Creates a new BMidiSynth object. Also constructs a BSynth object and assigns the object to the app-wide be_synth variable (if the object doesn't already exist). To turn on your BMidiSynth object, you must call EnableInput() after construction.

Disconnects the object from the synthesizer, and destroys the object.

EnableInput() tells the object to connect and disconnect itself to the synthesizer, as enable is true or false. A disabled BMidiSynth doesn't pass on any MIDI messages to the synthesizer.

If enable is true and loadSynthFile is true, any instruments in the synth file (as designated by be_synth) that haven't already been loaded are immediately loaded. Loading the entire synth file can take a long time (more than a second, less than a minute), and this isn't your last shot at loading instruments, so you may not want to load all at once. If you want to defer loading, you can call LoadInstrument() after calling EnableInput().

IsInputEnabled() tells you if the BMidiSynth is currently enabled.

See "Initializing Your BMidiSynth" for more on instrument loading, instrument scope, and the use of Channel 10 percussion.

Note

BMidiSynthFile objects do not have to call EnableInput(). Input is automatically enabled when the object loads a file.

Currently, EnableInput() always returns B_OK.

Warning

These functions affect all be_synth clients (they should actually be part of the BSynth class).

LoadInstrument() loads the designated instrument from the synth file, if it isn't loaded already. You have to load an instrument before you can use it; if you've already loaded all instruments (through IsInputEnabled()), you won't have to call this function. A loaded instrument is available to all BMidiSynth objects in your application.

RemapInstrument() tells the synthesizer to replace all from instrument requests with to requests. For example, here we tell the synthesizer to play a gunshot whenever a banjo note is requested:

/* Banjo becomes gunshot. A good idea. */
midiSynth.RemapInstrument(B_BANJO, B_GUNSHOT);

UnloadInstrument() removes the designated instrument from the synthesizer.

FlushInstrumentCache() has a goofy protocol. If flush is false, the synthesizer stops playing all current notes (and samples) and unloads all loaded instruments. If flush is true, the synthesizer's current output is unaffected, but it's prevented from unloading any instruments in the future. In other words, FlushInstrumentCache(true) tells the synthesizer to ignore all subsequent UnloadInstrument() calls. The inability to unload instruments holds until FlushInstrumentCache(false) is called.

Note

See "Initializing Your BMidiSynth" for more on instrument loading, instrument scope, and the use of Channel 10 percussion.

Currently, UnloadInstrument() always returns B_OK.

The other two status_t functions return…

SetTransposition() sets the amount, in halfsteps, by which subsequently generated notes will be transposed (shifted in pitch). Notes that are already sounding are not transposed. The transposition affects all channels of the invoked-upon object.

Transposition() returns the current transposition amount (in halfsteps); the default is 0.

SetVolume() scales the object's amplitude (on all channels) by volume. In addition to affecting subsequently-generated notes, the new volume scale affects notes that are currently being generated by this object.

Volume() returns the current amplitude scalar value; the default is 1.0.

Returns the number of microseconds since the object was created. You should use this measurement for relative values only (for measuring the time between notes, for example). Also, note that the time argument to the MIDI hook functions measures time in milliseconds.