Package javax.sound.midi

Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.

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Interface Summary

Interface	Description
[source] ControllerEventListener	The ControllerEventListener interface should be implemented by classes whose instances need to be notified when a Sequencer has processed a requested type of MIDI control-change event.
[source] MetaEventListener	The MetaEventListener interface should be implemented by classes whose instances need to be notified when a [source] Sequencer has processed a [source] MetaMessage.
[source] MidiChannel	A MidiChannel object represents a single MIDI channel.
[source] MidiDevice	MidiDevice is the base interface for all MIDI devices.
[source] Receiver	A Receiver receives [source] MidiEvent objects and typically does something useful in response, such as interpreting them to generate sound or raw MIDI output.
[source] Sequencer	A hardware or software device that plays back a MIDI [source] sequence is known as a sequencer.
[source] Soundbank	A Soundbank contains a set of Instruments that can be loaded into a Synthesizer.
[source] Synthesizer	A Synthesizer generates sound.
[source] Transmitter	A Transmitter sends [source] MidiEvent objects to one or more [source] Receivers.

Class Summary

Class	Description
[source] Instrument	An instrument is a sound-synthesis algorithm with certain parameter settings, usually designed to emulate a specific real-world musical instrument or to achieve a specific sort of sound effect.
[source] MetaMessage	A MetaMessage is a [source] MidiMessage that is not meaningful to synthesizers, but that can be stored in a MIDI file and interpreted by a sequencer program.
[source] MidiDevice.Info	A MidiDevice.Info object contains assorted data about a [source] MidiDevice, including its name, the company who created it, and descriptive text.
[source] MidiEvent	MIDI events contain a MIDI message and a corresponding time-stamp expressed in ticks, and can represent the MIDI event information stored in a MIDI file or a [source] Sequence object.
[source] MidiFileFormat	A MidiFileFormat object encapsulates a MIDI file's type, as well as its length and timing information.
[source] MidiMessage	MidiMessage is the base class for MIDI messages.
[source] MidiSystem	The MidiSystem class provides access to the installed MIDI system resources, including devices such as synthesizers, sequencers, and MIDI input and output ports.
[source] Patch	A Patch object represents a location, on a MIDI synthesizer, into which a single instrument is stored (loaded).
[source] Sequence	A Sequence is a data structure containing musical information (often an entire song or composition) that can be played back by a [source] Sequencer object.
[source] Sequencer.SyncMode	A SyncMode object represents one of the ways in which a MIDI sequencer's notion of time can be synchronized with a master or slave device.
[source] ShortMessage	A ShortMessage contains a MIDI message that has at most two data bytes following its status byte.
[source] SoundbankResource	A SoundbankResource represents any audio resource stored in a [source] Soundbank.
[source] SysexMessage	A SysexMessage object represents a MIDI system exclusive message.
[source] Track	A MIDI track is an independent stream of MIDI events (time-stamped MIDI data) that can be stored along with other tracks in a standard MIDI file.
[source] VoiceStatus	A VoiceStatus object contains information about the current status of one of the voices produced by a Synthesizer.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
[source] InvalidMidiDataException	An InvalidMidiDataException indicates that inappropriate MIDI data was encountered.
[source] MidiUnavailableException	A MidiUnavailableException is thrown when a requested MIDI component cannot be opened or created because it is unavailable.

Package javax.sound.midi Description

Provides interfaces and classes for I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.

Related Documentation

For overviews, tutorials, examples, and guides, please see:

• Sound

Since:

1.3