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C# MIDI Toolkit

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A toolkit for creating MIDI applications with C#.
/*
 * Created by: Leslie Sanford
 * 
 * Contact: jabberdabber@hotmail.com
 * 
 * Last modified: 08/04/2004
 */

using System;

namespace Multimedia.Midi
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides easy to use functionality for meta time signature messages.
    /// </summary>
	public class TimeSignature : IMetaMessageAdaptor
	{
        #region TimeSignature Members

        #region Constants

        // Default numerator value.
        private const byte DefaultNumerator = 4;

        // Default denominator value.
        private const byte DefaultDenominator = 4;

        // Default clocks per metronome click value.
        private const byte DefaultClocksPerMetronomeClick = 24;

        // Default thirty second notes per quarter note value.
        private const byte DefaultThirtySecondNotesPerQuarterNote = 8;

        #endregion

        #region Fields

        // The time signature meta message.
        private MetaMessage message;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the TimeSignature class.
        /// </summary>
        public TimeSignature()
        {
            message = new MetaMessage(MetaType.TimeSignature, 
                MetaMessage.TimeSigLength);

            Numerator = DefaultNumerator;
            Denominator = DefaultDenominator;
            ClocksPerMetronomeClick = DefaultClocksPerMetronomeClick;
            ThirtySecondNotesPerQuarterNote = DefaultThirtySecondNotesPerQuarterNote;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the TimeSignature class with the 
        /// specified meta message.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The meta message to use for initialization.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the specified meta message is not a time signature type.
        /// </exception>
		public TimeSignature(MetaMessage message)
		{
            // Enforce preconditions.
            if(message.Type != MetaType.TimeSignature)
                throw new ArgumentException("Wrong meta message type.",
                    "message");

            this.message = (MetaMessage)message.Clone();
		}

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the numerator.
        /// </summary>
        public byte Numerator
        {
            get
            {
                return message[0];
            }
            set
            {
                // Enforce preconditions.
                if(value < 1)
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Numerator", value,
                        "Numerator out of range.");

                message[0] = value;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the denominator.
        /// </summary>
        public byte Denominator
        {
            get
            {
                return (byte)Math.Pow(2, message[1]);
            }
            set
            {
                // Enforce preconditions.
                if(value < 2 || value % 2 != 0)
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Denominator", value,
                        "Denominator out of range.");

                message[1] = (byte)Math.Log(value, 2);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the clocks per metronome click.
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Clocks per metronome click determines how many MIDI clocks occur
        /// for each metronome click.
        /// </remarks>
        public byte ClocksPerMetronomeClick
        {
            get
            {
                return message[2];
            }
            set
            {
                message[2] = value;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets how many thirty second notes there are for each
        /// quarter note.
        /// </summary>
        public byte ThirtySecondNotesPerQuarterNote
        {
            get
            {
                return message[3];
            }
            set
            {
                message[3] = value;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region IMetaMessageAdaptor Members

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a clone of the adapted meta message.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// A clone of the adapted meta message.
        /// </returns>
        public MetaMessage ToMessage()
        {
            return (MetaMessage)message.Clone();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}

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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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