Syntax

vstmidiout instance, kstatus, kchan, kdata1, kdata2

Description

vstmidiout is used for sending MIDI information to a VST plugin.

Initialization

instance - the number which identifies the plugin, to be passed to other vst4cs opcodes.

Performance

kstatus - the type of midi message to be sent. Currently noteon (144), note off (128), Control Change (176), Program change (192), Aftertouch (208) and Pitch Bend (224) are supported.

kchan - the MIDI channel transmitted on.

kdata1, kdata2 - the MIDI data pair, which varies depending on kstatus. e.g. note/velocity for note on and note off, Controller number/value for control change.

Examples

/* orc */
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 2
gihandle1 vstinit "c:/vstplugins/cheeze/cheeze machine.dll",1
instr 3
ain1 = 0
ab1, ab2 vstaudio gihandle1, ain1, ain1
outs ab1, ab2
endin
instr 4
vstmidiout gihandle1,144,1,p4,p5
endin



/* sco */
i 3 0 21
i4 1 1 57 32
i4 3 1 60 100
i4 5 1 62 100
i4 7 1 64 100
i4 9 1 65 100
i4 11 1 67 100
i4 13 1 69 100
i4 15 3 71 100
i4 18 3 72 100
e
      

Credits

By: Andrés Cabrera and Michael Gogins

Uses code from Hermann Seib's VSTHost and Thomas Grill's vst~ object.

VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. VST Plug-In Technology by Steinberg.