[jmsl] JavaSound To Use System Default Midi Device

[jmsl at music.columbia.edu]

After looking at the methods, I don't think there's way to compare 
MidiSystem.getReceiver() with midiDevice.getReceiver(). Can't get 
MidiDevice.info from receiver either.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jmsl at music.columbia.edu>
To: <jmsl at music.columbia.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [jmsl] JavaSound To Use System Default Midi Device


> Hi Chi
>
> Thanks for the example code, which shows how to find the default Receiver.
> How to retrieve the default MidiDevice ?
>
> 1) Either get the device directly , like:
> MidiDevice defaultMidiDevice = MidiSystem.getDefaultMidiDevice(); // 
> non-existent method
>
> or iterate and test:
> 2) MidiDevice.Info[] minfo = MidiSystem.getMidiDeviceInfo();
> for (int i = 0; i < minfo.length; i++) {
>    Info midiInfo = minfo[i];               System.out.println("Device " + 
> i + " = " + midiInfo);
>    MidiDevice midiDevice = MidiSystem.getMidiDevice(midiInfo); 
> // DO SOME TEST ON midiDevice HERE TO CHECK IF IT IS THE DEFAULT SYSTEM 
> DEVICE
> // perhaps check if the device's receiver equals the default 
> MidiSystem.getReceiver()
> }
>     If all we can get is the default receiver then I'd have to do a bigger 
> rewrite of MidiIO_JavaSound which is currently based on the MidiDevice .
>
> Thanks
> Nick Didkovsky
>
> jmsl at music.columbia.edu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> When JavaSound is chosen as the JMSL output, it seems to use the first 
>> device on the list, not the default Midi device set by OS.
>> If you use
>> MidiSystem.getReceiver()';
>> instead of using
>> MidiDevice.Info[] infos = MidiSystem.getMidiDeviceInfo();
>> device = MidiSystem.getMidiDevice(infos[index]);
>> rcvr = device.getReceiver();
>> it will return the default device set by OS.
>>
>>
>> static Sequencer getSequencer()
>> static Synthesizer getSynthesizer()
>> static Receiver getReceiver()
>> static Transmitter getTransmitter()
>> The first two of these methods obtain the system's default sequencing and 
>> synthesis resources, which either represent physical devices or are 
>> implemented wholly in software. The getReceiver method obtains a Receiver 
>> object that takes MIDI messages sent to it and relays them to the default 
>> receiving device. Similarly, the getTransmitter method obtains a 
>> Transmitter object that can send MIDI messages to some receiver on behalf 
>> of the default transmitting device.
>>
>> Chi
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