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C# Synth Toolkit - Part II

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Demonstrates how to create a simple synthesizer using the C# Synth Toolkit
#region License

/* Copyright (c) 2007 Leslie Sanford
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to 
 * deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the 
 * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or 
 * sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
 * all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 
 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 
 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN 
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */

#endregion

#region Contact

/*
 * Leslie Sanford
 * Email: jabberdabber@hotmail.com
 */

#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Sanford.Multimedia.Midi;

namespace Sanford.Multimedia.Synth
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Keeps track of which notes are currently playing.
    /// </summary>
    internal sealed class NoteTracker : IEnumerable<ChannelMessage>
    {
        #region NoteTrack Members

        #region Fields

        // The list of note-on messages currently playing.
        private List<ChannelMessage> noteOnMessages = new List<ChannelMessage>();

        private int lastNote = 69;

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Tracks a note-on messages.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The note-on message to track.
        /// </param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The NoteTracker will add the specified note-on message to its list
        /// of note-on messages. It will not remove the message until receiving
        /// a corresponding note-off message.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
        /// message is null.
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// message is not a note-on message.
        /// </exception>
        public void NoteOn(ChannelMessage message)
        {
            #region Require

            if(message == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("message");
            }
            else if(message.Command != ChannelCommand.NoteOn ||
                (message.Command == ChannelCommand.NoteOn && message.Data2 == 0))
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Not a note on message.");
            }

            #endregion

            noteOnMessages.Add(message);

            lastNote = message.Data1;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Tracks a note-off message.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The note-off message to track.
        /// </param>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The NoteTracker will remove the note-on message that corresponds to
        /// the specified note-off message from its list of note-on messages,
        /// if one exists.
        /// </remarks>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
        /// message is null.
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// message is not a note-off message.
        /// </exception>
        public void NoteOff(ChannelMessage message)
        {
            #region Require

            if(message == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("message");
            }
            else if(message.Command != ChannelCommand.NoteOff)
            {
                if(message.Command == ChannelCommand.NoteOn)
                {
                    if(message.Data2 > 0)
                    {
                        throw new ArgumentException("Not a note off message.");
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Not a note off message.");
                }
            }

            #endregion

            // Find the index into the list for the corresponding note-on message.
            int index = noteOnMessages.FindIndex(delegate(ChannelMessage m)
            {
                // If the message matches.
                if(message.MidiChannel == m.MidiChannel && message.Data1 == m.Data1)
                {
                    // The message has been found.
                    return true;
                }
                // Else the message does note match.
                else
                {
                    // The message has not yet been found.
                    return false;
                }
            });

            // If a corresponding note-on message was found.
            if(index >= 0)
            {
                // Remove it from the list of note-on messages.
                noteOnMessages.RemoveAt(index);

                if(noteOnMessages.Count > 0)
                {
                    lastNote = noteOnMessages[noteOnMessages.Count - 1].Data1;
                }
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Clears all note-on messages from the NoteTracker's list.
        /// </summary>
        public void Clear()
        {
            noteOnMessages.Clear();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// The number of note-on messages currently being tracked.
        /// </summary>
        public int Count
        {
            get
            {
                return noteOnMessages.Count;
            }
        }

        /// <summary> 
        /// Gets the latest note currently playing. 
        /// </summary>
        public int LastNote
        {
            get
            {
                return lastNote;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region IEnumerable<ChannelMessage> Members

        public IEnumerator<ChannelMessage> GetEnumerator()
        {
            return noteOnMessages.GetEnumerator();
        }

        #endregion

        #region IEnumerable Members

        IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator()
        {
            return noteOnMessages.GetEnumerator();
        }

        #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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