libjdkmidi

Released under the GPL: May 1, 2004 Please see the file COPYING

Quick Start

(for gcc toolchains: linux,macosx,cygwin,mingw32,etc)

cd build/gnu
make tests
./jdkmidi_test_multitrack ../../songs/jeffswedding.mid | less
./jdkmidi_rewrite_midifile ../../songs/jeffswedding.mid out.mid
./jdkmidi_test_show out.mid
make clean
less ../tests/jdkmidi_rewrite_midifile.cpp

Directory List

include/jdkmidi
        : Header files for libjdkmidi

src
        : Source files for libjdkmidi

tests
        : Source files for simple test programs

build/gnu
        : Place to do builds in for gnu gcc

build/vc6
        : MS Visual C++ 6 projects

build/macosx
        : Mac OS X xcode project added

songs
        : Place I keep some MIDI files in for testing

docs
        : Place to keep some documentation, autogenerated from doxygen

Usage with your own projects

Add the include directory:
    -I /libjdkmidi/include

Add the library directory:
    -L /libjdkmidi/lib

Link with libjdkmidi:
    -l jdkmidi

All symbols are in the c++ namespace jdkmidi

History

This library was originally a collection of utility functions for MIDI written in C back in 1986 for the Atari ST computer. Since then it has evolved into a fairly powerful C++ MIDI Library including:

MIDI parsing
MIDI Show Control message creation and handling
Standard MIDI File type 0 and type 1 reading and writing
Timestamped MIDI message and System Exclusive encapsulation
Efficient MIDI Track objects for sequencing
MIDI Track objects for editing MIDI events
MIDI message process chains
Containers for multiple MIDI Tracks with iterators
MIDI Sequencer core for sequencing and triggering GUI events
MIDI Driver abstractions for I/O and sequencing
MIDI Driver implementation for Win32 for I/O and sequencing
Tempo calculations
MIDI Matrix to count note on's and off's and hold pedals to avoid stuck notes and all-notes-off problems when merging midi streams
SMPTE management and calculations

For more information, please contact Jeff Koftinoff

CHANGELOG

1986: MIDI parsing and message handling added, in C
1989: Simple MIDI File Parsing added
1989: Ported to run on Macintosh with Think C
1989: Converted to old style C++ with GCC for Atari ST
1990: Ported to work on Borland C++ 3.1 for DOS MIDI Sequencers
1992 - 1996: Added MIDI Show Control classes
1997-1998: Added more robust MIDI Track classes, WIN32 support
2004: Dusted off, moved into namespace jdkmidi and cleaned up a little
2004 May 1: Released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
2004 May 26: Some clean ups, warning fixes, mac os x project file added, 
     visual c++ project file added, jdkmidi_rewrite_midifile added
2005 Oct 14: Some more warning fixes, fixed dangerous seq( seq ) in constructor.
     visual c++ 2005 project file added.