Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.
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Interfaces
ControllerEventListener |
The ControllerEventListener interface should be implemented
by classes whose instances need to be notified when a Sequencer
has processed a requested type of MIDI control-change event. |
MetaEventListener |
The MetaEventListener interface should be implemented
by classes whose instances need to be notified when a Sequencer
has processed a MetaMessage . |
MidiChannel |
A MidiChannel object represents a single MIDI channel. |
MidiDevice |
MidiDevice is the base interface for all MIDI devices. |
Receiver |
A Receiver receives MidiEvent objects and
typically does something useful in response, such as interpreting them to
generate sound or raw MIDI output. |
Sequencer |
A hardware or software device that plays back a MIDI
sequence is known as a sequencer. |
Soundbank |
A Soundbank contains a set of Instruments
that can be loaded into a Synthesizer . |
Synthesizer |
A Synthesizer generates sound. |
Transmitter |
A Transmitter sends MidiEvent objects to one or more
Receivers . |
Classes
Instrument |
An instrument is a sound-synthesis algorithm with certain parameter
settings, usually designed to emulate a specific real-world
musical instrument or to achieve a specific sort of sound effect. |
MetaMessage |
A MetaMessage is a MidiMessage that is not meaningful to synthesizers, but
that can be stored in a MIDI file and interpreted by a sequencer program. |
MidiDevice.Info |
A MidiDevice.Info object contains assorted
data about a MidiDevice , including its
name, the company who created it, and descriptive text. |
MidiEvent |
MIDI events contain a MIDI message and a corresponding time-stamp
expressed in ticks, and can represent the MIDI event information
stored in a MIDI file or a Sequence object. |
MidiFileFormat |
A MidiFileFormat object encapsulates a MIDI file's
type, as well as its length and timing information. |
MidiMessage |
MidiMessage is the base class for MIDI messages. |
MidiSystem |
The MidiSystem class provides access to the installed MIDI
system resources, including devices such as synthesizers, sequencers, and
MIDI input and output ports. |
Patch |
A Patch object represents a location, on a MIDI
synthesizer, into which a single instrument is stored (loaded). |
Sequence |
A Sequence is a data structure containing musical
information (often an entire song or composition) that can be played
back by a Sequencer object. |
Sequencer.SyncMode |
A SyncMode object represents one of the ways in which
a MIDI sequencer's notion of time can be synchronized with a master
or slave device. |
ShortMessage |
A ShortMessage contains a MIDI message that has at most
two data bytes following its status byte. |
SoundbankResource |
A SoundbankResource represents any audio resource stored
in a Soundbank . |
SysexMessage |
A SysexMessage object represents a MIDI system exclusive message. |
Track |
A MIDI track is an independent stream of MIDI events (time-stamped MIDI
data) that can be stored along with other tracks in a standard MIDI file. |
VoiceStatus |
A VoiceStatus object contains information about the current
status of one of the voices produced by a Synthesizer . |
Exceptions
InvalidMidiDataException |
An InvalidMidiDataException indicates that inappropriate MIDI
data was encountered. |
MidiUnavailableException |
A MidiUnavailableException is thrown when a requested MIDI
component cannot be opened or created because it is unavailable. |