gmcl_midi

A clientside C++ module for Garry's Mod that allows you to read events from a MIDI device.

Download

Visit the Releases page for the latest release. Make sure to download the correct .dll file according to your system and branch of Garry's Mod:

gmcl_midi_[win/linux/osx][32/64].dll

NOTE: Using the 64-bit of the module will depend on whether you're on the x86-64 branch for Garry's Mod.

Installation

Place the downloaded binary module from the Download section of ths is readme in the following folder:

steamapps/common/GarrysMod/garrysmod/lua/bin

NOTE: It's possible that there's no bin folder in garrysmod/lua. In that case you can just create it.

Usage

If you're using this for an existing addon, feel free to stop reading here since this only applies to developers.

1. Require the module with require "midi".
2. Figure out which devices you can connect to with midi.GetPorts().
3. Open a connection to your midi device using midi.Open(portNumber). By default it will try to open port 0. An error is thrown if there are no devices.
4. Add a listener to the GM:MIDI hook. This is where all the events come in.
5. In the listener, filter the events you want to listen to and perform actions based on these events.

API

Taking a quick glance at the MIDI protocol will make understanding this API a lot easier.

GM:MIDI

Called when a MIDI event occurs (when a key is pressed, released, when the pitch bend changes, etc). This hook will start working immediately after a port has been opened (see midi.Open(port))

Arguments

• time: The exact SysTime at which the MIDI event occurred. This is useful when you want to know exactly when a note was played. Note: this is independent of FPS
• command: The command code of the event. This number contains BOTH the command code (first four bits of the number) AND the channel to which the command applies (last four bits of the number). These two can be separated with the midi.GetCommandCode(command) (returns just the command code) and midi.GetCommandChannel(command). To get a human readable name of the command code, you can run midi.GetCommandName(command).
• par1: Many commands have one or more parameters. The command code 144 (named "NOTE_ON") has two parameters: the number of the key pressed and the velocity (how hard it was pressed).
• ...: other parameters

midi.GetPorts()

The average computer has more than one USB port. This makes it possible to connect multiple MIDI devices. Only one of these devices can be listened to at once. This function returns a table with a device's port as index and the device's name as value.

Example

lua_run_cl show(midi.GetPorts())
>{[0]: "USB MIDI 0"}

midi.Open(port = 0)

Open a connection with a MIDI device. Possible values for port are the keys of the table returned by midi.GetPorts(). By default port 0 is tried.

The "MIDI" hook will not be called until a port has been opened!

An error will be thrown if there are no MIDI devices available.

Only one port can be opened at once. The first port will be closed when connecting to a second port.

midi.IsOpened()

Returns whether the module is connected to a device.

midi.Close()

Close the connection if it exists. No MIDI events will be received after this function has been called until of course midi.Open(port) is called.

Note: Connections don't have to be closed. Changing level without closing a connection is fine. Only close the connection when you're the only user of the MIDI hook. Otherwise you'll mess up other scripts.

midi.GetCommandCode(command)

Helper function for the command (second) parameter of the function called by the "MIDI" hook. As explained in the the MIDI protocol, the command code exists of 4 bits indicating the command code and 4 bits indicating the channel to which the command applies. The midi.GetCommandCode(command) extracts the command code. (Basically it returns command & 0xF0).

midi.GetCommandChannel(command)

Whereas the midi.GetCommandCode(command) returns the command code, the midi.GetCommandChannel(command) function returns the channel to which the command applies. Possible channels are 0 <= channel < 16.

midi.GetCommandName(command)

This function takes a command (as given in the second parameter of a function attached to the "MIDI" hook) and returns a human readable name.

Example

] print(midi.GetCommandName(0x80))
NOTE_OFF

Codes

0x80 - "NOTE_OFF"
0x90 - "NOTE_ON"
0xA0 - "AFTERTOUCH"
0xB0 - "CONTINUOUS_CONTROLLER"
0xC0 - "PATCH_CHANGE"
0xD0 - "CHANNEL_PRESSURE"
0xE0 - "PITCH_BEND"
0xF0 - "SYSEX"

Examples

See the examples folder.