RtMidiIn Class Reference

A realtime MIDI input class. More...

#include <RtMidi.h>

Inheritance diagram for RtMidiIn:

List of all members.

Public Types
typedef void(*	RtMidiCallback )(double timeStamp, std::vector< unsigned char > *message, void *userData)
	User callback function type definition.
Public Member Functions
	RtMidiIn (RtMidi::Api api=UNSPECIFIED, const std::string clientName=std::string("RtMidi Input Client"), unsigned int queueSizeLimit=100)
	Default constructor that allows an optional api, client name and queue size.
	~RtMidiIn (void) throw ()
	If a MIDI connection is still open, it will be closed by the destructor.
RtMidi::Api	getCurrentApi (void) throw ()
	Returns the MIDI API specifier for the current instance of RtMidiIn.
void	openPort (unsigned int portNumber=0, const std::string portName=std::string("RtMidi Input"))
	Open a MIDI input connection.
void	openVirtualPort (const std::string portName=std::string("RtMidi Input"))
	Create a virtual input port, with optional name, to allow software connections (OS X and ALSA only).
void	setCallback (RtMidiCallback callback, void *userData=0)
	Set a callback function to be invoked for incoming MIDI messages.
void	cancelCallback ()
	Cancel use of the current callback function (if one exists).
void	closePort (void)
	Close an open MIDI connection (if one exists).
unsigned int	getPortCount ()
	Return the number of available MIDI input ports.
std::string	getPortName (unsigned int portNumber=0)
	Return a string identifier for the specified MIDI input port number.
void	ignoreTypes (bool midiSysex=true, bool midiTime=true, bool midiSense=true)
	Specify whether certain MIDI message types should be queued or ignored during input.
double	getMessage (std::vector< unsigned char > *message)
	Fill the user-provided vector with the data bytes for the next available MIDI message in the input queue and return the event delta-time in seconds.

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Detailed Description

A realtime MIDI input class.

This class provides a common, platform-independent API for realtime MIDI input. It allows access to a single MIDI input port. Incoming MIDI messages are either saved to a queue for retrieval using the getMessage() function or immediately passed to a user-specified callback function. Create multiple instances of this class to connect to more than one MIDI device at the same time. With the OS-X and Linux ALSA MIDI APIs, it is also possible to open a virtual input port to which other MIDI software clients can connect.

by Gary P. Scavone, 2003-2012.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

RtMidiIn::RtMidiIn	(	RtMidi::Api	api = UNSPECIFIED,
		const std::string	clientName = std::string("RtMidi Input Client"),
		unsigned int	queueSizeLimit = 100
	)

Default constructor that allows an optional api, client name and queue size.

An exception will be thrown if a MIDI system initialization error occurs. The queue size defines the maximum number of messages that can be held in the MIDI queue (when not using a callback function). If the queue size limit is reached, incoming messages will be ignored.

If no API argument is specified and multiple API support has been compiled, the default order of use is JACK, ALSA (Linux) and CORE, Jack (OS-X).

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Member Function Documentation

void RtMidiIn::openPort	(	unsigned int	portNumber = 0,
		const std::string	portName = std::string( "RtMidi Input" )
	)			[inline, virtual]

Open a MIDI input connection.

An optional port number greater than 0 can be specified. Otherwise, the default or first port found is opened.

Implements RtMidi.

void RtMidiIn::openVirtualPort

(

const std::string

portName = std::string( "RtMidi Input" )

)

[inline, virtual]

Create a virtual input port, with optional name, to allow software connections (OS X and ALSA only).

This function creates a virtual MIDI input port to which other software applications can connect. This type of functionality is currently only supported by the Macintosh OS-X and Linux ALSA APIs (the function does nothing for the other APIs).

Implements RtMidi.

void RtMidiIn::setCallback	(	RtMidiCallback	callback,
		void *	userData = 0
	)			[inline]

Set a callback function to be invoked for incoming MIDI messages.

The callback function will be called whenever an incoming MIDI message is received. While not absolutely necessary, it is best to set the callback function before opening a MIDI port to avoid leaving some messages in the queue.

void RtMidiIn::cancelCallback

(

void

)

[inline]

Cancel use of the current callback function (if one exists).

Subsequent incoming MIDI messages will be written to the queue and can be retrieved with the getMessage function.

std::string RtMidiIn::getPortName

(

unsigned int

portNumber = 0

)

[inline, virtual]

Return a string identifier for the specified MIDI input port number.

An empty string is returned if an invalid port specifier is provided.

Implements RtMidi.

void RtMidiIn::ignoreTypes	(	bool	midiSysex = true,
		bool	midiTime = true,
		bool	midiSense = true
	)			[inline]

Specify whether certain MIDI message types should be queued or ignored during input.

o By default, MIDI timing and active sensing messages are ignored during message input because of their relative high data rates. MIDI sysex messages are ignored by default as well. Variable values of "true" imply that the respective message type will be ignored.

double RtMidiIn::getMessage

(

std::vector< unsigned char > *

message

)

[inline]

Fill the user-provided vector with the data bytes for the next available MIDI message in the input queue and return the event delta-time in seconds.

This function returns immediately whether a new message is available or not. A valid message is indicated by a non-zero vector size. An exception is thrown if an error occurs during message retrieval or an input connection was not previously established.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• RtMidi.h