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Wrapper Library for Windows MIDI API

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A small library encapsulating the Windows MIDI API
#ifndef SHORT_MSG_H
#define SHORT_MSG_H


/*

  ShortMsg.h

  CShortMsg class declaration. This class represents short MIDI messages.

  Copyright (C) 2002 Leslie Sanford

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307 
  USA

  Contact: Leslie Sanford (jabberdabber@hotmail.com)

  Last modified: 08/19/2003

*/


//---------------------------------------------------------------------
// Dependencies
//---------------------------------------------------------------------


#include "MIDIMsg.h"    // For CMIDIMsg base class
#include "StdAfx.h"


namespace midi
{
    // Constants
    const DWORD SHORT_MSG_LENGTH = 3;


    //-----------------------------------------------------------------
    // CShortMsg class
    //
    // This class represents short MIDI messages.
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------

    class CShortMsg : public CMIDIMsg
    {
    public:
        // Constructors
        explicit CShortMsg(DWORD TimeStamp = 0);
        CShortMsg(DWORD Msg, DWORD TimeStamp = 0);
        CShortMsg(unsigned char Status, unsigned char Data1,
            unsigned char Data2, DWORD TimeStamp);
        CShortMsg(unsigned char Command, unsigned char Channel,
            unsigned char Data1, unsigned char Data2, 
            DWORD TimeStamp);

        // Sends message
        void SendMsg(midi::CMIDIOutDevice &OutDevice);

        // Sends message without status byte
        void SendMsgNoStatus(midi::CMIDIOutDevice &OutDevice);

        //
        // Accessors
        // 

        DWORD GetLength() const
        { return midi::SHORT_MSG_LENGTH; }
        const char *GetMsg() const;
        unsigned char GetStatus() const;
        unsigned char GetChannel() const;
        unsigned char GetCommand() const;
        unsigned char GetData1() const;
        unsigned char GetData2() const;

        //
        // Mutators
        //

        void SetMsg(unsigned char Status, unsigned char Data1,
            unsigned char Data2);
        void SetMsg(unsigned char Command, unsigned char Channel,
            unsigned char Data1, unsigned char Data2);

        //
        // Class methods
        //


        // Packs short messages without status byte
        static DWORD PackShortMsg(unsigned char DataByte1,
                                  unsigned char DataByte2);


        // Packs short messages with status byte
        static DWORD PackShortMsg(unsigned char Status,
                                  unsigned char DataByte1,
                                  unsigned char DataByte2);

        // Packs short channel messages
        static DWORD PackShortMsg(unsigned char Command,
                                  unsigned char Channel,
                                  unsigned char DataByte1,
                                  unsigned char DataByte2);

        // Unpacks short messages
        static void UnpackShortMsg(DWORD Msg, unsigned char &Status,
                                   unsigned char &DataByte1,
                                   unsigned char &DataByte2);

        // Unpacks short channel messages
        static void UnpackShortMsg(DWORD Msg, unsigned char &Command,
                                   unsigned char &Channel,
                                   unsigned char &DataByte1,
                                   unsigned char &DataByte2);

    private:
        DWORD m_Msg;
        DWORD m_MsgNoStatus;
    };
}


#endif

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Aside from dabbling in BASIC on his old Atari 1040ST years ago, Leslie's programming experience didn't really begin until he discovered the Internet in the late 90s. There he found a treasure trove of information about two of his favorite interests: MIDI and sound synthesis.

After spending a good deal of time calculating formulas he found on the Internet for creating new sounds by hand, he decided that an easier way would be to program the computer to do the work for him. This led him to learn C. He discovered that beyond using programming as a tool for synthesizing sound, he loved programming in and of itself.

Eventually he taught himself C++ and C#, and along the way he immersed himself in the ideas of object oriented programming. Like many of us, he gotten bitten by the design patterns bug and a copy of GOF is never far from his hands.

Now his primary interest is in creating a complete MIDI toolkit using the C# language. He hopes to create something that will become an indispensable tool for those wanting to write MIDI applications for the .NET framework.

Besides programming, his other interests are photography and playing his Les Paul guitars.

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