIdentifier

the ID of the device to open - use the getAvailableDevices() method to find the available devices that can be opened

See also

getDevices

createNewDevice()

std::unique_ptr< MidiOutput > MidiOutput::createNewDevice ( const String & deviceName )

static

This will try to create a new midi output device (only available on Linux, macOS and iOS).

This will attempt to create a new midi output device with the specified name that other apps can connect to and use as their midi input.

NB - if you are calling this method on iOS you must have enabled the "Audio Background Capability" setting in the iOS exporter otherwise this method will fail.

Returns an empty object if a device can't be created.

Parameters

deviceName

the name of the device to create

getDeviceInfo()

MidiDeviceInfo MidiOutput::getDeviceInfo ( ) const

noexcept

Returns the MidiDeviceInfo struct containing some information about this device.

getIdentifier()

String MidiOutput::getIdentifier ( ) const

noexcept

Returns the identifier of this device.

getName()

String MidiOutput::getName ( ) const

noexcept

Returns the name of this device.

setName()

void MidiOutput::setName ( const String & newName )

noexcept

Sets a custom name for the device.

sendMessageNow()

void MidiOutput::sendMessageNow

(

const MidiMessage &

message

)

Sends out a MIDI message immediately.

sendBlockOfMessagesNow()

void MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessagesNow

(

const MidiBuffer &

buffer

)

Sends out a sequence of MIDI messages immediately.

sendBlockOfMessages()

void MidiOutput::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.

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 specified, 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.

clearAllPendingMessages()

void MidiOutput::clearAllPendingMessages

(

)

Gets rid of any midi messages that had been added by sendBlockOfMessages().

startBackgroundThread()

void MidiOutput::startBackgroundThread

(

)

Starts up a background thread so that the device can send blocks of data.

Call this to get the device ready, before using sendBlockOfMessages().

stopBackgroundThread()

void MidiOutput::stopBackgroundThread

(

)

Stops the background thread, and clears any pending midi events.

See also

startBackgroundThread

isBackgroundThreadRunning()

bool MidiOutput::isBackgroundThreadRunning ( ) const

noexcept

Returns true if the background thread used to send blocks of data is running.

See also

startBackgroundThread, stopBackgroundThread

References Thread::isThreadRunning().