Introduction

InternalMIDI creates a MIDI node for the internal General MIDI synthesizer of the BeOS.

You can connect it to every BeOS MIDI program that supports the Midi2 Kit. With a nice panel you can change all the settings that the internal BeOS synthesizer accepts: Sound quality, different patches, pause, volume, reverb, and transposition.

License

InternalMIDI is freeware. You may share InternalMIDI with as many people as you like, as long as the program is distributed with all parts, especially this documentation, intact. InternalMIDI may not be sold. You may freely distribute InternalMIDI together with your own software WITHOUT the authors permisson - although I would be glad to hear from you!

All graphics, especially the icon or brands are copyrighted by the author and may not be used in any form without the author's consent.

Exclusion of liability

Great care was taken to make sure InternalMIDI functions flawlessly and without fault. Nevertheless there is still a slim chance that errors may still occur.
The author will not be held liable for any potential damage caused by this software nor will he guarantee any unique (or special) functions.

Usage of the program

After starting InternalMIDI a small icon appears in the Deskbar. Now you can use your MIDI software or a utility like PatchBay (by Be Inc.) to connect a MIDI input device to InternalMIDI. InternalMIDI will play every MIDI code it receives through the builtin software synthesizer.

Settings

• The sliders are acting real-time as far as possible which means that you can modify the sound while dragging the knob.
• When you click the right mouse button over the sliders they are set to predefined values.

Remote control

If you want to use InternalMIDI from your own program, here are some informations for you, how you can remote control it.

Getting started

	#include <Roster.h>

	#define INTERNALMIDI_SIGNATURE "application/x-vnd.pecora-internal_midi"

	 ...

	if ( !be_roster->IsRunning( INTERNALMIDI_SIGNATURE ) ) {
		if ( be_roster->Launch( INTERNALMIDI_SIGNATURE ) != B_OK ) {

			/* some error handling */

		}
	}

 

Open the Settings Window

	BMessage	msg('Sett');
	BMessenger( INTERNALMIDI_SIGNATURE ).SendMessage( &msg );
 

Hide / show the Deskbar replicant

	BMessage	msg('Repl');
	msg.AddInt32( "be:value", 1 );
	BMessenger( INTERNALMIDI_SIGNATURE ).SendMessage( &msg );
 

	...
	msg.AddInt32( "be:value", 0 );
	...

Even more features...?

History

For details see the BRoster documentation!
• July 26rd, 2001: V 2.5.3: Added another view which shows the incoming "Note On" signals
• May 21th, 2001: V 2.5.2: We are getting better everyday... :-) IM shouldn't crash anymore when changing patches while working heavy...
• May 19th, 2001: V 2.5.1: Now we are font-sensitive. Also added minor improvements.
• May 13th, 2001: V 2.5: Added a lot of new features:
  • You can now hide the Deskbar replicant
  • The settings are (automatically) saved and restored when starting InternalMIDI again
  • Added a pretty scope view (click on it to change it's look!)
• May 9th, 2001: V 2.02: removed another bug which crashed IM under BeOS 5.01 - not under 5.03 where I tested it... This one almost made me crazy! Thanks to Martijn Sipkema for his hint!
• May 5th, 2001: V 2.01: removed a small bug
• May 5th, 2001: V 2.0 released: Added the settings window
• April 28th, 2001: Initial release

Future

There will be some smaller updates for this release. InternalMIDI will be used in a bigger MIDI project I'm currently developing, called PecoBeat. Just have a look at it!

Author / contact

I hope you like the program and you can benefit from it. I'm looking forward your ideas, suggestions or criticism!

And please vote for it at BeBits!

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