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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: 09/01/2004
 */

using System;

namespace Multimedia.Midi
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the method for handling Midi events.
    /// </summary>
    public delegate void MidiEventHandler(object sender, MidiEventArgs e);

	/// <summary>
	/// Represents a time-stamped event in which a Midi message occurs.
	/// </summary>
	public struct MidiEvent : ICloneable
	{
        #region MidiEvent Members

        #region Fields

        // The Midi message for the event.
        private IMidiMessage message;

        // The delta tick value for the event.
        private int ticks;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the Midi event struct with the 
        /// specified Midi message and the number of ticks for this event.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The Midi message for the event.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="ticks">
        /// The delta tick value for the event.
        /// </param>
		public MidiEvent(IMidiMessage message, int ticks)
		{
            this.message = message;
            this.ticks = ticks;
		}  

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or set the Midi message for the Midi event.
        /// </summary>
        public IMidiMessage Message
        {
            get
            {
                return message;
            }
            set
            {
                message = value;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the ticks for the Midi event.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// Thrown if the ticks value is set to a negative number.
        /// </exception>
        public int Ticks
        {
            get
            {
                return ticks;
            }
            set
            {
                // Enforce preconditions.
                if(value < 0)
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Ticks", value,
                        "Ticks value out of range.");

                // Initialize ticks.
                ticks = value;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region ICloneable Members

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new object that is a copy of the Midi event.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// A new object that is a copy of this Midi event.
        /// </returns>
        public object Clone()
        {
            IMidiMessage msg = null;

            if(Message != null)
            {
                msg = (IMidiMessage)Message.Clone();
            }

            MidiEvent e = new MidiEvent(msg, Ticks);

            return e;
        }

        #endregion
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Provides data for Midi events.
    /// </summary>
    public class MidiEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
        #region MidiEventArgs Members

        #region Fields

        // The Midi event.
        private MidiEvent evt;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the MidiEventArgs class with the
        /// specified Midi event.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="e">
        /// The Midi event for this event.
        /// </param>
        public MidiEventArgs(MidiEvent e)
        {
            evt = e;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the Midi event for this event.
        /// </summary>
        public MidiEvent MidiEvent
        {
            get
            {
                return evt;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #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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