[jmsl] MidiInstrumentSending Program Message

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

JMSL.midi.onlySendMIDIProgramOnce(true);
JMSL.midi.clearMIDIProgramChannelTable();   // do this before each launch!
myPiece.launch(JMSL.now());
I think that would actually work well.

Chi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jmsl at music.columbia.edu>
To: <jmsl at music.columbia.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [jmsl] MidiInstrumentSending Program Message


> Hi Chi
>
> Yes, sendin the program change is part of opening the instrument.  I could 
> change this behavior but then existing applications that expect this 
> behavior will break.
>
> Maybe the best thing to do is for JMSL midi to include a user-definable 
> switch which only sends program change N once on a particular channel. 
> This could run into scary side effects so it would have to be something 
> the programmer took responsibility for and programmed for it.  Maybe 
> something like the following (with less ridiculous names eventually):
>
> JMSL.midi.onlySendMIDIProgramOnce(true);
> JMSL.midi.clearMIDIProgramChannelTable();   // do this before each launch!
> myPiece.launch(JMSL.now());
>
> Have to think about this
>
> ???
> Nick
>
> jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is there way to make MidiInstrument to send program message only when 
>> setProgram is called instead sending it every time a MusicShape repeats?
>> Every time MusicShape repeats, MidiInstrument sends a program message 
>> that delays an external midi device in the beginning. As a result, I hear 
>> a hickup in the beginning of every repeat. If I don't setProgram for 
>> MidiInstrument, it doesn't have that hickup. However, I have to manually 
>> set the program for all the channels from my external device.
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Chi
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