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A toolkit for creating MIDI applications with C#.
/*
 * Created by: Leslie Sanford
 * 
 * Contact: jabberdabber@hotmail.com
 * 
 * Last modified: 06/18/2004
 */

using System;

namespace Multimedia.Midi
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the method that will handle the event that occurs when a 
    /// channel message is received.
    /// </summary>
    public delegate void ChannelMessageEventHandler(object sender, ChannelMessageEventArgs e);

    /// <summary>
    /// Represents the various channel message types.
    /// </summary>
    public enum ChannelCommand 
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the note-off command type.
        /// </summary>
        NoteOff = 0x80,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the note-on command type.
        /// </summary>
        NoteOn = 0x90,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the poly pressure (aftertouch) command type.
        /// </summary>
        PolyPressure = 0xA0,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the controller command type.
        /// </summary>
        Controller = 0xB0,  
  
        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the program change command type.
        /// </summary>
        ProgramChange = 0xC0,

        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the channel pressure (aftertouch) command 
        /// type.
        /// </summary>
        ChannelPressure = 0xD0,   
     
        /// <summary>
        /// Represents the pitch wheel command type.
        /// </summary>
        PitchWheel = 0xE0
    }

	/// <summary>
	/// Represents Midi channel messages.
	/// </summary>
	public class ChannelMessage : ShortMessage
	{
        #region ChannelMessage Members

        #region Constants

        //
        // Bit manipulation constants.
        //

        private const int ChannelMask = 16777200;
        private const int CommandMask = 16776975;

        /// <summary>
        /// Maximum value allowed for Midi channel.
        /// </summary> 
        public const int ChannelValueMax = 15;

        #endregion

        #region Fields

        // Midi Channel.
        private int channel;

        // Command.
        private ChannelCommand command;

        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessage class with the 
        /// specified command value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="command">
        /// The Midi command represented by this message.
        /// </param>
        public ChannelMessage(ChannelCommand command)
        {
            Command = command;
            MidiChannel = 0;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessage class with the 
        /// specified command value and Midi channel.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="command">
        /// The Midi command represented by the message.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="channel">
        /// The Midi channel associated with the message.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// Thrown if the Midi channel is set to a value less than zero or 
        /// greater than ChannelValueMax.
        /// </exception>
		public ChannelMessage(ChannelCommand command, int channel)
		{
            Command = command;
            MidiChannel = channel;
		}

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessage class with the
        /// specified command value, Midi channel, and first data value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="command">
        /// The Midi command represented by the message.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="channel">
        /// The Midi channel associated with the message.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="data1">
        /// The first data value.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// Thrown if the Midi channel or the first data value is out of range.
        /// </exception>
        public ChannelMessage(ChannelCommand command, int channel, 
            int data1)
        {
            Command = command;
            MidiChannel = channel;
            Data1 = data1;
        }        

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessage class with the
        /// specified command value, Midi channel, first data value, and 
        /// second data value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="command">
        /// The Midi command represented by the message.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="channel">
        /// The Midi channel associated with the message.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="data1">
        /// The first data value.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="data2">
        /// The second data value.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// Thrown if the Midi channel, first data value, or second data value 
        /// is out of range.
        /// </exception>
        public ChannelMessage(ChannelCommand command, int channel, 
            int data1, int data2)
        {
            Command = command;
            MidiChannel = channel;
            Data1 = data1;
            Data2 = data2;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessage class with a 
        /// channel message packed into an integer.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The packed channel message to use for initialization.
        /// </param>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">
        /// Thrown if the message does not represent a channel message.
        /// </exception>
        public ChannelMessage(int message)
        {
            // Get status byte.
            int status = UnpackStatus(message);

            // Enforce preconditions.
            if(!ChannelMessage.IsChannelMessage(status))
                throw new ArgumentException("Message is not a channel message.",
                    "message");            

            //
            // Initialize properties.
            //

            Command = (ChannelCommand)(message & ~CommandMask);
            MidiChannel = message & ~ChannelMask;
            SetData1(ShortMessage.UnpackData1(message));
            SetData2(ShortMessage.UnpackData2(message));
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessage class with 
        /// another instance of the ChannelMessage class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The ChannelMessage instance to use for initialization.
        /// </param>
        public ChannelMessage(ChannelMessage message)
        {
            Command = message.Command;
            MidiChannel = message.MidiChannel;
            Data1 = message.Data1;
            Data2 = message.Data2;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Methods

        /// <summary>
        /// Tests to see if a status value belongs to a channel message.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="status">
        /// The message to test.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// <b>true</b> if the status value belongs to a channel message;
        /// otherwise, <b>false</b>.
        /// </returns>
        public static bool IsChannelMessage(int status)
        {
            bool result = false;

            // If the status value is in range for channel messages
            if(status >= (int)ChannelCommand.NoteOff &&
                status <= (int)ChannelCommand.PitchWheel + ChannelValueMax)
            {
                // Indicate that the status value belongs to a channel message.
                result = true;
            }

            return result;
        }        

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the Midi command type.
        /// </summary>
        public ChannelCommand Command
        {
            get
            {
                return command;
            }
            set
            {
                command = value;

                SetStatus(MidiChannel | (int)command);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the Midi channel.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// <b>Midichannel</b> is set to a value less than zero or greater than 
        /// ChannelValueMax.
        /// </exception>
        public int MidiChannel
        {
            get
            {
                return channel;
            }
            set
            {
                // Enforce preconditions.
                if(value < 0 || value > ChannelValueMax)
                    throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("MidiChannel",
                        value, "MIDI channel out of range.");
                
                // Assign new Midi channel.
                channel = value;
                SetStatus(channel | (int)command);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the first data value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// <b>Data1</b> is set to a value less than zero or greater than 
        /// DataValueMax.
        /// </exception>
        public int Data1
        {
            get
            {
                return GetData1();
            }
            set
            {
                SetData1(value);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the second data value.
        /// </summary>
        /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
        /// <b>Data2</b> is set to a value less than zero or greater than 
        /// DataValueMax.
        /// </exception>
        public int Data2
        {
            get
            {
                return GetData2();
            }
            set
            {
                SetData2(value);
            }
        }

        #endregion

        #region Overrides

        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a clone of this instance of the ChannelMessage.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>
        /// A clone of this instance of the ChannelMessage.
        /// </returns>
        public override object Clone()
        {
            return new ChannelMessage(this);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Accepts an IMidiMessageVisitor.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="visitor">
        /// The IMidiMessageVisitor to accept.
        /// </param>
        public override void Accept(IMidiMessageVisitor visitor)
        {
            visitor.Visit(this);
        }       
  
        #endregion

        #endregion
    }

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

        #region Fields

        // The ChannelMessage for this event.
        private ChannelMessage message;

        // Time in milliseconds since the input device began recording.
        private int timeStamp;    
    
        #endregion

        #region Construction

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the ChannelMessageEventArgs class with the 
        /// specified ChannelMessage and time stamp.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="message">
        /// The ChannelMessage for this event.
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="timeStamp">
        /// The time in milliseconds since the input device began recording.
        /// </param>
        public ChannelMessageEventArgs(ChannelMessage message, int timeStamp)
        {
            this.message = message;
            this.timeStamp = timeStamp;
        }

        #endregion

        #region Properties

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the ChannelMessage for this event.
        /// </summary>
        public ChannelMessage Message
        {
            get
            {
                return message;
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the time in milliseconds since the input device began 
        /// recording.
        /// </summary>
        public int TimeStamp
        {
            get
            {
                return timeStamp;
            }
        }

        #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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