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C# MIDI Toolkit

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A toolkit for creating MIDI applications with C#.
#region License

/* Copyright (c) 2005 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;

namespace Sanford.Multimedia.Midi
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides easy to use functionality for time signature MetaMessages.
    /// </summary>
	public class TimeSignatureBuilder : IMessageBuilder
	{
        #region TimeSignature Members

        #region Constants

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

        // Default denominator value.
        private const byte DefaultDenominator = 2;

        // 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 raw data making up the time signature meta message.
        private byte[] data = new byte[MetaMessage.TimeSigLength];

        // The built time signature meta message.
        private MetaMessage result = null;

        // Indicates whether any of the properties have changed since the
        // last time the message was built.
        private bool changed = true;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the TimeSignatureBuilder class.
        /// </summary>
        public TimeSignatureBuilder()
        {
            Numerator = DefaultNumerator;
            Denominator = DefaultDenominator;
            ClocksPerMetronomeClick = DefaultClocksPerMetronomeClick;
            ThirtySecondNotesPerQuarterNote = DefaultThirtySecondNotesPerQuarterNote;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the TimeSignatureBuilder class with the 
        /// specified MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The MetaMessage to use for initializing the TimeSignatureBuilder class.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the specified MetaMessage is not a time signature type.
        /// </exception>
        /// <remarks>
        /// The TimeSignatureBuilder uses the specified MetaMessage to 
        /// initialize its property values.
        /// </remarks>
		public TimeSignatureBuilder(MetaMessage message)
        {
            Initialize(message);            
		}

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes the TimeSignatureBuilder with the specified MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The MetaMessage to use for initializing the TimeSignatureBuilder. 
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// If the specified MetaMessage is not a time signature type.
        /// </exception>
        public void Initialize(MetaMessage message)
        {
            #region Require

            if(message.MetaType != MetaType.TimeSignature)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException("Wrong meta event type.", "message");
            }

            #endregion

            data = message.GetBytes();
        }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the numerator.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// Numerator is set to a value less than one.
        /// </exception>
        public byte Numerator
        {
            get
            {
                return data[0];
            }
            set
            {
                #region Require

                if(value < 1)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Numerator", value,
                        "Numerator out of range.");
                }

                #endregion

                data[0] = value;

                changed = true;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the denominator.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// Denominator is set to a value less than 2. 
        /// </exception>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// Denominator is set to a value that is not a power of 2.
        /// </exception>
        public byte Denominator
        {
            get
            {
                return Convert.ToByte(Math.Pow(2, data[1]));
            }
            set
            {
                #region Require

                if(value < 2 || value > 32)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("Denominator must be between 2 and 32.");
                }
                else if((value & (value - 1)) != 0)
                {
                    throw new ArgumentException("Denominator must be a power of 2.");
                }

                #endregion

                data[1] = Convert.ToByte(Math.Log(value, 2));

                changed = true;
            }
        }

        /// <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 data[2];
            }
            set
            {
                data[2] = value;

                changed = true;
            }
        }

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

                changed = true;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the built message.
        /// </summary>
        public MetaMessage Result
        {
            get
            {
                return result;
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region IMessageBuilder Members

        /// <summary>
        /// Builds the time signature MetaMessage.
        /// </summary>
        public void Build()
        {
            // If any of the properties have changed since the last time the
            // message was built.
            if(changed)
            {
                result = new MetaMessage(MetaType.TimeSignature, data);
                changed = false;
            }
        }

        #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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