The MidiBus is a MIDI library for Processing. It provides a quick and simple way to access and interact with installed MIDI system resources. The MidiBus is aimed primarily at real time MIDI applications. The focus is on strong MIDI I/O capabilities and keeping frills to a minimum (e.g. no built in sequencer, file read/write, MIDI recording/playback).
The recommended way to install the MidiBus is the Processing Library Manager. This way Processing will automatically notify you when a new version is available.
If you wish to install the MidiBus manually you can get the latest stable build including binaries and docs via direct downloadd.
The latest version can easily be cloned directly from github via
git clone https://github.com/sparks/themidibus.git /your/processing/libraries/
If you clone the latest version you will need to compile the library and generate the JavaDocs. This requires javac and ant.
To compile run ant
To generate the JavaDocs run ant doc
Before you get started, it is important to understand that the MidiBus offers little functionality that isn't available from Java's native javax.sound.midi package. Anyone interested in working with MIDI in Java should take the time to read the documentation for the javax.sound.midi package. It offers a more full featured and flexible alternative to this package, although it does do so at the cost of added complexity. In addition, it may be worthwhile to skim the "official" Java Tutorial for the javax.sound.* packages.
The MidiBus is very straight forwards to use. A good place to start is the included Basic.pde example. From there you can look at the JavaDocs either online or bundled with your library in the "reference" subdirectory. The JavaDocs are a comprehensive reference of all the MidiBus' available functionality. There are also a few advanced examples which can (hopefully) help answer the most common questions: how to work with multiple input/output devices, how to send uncommon MIDI messages and how to receive uncommon MIDI messages.
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