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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: 09/28/2004
 */

using System;

namespace Multimedia.Midi
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Provides functionality for controlling playback.
	/// </summary>
	public class MidiClock : IDisposable
	{
        #region MidiClock Members

        #region Fields

        /// <summary>
        /// The tick generator that is controlled by the MIDI clock.
        /// </summary>
        protected TickGenerator tickGenerator;        

        #endregion

        #region Events

        /// <summary>
        /// Occurs when the MIDI clock is in the process of starting.
        /// </summary>
        public event EventHandler Starting;

        /// <summary>
        /// Occurs when the MIDI clock is in the process of continuing.
        /// </summary>
        public event EventHandler Continuing;

        /// <summary>
        /// Occurs when the MIDI clock is in the process of stopping.
        /// </summary>
        public event EventHandler Stopping;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MidiClock class with the 
        /// specified tick generator.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tickGenerator">
        /// The tick generator the MIDI clock will control.
        /// </param>
		public MidiClock(TickGenerator tickGenerator)
		{
            this.tickGenerator = tickGenerator;
		}

        #endregion 

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Starts the MIDI clock.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual void Start()
        {
            // Guard.
            if(IsRunning())
                return;

            OnStarting();
            tickGenerator.Start();            
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Continues the MIDI clock.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual void Continue()
        {
            // Guard.
            if(IsRunning())
                return;

            OnContinuing();
            tickGenerator.Start();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Stops the MIDI clock.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual void Stop()
        {
            // Guard.
            if(!IsRunning())
                return;

            OnStopping();
            tickGenerator.Stop();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a value indicating whether or not the MIDI clock is 
        /// running.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// A value indicating whether or not the MIDI clock is running.
        /// </returns>
        public bool IsRunning()
        {
            return tickGenerator.IsRunning();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Raises the started event.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void OnStarting()
        {
            if(Starting != null)
                Starting(this, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Raises the continued event.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void OnContinuing()
        {
            if(Continuing != null)
                Continuing(this, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Raises the stopped event.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual void OnStopping()
        {
            if(Stopping != null)
                Stopping(this, EventArgs.Empty);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Disposes of the MIDI clock.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="disposing">
        /// A value indicating whether or not to dispose of the MIDI clock.
        /// </param>
        protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            // Do nothing.
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region IDisposable Members

        /// <summary>
        /// Disposes of the MIDI clock.
        /// </summary>
        public void Dispose()
        {
            Dispose(true);
        }

        #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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