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19 <rfc category="std" ipr="full3978" docName="LSCP 1.2">
20 <front>
21 <title>LinuxSampler Control Protocol</title>
22 <author initials='C.S.' surname="Schoenebeck" fullname='C.
23 Schoenebeck'>
24 <organization>
25 Interessengemeinschaft Software Engineering e. V.
26 </organization>
27 <address>
28 <postal>
29 <street>Max-Planck-Str. 39</street>
30 <!-- <code>74081</code> -->
31 <city>74081 Heilbronn</city>
32 <country>Germany</country>
33 </postal>
34 <email>schoenebeck at software minus engineering dot org</email>
35 </address>
36 </author>
37 <date month="December" year="2006"/>
38 <workgroup>LinuxSampler Developers</workgroup>
39 <keyword>LSCP</keyword>
40 <abstract>
41 <t>The LinuxSampler Control Protocol (LSCP) is an
42 application-level protocol primarily intended for local and
43 remote controlling the LinuxSampler backend application, which is a
44 sophisticated server-like console application essentially playing
45 back audio samples and manipulating the samples in real time to
46 certain extent.</t>
47 </abstract>
48 </front>
49
50 <middle>
51 <section title="Requirements notation">
52 <t>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL",
53 "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY",
54 and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as
55 described in <xref target="RFC2119"/>.</t>
56
57 <t>This protocol is always case-sensitive if not explicitly
58 claimed the opposite.</t>
59
60 <t>In examples, "C:" and "S:" indicate lines sent by the client
61 (front-end) and server (LinuxSampler) respectively. Lines in
62 examples must be interpreted as every line being CRLF
63 terminated (carriage return character followed by line feed
64 character as defined in the ASCII standard), thus the following
65 example:</t>
66
67 <t>
68 <list>
69 <t>C: "some line"</t>
70 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"another line"</t>
71 </list>
72 </t>
73
74 <t>must actually be interpreted as client sending the following
75 message:</t>
76
77 <t>
78 <list>
79 <t>"some line&lt;CR&gt;&lt;LF&gt;another
80 line&lt;CR&gt;&lt;LF&gt;"</t>
81 </list>
82 </t>
83
84 <t>where &lt;CR&gt; symbolizes the carriage return character and
85 &lt;LF&gt; the line feed character as defined in the ASCII
86 standard.</t>
87
88 <t>Due to technical reasons, messages can arbitrary be
89 fragmented, means the following example:</t>
90
91 <t>
92 <list>
93 <t>S: "abcd"</t>
94 </list>
95 </t>
96
97 <t>could also happen to be sent in three messages like in the
98 following sequence scenario:</t>
99
100 <t>
101 <list style="symbols">
102 <t>server sending message "a"</t>
103 <t>followed by a delay (pause) with
104 arbitrary duration</t>
105 <t>followed by server sending message
106 "bcd&lt;CR&gt;"</t>
107 <t>again followed by a delay (pause) with arbitrary
108 duration</t>
109 <t>followed by server sending the message
110 "&lt;LF&gt;"</t>
111 </list>
112 </t>
113
114 <t>where again &lt;CR&gt; and &lt;LF&gt; symbolize the carriage
115 return and line feed characters respectively.</t>
116 </section>
117
118 <section title="Versioning of this specification" anchor="LSCP versioning">
119 <t>LSCP will certainly be extended and enhanced by-and-by. Each official
120 release of the LSCP specification will be tagged with a unique version
121 tuple. The version tuple consists at least of a major and minor version
122 number like:
123 </t>
124 <t>
125 <list>
126 <t>"1.2"</t>
127 </list>
128 </t>
129 <t>
130 In this example the major version number would be "1" and the minor
131 version number would be "2". Note that the version tuple might also
132 have more than two elements. The major version number defines a
133 group of backward compatible versions. That means a frontend is
134 compatible to the connected sampler if and only if the LSCP versions
135 to which each of the two parties complies to, match both of the
136 following rules:
137 </t>
138 <t>Compatibility:</t>
139 <t>
140 <list style="numbers">
141 <t>The frontend's LSCP major version and the sampler's LSCP
142 major version are exactly equal.</t>
143 <t>The frontend's LSCP minor version is less or equal than
144 the sampler's LSCP minor version.</t>
145 </list>
146 </t>
147 <t>
148 Compatibility can only be claimed if both rules are true.
149 The frontend can use the
150 <xref target="GET SERVER INFO">"GET SERVER INFO"</xref> command to
151 get the version of the LSCP specification the sampler complies with.
152 </t>
153 </section>
154
155 <section title="Introduction">
156 <t>LinuxSampler is a so called software sampler application
157 capable to playback audio samples from a computer's Random
158 Access Memory (RAM) as well as directly streaming it from disk.
159 LinuxSampler is designed to be modular. It provides several so
160 called "sampler engines" where each engine is specialized for a
161 certain purpose. LinuxSampler has virtual channels which will be
162 referred in this document as "sampler channels". The channels
163 are in such way virtual as they can be connected to an
164 arbitrary MIDI input method and arbitrary MIDI channel (e.g.
165 sampler channel 17 could be connected to an ALSA sequencer
166 device 64:0 and listening to MIDI channel 1 there). Each sampler
167 channel will be associated with an instance of one of the available
168 sampler engines (e.g. GigEngine, DLSEngine). The audio output of
169 each sampler channel can be routed to an arbitrary audio output
170 method (ALSA / JACK) and an arbitrary audio output channel
171 there.</t>
172 </section>
173
174 <section title="Focus of this protocol">
175 <t>Main focus of this protocol is to provide a way to configure
176 a running LinuxSampler instance and to retrieve information
177 about it. The focus of this protocol is not to provide a way to
178 control synthesis parameters or even to trigger or release
179 notes. Or in other words; the focus are those functionalities
180 which are not covered by MIDI or which may at most be handled
181 via MIDI System Exclusive Messages.</t>
182 </section>
183
184 <section title="Communication Overview">
185 <t>There are two distinct methods of communication between a
186 running instance of LinuxSampler and one or more control
187 applications, so called "front-ends": a simple request/response
188 communication method used by the clients to give commands to the
189 server as well as to inquire about server's status and a
190 subscribe/notify communication method used by the client to
191 subscribe to and receive notifications of certain events as they
192 happen on the server. The latter needs more effort to be
193 implemented in the front-end application. The two communication
194 methods will be described next.</t>
195
196 <section title="Request/response communication method">
197 <t>This simple communication method is based on
198 <xref target="RFC793">TCP</xref>. The
199 front-end application establishes a TCP connection to the
200 LinuxSampler instance on a certain host system. Then the
201 front-end application will send certain ASCII based commands
202 as defined in this document (every command line must be CRLF
203 terminated - see "Conventions used in this document" at the
204 beginning of this document) and the LinuxSampler application
205 will response after a certain process time with an
206 appropriate ASCII based answer, also as defined in this
207 document. So this TCP communication is simply based on query
208 and answer paradigm. That way LinuxSampler is only able to
209 answer on queries from front-ends, but not able to
210 automatically send messages to the client if it's not asked
211 to. The fronted should not reconnect to LinuxSampler for
212 every single command, instead it should keep the connection
213 established and simply resend message(s) for subsequent
214 commands. To keep information in the front-end up-to-date
215 the front-end has to periodically send new requests to get
216 the current information from the LinuxSampler instance. This
217 is often referred to as "polling". While polling is simple
218 to implement and may be OK to use in some cases, there may
219 be disadvantages to polling such as network traffic overhead
220 and information being out of date.
221 It is possible for a client or several clients to open more
222 than one connection to the server at the same time. It is
223 also possible to send more than one request to the server
224 at the same time but if those requests are sent over the
225 same connection server MUST execute them sequentially. Upon
226 executing a request server will produce a result set and
227 send it to the client. Each and every request made by the
228 client MUST result in a result set being sent back to the
229 client. No other data other than a result set may be sent by
230 a server to a client. No result set may be sent to a client
231 without the client sending request to the server first. On
232 any particular connection, result sets MUST be sent in their
233 entirety without being interrupted by other result sets. If
234 several requests got queued up at the server they MUST be
235 processed in the order they were received and result sets
236 MUST be sent back in the same order.</t>
237
238 <section title="Result format">
239 <t>Result set could be one of the following types:</t>
240 <t>
241 <list style="numbers">
242 <t>Normal</t>
243 <t>Warning</t>
244 <t>Error</t>
245 </list>
246 </t>
247 <t>Warning and Error result sets MUST be single line and
248 have the following format:</t>
249 <t>
250 <list style="symbols">
251 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;"</t>
252 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;"</t>
253 </list>
254 </t>
255 <t>Where &lt;warning-code&gt; and &lt;error-code&gt; are
256 numeric unique identifiers of the warning or error and
257 &lt;warning-message&gt; and &lt;error-message&gt; are
258 human readable descriptions of the warning or error
259 respectively.</t>
260 <t>Examples:</t>
261 <t>
262 <list>
263 <t>C: "LOAD INSTRUMENT '/home/me/Boesendorfer24bit.gig" 0 0</t>
264 <t>S: "WRN:32:This is a 24 bit patch which is not supported natively yet."</t>
265 </list>
266 </t>
267 <t>
268 <list>
269 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA EAR"</t>
270 <t>S: "ERR:3456:Audio output driver 'ALSA' does not have a parameter 'EAR'."</t>
271 </list>
272 </t>
273 <t>
274 <list>
275 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO 123456"</t>
276 <t>S: "ERR:9:There is no audio output device with index 123456."</t>
277 </list>
278 </t>
279 <t>Normal result sets could be:</t>
280 <t>
281 <list style="numbers">
282 <t>Empty</t>
283 <t>Single line</t>
284 <t>Multi-line</t>
285 </list>
286 </t>
287 <t> Empty result set is issued when the server only
288 needed to acknowledge the fact that the request was
289 received and it was processed successfully and no
290 additional information is available. This result set has
291 the following format:</t>
292 <t>
293 <list>
294 <t>"OK"</t>
295 </list>
296 </t>
297 <t>Example:</t>
298 <t>
299 <list>
300 <t>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER 0 CHANNELS=4"</t>
301 <t>S: "OK"</t>
302 </list>
303 </t>
304 <t>Single line result sets are command specific. One
305 example of a single line result set is an empty line.
306 Multi-line result sets are command specific and may
307 include one or more lines of information. They MUST
308 always end with the following line:</t>
309 <t>
310 <list>
311 <t>"."</t>
312 </list>
313 </t>
314 <t>Example:</t>
315 <t>
316 <list>
317 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO 0"</t>
318 <t>S: "DRIVER: ALSA"</t>
319 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"CHANNELS: 2"</t>
320 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"SAMPLERATE: 44100"</t>
321 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ACTIVE: true"</t>
322 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FRAGMENTS: 2"</t>
323 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FRAGMENTSIZE: 128"</t>
324 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"CARD: '0,0'"</t>
325 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
326 </list>
327 </t>
328 <t>In addition to above mentioned formats, warnings and
329 empty result sets MAY be indexed. In this case, they
330 have the following formats respectively:</t>
331 <t>
332 <list style="symbols">
333 <t>"WRN[&lt;index&gt;]:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;"</t>
334 <t>"OK[&lt;index&gt;]"</t>
335 </list>
336 </t>
337 <t>where &lt;index&gt; is command specific and is used
338 to indicate channel number that the result set was
339 related to or other integer value.</t>
340 <t>Each line of the result set MUST end with
341 &lt;CRLF&gt;.</t>
342 <t>Examples:</t>
343 <t>
344 <list>
345 <t>C: "ADD CHANNEL"</t>
346 <t>S: "OK[12]"</t>
347 </list>
348 </t>
349 <t>
350 <list>
351 <t>C: "CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE ALSA SAMPLERATE=96000"</t>
352 <t>S: "WRN[0]:32:Sample rate not supported, using 44100 instead."</t>
353 </list>
354 </t>
355 </section>
356 </section>
357 <section title="Subscribe/notify communication method">
358 <t>This more sophisticated communication method is actually
359 only an extension of the simple request/response
360 communication method. The front-end still uses a TCP
361 connection and sends the same commands on the TCP
362 connection. Two extra commands are SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE
363 commands that allow a client to tell the server that it is
364 interested in receiving notifications about certain events
365 as they happen on the server. The SUBSCRIBE command has the
366 following syntax:</t>
367
368 <t>
369 <list>
370 <t>SUBSCRIBE &lt;event-id&gt;</t>
371 </list>
372 </t>
373
374 <t>where &lt;event-id&gt; will be replaced by the respective
375 event that client wants to subscribe to. Upon receiving such
376 request, server SHOULD respond with OK and start sending
377 EVENT notifications when a given even has occurred to the
378 front-end when an event has occurred. It MAY be possible
379 certain events may be sent before OK response during real
380 time nature of their generation. Event messages have the
381 following format:</t>
382
383 <t>
384 <list>
385 <t>NOTIFY:&lt;event-id&gt;:&lt;custom-event-data&gt;</t>
386 </list>
387 </t>
388
389 <t>where &lt;event-id&gt; uniquely identifies the event that
390 has occurred and &lt;custom-event-data&gt; is event
391 specific.</t>
392
393 <t>Several rules must be followed by the server when
394 generating events:</t>
395
396 <t>
397 <list style="numbers">
398 <t>Events MUST NOT be sent to any client who has not
399 issued an appropriate SUBSCRIBE command.</t>
400 <t>Events MUST only be sent using the same
401 connection that was used to subscribe to them.</t>
402 <t>When response is being sent to the client, event
403 MUST be inserted in the stream before or after the
404 response, but NOT in the middle. Same is true about
405 the response. It should never be inserted in the
406 middle of the event message as well as any other
407 response.</t>
408 </list>
409 </t>
410
411 <t>If the client is not interested in a particular event
412 anymore it MAY issue UNSUBSCRIBE command using the following
413 syntax:</t>
414
415 <t>
416 <list>
417 <t>UNSUBSCRIBE &lt;event-id&gt;</t>
418 </list>
419 </t>
420
421 <t>where &lt;event-id&gt; will be replace by the respective
422 event that client is no longer interested in receiving. For
423 a list of supported events see <xref target="events" />.</t>
424
425 <t>Example: the fill states of disk stream buffers have
426 changed on sampler channel 4 and the LinuxSampler instance
427 will react by sending the following message to all clients
428 who subscribed to this event:</t>
429
430 <t>
431 <list>
432 <t>NOTIFY:CHANNEL_BUFFER_FILL:4 [35]62%,[33]80%,[37]98%</t>
433 </list>
434 </t>
435
436 <t>Which means there are currently three active streams on
437 sampler channel 4, where the stream with ID "35" is filled
438 by 62%, stream with ID 33 is filled by 80% and stream with
439 ID 37 is filled by 98%.</t>
440
441 <t>Clients may choose to open more than one connection to
442 the server and use some connections to receive notifications
443 while using other connections to issue commands to the
444 back-end. This is entirely legal and up to the
445 implementation. This does not change the protocol in any way
446 and no special restrictions exist on the server to allow or
447 disallow this or to track what connections belong to what
448 front-ends. Server will listen on a single port, accept
449 multiple connections and support protocol described in this
450 specification in it's entirety on this single port on each
451 connection that it accepted.</t>
452
453 <t>Due to the fact that TCP is used for this communication,
454 dead peers will be detected automatically by the OS TCP
455 stack. While it may take a while to detect dead peers if no
456 traffic is being sent from server to client (TCP keep-alive
457 timer is set to 2 hours on many OSes) it will not be an
458 issue here as when notifications are sent by the server,
459 dead client will be detected quickly.</t>
460
461 <t>When connection is closed for any reason server MUST
462 forget all subscriptions that were made on this connection.
463 If client reconnects it MUST resubscribe to all events that
464 it wants to receive.</t>
465
466 </section>
467 </section>
468
469 <section title="Description for control commands" anchor="control_commands">
470 <t>This chapter will describe the available control commands
471 that can be sent on the TCP connection in detail. Some certain
472 commands (e.g. <xref target="GET CHANNEL INFO">"GET CHANNEL INFO"</xref>
473 or <xref target="GET ENGINE INFO">"GET ENGINE INFO"</xref>) lead to
474 multiple-line responses. In this case LinuxSampler signals the
475 end of the response by a "." (single dot) line.</t>
476
477 <section title="Ignored lines and comments">
478 <t>White lines, that is lines which only contain space and
479 tabulator characters, and lines that start with a "#"
480 character are ignored, thus it's possible for example to
481 group commands and to place comments in a LSCP script
482 file.</t>
483 </section>
484
485 <section title="Configuring audio drivers">
486 <t>Instances of drivers in LinuxSampler are called devices.
487 You can use multiple audio devices simultaneously, e.g. to
488 output the sound of one sampler channel using the ALSA audio
489 output driver, and on another sampler channel you might want
490 to use the JACK audio output driver. For particular audio
491 output systems it's also possible to create several devices
492 of the same audio output driver, e.g. two separate ALSA
493 audio output devices for using two different sound cards at
494 the same time. This chapter describes all commands to
495 configure LinuxSampler's audio output devices and their
496 parameters.</t>
497
498 <t>Instead of defining commands and parameters for each
499 driver individually, all possible parameters, their meanings
500 and possible values have to be obtained at runtime. This
501 makes the protocol a bit abstract, but has the advantage,
502 that front-ends can be written independently of what drivers
503 are currently implemented and what parameters these drivers
504 are actually offering. This means front-ends can even handle
505 drivers which are implemented somewhere in future without
506 modifying the front-end at all.</t>
507
508 <t>Note: examples in this chapter showing particular
509 parameters of drivers are not meant as specification of the
510 drivers' parameters. Driver implementations in LinuxSampler
511 might have complete different parameter names and meanings
512 than shown in these examples or might change in future, so
513 these examples are only meant for showing how to retrieve
514 what parameters drivers are offering, how to retrieve their
515 possible values, etc.</t>
516
517 <section title="Getting amount of available audio output drivers" anchor="GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">
518 <t>Use the following command to get the number of
519 audio output drivers currently available for the
520 LinuxSampler instance:</t>
521 <t>
522 <list>
523 <t>GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS</t>
524 </list>
525 </t>
526 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
527 <t>
528 <list>
529 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the
530 number of audio output drivers.</t>
531 </list>
532 </t>
533 <t>Example:</t>
534 <t>
535 <list>
536 <t>C: "GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"</t>
537 <t>S: "2"</t>
538 </list>
539 </t>
540 </section>
541
542 <section title="Getting all available audio output drivers" anchor="LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">
543 <t>Use the following command to list all audio output
544 drivers currently available for the LinuxSampler
545 instance:</t>
546 <t>
547 <list>
548 <t>LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS</t>
549 </list>
550 </t>
551 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
552 <t>
553 <list>
554 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending comma
555 separated character strings, each symbolizing an
556 audio output driver.</t>
557 </list>
558 </t>
559 <t>Example:</t>
560 <t>
561 <list>
562 <t>C: "LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"</t>
563 <t>S: "ALSA,JACK"</t>
564 </list>
565 </t>
566 </section>
567
568 <section title="Getting information about a specific audio
569 output driver" anchor="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO">
570 <t>Use the following command to get detailed information
571 about a specific audio output driver:</t>
572 <t>
573 <list>
574 <t>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO
575 &lt;audio-output-driver&gt;</t>
576 </list>
577 </t>
578 <t>Where &lt;audio-output-driver&gt; is the name of the
579 audio output driver, returned by the
580 <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"</xref> command.</t>
581 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
582 <t>
583 <list>
584 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a
585 &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list. Each answer line
586 begins with the information category name
587 followed by a colon and then a space character
588 &lt;SP&gt; and finally the info character string
589 to that info category. At the moment the
590 following information categories are
591 defined:</t>
592
593 <t>
594 <list>
595 <t>DESCRIPTION -
596 <list>
597 <t> character string describing the
598 audio output driver</t>
599 </list>
600 </t>
601
602 <t>VERSION -
603 <list>
604 <t>character string reflecting the
605 driver's version</t>
606 </list>
607 </t>
608
609 <t>PARAMETERS -
610 <list>
611 <t>comma separated list of all
612 parameters available for the given
613 audio output driver, at least
614 parameters 'channels', 'samplerate'
615 and 'active' are offered by all audio
616 output drivers</t>
617 </list>
618 </t>
619 </list>
620 </t>
621
622 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be
623 in particular order.</t>
624 </list>
625 </t>
626 <t>Example:</t>
627 <t>
628 <list>
629 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO ALSA"</t>
630 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: Advanced Linux Sound
631 Architecture"</t>
632 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"VERSION: 1.0"</t>
633 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"PARAMETERS:
634 DRIVER,CHANNELS,SAMPLERATE,ACTIVE,FRAGMENTS,
635 FRAGMENTSIZE,CARD"</t>
636 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
637 </list>
638 </t>
639 </section>
640
641 <section title="Getting information about specific audio
642 output driver parameter" anchor="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO">
643 <t>Use the following command to get detailed information
644 about a specific audio output driver parameter:</t>
645 <t>
646 <list>
647 <t>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO &lt;audio&gt; &lt;prm&gt; [&lt;deplist&gt;]</t>
648 </list>
649 </t>
650 <t>Where &lt;audio&gt; is the name of the audio output
651 driver as returned by the <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">
652 "LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"</xref> command,
653 &lt;prm&gt; a specific parameter name for which information should be
654 obtained (as returned by the
655 <xref target="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO">"GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO"</xref> command) and
656 &lt;deplist&gt; is an optional list of parameters on which the sought
657 parameter &lt;prm&gt; depends on, &lt;deplist&gt; is a list of key-value
658 pairs in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", where character string values
659 are encapsulated into apostrophes ('). Arguments given with &lt;deplist&gt;
660 which are not dependency parameters of &lt;prm&gt; will be ignored, means
661 the front-end application can simply put all parameters into &lt;deplist&gt;
662 with the values already selected by the user.</t>
663 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
664 <t>
665 <list>
666 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a
667 &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
668 Each answer line begins with the information category name
669 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and
670 finally
671 the info character string to that info category. There are
672 information which is always returned, independently of the
673 given driver parameter and there are optional information
674 which is only shown dependently to given driver parameter. At
675 the moment the following information categories are defined:</t>
676 </list>
677 </t>
678
679 <t>
680 <list>
681 <t>TYPE -
682 <list>
683 <t>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or
684 "INT" for integer
685 value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for
686 character string(s)
687 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
688 </list>
689 </t>
690
691 <t>DESCRIPTION -
692 <list>
693 <t>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter
694 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
695 </list>
696 </t>
697
698 <t>MANDATORY -
699 <list>
700 <t>either true or false, defines if this parameter must be
701 given when the device is to be created with the
702 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE'</xref>
703 command (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
704 </list>
705 </t>
706
707 <t>FIX -
708 <list>
709 <t>either true or false, if false then this parameter can
710 be changed at any time, once the device is created by
711 the <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE'</xref>
712 command (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
713 </list>
714 </t>
715
716 <t>MULTIPLICITY -
717 <list>
718 <t>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows
719 only one value or a list of values, where true means
720 multiple values and false only a single value allowed
721 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
722 </list>
723 </t>
724
725 <t>DEPENDS -
726 <list>
727 <t>comma separated list of parameters this parameter depends
728 on, means the values for fields 'DEFAULT', 'RANGE_MIN',
729 'RANGE_MAX' and 'POSSIBILITIES' might depend on these
730 listed parameters, for example assuming that an audio
731 driver (like the ALSA driver) offers parameters 'card'
732 and 'samplerate' then parameter 'samplerate' would
733 depend on 'card' because the possible values for
734 'samplerate' depends on the sound card which can be
735 chosen by the 'card' parameter
736 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
737 </list>
738 </t>
739
740 <t>DEFAULT -
741 <list>
742 <t>reflects the default value for this parameter which is
743 used when the device is created and not explicitly
744 given with the <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">
745 'CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE'</xref> command,
746 in case of MULTIPLCITY=true, this is a comma separated
747 list, that's why character strings are encapsulated into
748 apostrophes (')
749 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
750 </list>
751 </t>
752
753 <t>RANGE_MIN -
754 <list>
755 <t>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this
756 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
757 number, this parameter is often used in conjunction
758 with RANGE_MAX, but may also appear without
759 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
760 </list>
761 </t>
762
763 <t>RANGE_MAX -
764 <list>
765 <t>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this
766 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
767 number, this parameter is often used in conjunction with
768 RANGE_MIN, but may also appear without
769 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
770 </list>
771 </t>
772
773 <t>POSSIBILITIES -
774 <list>
775 <t>comma separated list of possible values for this
776 parameter, character strings are encapsulated into
777 apostrophes
778 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
779 </list>
780 </t>
781 </list>
782 </t>
783
784 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
785
786 <t>Examples:</t>
787 <t>
788 <list>
789 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA CARD"</t>
790 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: sound card to be used"</t>
791 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"TYPE: STRING"</t>
792 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MANDATORY: false"</t>
793 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FIX: true"</t>
794 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MULTIPLICITY: false"</t>
795 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"DEFAULT: '0,0'"</t>
796 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"POSSIBILITIES: '0,0','1,0','2,0'"</t>
797 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
798 </list>
799 </t>
800 <t>
801 <list>
802 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA SAMPLERATE"</t>
803 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: output sample rate in Hz"</t>
804 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"TYPE: INT"</t>
805 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MANDATORY: false"</t>
806 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FIX: false"</t>
807 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MULTIPLICITY: false"</t>
808 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"DEPENDS: card"</t>
809 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"DEFAULT: 44100"</t>
810 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
811 </list>
812 </t>
813 <t>
814 <list>
815 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA SAMPLERATE CARD='0,0'"</t>
816 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: output sample rate in Hz"</t>
817 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"TYPE: INT"</t>
818 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MANDATORY: false"</t>
819 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FIX: false"</t>
820 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MULTIPLICITY: false"</t>
821 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"DEPENDS: card"</t>
822 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"DEFAULT: 44100"</t>
823 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"RANGE_MIN: 22050"</t>
824 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"RANGE_MAX: 96000"</t>
825 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
826 </list>
827 </t>
828 </section>
829
830 <section title="Creating an audio output device" anchor="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">
831 <t>Use the following command to create a new audio output device for the desired audio output system:</t>
832
833 <t>
834 <list>
835 <t>CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE &lt;audio-output-driver&gt; [&lt;param-list&gt;]</t>
836 </list>
837 </t>
838
839 <t>Where &lt;audio-output-driver&gt; should be replaced by the desired audio
840 output system as returned by the
841 <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"</xref>
842 command and &lt;param-list&gt; by an optional list of driver
843 specific parameters in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", where
844 character string values should be encapsulated into apostrophes (').
845 Note that there might be drivers which require parameter(s) to be
846 given with this command. Use the previously described commands in
847 this chapter to get this information.</t>
848
849 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
850 <t>
851 <list>
852 <t>"OK[&lt;device-id&gt;]" -
853 <list>
854 <t>in case the device was successfully created, where
855 &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the new device</t>
856 </list>
857 </t>
858 <t>"WRN[&lt;device-id&gt;]:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
859 <list>
860 <t>in case the device was created successfully, where
861 &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the new device, but there
862 are noteworthy issue(s) related (e.g. sound card doesn't
863 support given hardware parameters and the driver is using
864 fall-back values), providing an appropriate warning code and
865 warning message</t>
866 </list>
867 </t>
868 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
869 <list>
870 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
871 </list>
872 </t>
873 </list>
874 </t>
875 <t>Examples:</t>
876 <t>
877 <list>
878 <t>C: "CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE ALSA"</t>
879 <t>S: "OK[0]"</t>
880 </list>
881 </t>
882 <t>
883 <list>
884 <t>C: "CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE ALSA CARD='2,0' SAMPLERATE=96000"</t>
885 <t>S: "OK[1]"</t>
886 </list>
887 </t>
888 </section>
889
890 <section title="Destroying an audio output device" anchor="DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">
891 <t>Use the following command to destroy a created output device:</t>
892 <t>
893 <list>
894 <t>DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE &lt;device-id&gt;</t>
895 </list>
896 </t>
897 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; should be replaced by the numerical ID of the
898 audio output device as given by the
899 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
900 or <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
901 command.</t>
902 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
903 <t>
904 <list>
905 <t>"OK" -
906 <list>
907 <t>in case the device was successfully destroyed</t>
908 </list>
909 </t>
910 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
911 <list>
912 <t>in case the device was destroyed successfully, but there are
913 noteworthy issue(s) related (e.g. an audio over ethernet
914 driver was unloaded but the other host might not be
915 informed about this situation), providing an appropriate
916 warning code and warning message</t>
917 </list>
918 </t>
919 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
920 <list>
921 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
922 error message</t>
923 </list>
924 </t>
925 </list>
926 </t>
927 <t>Example:</t>
928 <t>
929 <list>
930 <t>C: "DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE 0"</t>
931 <t>S: "OK"</t>
932 </list>
933 </t>
934 </section>
935
936 <section title="Getting all created audio output device count" anchor="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">
937 <t>Use the following command to count all created audio output devices:</t>
938 <t>
939 <list>
940 <t>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES</t>
941 </list>
942 </t>
943 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
944 <t>
945 <list>
946 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the current number of all
947 audio output devices.</t>
948 </list>
949 </t>
950 <t>Example:</t>
951 <t>
952 <list>
953 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</t>
954 <t>S: "4"</t>
955 </list>
956 </t>
957 </section>
958
959 <section title="Getting all created audio output device list" anchor="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">
960 <t>Use the following command to list all created audio output devices:</t>
961 <t>
962 <list>
963 <t>LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES</t>
964 </list>
965 </t>
966 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
967 <t>
968 <list>
969 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a comma separated list with
970 the numerical IDs of all audio output devices.</t>
971 </list>
972 </t>
973 <t>Example:</t>
974 <t>
975 <list>
976 <t>C: "LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</t>
977 <t>S: "0,1,4,5"</t>
978 </list>
979 </t>
980 </section>
981
982 <section title="Getting current settings of an audio output device" anchor="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO">
983 <t>Use the following command to get current settings of a specific, created audio output device:</t>
984 <t>
985 <list>
986 <t>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO &lt;device-id&gt;</t>
987 </list>
988 </t>
989 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; should be replaced by numerical ID
990 of the audio output device as e.g. returned by the
991 <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref> command.</t>
992 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
993 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
994 Each answer line begins with the information category name
995 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
996 the info character string to that info category. As some
997 parameters might allow multiple values, character strings are
998 encapsulated into apostrophes ('). At the moment the following
999 information categories are defined (independently of device):</t>
1000 <t>
1001 <list>
1002 <t>DRIVER -
1003 <list>
1004 <t>identifier of the used audio output driver, as also
1005 returned by the
1006 <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">
1007 "LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"</xref>
1008 command</t>
1009 </list>
1010 </t>
1011 <t>CHANNELS -
1012 <list>
1013 <t>amount of audio output channels this device currently
1014 offers</t>
1015 </list>
1016 </t>
1017 <t>SAMPLERATE -
1018 <list>
1019 <t>playback sample rate the device uses</t>
1020 </list>
1021 </t>
1022 <t>ACTIVE -
1023 <list>
1024 <t>either true or false, if false then the audio device is
1025 inactive and doesn't output any sound, nor do the
1026 sampler channels connected to this audio device render
1027 any audio</t>
1028 </list>
1029 </t>
1030 </list>
1031 </t>
1032 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular
1033 order. The fields above are only those fields which are
1034 returned by all audio output devices. Every audio output driver
1035 might have its own, additional driver specific parameters (see
1036 <xref target="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO" />)
1037 which are also returned by this command.</t>
1038 <t>Example:</t>
1039 <t>
1040 <list>
1041 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO 0"</t>
1042 <t>S: "DRIVER: ALSA"</t>
1043 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"CHANNELS: 2"</t>
1044 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"SAMPLERATE: 44100"</t>
1045 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ACTIVE: true"</t>
1046 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FRAGMENTS: 2"</t>
1047 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FRAGMENTSIZE: 128"</t>
1048 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"CARD: '0,0'"</t>
1049 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1050 </list>
1051 </t>
1052 </section>
1053
1054
1055 <section title="Changing settings of audio output devices" anchor="SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER">
1056 <t>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of a created audio output device:</t>
1057 <t>
1058 <list>
1059 <t>SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER &lt;device-id&gt; &lt;key&gt;=&lt;value&gt;</t>
1060 </list>
1061 </t>
1062 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; should be replaced by the numerical ID of the
1063 audio output device as given by the
1064 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1065 or <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1066 command, &lt;key&gt; by the name of the parameter to change
1067 and &lt;value&gt; by the new value for this parameter.</t>
1068 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1069 <t>
1070 <list>
1071 <t>"OK" -
1072 <list>
1073 <t>in case setting was successfully changed</t>
1074 </list>
1075 </t>
1076 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
1077 <list>
1078 <t>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are
1079 noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
1080 warning code and warning message</t>
1081 </list>
1082 </t>
1083 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
1084 <list>
1085 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
1086 error message</t>
1087 </list>
1088 </t>
1089 </list>
1090 </t>
1091 <t>Example:</t>
1092 <t>
1093 <list>
1094 <t>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER 0 FRAGMENTSIZE=128"</t>
1095 <t>S: "OK"</t>
1096 </list>
1097 </t>
1098 </section>
1099
1100 <section title="Getting information about an audio channel" anchor="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO">
1101 <t>Use the following command to get information about an audio channel:</t>
1102 <t>
1103 <list>
1104 <t>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO &lt;device-id&gt; &lt;audio-chan&gt;</t>
1105 </list>
1106 </t>
1107 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the audio output device as given by the
1108 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1109 or <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1110 command and &lt;audio-chan&gt; the audio channel number.</t>
1111 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1112 <t>
1113 <list>
1114 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
1115 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1116 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
1117 the info character string to that info category. At the moment
1118 the following information categories are defined:</t>
1119
1120 <t>
1121 <list>
1122 <t>NAME -
1123 <list>
1124 <t>arbitrary character string naming the channel, which
1125 doesn't have to be unique (always returned by all audio channels)</t>
1126 </list>
1127 </t>
1128 <t>IS_MIX_CHANNEL -
1129 <list>
1130 <t>either true or false, a mix-channel is not a real,
1131 independent audio channel, but a virtual channel which
1132 is mixed to another real channel, this mechanism is
1133 needed for sampler engines which need more audio
1134 channels than the used audio system might be able to offer
1135 (always returned by all audio channels)</t>
1136 </list>
1137 </t>
1138 <t>MIX_CHANNEL_DESTINATION -
1139 <list>
1140 <t>numerical ID (positive integer including 0)
1141 which reflects the real audio channel (of the same audio
1142 output device) this mix channel refers to, means where
1143 the audio signal actually will be routed / added to
1144 (only returned in case the audio channel is mix channel)</t>
1145 </list>
1146 </t>
1147 </list>
1148 </t>
1149 </list>
1150 </t>
1151
1152 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular
1153 order. The fields above are only those fields which are
1154 generally returned for the described cases by all audio
1155 channels regardless of the audio driver. Every audio channel
1156 might have its own, additional driver and channel specific
1157 parameters.</t>
1158
1159 <t>Examples:</t>
1160
1161 <t>
1162 <list>
1163 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 0 0"</t>
1164 <t>S: "NAME: studio monitor left"</t>
1165 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"IS_MIX_CHANNEL: false"</t>
1166 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1167 </list>
1168 </t>
1169
1170 <t>
1171 <list>
1172 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 0 1"</t>
1173 <t>S: "NAME: studio monitor right"</t>
1174 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"IS_MIX_CHANNEL: false"</t>
1175 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1176 </list>
1177 </t>
1178
1179 <t>
1180 <list>
1181 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 0 2"</t>
1182 <t>S: "NAME: studio monitor left"</t>
1183 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"IS_MIX_CHANNEL: true"</t>
1184 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MIX_CHANNEL_DESTINATION: 1"</t>
1185 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1186 </list>
1187 </t>
1188
1189 <t>
1190 <list>
1191 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 1 0"</t>
1192 <t>S: "NAME: 'ardour (left)'"</t>
1193 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"IS_MIX_CHANNEL: false"</t>
1194 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"JACK_BINDINGS: 'ardour:0'"</t>
1195 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1196 </list>
1197 </t>
1198 </section>
1199
1200 <section title="Getting information about specific audio channel parameter" anchor="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO">
1201 <t>Use the following command to get detailed information about specific audio channel parameter:</t>
1202
1203 <t>
1204 <list>
1205 <t>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO &lt;dev-id&gt; &lt;chan&gt; &lt;param&gt;</t>
1206 </list>
1207 </t>
1208
1209 <t>Where &lt;dev-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the audio output device as returned by the
1210 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1211 or <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1212 command, &lt;chan&gt; the audio channel number
1213 and &lt;param&gt; a specific channel parameter name for which information should
1214 be obtained (as returned by the <xref target="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO">
1215 "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO"</xref> command).</t>
1216 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1217
1218 <t>
1219 <list>
1220 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
1221 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1222 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
1223 the info character string to that info category. There are
1224 information which is always returned, independently of the
1225 given channel parameter and there is optional information
1226 which is only shown dependently to the given audio channel. At
1227 the moment the following information categories are defined:</t>
1228 <t>
1229 <list>
1230 <t>TYPE -
1231 <list>
1232 <t>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or "INT" for integer
1233 value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for
1234 character string(s)
1235 (always returned)</t>
1236 </list>
1237 </t>
1238 <t>DESCRIPTION -
1239 <list>
1240 <t>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter (always returned)</t>
1241 </list>
1242 </t>
1243 <t>FIX -
1244 <list>
1245 <t>either true or false, if true then this parameter is
1246 read only, thus cannot be altered
1247 (always returned)</t>
1248 </list>
1249 </t>
1250 <t>MULTIPLICITY -
1251 <list>
1252 <t>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows
1253 only one value or a list of values, where true means
1254 multiple values and false only a single value allowed
1255 (always returned)</t>
1256 </list>
1257 </t>
1258 <t>RANGE_MIN -
1259 <list>
1260 <t>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this
1261 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
1262 number, usually used in conjunction with 'RANGE_MAX',
1263 but may also appear without
1264 (optionally returned, dependent to driver and channel
1265 parameter)</t>
1266 </list>
1267 </t>
1268 <t>RANGE_MAX -
1269 <list>
1270 <t>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this
1271 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
1272 number, usually used in conjunction with 'RANGE_MIN',
1273 but may also appear without
1274 (optionally returned, dependent to driver and channel
1275 parameter)</t>
1276 </list>
1277 </t>
1278 <t>POSSIBILITIES -
1279 <list>
1280 <t>comma separated list of possible values for this
1281 parameter, character strings are encapsulated into
1282 apostrophes
1283 (optionally returned, dependent to driver and channel
1284 parameter)</t>
1285 </list>
1286 </t>
1287 </list>
1288 </t>
1289 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
1290 </list>
1291 </t>
1292 <t>Example:</t>
1293 <t>
1294 <list>
1295 <t>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO 1 0 JACK_BINDINGS"</t>
1296 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: bindings to other JACK clients"</t>
1297 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"TYPE: STRING"</t>
1298 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FIX: false"</t>
1299 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MULTIPLICITY: true"</t>
1300 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"POSSIBILITIES: 'PCM:0','PCM:1','ardour:0','ardour:1'"</t>
1301 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1302 </list>
1303 </t>
1304 </section>
1305
1306 <section title="Changing settings of audio output channels" anchor="SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER">
1307 <t>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of an audio output channel:</t>
1308 <t>
1309 <list>
1310 <t>SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER &lt;dev-id&gt; &lt;chn&gt; &lt;key&gt;=&lt;value&gt;</t>
1311 </list>
1312 </t>
1313 <t>Where &lt;dev-id&gt; should be replaced by the numerical ID of the audio output device as returned by the
1314 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1315 or <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1316 command, &lt;chn&gt; by the audio channel number, &lt;key&gt; by the name of the
1317 parameter to change and &lt;value&gt; by the new value for this parameter.</t>
1318 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1319 <t>
1320 <list>
1321 <t>"OK" -
1322 <list>
1323 <t>in case setting was successfully changed</t>
1324 </list>
1325 </t>
1326 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
1327 <list>
1328 <t>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are
1329 noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
1330 warning code and warning message</t>
1331 </list>
1332 </t>
1333 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
1334 <list>
1335 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
1336 error message</t>
1337 </list>
1338 </t>
1339 </list>
1340 </t>
1341 <t>Example:</t>
1342 <t>
1343 <list>
1344 <t>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL PARAMETER 0 0 JACK_BINDINGS='PCM:0'"</t>
1345 <t>S: "OK"</t>
1346 </list>
1347 </t>
1348 <t>
1349 <list>
1350 <t>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL PARAMETER 0 0 NAME='monitor left'"</t>
1351 <t>S: "OK"</t>
1352 </list>
1353 </t>
1354 </section>
1355 </section>
1356
1357 <section title="Configuring MIDI input drivers">
1358 <t>Instances of drivers in LinuxSampler are called devices. You can use
1359 multiple MIDI devices simultaneously, e.g. to use MIDI over ethernet as
1360 MIDI input on one sampler channel and ALSA as MIDI input on another sampler
1361 channel. For particular MIDI input systems it's also possible to create
1362 several devices of the same MIDI input type. This chapter describes all
1363 commands to configure LinuxSampler's MIDI input devices and their parameters.</t>
1364
1365 <t>Instead of defining commands and parameters for each driver individually,
1366 all possible parameters, their meanings and possible values have to be obtained
1367 at runtime. This makes the protocol a bit abstract, but has the advantage, that
1368 front-ends can be written independently of what drivers are currently implemented
1369 and what parameters these drivers are actually offering. This means front-ends can
1370 even handle drivers which are implemented somewhere in future without modifying
1371 the front-end at all.</t>
1372
1373 <t>Commands for configuring MIDI input devices are pretty much the same as the
1374 commands for configuring audio output drivers, already described in the last
1375 chapter.</t>
1376
1377 <t>Note: examples in this chapter showing particular parameters of drivers are
1378 not meant as specification of the drivers' parameters. Driver implementations in
1379 LinuxSampler might have complete different parameter names and meanings than shown
1380 in these examples or might change in future, so these examples are only meant for
1381 showing how to retrieve what parameters drivers are offering, how to retrieve their
1382 possible values, etc.</t>
1383
1384 <section title="Getting amount of available MIDI input drivers" anchor="GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">
1385 <t>Use the following command to get the number of
1386 MIDI input drivers currently available for the
1387 LinuxSampler instance:</t>
1388 <t>
1389 <list>
1390 <t>GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS</t>
1391 </list>
1392 </t>
1393 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1394 <t>
1395 <list>
1396 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the
1397 number of available MIDI input drivers.</t>
1398 </list>
1399 </t>
1400 <t>Example:</t>
1401 <t>
1402 <list>
1403 <t>C: "GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"</t>
1404 <t>S: "2"</t>
1405 </list>
1406 </t>
1407 </section>
1408
1409 <section title="Getting all available MIDI input drivers" anchor="LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">
1410 <t>Use the following command to list all MIDI input drivers currently available
1411 for the LinuxSampler instance:</t>
1412 <t>
1413 <list>
1414 <t>LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS</t>
1415 </list>
1416 </t>
1417 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1418 <t>
1419 <list>
1420 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending comma separated character
1421 strings, each symbolizing a MIDI input driver.</t>
1422 </list>
1423 </t>
1424 <t>Example:</t>
1425 <t>
1426 <list>
1427 <t>C: "LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"</t>
1428 <t>S: "ALSA,JACK"</t>
1429 </list>
1430 </t>
1431 </section>
1432
1433 <section title="Getting information about a specific MIDI input driver" anchor="GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO">
1434 <t>Use the following command to get detailed information about a specific MIDI input driver:</t>
1435 <t>
1436 <list>
1437 <t>GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO &lt;midi-input-driver&gt;</t>
1438 </list>
1439 </t>
1440 <t>Where &lt;midi-input-driver&gt; is the name of the MIDI input driver as returned
1441 by the <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">
1442 "LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"</xref> command.</t>
1443 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1444 <t>
1445 <list>
1446 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
1447 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1448 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
1449 the info character string to that info category. At the moment
1450 the following information categories are defined:</t>
1451
1452 <t>
1453 <list>
1454 <t>DESCRIPTION -
1455 <list>
1456 <t>arbitrary description text about the MIDI input driver</t>
1457 </list>
1458 </t>
1459 <t>VERSION -
1460 <list>
1461 <t>arbitrary character string regarding the driver's version</t>
1462 </list>
1463 </t>
1464 <t>PARAMETERS -
1465 <list>
1466 <t>comma separated list of all parameters available for the given MIDI input driver</t>
1467 </list>
1468 </t>
1469 </list>
1470 </t>
1471
1472 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
1473 </list>
1474 </t>
1475
1476 <t>Example:</t>
1477
1478 <t>
1479 <list>
1480 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO ALSA"</t>
1481 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture"</t>
1482 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"VERSION: 1.0"</t>
1483 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"PARAMETERS: DRIVER,ACTIVE"</t>
1484 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1485 </list>
1486 </t>
1487 </section>
1488
1489 <section title="Getting information about specific MIDI input driver parameter" anchor="GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO">
1490 <t>Use the following command to get detailed information about a specific parameter of a specific MIDI input driver:</t>
1491 <t>
1492 <list>
1493 <t>GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO &lt;midit&gt; &lt;param&gt; [&lt;deplist&gt;]</t>
1494 </list>
1495 </t>
1496
1497 <t>Where &lt;midit&gt; is the name of the MIDI input driver as returned
1498 by the <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">
1499 "LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"</xref> command, &lt;param&gt; a specific
1500 parameter name for which information should be obtained (as returned by the
1501 <xref target="GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO">
1502 "GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO"</xref> command) and &lt;deplist&gt; is an optional list
1503 of parameters on which the sought parameter &lt;param&gt; depends on,
1504 &lt;deplist&gt; is a key-value pair list in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...",
1505 where character string values are encapsulated into apostrophes ('). Arguments
1506 given with &lt;deplist&gt; which are not dependency parameters of &lt;param&gt;
1507 will be ignored, means the front-end application can simply put all parameters
1508 in &lt;deplist&gt; with the values selected by the user.</t>
1509
1510 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1511
1512 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF> separated list.
1513 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1514 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP> and finally
1515 the info character string to that info category. There is
1516 information which is always returned, independent of the
1517 given driver parameter and there is optional information
1518 which is only shown dependent to given driver parameter. At
1519 the moment the following information categories are defined:</t>
1520
1521 <t>
1522 <list>
1523 <t>TYPE -
1524 <list>
1525 <t>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or "INT" for integer
1526 value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for
1527 character string(s)
1528 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
1529 </list>
1530 </t>
1531
1532 <t>DESCRIPTION -
1533 <list>
1534 <t>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter
1535 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
1536 </list>
1537 </t>
1538
1539 <t>MANDATORY -
1540 <list>
1541 <t>either true or false, defines if this parameter must be
1542 given when the device is to be created with the
1543 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">
1544 'CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE'</xref> command
1545 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
1546 </list>
1547 </t>
1548
1549 <t>FIX -
1550 <list>
1551 <t>either true or false, if false then this parameter can
1552 be changed at any time, once the device is created by
1553 the <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">
1554 'CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE'</xref> command
1555 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
1556 </list>
1557 </t>
1558
1559 <t>MULTIPLICITY -
1560 <list>
1561 <t>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows
1562 only one value or a list of values, where true means
1563 multiple values and false only a single value allowed
1564 (always returned, no matter which driver parameter)</t>
1565 </list>
1566 </t>
1567
1568 <t>DEPENDS -
1569 <list>
1570 <t>comma separated list of parameters this parameter depends
1571 on, means the values for fields 'DEFAULT', 'RANGE_MIN',
1572 'RANGE_MAX' and 'POSSIBILITIES' might depend on these
1573 listed parameters, for example assuming that an audio
1574 driver (like the ALSA driver) offers parameters 'card'
1575 and 'samplerate' then parameter 'samplerate' would
1576 depend on 'card' because the possible values for
1577 'samplerate' depends on the sound card which can be
1578 chosen by the 'card' parameter
1579 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
1580 </list>
1581 </t>
1582
1583 <t>DEFAULT -
1584 <list>
1585 <t>reflects the default value for this parameter which is
1586 used when the device is created and not explicitly
1587 given with the <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">
1588 'CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE'</xref> command,
1589 in case of MULTIPLCITY=true, this is a comma separated
1590 list, that's why character strings are encapsulated into
1591 apostrophes (')
1592 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
1593 </list>
1594 </t>
1595
1596 <t>RANGE_MIN -
1597 <list>
1598 <t>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this
1599 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
1600 number, this parameter is often used in conjunction
1601 with RANGE_MAX, but may also appear without
1602 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
1603 </list>
1604 </t>
1605
1606 <t>RANGE_MAX -
1607 <list>
1608 <t>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this
1609 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
1610 number, this parameter is often used in conjunction with
1611 RANGE_MIN, but may also appear without
1612 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
1613 </list>
1614 </t>
1615
1616 <t>POSSIBILITIES -
1617 <list>
1618 <t>comma separated list of possible values for this
1619 parameter, character strings are encapsulated into
1620 apostrophes
1621 (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter)</t>
1622 </list>
1623 </t>
1624 </list>
1625 </t>
1626
1627 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
1628
1629 <t>Example:</t>
1630 <t>
1631 <list>
1632 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA ACTIVE"</t>
1633 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: Whether device is enabled"</t>
1634 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"TYPE: BOOL"</t>
1635 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MANDATORY: false"</t>
1636 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FIX: false"</t>
1637 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MULTIPLICITY: false"</t>
1638 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"DEFAULT: true"</t>
1639 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1640 </list>
1641 </t>
1642 </section>
1643
1644 <section title="Creating a MIDI input device" anchor="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">
1645 <t>Use the following command to create a new MIDI input device for the desired MIDI input system:</t>
1646 <t>
1647 <list>
1648 <t>CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE &lt;midi-input-driver&gt; [&lt;param-list&gt;]</t>
1649 </list>
1650 </t>
1651
1652 <t>Where &lt;midi-input-driver&gt; should be replaced by the desired MIDI input system as returned
1653 by the <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">
1654 "LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"</xref> command and &lt;param-list&gt; by an
1655 optional list of driver specific parameters in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", where
1656 character string values should be encapsulated into apostrophes (').
1657 Note that there might be drivers which require parameter(s) to be
1658 given with this command. Use the previously described commands in
1659 this chapter to get that information.</t>
1660
1661 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1662 <t>
1663 <list>
1664 <t>"OK[&lt;device-id&gt;]" -
1665 <list>
1666 <t>in case the device was successfully created, where
1667 &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the new device</t>
1668 </list>
1669 </t>
1670 <t>"WRN[&lt;device-id&gt;]:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
1671 <list>
1672 <t>in case the driver was loaded successfully, where
1673 &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the new device, but
1674 there are noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an
1675 appropriate warning code and warning message</t>
1676 </list>
1677 </t>
1678 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
1679 <list>
1680 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
1681 </list>
1682 </t>
1683 </list>
1684 </t>
1685 <t>Example:</t>
1686 <t>
1687 <list>
1688 <t>C: "CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE ALSA"</t>
1689 <t>S: "OK[0]"</t>
1690 </list>
1691 </t>
1692 </section>
1693
1694 <section title="Destroying a MIDI input device" anchor="DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">
1695 <t>Use the following command to destroy a created MIDI input device:</t>
1696 <t>
1697 <list>
1698 <t>DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE &lt;device-id&gt;</t>
1699 </list>
1700 </t>
1701 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; should be replaced by the device's numerical ID as returned by the
1702 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1703 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1704 command.</t>
1705 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1706 <t>
1707 <list>
1708 <t>"OK" -
1709 <list>
1710 <t>in case the device was successfully destroyed</t>
1711 </list>
1712 </t>
1713 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
1714 <list>
1715 <t>in case the device was destroyed, but there are noteworthy
1716 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
1717 warning message</t>
1718 </list>
1719 </t>
1720 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
1721 <list>
1722 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
1723 </list>
1724 </t>
1725 </list>
1726 </t>
1727 <t>Example:</t>
1728 <t>
1729 <list>
1730 <t>C: "DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE 0"</t>
1731 <t>S: "OK"</t>
1732 </list>
1733 </t>
1734 </section>
1735
1736 <section title="Getting all created MIDI input device count" anchor="GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">
1737 <t>Use the following command to count all created MIDI input devices:</t>
1738 <t>
1739 <list>
1740 <t>GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES</t>
1741 </list>
1742 </t>
1743 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1744 <t>
1745 <list>
1746 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the current number of all
1747 MIDI input devices.</t>
1748 </list>
1749 </t>
1750 <t>Example:</t>
1751 <t>
1752 <list>
1753 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</t>
1754 <t>S: "3"</t>
1755 </list>
1756 </t>
1757 </section>
1758
1759
1760 <section title="Getting all created MIDI input device list" anchor="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">
1761 <t>Use the following command to list all created MIDI input devices:</t>
1762 <t>
1763 <list>
1764 <t>LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES</t>
1765 </list>
1766 </t>
1767 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1768 <t>
1769 <list>
1770 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a comma separated list
1771 with the numerical Ids of all created MIDI input devices.</t>
1772 </list>
1773 </t>
1774 <t>Examples:</t>
1775 <t>
1776 <list>
1777 <t>C: "LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</t>
1778 <t>S: "0,1,2"</t>
1779 </list>
1780 </t>
1781 <t>
1782 <list>
1783 <t>C: "LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</t>
1784 <t>S: "1,3"</t>
1785 </list>
1786 </t>
1787 </section>
1788
1789 <section title="Getting current settings of a MIDI input device" anchor="GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO">
1790 <t>Use the following command to get current settings of a specific, created MIDI input device:</t>
1791 <t>
1792 <list>
1793 <t>GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO &lt;device-id&gt;</t>
1794 </list>
1795 </t>
1796 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the
1797 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1798 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1799 command.</t>
1800 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1801 <t>
1802 <list>
1803 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
1804 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1805 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
1806 the info character string to that info category. As some
1807 parameters might allow multiple values, character strings are
1808 encapsulated into apostrophes ('). At the moment the following
1809 information categories are defined (independent of driver):</t>
1810
1811 <t>
1812 <list>
1813 <t>DRIVER -
1814 <list>
1815 <t>identifier of the used MIDI input driver, as e.g.
1816 returned by the <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">
1817 "LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"</xref>
1818 command</t>
1819 </list>
1820 </t>
1821 </list>
1822 <list>
1823 <t>ACTIVE -
1824 <list>
1825 <t>either true or false, if false then the MIDI device is
1826 inactive and doesn't listen to any incoming MIDI events
1827 and thus doesn't forward them to connected sampler
1828 channels</t>
1829 </list>
1830 </t>
1831 </list>
1832 </t>
1833 </list>
1834 </t>
1835
1836 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular
1837 order. The fields above are only those fields which are
1838 returned by all MIDI input devices. Every MIDI input driver
1839 might have its own, additional driver specific parameters (see
1840 <xref target="GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO">
1841 "GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO"</xref> command) which are also returned
1842 by this command.</t>
1843
1844 <t>Example:</t>
1845 <t>
1846 <list>
1847 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO 0"</t>
1848 <t>S: "DRIVER: ALSA"</t>
1849 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ACTIVE: true"</t>
1850 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1851 </list>
1852 </t>
1853 </section>
1854
1855 <section title="Changing settings of MIDI input devices" anchor="SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER">
1856 <t>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of a created MIDI input device:</t>
1857 <t>
1858 <list>
1859 <t>SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER &lt;device-id&gt; &lt;key&gt;=&lt;value&gt;</t>
1860 </list>
1861 </t>
1862
1863 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; should be replaced by the numerical ID of the
1864 MIDI input device as returned by the
1865 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1866 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1867 command, &lt;key&gt; by the name of the parameter to change and
1868 &lt;value&gt; by the new value for this parameter.</t>
1869
1870 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1871 <t>
1872 <list>
1873 <t>"OK" -
1874 <list>
1875 <t>in case setting was successfully changed</t>
1876 </list>
1877 </t>
1878 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
1879 <list>
1880 <t>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are
1881 noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
1882 warning code and warning message</t>
1883 </list>
1884 </t>
1885 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
1886 <list>
1887 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
1888 </list>
1889 </t>
1890 </list>
1891 </t>
1892 <t>Example:</t>
1893 <t>
1894 <list>
1895 <t>C: "SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER 0 ACTIVE=false"</t>
1896 <t>S: "OK"</t>
1897 </list>
1898 </t>
1899 </section>
1900
1901 <section title="Getting information about a MIDI port" anchor="GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO">
1902 <t>Use the following command to get information about a MIDI port:</t>
1903 <t>
1904 <list>
1905 <t>GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO &lt;device-id&gt; &lt;midi-port&gt;</t>
1906 </list>
1907 </t>
1908 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the
1909 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1910 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1911 command and &lt;midi-port&gt; the MIDI input port number.</t>
1912 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1913 <t>
1914 <list>
1915 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
1916 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1917 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
1918 the info character string to that info category. At the moment
1919 the following information categories are defined:</t>
1920
1921 <t>NAME -
1922 <list>
1923 <t>arbitrary character string naming the port</t>
1924 </list>
1925 </t>
1926 </list>
1927 </t>
1928
1929 <t>The field above is only the one which is returned by all MIDI
1930 ports regardless of the MIDI driver and port. Every MIDI port
1931 might have its own, additional driver and port specific
1932 parameters.</t>
1933
1934 <t>Example:</t>
1935 <t>
1936 <list>
1937 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO 0 0"</t>
1938 <t>S: "NAME: 'Masterkeyboard'"</t>
1939 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS: '64:0'"</t>
1940 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
1941 </list>
1942 </t>
1943 </section>
1944
1945 <section title="Getting information about specific MIDI port parameter" anchor="GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO">
1946 <t>Use the following command to get detailed information about specific MIDI port parameter:</t>
1947 <t>
1948 <list>
1949 <t>GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO &lt;dev-id&gt; &lt;port&gt; &lt;param&gt;</t>
1950 </list>
1951 </t>
1952
1953 <t>Where &lt;dev-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the
1954 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
1955 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
1956 command, &lt;port&gt; the MIDI port number and
1957 &lt;param&gt; a specific port parameter name for which information should be
1958 obtained (as returned by the <xref target="GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO">
1959 "GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO"</xref> command).</t>
1960
1961 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
1962 <t>
1963 <list>
1964 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
1965 Each answer line begins with the information category name
1966 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
1967 the info character string to that info category. There is
1968 information which is always returned, independently of the
1969 given channel parameter and there is optional information
1970 which are only shown dependently to the given MIDI port. At the
1971 moment the following information categories are defined:</t>
1972
1973 <t>TYPE -
1974 <list>
1975 <t>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or "INT" for integer
1976 value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for
1977 character string(s)
1978 (always returned)</t>
1979 </list>
1980 </t>
1981 <t>DESCRIPTION -
1982 <list>
1983 <t>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter
1984 (always returned)</t>
1985 </list>
1986 </t>
1987 <t>FIX -
1988 <list>
1989 <t>either true or false, if true then this parameter is
1990 read only, thus cannot be altered
1991 (always returned)</t>
1992 </list>
1993 </t>
1994 <t>MULTIPLICITY -
1995 <list>
1996 <t>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows
1997 only one value or a list of values, where true means
1998 multiple values and false only a single value allowed
1999 (always returned)</t>
2000 </list>
2001 </t>
2002 <t>RANGE_MIN -
2003 <list>
2004 <t>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this
2005 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
2006 number, this parameter is usually used in conjunction
2007 with 'RANGE_MAX' but may also appear without
2008 (optionally returned, dependent to driver and port
2009 parameter)</t>
2010 </list>
2011 </t>
2012 <t>RANGE_MAX -
2013 <list>
2014 <t>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this
2015 parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted
2016 number, this parameter is usually used in conjunction
2017 with 'RANGE_MIN' but may also appear without
2018 (optionally returned, dependent to driver and port
2019 parameter)</t>
2020 </list>
2021 </t>
2022 <t>POSSIBILITIES -
2023 <list>
2024 <t>comma separated list of possible values for this
2025 parameter, character strings are encapsulated into
2026 apostrophes
2027 (optionally returned, dependent to device and port
2028 parameter)</t>
2029 </list>
2030 </t>
2031 </list>
2032 </t>
2033
2034 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
2035
2036 <t>Example:</t>
2037 <t>
2038 <list>
2039 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO 0 0 ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS"</t>
2040 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: bindings to other ALSA sequencer clients"</t>
2041 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"TYPE: STRING"</t>
2042 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"FIX: false"</t>
2043 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MULTIPLICITY: true"</t>
2044 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"POSSIBILITIES: '64:0','68:0','68:1'"</t>
2045 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
2046 </list>
2047 </t>
2048 </section>
2049
2050 <section title="Changing settings of MIDI input ports" anchor="SET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER">
2051 <t>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of a MIDI input port:</t>
2052 <t>
2053 <list>
2054 <t>SET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER &lt;device-id&gt; &lt;port&gt; &lt;key&gt;=&lt;value&gt;</t>
2055 </list>
2056 </t>
2057
2058 <t>Where &lt;device-id&gt; should be replaced by the numerical ID of the
2059 MIDI device as returned by the
2060 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
2061 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
2062 command, &lt;port&gt; by the MIDI port number, &lt;key&gt; by the name of
2063 the parameter to change and &lt;value&gt; by the new value for this
2064 parameter.</t>
2065
2066 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2067 <t>
2068 <list>
2069 <t>"OK" -
2070 <list>
2071 <t>in case setting was successfully changed</t>
2072 </list>
2073 </t>
2074 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2075 <list>
2076 <t>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are
2077 noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
2078 warning code and warning message</t>
2079 </list>
2080 </t>
2081 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2082 <list>
2083 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2084 </list>
2085 </t>
2086 </list>
2087 </t>
2088 <t>Example:</t>
2089 <t>
2090 <list>
2091 <t></t>
2092 </list>
2093 </t>
2094 </section>
2095 </section>
2096
2097 <section title="Configuring sampler channels">
2098 <t>The following commands describe how to add and remove sampler channels, associate a
2099 sampler channel with a sampler engine, load instruments and connect sampler channels to
2100 MIDI and audio devices.</t>
2101
2102 <section title="Loading an instrument" anchor="LOAD INSTRUMENT">
2103 <t>An instrument file can be loaded and assigned to a sampler channel by one of the following commands:</t>
2104 <t>
2105 <list>
2106 <t>LOAD INSTRUMENT [NON_MODAL] '&lt;filename&gt;' &lt;instr-index&gt; &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2107 </list>
2108 </t>
2109
2110 <t>Where &lt;filename&gt; is the name of the instrument file on the
2111 LinuxSampler instance's host system, &lt;instr-index&gt; the index of the
2112 instrument in the instrument file and &lt;sampler-channel> is the
2113 number of the sampler channel the instrument should be assigned to.
2114 Each sampler channel can only have one instrument.</t>
2115
2116 <t>The difference between regular and NON_MODAL versions of the command
2117 is that the regular command returns OK only after the instrument has been
2118 fully loaded and the channel is ready to be used while NON_MODAL version
2119 returns immediately and a background process is launched to load the instrument
2120 on the channel. The <xref target="GET CHANNEL INFO">GET CHANNEL INFO</xref>
2121 command can be used to obtain loading
2122 progress from INSTRUMENT_STATUS field. LOAD command will perform sanity checks
2123 such as making sure that the file could be read and it is of a proper format
2124 and SHOULD return ERR and SHOULD not launch the background process should any
2125 errors be detected at that point.</t>
2126
2127 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2128 <t>
2129 <list>
2130 <t>"OK" -
2131 <list>
2132 <t>in case the instrument was successfully loaded</t>
2133 </list>
2134 </t>
2135 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2136 <list>
2137 <t>in case the instrument was loaded successfully, but there
2138 are noteworthy issue(s) related (e.g. Engine doesn't support
2139 one or more patch parameters provided by the loaded
2140 instrument file), providing an appropriate warning code and
2141 warning message</t>
2142 </list>
2143 </t>
2144 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2145 <list>
2146 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2147 </list>
2148 </t>
2149 </list>
2150 </t>
2151 <t>Example:</t>
2152 <t>
2153 <list>
2154 <t></t>
2155 </list>
2156 </t>
2157 </section>
2158
2159 <section title="Loading a sampler engine" anchor="LOAD ENGINE">
2160 <t>A sampler engine type can be associated to a specific sampler
2161 channel by the following command:</t>
2162 <t>
2163 <list>
2164 <t>LOAD ENGINE &lt;engine-name&gt; &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2165 </list>
2166 </t>
2167
2168 <t>Where &lt;engine-name&gt; is an engine name as obtained by the
2169 <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES">
2170 "LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES"</xref> command and &lt;sampler-channel&gt;
2171 the sampler channel as returned by the
2172 <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref> or
2173 <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command where
2174 the engine type should be assigned to. This command should be issued
2175 after adding a new sampler channel and before any other control
2176 commands on the new sampler channel. It can also be used to change
2177 the engine type of a sampler channel. This command has (currently) no
2178 way to define or force if a new engine instance should be created and
2179 assigned to the given sampler channel or if an already existing
2180 instance of that engine type, shared with other sampler channels,
2181 should be used.</t>
2182
2183 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2184 <t>
2185 <list>
2186 <t>"OK" -
2187 <list>
2188 <t>in case the engine was successfully deployed</t>
2189 </list>
2190 </t>
2191 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2192 <list>
2193 <t>in case the engine was deployed successfully, but there
2194 are noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
2195 warning code and warning message</t>
2196 </list>
2197 </t>
2198 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2199 <list>
2200 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
2201 error message</t>
2202 </list>
2203 </t>
2204 </list>
2205 </t>
2206 <t>Example:</t>
2207 <t>
2208 <list>
2209 <t></t>
2210 </list>
2211 </t>
2212 </section>
2213
2214 <section title="Getting all created sampler channel count" anchor="GET CHANNELS">
2215 <t>The number of sampler channels can change on runtime. To get the
2216 current amount of sampler channels, the front-end can send the
2217 following command:</t>
2218 <t>
2219 <list>
2220 <t>GET CHANNELS</t>
2221 </list>
2222 </t>
2223 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2224 <t>
2225 <list>
2226 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by returning the current number of sampler channels.</t>
2227 </list>
2228 </t>
2229 <t>Example:</t>
2230 <t>
2231 <list>
2232 <t>C: "GET CHANNELS"</t>
2233 <t>S: "12"</t>
2234 </list>
2235 </t>
2236 </section>
2237
2238 <section title="Getting all created sampler channel list" anchor="LIST CHANNELS">
2239 <t>The number of sampler channels can change on runtime. To get the
2240 current list of sampler channels, the front-end can send the
2241 following command:</t>
2242 <t>
2243 <list>
2244 <t>LIST CHANNELS</t>
2245 </list>
2246 </t>
2247 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2248 <t>
2249 <list>
2250 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by returning a comma separated list
2251 with all sampler channels numerical IDs.</t>
2252 </list>
2253 </t>
2254 <t>Example:</t>
2255 <t>
2256 <list>
2257 <t>C: "LIST CHANNELS"</t>
2258 <t>S: "0,1,2,3,4,5,6,9,10,11,15,20"</t>
2259 </list>
2260 </t>
2261 </section>
2262
2263 <section title="Adding a new sampler channel" anchor="ADD CHANNEL">
2264 <t>A new sampler channel can be added to the end of the sampler
2265 channel list by sending the following command:</t>
2266 <t>
2267 <list>
2268 <t>ADD CHANNEL</t>
2269 </list>
2270 </t>
2271 <t>This will increment the sampler channel count by one and the new
2272 sampler channel will be appended to the end of the sampler channel
2273 list. The front-end should send the respective, related commands
2274 right after to e.g. load an engine, load an instrument and setting
2275 input, output method and eventually other commands to initialize
2276 the new channel. The front-end should use the sampler channel
2277 returned by the answer of this command to perform the previously
2278 recommended commands, to avoid race conditions e.g. with other
2279 front-ends that might also have sent an "ADD CHANNEL" command.</t>
2280 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2281 <t>
2282 <list>
2283 <t>"OK[&lt;sampler-channel&gt;]" -
2284 <list>
2285 <t>in case a new sampler channel could be added, where
2286 &lt;sampler-channel&gt; reflects the channel number of the new
2287 created sampler channel which should be used to set up
2288 the sampler channel by sending subsequent initialization
2289 commands</t>
2290 </list>
2291 </t>
2292 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2293 <list>
2294 <t>in case a new channel was added successfully, but there are
2295 noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
2296 warning code and warning message</t>
2297 </list>
2298 </t>
2299 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2300 <list>
2301 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
2302 error message</t>
2303 </list>
2304 </t>
2305 </list>
2306 </t>
2307 <t>Example:</t>
2308 <t>
2309 <list>
2310 <t></t>
2311 </list>
2312 </t>
2313 </section>
2314
2315 <section title="Removing a sampler channel" anchor="REMOVE CHANNEL">
2316 <t>A sampler channel can be removed by sending the following command:</t>
2317 <t>
2318 <list>
2319 <t>REMOVE CHANNEL &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2320 </list>
2321 </t>
2322
2323 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; should be replaced by the
2324 number of the sampler channel as given by the
2325 <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2326 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref>
2327 command. The channel numbers of all subsequent sampler channels
2328 remain the same.</t>
2329
2330 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2331 <t>
2332 <list>
2333 <t>"OK" -
2334 <list>
2335 <t>in case the given sampler channel could be removed</t>
2336 </list>
2337 </t>
2338 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2339 <list>
2340 <t>in case the given channel was removed, but there are
2341 noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate
2342 warning code and warning message</t>
2343 </list>
2344 </t>
2345 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2346 <list>
2347 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
2348 error message</t>
2349 </list>
2350 </t>
2351 </list>
2352 </t>
2353 <t>Example:</t>
2354 <t>
2355 <list>
2356 <t></t>
2357 </list>
2358 </t>
2359 </section>
2360
2361 <section title="Getting amount of available engines" anchor="GET AVAILABLE_ENGINES">
2362 <t>The front-end can ask for the number of available engines by sending the following command:</t>
2363 <t>
2364 <list>
2365 <t>GET AVAILABLE_ENGINES</t>
2366 </list>
2367 </t>
2368 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2369 <t>
2370 <list>
2371 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the number of available engines.</t>
2372 </list>
2373 </t>
2374 <t>Example:</t>
2375 <t>
2376 <list>
2377 <t>C: "GET AVAILABLE_ENGINES"</t>
2378 <t>S: "4"</t>
2379 </list>
2380 </t>
2381 </section>
2382
2383 <section title="Getting all available engines" anchor="LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES">
2384 <t>The front-end can ask for a list of all available engines by sending the following command:</t>
2385 <t>
2386 <list>
2387 <t>LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES</t>
2388 </list>
2389 </t>
2390 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2391 <t>
2392 <list>
2393 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a comma separated list
2394 of the engines' names encapsulated into apostrophes (').
2395 Engine names can consist of lower and upper cases,
2396 digits and underlines ("_" character).</t>
2397 </list>
2398 </t>
2399 <t>Example:</t>
2400 <t>
2401 <list>
2402 <t>C: "LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES"</t>
2403 <t>S: "'GigEngine','AkaiEngine','DLSEngine','JoesCustomEngine'"</t>
2404 </list>
2405 </t>
2406 </section>
2407
2408 <section title="Getting information about an engine" anchor="GET ENGINE INFO">
2409 <t>The front-end can ask for information about a specific engine by
2410 sending the following command:</t>
2411 <t>
2412 <list>
2413 <t>GET ENGINE INFO &lt;engine-name&gt;</t>
2414 </list>
2415 </t>
2416 <t>Where &lt;engine-name&gt; is an engine name as obtained by the
2417 <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES">
2418 "LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES"</xref> command.</t>
2419 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2420 <t>
2421 <list>
2422 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
2423 Each answer line begins with the information category name
2424 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
2425 the info character string to that info category. At the moment
2426 the following categories are defined:</t>
2427
2428 <t>
2429 <list>
2430 <t>DESCRIPTION -
2431 <list>
2432 <t>arbitrary description text about the engine</t>
2433 </list>
2434 </t>
2435 <t>VERSION -
2436 <list>
2437 <t>arbitrary character string regarding the engine's version</t>
2438 </list>
2439 </t>
2440 </list>
2441 </t>
2442 </list>
2443 </t>
2444
2445 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
2446
2447 <t>Example:</t>
2448 <t>
2449 <list>
2450 <t>C: "GET ENGINE INFO JoesCustomEngine"</t>
2451 <t>S: "DESCRIPTION: this is Joe's custom sampler engine"</t>
2452 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"VERSION: testing-1.0"</t>
2453 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
2454 </list>
2455 </t>
2456 </section>
2457
2458 <section title="Getting sampler channel information" anchor="GET CHANNEL INFO">
2459 <t>The front-end can ask for the current settings of a sampler channel
2460 by sending the following command:</t>
2461 <t>
2462 <list>
2463 <t>GET CHANNEL INFO &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2464 </list>
2465 </t>
2466 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the sampler channel number the front-end is interested in
2467 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2468 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command.</t>
2469 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2470 <t>
2471 <list>
2472 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
2473 Each answer line begins with the settings category name
2474 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
2475 the info character string to that setting category. At the
2476 moment the following categories are defined:</t>
2477
2478 <t>
2479 <list>
2480 <t>ENGINE_NAME -
2481 <list>
2482 <t>name of the engine that is associated with the sampler
2483 channel, "NONE" if there's no engine associated yet for
2484 this sampler channel</t>
2485 </list>
2486 </t>
2487 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE -
2488 <list>
2489 <t>numerical ID of the audio output device which is
2490 currently connected to this sampler channel to output
2491 the audio signal, "NONE" if there's no device
2492 connected to this sampler channel</t>
2493 </list>
2494 </t>
2495 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNELS -
2496 <list>
2497 <t>number of output channels the sampler channel offers
2498 (dependent to used sampler engine and loaded instrument)</t>
2499 </list>
2500 </t>
2501 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_ROUTING -
2502 <list>
2503 <t>comma separated list which reflects to which audio
2504 channel of the selected audio output device each
2505 sampler output channel is routed to, e.g. "0,3" would
2506 mean the engine's output channel 0 is routed to channel
2507 0 of the audio output device and the engine's output
2508 channel 1 is routed to the channel 3 of the audio
2509 output device</t>
2510 </list>
2511 </t>
2512 <t>INSTRUMENT_FILE -
2513 <list>
2514 <t>the file name of the loaded instrument, "NONE" if
2515 there's no instrument yet loaded for this sampler
2516 channel</t>
2517 </list>
2518 </t>
2519 <t>INSTRUMENT_NR -
2520 <list>
2521 <t>the instrument index number of the loaded instrument</t>
2522 </list>
2523 </t>
2524 <t>INSTRUMENT_NAME -
2525 <list>
2526 <t>the instrument name of the loaded instrument</t>
2527 </list>
2528 </t>
2529 <t>INSTRUMENT_STATUS -
2530 <list>
2531 <t>integer values 0 to 100 indicating loading progress percentage for the instrument. Negative
2532 value indicates a loading exception. Value of 100 indicates that the instrument is fully
2533 loaded.</t>
2534 </list>
2535 </t>
2536 <t>MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE -
2537 <list>
2538 <t>numerical ID of the MIDI input device which is
2539 currently connected to this sampler channel to deliver
2540 MIDI input commands, "NONE" if there's no device
2541 connected to this sampler channel</t>
2542 </list>
2543 </t>
2544 <t>MIDI_INPUT_PORT -
2545 <list>
2546 <t>port number of the MIDI input device</t>
2547 </list>
2548 </t>
2549 <t>MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL -
2550 <list>
2551 <t>the MIDI input channel number this sampler channel
2552 should listen to or "ALL" to listen on all MIDI channels</t>
2553 </list>
2554 </t>
2555 <t>VOLUME -
2556 <list>
2557 <t>optionally dotted number for the channel volume factor
2558 (where a value < 1.0 means attenuation and a value >
2559 1.0 means amplification)</t>
2560 </list>
2561 </t>
2562 <t>MUTE -
2563 <list>
2564 <t>Determines whether the channel is muted, "true" if the
2565 channel is muted, "false" if the channel is not muted, and
2566 "MUTED_BY_SOLO" if the channel is muted because of the
2567 presence of a solo channel and will be unmuted when
2568 there are no solo channels left</t>
2569 </list>
2570 </t>
2571 <t>SOLO -
2572 <list>
2573 <t>Determines whether this is a solo channel, "true" if
2574 the channel is a solo channel; "false" otherwise</t>
2575 </list>
2576 </t>
2577 <t>MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP -
2578 <list>
2579 <t>Determines to which MIDI instrument map this sampler
2580 channel is assigned to. Read chapter
2581 <xref target="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP">"SET CHANNEL MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP"</xref>
2582 for a list of possible values.</t>
2583 </list>
2584 </t>
2585 </list>
2586 </t>
2587 </list>
2588 </t>
2589 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
2590
2591 <t>Example:</t>
2592 <t>
2593 <list>
2594 <t>C: "GET CHANNEL INFO 34"</t>
2595 <t>S: "ENGINE_NAME: GigEngine"</t>
2596 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"VOLUME: 1.0"</t>
2597 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE: 0"</t>
2598 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNELS: 2"</t>
2599 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"AUDIO_OUTPUT_ROUTING: 0,1"</t>
2600 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_FILE: /home/joe/FazioliPiano.gig"</t>
2601 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_NR: 0"</t>
2602 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_NAME: Fazioli Piano"</t>
2603 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_STATUS: 100"</t>
2604 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE: 0"</t>
2605 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MIDI_INPUT_PORT: 0"</t>
2606 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL: 5"</t>
2607 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"VOLUME: 1.0"</t>
2608 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MUTE: false"</t>
2609 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"SOLO: false"</t>
2610 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP: NONE"</t>
2611 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
2612 </list>
2613 </t>
2614 </section>
2615
2616 <section title="Current number of active voices" anchor="GET CHANNEL VOICE_COUNT">
2617 <t>The front-end can ask for the current number of active voices on a
2618 sampler channel by sending the following command:</t>
2619 <t>
2620 <list>
2621 <t>GET CHANNEL VOICE_COUNT &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2622 </list>
2623 </t>
2624 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the sampler channel number the front-end is interested in
2625 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2626 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command.</t>
2627
2628 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2629 <t>
2630 <list>
2631 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by returning the number of active
2632 voices on that channel.</t>
2633 </list>
2634 </t>
2635 <t>Example:</t>
2636 <t>
2637 <list>
2638 <t></t>
2639 </list>
2640 </t>
2641 </section>
2642
2643 <section title="Current number of active disk streams" anchor="GET CHANNEL STREAM_COUNT">
2644 <t>The front-end can ask for the current number of active disk streams
2645 on a sampler channel by sending the following command:</t>
2646 <t>
2647 <list>
2648 <t>GET CHANNEL STREAM_COUNT &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2649 </list>
2650 </t>
2651 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the sampler channel number the front-end is interested in
2652 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2653 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command.</t>
2654
2655 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2656 <t>
2657 <list>
2658 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by returning the number of active
2659 disk streams on that channel in case the engine supports disk
2660 streaming, if the engine doesn't support disk streaming it will
2661 return "NA" for not available.</t>
2662 </list>
2663 </t>
2664 <t>Example:</t>
2665 <t>
2666 <list>
2667 <t></t>
2668 </list>
2669 </t>
2670 </section>
2671
2672 <section title="Current fill state of disk stream buffers" anchor="GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL">
2673 <t>The front-end can ask for the current fill state of all disk streams
2674 on a sampler channel by sending the following command:</t>
2675 <t>
2676 <list>
2677 <t>GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL BYTES &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2678 </list>
2679 </t>
2680 <t>to get the fill state in bytes or</t>
2681 <t>
2682 <list>
2683 <t>GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL PERCENTAGE &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
2684 </list>
2685 </t>
2686 <t>to get the fill state in percent, where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the
2687 sampler channel number the front-end is interested in
2688 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2689 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command.</t>
2690
2691 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2692 <t>
2693 <list>
2694 <t>LinuxSampler will either answer by returning a comma separated
2695 string with the fill state of all disk stream buffers on that
2696 channel or an empty line if there are no active disk streams or
2697 "NA" for *not available* in case the engine which is deployed
2698 doesn't support disk streaming. Each entry in the answer list
2699 will begin with the stream's ID in brackets followed by the
2700 numerical representation of the fill size (either in bytes or
2701 percentage). Note: due to efficiency reasons the fill states in
2702 the response are not in particular order, thus the front-end has
2703 to sort them by itself if necessary.</t>
2704 </list>
2705 </t>
2706 <t>Examples:</t>
2707 <t>
2708 <list>
2709 <t>C: "GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL BYTES 4"</t>
2710 <t>S: "[115]420500,[116]510300,[75]110000,[120]230700"</t>
2711 </list>
2712
2713 <list>
2714 <t>C: "GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL PERCENTAGE 4"</t>
2715 <t>S: "[115]90%,[116]98%,[75]40%,[120]62%"</t>
2716 </list>
2717
2718 <list>
2719 <t>C: "GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL PERCENTAGE 4"</t>
2720 <t>S: ""</t>
2721 </list>
2722 </t>
2723 </section>
2724
2725 <section title="Setting audio output device" anchor="SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">
2726 <t>The front-end can set the audio output device on a specific sampler
2727 channel by sending the following command:</t>
2728 <t>
2729 <list>
2730 <t>SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;audio-device-id&gt;</t>
2731 </list>
2732 </t>
2733 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
2734 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2735 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command and
2736 &lt;audio-device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the audio output device as given by the
2737 <xref target="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
2738 or <xref target="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"</xref>
2739 command.</t>
2740
2741 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2742 <t>
2743 <list>
2744 <t>"OK" -
2745 <list>
2746 <t>on success</t>
2747 </list>
2748 </t>
2749 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2750 <list>
2751 <t>if audio output device was set, but there are noteworthy
2752 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
2753 warning message</t>
2754 </list>
2755 </t>
2756 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2757 <list>
2758 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2759 </list>
2760 </t>
2761 </list>
2762 </t>
2763 <t>Examples:</t>
2764 <t>
2765 <list>
2766 <t></t>
2767 </list>
2768 </t>
2769 </section>
2770
2771 <section title="Setting audio output type" anchor="SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE">
2772 <t>DEPRECATED: THIS COMMAND WILL DISAPPEAR SOON!</t>
2773
2774 <t>The front-end can alter the audio output type on a specific sampler
2775 channel by sending the following command:</t>
2776 <t>
2777 <list>
2778 <t>SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;audio-output-type&gt;</t>
2779 </list>
2780 </t>
2781 <t>Where &lt;audio-output-type&gt; is currently either "ALSA" or "JACK" and
2782 &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel number.</t>
2783
2784 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2785 <t>
2786 <list>
2787 <t>"OK" -
2788 <list>
2789 <t>on success</t>
2790 </list>
2791 </t>
2792 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2793 <list>
2794 <t>if audio output type was set, but there are noteworthy
2795 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
2796 warning message</t>
2797 </list>
2798 </t>
2799 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2800 <list>
2801 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2802 </list>
2803 </t>
2804 </list>
2805 </t>
2806 <t>Examples:</t>
2807 <t>
2808 <list>
2809 <t></t>
2810 </list>
2811 </t>
2812 </section>
2813
2814 <section title="Setting audio output channel" anchor="SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL">
2815 <t>The front-end can alter the audio output channel on a specific
2816 sampler channel by sending the following command:</t>
2817 <t>
2818 <list>
2819 <t>SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL &lt;sampler-chan&gt; &lt;audio-out&gt; &lt;audio-in&gt;</t>
2820 </list>
2821 </t>
2822 <t>Where &lt;sampler-chan&gt; is the sampler channel number
2823 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2824 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command, &lt;audio-out&gt; is the
2825 numerical ID of the sampler channel's audio output channel which should be
2826 rerouted and &lt;audio-in&gt; is the numerical ID of the audio channel of the selected audio
2827 output device where &lt;audio-out&gt; should be routed to.</t>
2828
2829 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2830 <t>
2831 <list>
2832 <t>"OK" -
2833 <list>
2834 <t>on success</t>
2835 </list>
2836 </t>
2837 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2838 <list>
2839 <t>if audio output channel was set, but there are noteworthy
2840 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
2841 warning message</t>
2842 </list>
2843 </t>
2844 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2845 <list>
2846 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2847 </list>
2848 </t>
2849 </list>
2850 </t>
2851 <t>Examples:</t>
2852 <t>
2853 <list>
2854 <t></t>
2855 </list>
2856 </t>
2857 </section>
2858
2859 <section title="Setting MIDI input device" anchor="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">
2860 <t>The front-end can set the MIDI input device on a specific sampler
2861 channel by sending the following command:</t>
2862 <t>
2863 <list>
2864 <t>SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;midi-device-id&gt;</t>
2865 </list>
2866 </t>
2867 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the sampler channel number
2868 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
2869 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command
2870 and &lt;midi-device-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the
2871 <xref target="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"</xref>
2872 or <xref target="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"</xref> command.</t>
2873
2874 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2875 <t>
2876 <list>
2877 <t>"OK" -
2878 <list>
2879 <t>on success</t>
2880 </list>
2881 </t>
2882 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2883 <list>
2884 <t>if MIDI input device was set, but there are noteworthy
2885 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
2886 warning message</t>
2887 </list>
2888 </t>
2889 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2890 <list>
2891 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2892 </list>
2893 </t>
2894 </list>
2895 </t>
2896 <t>Examples:</t>
2897 <t>
2898 <list>
2899 <t></t>
2900 </list>
2901 </t>
2902 </section>
2903
2904 <section title="Setting MIDI input type" anchor="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE">
2905 <t>DEPRECATED: THIS COMMAND WILL DISAPPEAR SOON!</t>
2906
2907 <t>The front-end can alter the MIDI input type on a specific sampler
2908 channel by sending the following command:</t>
2909 <t>
2910 <list>
2911 <t>SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;midi-input-type&gt;</t>
2912 </list>
2913 </t>
2914 <t>Where &lt;midi-input-type&gt; is currently only "ALSA" and
2915 &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel number.</t>
2916
2917 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2918 <t>
2919 <list>
2920 <t>"OK" -
2921 <list>
2922 <t>on success</t>
2923 </list>
2924 </t>
2925 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2926 <list>
2927 <t>if MIDI input type was set, but there are noteworthy
2928 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
2929 warning message</t>
2930 </list>
2931 </t>
2932 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2933 <list>
2934 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2935 </list>
2936 </t>
2937 </list>
2938 </t>
2939 <t>Examples:</t>
2940 <t>
2941 <list>
2942 <t></t>
2943 </list>
2944 </t>
2945 </section>
2946
2947 <section title="Setting MIDI input port" anchor="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT">
2948 <t>The front-end can alter the MIDI input port on a specific sampler
2949 channel by sending the following command:</t>
2950 <t>
2951 <list>
2952 <t>SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;midi-input-port&gt;</t>
2953 </list>
2954 </t>
2955 <t>Where &lt;midi-input-port&gt; is a MIDI input port number of the
2956 MIDI input device connected to the sampler channel given by
2957 &lt;sampler-channel&gt;.</t>
2958
2959 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
2960 <t>
2961 <list>
2962 <t>"OK" -
2963 <list>
2964 <t>on success</t>
2965 </list>
2966 </t>
2967 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
2968 <list>
2969 <t>if MIDI input port was set, but there are noteworthy
2970 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
2971 warning message</t>
2972 </list>
2973 </t>
2974 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
2975 <list>
2976 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
2977 </list>
2978 </t>
2979 </list>
2980 </t>
2981 <t>Examples:</t>
2982 <t>
2983 <list>
2984 <t></t>
2985 </list>
2986 </t>
2987 </section>
2988
2989 <section title="Setting MIDI input channel" anchor="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL">
2990 <t>The front-end can alter the MIDI channel a sampler channel should
2991 listen to by sending the following command:</t>
2992 <t>
2993 <list>
2994 <t>SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;midi-input-chan&gt;</t>
2995 </list>
2996 </t>
2997 <t>Where &lt;midi-input-chan&gt; is the number of the new MIDI input channel where
2998 &lt;sampler-channel&gt; should listen to or "ALL" to listen on all 16 MIDI
2999 channels.</t>
3000
3001 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3002 <t>
3003 <list>
3004 <t>"OK" -
3005 <list>
3006 <t>on success</t>
3007 </list>
3008 </t>
3009 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3010 <list>
3011 <t>if MIDI input channel was set, but there are noteworthy
3012 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3013 warning message</t>
3014 </list>
3015 </t>
3016 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3017 <list>
3018 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
3019 </list>
3020 </t>
3021 </list>
3022 </t>
3023 <t>Examples:</t>
3024 <t>
3025 <list>
3026 <t></t>
3027 </list>
3028 </t>
3029 </section>
3030
3031 <section title="Setting channel volume" anchor="SET CHANNEL VOLUME">
3032 <t>The front-end can alter the volume of a sampler channel by sending
3033 the following command:</t>
3034 <t>
3035 <list>
3036 <t>SET CHANNEL VOLUME &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;volume&gt;</t>
3037 </list>
3038 </t>
3039 <t>Where &lt;volume&gt; is an optionally dotted positive number (a value
3040 smaller than 1.0 means attenuation, whereas a value greater than
3041 1.0 means amplification) and &lt;sampler-channel&gt; defines the sampler
3042 channel where this volume factor should be set.</t>
3043
3044 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3045 <t>
3046 <list>
3047 <t>"OK" -
3048 <list>
3049 <t>on success</t>
3050 </list>
3051 </t>
3052 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3053 <list>
3054 <t>if channel volume was set, but there are noteworthy
3055 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3056 warning message</t>
3057 </list>
3058 </t>
3059 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3060 <list>
3061 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
3062 </list>
3063 </t>
3064 </list>
3065 </t>
3066 <t>Examples:</t>
3067 <t>
3068 <list>
3069 <t></t>
3070 </list>
3071 </t>
3072 </section>
3073
3074 <section title="Muting a sampler channel" anchor="SET CHANNEL MUTE">
3075 <t>The front-end can mute/unmute a specific sampler
3076 channel by sending the following command:</t>
3077 <t>
3078 <list>
3079 <t>SET CHANNEL MUTE &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;mute&gt;</t>
3080 </list>
3081 </t>
3082 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3083 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3084 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command and
3085 &lt;mute&gt; should be replaced either by "1" to mute the channel or "0"
3086 to unmute the channel.</t>
3087
3088 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3089 <t>
3090 <list>
3091 <t>"OK" -
3092 <list>
3093 <t>on success</t>
3094 </list>
3095 </t>
3096 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3097 <list>
3098 <t>if the channel was muted/unmuted, but there are noteworthy
3099 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3100 warning message</t>
3101 </list>
3102 </t>
3103 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3104 <list>
3105 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
3106 </list>
3107 </t>
3108 </list>
3109 </t>
3110 <t>Examples:</t>
3111 <t>
3112 <list>
3113 <t></t>
3114 </list>
3115 </t>
3116 </section>
3117
3118 <section title="Soloing a sampler channel" anchor="SET CHANNEL SOLO">
3119 <t>The front-end can solo/unsolo a specific sampler channel
3120 by sending the following command:</t>
3121 <t>
3122 <list>
3123 <t>SET CHANNEL SOLO &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;solo&gt;</t>
3124 </list>
3125 </t>
3126 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3127 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3128 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command and
3129 &lt;solo&gt; should be replaced either by "1" to solo the channel or "0"
3130 to unsolo the channel.</t>
3131
3132 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3133 <t>
3134 <list>
3135 <t>"OK" -
3136 <list>
3137 <t>on success</t>
3138 </list>
3139 </t>
3140 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3141 <list>
3142 <t>if the channel was soloed/unsoloed, but there are noteworthy
3143 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3144 warning message</t>
3145 </list>
3146 </t>
3147 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3148 <list>
3149 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
3150 </list>
3151 </t>
3152 </list>
3153 </t>
3154 <t>Examples:</t>
3155 <t>
3156 <list>
3157 <t></t>
3158 </list>
3159 </t>
3160 </section>
3161
3162 <section title="Assigning a MIDI instrument map to a sampler channel" anchor="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP">
3163 <t>The front-end can assign a MIDI instrument map to a specific sampler channel
3164 by sending the following command:</t>
3165 <t>
3166 <list>
3167 <t>SET CHANNEL MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;map&gt;</t>
3168 </list>
3169 </t>
3170 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3171 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3172 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command and
3173 &lt;map&gt; can have the following possibilites:</t>
3174 <t>
3175 <list>
3176 <t>"NONE" -
3177 <list>
3178 <t>This is the default setting. In this case
3179 the sampler channel is not assigned any MIDI
3180 instrument map and thus will ignore all MIDI
3181 program change messages.</t>
3182 </list>
3183 </t>
3184 <t>"DEFAULT" -
3185 <list>
3186 <t>The sampler channel will always use the
3187 default MIDI instrument map to handle MIDI
3188 program change messages.</t>
3189 </list>
3190 </t>
3191 <t>numeric ID -
3192 <list>
3193 <t>You can assign a specific MIDI instrument map
3194 by replacing &lt;map&gt; with the respective numeric
3195 ID of the MIDI instrument map as returned by the
3196 <xref target="LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS">"LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS"</xref>
3197 command. Once that map will be deleted, the sampler
3198 channel would fall back to "NONE".</t>
3199 </list>
3200 </t>
3201 </list>
3202 </t>
3203 <t>Read chapter <xref target="MIDI Instrument Mapping">"MIDI Instrument Mapping"</xref>
3204 for details regarding MIDI instrument mapping.</t>
3205
3206 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3207 <t>
3208 <list>
3209 <t>"OK" -
3210 <list>
3211 <t>on success</t>
3212 </list>
3213 </t>
3214 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3215 <list>
3216 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
3217 </list>
3218 </t>
3219 </list>
3220 </t>
3221
3222 <t>Examples:</t>
3223 <t>
3224 <list>
3225 <t></t>
3226 </list>
3227 </t>
3228 </section>
3229
3230 <section title="Adding an effect send to a sampler channel" anchor="CREATE FX_SEND">
3231 <t>The front-end can create an additional effect send on a specific sampler channel
3232 by sending the following command:</t>
3233 <t>
3234 <list>
3235 <t>CREATE FX_SEND &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;midi-ctrl&gt; [&lt;name&gt;]</t>
3236 </list>
3237 </t>
3238 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3239 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3240 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command, that is the
3241 sampler channel on which the effect send should be created on, &lt;midi-ctrl&gt;
3242 is a number between 0..127 defining the MIDI controller which can alter the
3243 effect send level and &lt;name&gt; is an optional argument defining a name
3244 for the effect send entity. The name does not have to be unique.</t>
3245
3246 <t>By default, that is as initial routing, the effect send's audio channels
3247 are automatically routed to the last audio channels of the sampler channel's
3248 audio output device, that way you can i.e. first increase the amount of audio
3249 channels on the audio output device for having dedicated effect send output
3250 channels and when "CREATE FX_SEND" is called, those channels will automatically
3251 be picked. You can alter the destination channels however with
3252 <xref target="SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL">"SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL"</xref>.
3253 </t>
3254
3255 <t>Note: Create effect sends on a sampler channel only when needed, because having effect
3256 sends on a sampler channel will decrease runtime performance, because for implementing channel
3257 effect sends, separate (sampler channel local) audio buffers are needed to render and mix
3258 the voices and route the audio signal afterwards to the master outputs and effect send
3259 outputs (along with their respective effect send levels). A sampler channel without effect
3260 sends however can mix its voices directly into the audio output devices's audio buffers
3261 and is thus faster.
3262 </t>
3263
3264 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3265 <t>
3266 <list>
3267 <t>"OK[&lt;fx-send-id&gt;]" -
3268 <list>
3269 <t>in case a new effect send could be added to the
3270 sampler channel, where &lt;fx-send-id&gt; reflects the
3271 unique ID of the newly created effect send entity</t>
3272 </list>
3273 </t>
3274 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3275 <list>
3276 <t>when a new effect send could not be added, i.e.
3277 due to invalid parameters</t>
3278 </list>
3279 </t>
3280 </list>
3281 </t>
3282
3283 <t>Examples:</t>
3284 <t>
3285 <list>
3286 <t>C: "CREATE FX_SEND 0 91 'Reverb Send'"</t>
3287 <t>S: "OK[0]"</t>
3288 </list>
3289 </t>
3290 <t>
3291 <list>
3292 <t>C: "CREATE FX_SEND 0 93"</t>
3293 <t>S: "OK[1]"</t>
3294 </list>
3295 </t>
3296 </section>
3297
3298 <section title="Removing an effect send from a sampler channel" anchor="DESTROY FX_SEND">
3299 <t>The front-end can remove an existing effect send on a specific sampler channel
3300 by sending the following command:</t>
3301 <t>
3302 <list>
3303 <t>DESTROY FX_SEND &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;fx-send-id&gt;</t>
3304 </list>
3305 </t>
3306 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3307 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3308 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command, that is the
3309 sampler channel from which the effect send should be removed from and
3310 &lt;fx-send-id&gt; is the respective effect send number as returned by the
3311 <xref target="CREATE FX_SEND">"CREATE FX_SEND"</xref>
3312 or <xref target="LIST FX_SENDS">"LIST FX_SENDS"</xref> command.</t>
3313
3314 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3315 <t>
3316 <list>
3317 <t>"OK" -
3318 <list>
3319 <t>on success</t>
3320 </list>
3321 </t>
3322 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3323 <list>
3324 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
3325 error message</t>
3326 </list>
3327 </t>
3328 </list>
3329 </t>
3330
3331 <t>Example:</t>
3332 <t>
3333 <list>
3334 <t>C: "DESTROY FX_SEND 0 0"</t>
3335 <t>S: "OK"</t>
3336 </list>
3337 </t>
3338 </section>
3339
3340 <section title="Getting amount of effect sends on a sampler channel" anchor="GET FX_SENDS">
3341 <t>The front-end can ask for the amount of effect sends on a specific sampler channel
3342 by sending the following command:</t>
3343 <t>
3344 <list>
3345 <t>GET FX_SENDS &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
3346 </list>
3347 </t>
3348 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3349 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3350 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command.</t>
3351
3352 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3353 <t>
3354 <list>
3355 <t>The sampler will answer by returning the number of effect
3356 sends on the given sampler channel.</t>
3357 </list>
3358 </t>
3359
3360 <t>Example:</t>
3361 <t>
3362 <list>
3363 <t>C: "GET FX_SENDS 0"</t>
3364 <t>S: "2"</t>
3365 </list>
3366 </t>
3367 </section>
3368
3369 <section title="Listing all effect sends on a sampler channel" anchor="LIST FX_SENDS">
3370 <t>The front-end can ask for a list of effect sends on a specific sampler channel
3371 by sending the following command:</t>
3372 <t>
3373 <list>
3374 <t>LIST FX_SENDS &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
3375 </list>
3376 </t>
3377 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the respective sampler channel
3378 number as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3379 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command.</t>
3380
3381 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3382 <t>
3383 <list>
3384 <t>The sampler will answer by returning a comma separated list
3385 with all effect sends' numerical IDs on the given sampler
3386 channel.</t>
3387 </list>
3388 </t>
3389
3390 <t>Examples:</t>
3391 <t>
3392 <list>
3393 <t>C: "LIST FX_SENDS 0"</t>
3394 <t>S: "0,1"</t>
3395 </list>
3396 </t>
3397 <t>
3398 <list>
3399 <t>C: "LIST FX_SENDS 1"</t>
3400 <t>S: ""</t>
3401 </list>
3402 </t>
3403 </section>
3404
3405 <section title="Getting effect send information" anchor="GET FX_SEND INFO">
3406 <t>The front-end can ask for the current settings of an effect send entity
3407 by sending the following command:</t>
3408 <t>
3409 <list>
3410 <t>GET FX_SEND INFO &lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;fx-send-id&gt;</t>
3411 </list>
3412 </t>
3413 <t>Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; is the sampler channel number
3414 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3415 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command and
3416 &lt;fx-send-id&gt; reflects the numerical ID of the effect send entity
3417 as returned by the <xref target="CREATE FX_SEND">"CREATE FX_SEND"</xref>
3418 or <xref target="LIST FX_SENDS">"LIST FX_SENDS"</xref> command.
3419 </t>
3420
3421 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3422 <t>
3423 <list>
3424 <t>The sampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
3425 Each answer line begins with the settings category name
3426 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
3427 the info character string to that setting category. At the
3428 moment the following categories are defined:</t>
3429
3430 <t>
3431 <list>
3432 <t>NAME -
3433 <list>
3434 <t>name of the effect send entity</t>
3435 </list>
3436 </t>
3437 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_ROUTING -
3438 <list>
3439 <t>comma separated list which reflects to which audio
3440 channel of the selected audio output device each
3441 effect send output channel is routed to, e.g. "0,3" would
3442 mean the effect send's output channel 0 is routed to channel
3443 0 of the audio output device and the effect send's output
3444 channel 1 is routed to the channel 3 of the audio
3445 output device (see
3446 <xref target="SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL">"SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL"</xref>
3447 for details)</t>
3448 </list>
3449 </t>
3450 </list>
3451 </t>
3452 </list>
3453 </t>
3454 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
3455
3456 <t>Example:</t>
3457 <t>
3458 <list>
3459 <t>C: "GET FX_SEND INFO 0 0"</t>
3460 <t>S: "NAME: Reverb Send"</t>
3461 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"AUDIO_OUTPUT_ROUTING: 2,3"</t>
3462 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
3463 </list>
3464 </t>
3465 </section>
3466
3467 <section title="Altering effect send's audio routing" anchor="SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL">
3468 <t>The front-end can alter the destination of an effect send's audio channel on a specific
3469 sampler channel by sending the following command:</t>
3470 <t>
3471 <list>
3472 <t>SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL &lt;sampler-chan&gt; &lt;fx-send-id&gt; &lt;audio-src&gt; &lt;audio-dst&gt;</t>
3473 </list>
3474 </t>
3475 <t>Where &lt;sampler-chan&gt; is the sampler channel number
3476 as returned by the <xref target="ADD CHANNEL">"ADD CHANNEL"</xref>
3477 or <xref target="LIST CHANNELS">"LIST CHANNELS"</xref> command,
3478 &lt;fx-send-id&gt; reflects the numerical ID of the effect send entity
3479 as returned by the <xref target="CREATE FX_SEND">"CREATE FX_SEND"</xref>
3480 or <xref target="LIST FX_SENDS">"LIST FX_SENDS"</xref> command,
3481 &lt;audio-src&gt; is the numerical ID of the effect send's audio channel
3482 which should be rerouted and &lt;audio-dst&gt; is the numerical ID of
3483 the audio channel of the selected audio output device where &lt;audio-src&gt;
3484 should be routed to.</t>
3485
3486 <t>Note that effect sends can only route audio to the same audio output
3487 device as assigned to the effect send's sampler channel. Also note that an
3488 effect send entity does always have exactly as much audio channels as its
3489 sampler channel. So if the sampler channel is stereo, the effect send does
3490 have two audio channels as well. Also keep in mind that the amount of audio
3491 channels on a sampler channel might be dependant not only to the deployed
3492 sampler engine on the sampler channel, but also dependant to the instrument
3493 currently loaded. However you can (effectively) turn an i.e. stereo effect
3494 send into a mono one by simply altering its audio routing appropriately.</t>
3495
3496 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3497 <t>
3498 <list>
3499 <t>"OK" -
3500 <list>
3501 <t>on success</t>
3502 </list>
3503 </t>
3504 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3505 <list>
3506 <t>if audio output channel was set, but there are noteworthy
3507 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3508 warning message</t>
3509 </list>
3510 </t>
3511 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3512 <list>
3513 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message</t>
3514 </list>
3515 </t>
3516 </list>
3517 </t>
3518 <t>Example:</t>
3519 <t>
3520 <list>
3521 <t>C: "SET FX_SEND AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL 0 0 0 2"</t>
3522 <t>S: "OK"</t>
3523 </list>
3524 </t>
3525 </section>
3526
3527
3528 <section title="Resetting a sampler channel" anchor="RESET CHANNEL">
3529 <t>The front-end can reset a particular sampler channel by sending the following command:</t>
3530 <t>
3531 <list>
3532 <t>RESET CHANNEL &lt;sampler-channel&gt;</t>
3533 </list>
3534 </t>
3535 <t>
3536 Where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; defines the sampler channel to be reset.
3537 This will cause the engine on that sampler channel, its voices and
3538 eventually disk streams and all control and status variables to be
3539 reset.</t>
3540
3541 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3542 <t>
3543 <list>
3544 <t>"OK" -
3545 <list>
3546 <t>on success</t>
3547 </list>
3548 </t>
3549 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3550 <list>
3551 <t>if channel was reset, but there are noteworthy issue(s)
3552 related, providing an appropriate warning code and warning
3553 message</t>
3554 </list>
3555 </t>
3556 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3557 <list>
3558 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
3559 error message</t>
3560 </list>
3561 </t>
3562 </list>
3563 </t>
3564 <t>Examples:</t>
3565 <t>
3566 <list>
3567 <t></t>
3568 </list>
3569 </t>
3570 </section>
3571 </section>
3572
3573 <section title="Controlling connection">
3574 <t>The following commands are used to control the connection to LinuxSampler.</t>
3575
3576 <section title="Register front-end for receiving event messages" anchor="SUBSCRIBE">
3577 <t>The front-end can register itself to the LinuxSampler application to
3578 be informed about noteworthy events by sending this command:</t>
3579 <t>
3580 <list>
3581 <t>SUBSCRIBE &lt;event-id&gt;</t>
3582 </list>
3583 </t>
3584 <t>where &lt;event-id&gt; will be replaced by the respective event that
3585 client wants to subscribe to.</t>
3586
3587 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3588 <t>
3589 <list>
3590 <t>"OK" -
3591 <list>
3592 <t>on success</t>
3593 </list>
3594 </t>
3595 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3596 <list>
3597 <t>if registration succeeded, but there are noteworthy
3598 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3599 warning message</t>
3600 </list>
3601 </t>
3602 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3603 <list>
3604 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
3605 error message</t>
3606 </list>
3607 </t>
3608 </list>
3609 </t>
3610 <t>Examples:</t>
3611 <t>
3612 <list>
3613 <t></t>
3614 </list>
3615 </t>
3616 </section>
3617
3618 <section title="Unregister front-end for not receiving event messages" anchor="UNSUBSCRIBE">
3619 <t>The front-end can unregister itself if it doesn't want to receive event
3620 messages anymore by sending the following command:</t>
3621 <t>
3622 <list>
3623 <t>UNSUBSCRIBE &lt;event-id&gt;</t>
3624 </list>
3625 </t>
3626 <t>Where &lt;event-id&gt; will be replaced by the respective event that
3627 client doesn't want to receive anymore.</t>
3628
3629 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3630 <t>
3631 <list>
3632 <t>"OK" -
3633 <list>
3634 <t>on success</t>
3635 </list>
3636 </t>
3637 <t>"WRN:&lt;warning-code&gt;:&lt;warning-message&gt;" -
3638 <list>
3639 <t>if unregistration succeeded, but there are noteworthy
3640 issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and
3641 warning message</t>
3642 </list>
3643 </t>
3644 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3645 <list>
3646 <t>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and
3647 error message</t>
3648 </list>
3649 </t>
3650 </list>
3651 </t>
3652 <t>Examples:</t>
3653 <t>
3654 <list>
3655 <t></t>
3656 </list>
3657 </t>
3658 </section>
3659
3660 <section title="Enable or disable echo of commands" anchor="SET ECHO">
3661 <t>To enable or disable back sending of commands to the client the following command can be used:</t>
3662 <t>
3663 <list>
3664 <t>SET ECHO &lt;value&gt;</t>
3665 </list>
3666 </t>
3667 <t>Where &lt;value&gt; should be replaced either by "1" to enable echo mode
3668 or "0" to disable echo mode. When echo mode is enabled, all
3669 commands send to LinuxSampler will be immediately send back and
3670 after this echo the actual response to the command will be
3671 returned. Echo mode will only be altered for the client connection
3672 that issued the "SET ECHO" command, not globally for all client
3673 connections.</t>
3674
3675 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3676 <t>
3677 <list>
3678 <t>"OK" -
3679 <list>
3680 <t>usually</t>
3681 </list>
3682 </t>
3683 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3684 <list>
3685 <t>on syntax error, e.g. non boolean value</t>
3686 </list>
3687 </t>
3688 </list>
3689 </t>
3690 <t>Examples:</t>
3691 <t>
3692 <list>
3693 <t></t>
3694 </list>
3695 </t>
3696 </section>
3697
3698 <section title="Close client connection" anchor="QUIT">
3699 <t>The client can close its network connection to LinuxSampler by sending the following command:</t>
3700 <t>
3701 <list>
3702 <t>QUIT</t>
3703 </list>
3704 </t>
3705 <t>This is probably more interesting for manual telnet connections to
3706 LinuxSampler than really useful for a front-end implementation.</t>
3707 </section>
3708 </section>
3709
3710 <section title="Global commands">
3711 <t>The following commands have global impact on the sampler.</t>
3712
3713 <section title="Current number of active voices" anchor="GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT">
3714 <t>The front-end can ask for the current number of active voices on
3715 the sampler by sending the following command:</t>
3716 <t>
3717 <list>
3718 <t>GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT</t>
3719 </list>
3720 </t>
3721
3722 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3723 <t>
3724 <list>
3725 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by returning the number of all active
3726 voices on the sampler.</t>
3727 </list>
3728 </t>
3729 </section>
3730
3731 <section title="Maximum amount of active voices" anchor="GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT_MAX">
3732 <t>The front-end can ask for the maximum number of active voices
3733 by sending the following command:</t>
3734 <t>
3735 <list>
3736 <t>GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT_MAX</t>
3737 </list>
3738 </t>
3739
3740 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3741 <t>
3742 <list>
3743 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by returning the maximum number
3744 of active voices.</t>
3745 </list>
3746 </t>
3747 </section>
3748
3749 <section title="Reset sampler" anchor="RESET">
3750 <t>The front-end can reset the whole sampler by sending the following command:</t>
3751 <t>
3752 <list>
3753 <t>RESET</t>
3754 </list>
3755 </t>
3756
3757 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3758 <t>
3759 <list>
3760 <t>"OK" -
3761 <list>
3762 <t>always</t>
3763 </list>
3764 </t>
3765 </list>
3766 </t>
3767 <t>Examples:</t>
3768 <t>
3769 <list>
3770 <t></t>
3771 </list>
3772 </t>
3773 </section>
3774
3775 <section title="General sampler informations" anchor="GET SERVER INFO">
3776 <t>The client can ask for general informations about the LinuxSampler
3777 instance by sending the following command:</t>
3778 <t>
3779 <list>
3780 <t>GET SERVER INFO</t>
3781 </list>
3782 </t>
3783 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3784 <t>
3785 <list>
3786 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
3787 Each answer line begins with the information category name
3788 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
3789 the info character string to that information category. At the
3790 moment the following categories are defined:
3791 </t>
3792 <t>
3793 <list>
3794 <t>DESCRIPTION -
3795 <list>
3796 <t>arbitrary textual description about the sampler</t>
3797 </list>
3798 </t>
3799 <t>VERSION -
3800 <list>
3801 <t>version of the sampler</t>
3802 </list>
3803 </t>
3804 <t>PROTOCOL_VERSION -
3805 <list>
3806 <t>version of the LSCP specification the sampler
3807 complies with (see <xref target="LSCP versioning" /> for details)</t>
3808 </list>
3809 </t>
3810 </list>
3811 </t>
3812 </list>
3813 </t>
3814 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.
3815 Other fields might be added in future.</t>
3816 </section>
3817 </section>
3818
3819
3820 <section title="MIDI Instrument Mapping" anchor="MIDI Instrument Mapping">
3821 <t>The MIDI protocol provides a way to switch between instruments
3822 by sending so called MIDI bank select and MIDI program change
3823 messages which are essentially just numbers. The following commands
3824 allow to actually map arbitrary MIDI bank select / program change
3825 numbers with real instruments.</t>
3826 <t>The sampler allows to manage an arbitrary amount of MIDI
3827 instrument maps which define which instrument to load on
3828 which MIDI program change message.</t>
3829 <t>By default, that is when the sampler is launched, there is no
3830 map, thus the sampler will simply ignore all program change
3831 messages. The front-end has to explicitly create at least one
3832 map, add entries to the map and tell the respective sampler
3833 channel(s) which MIDI instrument map to use, so the sampler
3834 knows how to react on a given program change message on the
3835 respective sampler channel, that is by switching to the
3836 respectively defined engine type and loading the respective
3837 instrument. See command
3838 <xref target="SET CHANNEL MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP">"SET CHANNEL MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP"</xref>
3839 for how to assign a MIDI instrument map to a sampler channel.</t>
3840 <t>Also note per MIDI specification a bank select message does not
3841 cause to switch to another instrument. Instead when receiving a
3842 bank select message the bank value will be stored and a subsequent
3843 program change message (which may occur at any time) will finally
3844 cause the sampler to switch to the respective instrument as
3845 reflected by the current MIDI instrument map.</t>
3846
3847 <section title="Create a new MIDI instrument map" anchor="ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT MAP">
3848 <t>The front-end can add a new MIDI instrument map by sending
3849 the following command:</t>
3850 <t>
3851 <list>
3852 <t>ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP [&lt;name&gt;]</t>
3853 </list>
3854 </t>
3855 <t>Where &lt;name&gt; is an optional argument allowing to
3856 assign a custom name to the new map. MIDI instrument Map
3857 names do not have to be unique.</t>
3858
3859 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3860 <t>
3861 <list>
3862 <t>"OK[&lt;map&gt;]" -
3863 <list>
3864 <t>in case a new MIDI instrument map could
3865 be added, where &lt;map&gt; reflects the
3866 unique ID of the newly created MIDI
3867 instrument map</t>
3868 </list>
3869 </t>
3870 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3871 <list>
3872 <t>when a new map could not be created, which
3873 might never occur in practice</t>
3874 </list>
3875 </t>
3876 </list>
3877 </t>
3878
3879 <t>Examples:</t>
3880 <t>
3881 <list>
3882 <t>C: "ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP 'Standard Map'"</t>
3883 <t>S: "OK[0]"</t>
3884 </list>
3885 </t>
3886 <t>
3887 <list>
3888 <t>C: "ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP 'Standard Drumkit'"</t>
3889 <t>S: "OK[1]"</t>
3890 </list>
3891 </t>
3892 <t>
3893 <list>
3894 <t>C: "ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP"</t>
3895 <t>S: "OK[5]"</t>
3896 </list>
3897 </t>
3898 </section>
3899
3900 <section title="Delete one particular or all MIDI instrument maps" anchor="REMOVE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP">
3901 <t>The front-end can delete a particular MIDI instrument map
3902 by sending the following command:</t>
3903 <t>
3904 <list>
3905 <t>REMOVE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP &lt;map&gt;</t>
3906 </list>
3907 </t>
3908 <t>Where &lt;map&gt; reflects the unique ID of the map to delete
3909 as returned by the <xref target="LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS">"LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS"</xref>
3910 command.</t>
3911 <t>The front-end can delete all MIDI instrument maps by
3912 sending the following command:</t>
3913 <t>
3914 <list>
3915 <t>REMOVE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP ALL</t>
3916 </list>
3917 </t>
3918
3919 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3920 <t>
3921 <list>
3922 <t>"OK" -
3923 <list>
3924 <t>in case the map(s) could be deleted</t>
3925 </list>
3926 </t>
3927 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
3928 <list>
3929 <t>when the given map does not exist</t>
3930 </list>
3931 </t>
3932 </list>
3933 </t>
3934
3935 <t>Examples:</t>
3936 <t>
3937 <list>
3938 <t>C: "REMOVE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP 0"</t>
3939 <t>S: "OK"</t>
3940 </list>
3941 </t>
3942 <t>
3943 <list>
3944 <t>C: "REMOVE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP ALL"</t>
3945 <t>S: "OK"</t>
3946 </list>
3947 </t>
3948 </section>
3949
3950 <section title="Get amount of existing MIDI instrument maps" anchor="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS">
3951 <t>The front-end can retrieve the current amount of MIDI
3952 instrument maps by sending the following command:</t>
3953 <t>
3954 <list>
3955 <t>GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS</t>
3956 </list>
3957 </t>
3958
3959 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3960 <t>
3961 <list>
3962 <t>The sampler will answer by returning the current
3963 number of MIDI instrument maps.</t>
3964 </list>
3965 </t>
3966
3967 <t>Example:</t>
3968 <t>
3969 <list>
3970 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS"</t>
3971 <t>S: "2"</t>
3972 </list>
3973 </t>
3974 </section>
3975
3976 <section title="Getting all created MIDI instrument maps" anchor="LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS">
3977 <t>The number of MIDI instrument maps can change on runtime. To get the
3978 current list of MIDI instrument maps, the front-end can send the
3979 following command:</t>
3980 <t>
3981 <list>
3982 <t>LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS</t>
3983 </list>
3984 </t>
3985 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
3986 <t>
3987 <list>
3988 <t>The sampler will answer by returning a comma separated list
3989 with all MIDI instrument maps' numerical IDs.</t>
3990 </list>
3991 </t>
3992 <t>Example:</t>
3993 <t>
3994 <list>
3995 <t>C: "LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS"</t>
3996 <t>S: "0,1,5,12"</t>
3997 </list>
3998 </t>
3999 </section>
4000
4001 <section title="Getting MIDI instrument map information" anchor="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP INFO">
4002 <t>The front-end can ask for the current settings of a MIDI
4003 instrument map by sending the following command:</t>
4004 <t>
4005 <list>
4006 <t>GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP INFO &lt;map&gt;</t>
4007 </list>
4008 </t>
4009 <t>Where &lt;map&gt; is the numerical ID of the map the
4010 front-end is interested in as returned by the
4011 <xref target="LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS">"LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS"</xref>
4012 command.</t>
4013
4014 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4015 <t>
4016 <list>
4017 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt; separated list.
4018 Each answer line begins with the settings category name
4019 followed by a colon and then a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally
4020 the info character string to that setting category. At the
4021 moment the following categories are defined:</t>
4022
4023 <t>
4024 <list>
4025 <t>NAME -
4026 <list>
4027 <t>custom name of the given map,
4028 which does not have to be unique</t>
4029 </list>
4030 </t>
4031 </list>
4032 </t>
4033 </list>
4034 </t>
4035 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
4036
4037 <t>Example:</t>
4038 <t>
4039 <list>
4040 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP INFO 0"</t>
4041 <t>S: "NAME: Standard Map"</t>
4042 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
4043 </list>
4044 </t>
4045 </section>
4046
4047 <section title="Renaming a MIDI instrument map" anchor="SET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP NAME">
4048 <t>The front-end can alter the custom name of a MIDI
4049 instrument map by sending the following command:</t>
4050 <t>
4051 <list>
4052 <t>SET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP NAME &lt;map&gt; &lt;name&gt;</t>
4053 </list>
4054 </t>
4055 <t>Where &lt;map&gt; is the numerical ID of the map and
4056 &lt;name&gt; the new custom name of the map, which does not
4057 have to be unique.</t>
4058
4059 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4060 <t>
4061 <list>
4062 <t>"OK" -
4063 <list>
4064 <t>on success</t>
4065 </list>
4066 </t>
4067 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
4068 <list>
4069 <t>in case the given map does not exist</t>
4070 </list>
4071 </t>
4072 </list>
4073 </t>
4074
4075 <t>Example:</t>
4076 <t>
4077 <list>
4078 <t>C: "SET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP NAME 0 'Foo instruments'"</t>
4079 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4080 </list>
4081 </t>
4082 </section>
4083
4084 <section title="Create or replace a MIDI instrument map entry" anchor="MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT">
4085 <t>The front-end can create a new or replace an existing entry
4086 in a sampler's MIDI instrument map by sending the following
4087 command:</t>
4088 <t>
4089 <list>
4090 <t>MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT &lt;map&gt;
4091 &lt;midi_bank&gt; &lt;midi_prog&gt; &lt;engine_name&gt;
4092 &lt;filename&gt; &lt;instrument_index&gt; &lt;volume_value&gt;
4093 [&lt;instr_load_mode&gt;] [&lt;name&gt;]</t>
4094 </list>
4095 </t>
4096 <t>Where &lt;map&gt; is the numeric ID of the map to alter,
4097 &lt;midi_bank&gt; is an integer value between
4098 0..16383 reflecting the MIDI bank select index,
4099 &lt;midi_prog&gt; an
4100 integer value between 0..127 reflecting the MIDI program change
4101 index, &lt;engine_name&gt; a sampler engine name as returned by
4102 the <xref target="LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES">"LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES"</xref>
4103 command (not encapsulated into apostrophes), &lt;filename&gt; the name
4104 of the instrument's file to be deployed (encapsulated into apostrophes),
4105 &lt;instrument_index&gt; the index (integer value) of the instrument
4106 within the given file, &lt;volume_value&gt; reflects the master
4107 volume of the instrument as optionally dotted number (where a
4108 value < 1.0 means attenuation and a value > 1.0 means
4109 amplification). This parameter easily allows to adjust the
4110 volume of all intruments within a custom instrument map
4111 without having to adjust their instrument files. The
4112 OPTIONAL &lt;instr_load_mode&gt; argument defines the life
4113 time of the instrument, that is when the instrument should
4114 be loaded, when freed and has exactly the following
4115 possibilities:</t>
4116 <t>
4117 <list>
4118 <t>"ON_DEMAND" -
4119 <list>
4120 <t>The instrument will be loaded when needed,
4121 that is when demanded by at least one sampler
4122 channel. It will immediately be freed from memory
4123 when not needed by any sampler channel anymore.</t>
4124 </list>
4125 </t>
4126 <t>"ON_DEMAND_HOLD" -
4127 <list>
4128 <t>The instrument will be loaded when needed,
4129 that is when demanded by at least one sampler
4130 channel. It will be kept in memory even when
4131 not needed by any sampler channel anymore.
4132 Instruments with this mode are only freed
4133 when the sampler is reset or all mapping
4134 entries with this mode (and respective
4135 instrument) are explicitly changed to
4136 "ON_DEMAND" and no sampler channel is using
4137 the instrument anymore.</t>
4138 </list>
4139 </t>
4140 <t>"PERSISTENT" -
4141 <list>
4142 <t>The instrument will immediately be loaded
4143 into memory in the background when this mapping
4144 command is sent and the instrument is kept all
4145 the time. Instruments with this mode are
4146 only freed when the sampler is reset or all
4147 mapping entries with this mode (and
4148 respective instrument) are explicitly
4149 changed to "ON_DEMAND" and no sampler
4150 channel is using the instrument anymore.</t>
4151 </list>
4152 </t>
4153 <t>not supplied -
4154 <list>
4155 <t>In case there is no &lt;instr_load_mode&gt;
4156 argument given, it will be up to the
4157 InstrumentManager to decide which mode to use.
4158 Usually it will use "ON_DEMAND" if an entry
4159 for the given instrument does not exist in
4160 the InstrumentManager's list yet, otherwise
4161 if an entry already exists, it will simply
4162 stick with the mode currently reflected by
4163 the already existing entry, that is it will
4164 not change the mode.</t>
4165 </list>
4166 </t>
4167 </list>
4168 </t>
4169 <t>
4170 The &lt;instr_load_mode&gt; argument thus allows to define an
4171 appropriate strategy (low memory consumption vs. fast
4172 instrument switching) for each instrument individually. Note, the
4173 following restrictions apply to this argument: "ON_DEMAND_HOLD" and
4174 "PERSISTENT" have to be supported by the respective sampler engine
4175 (which is technically the case when the engine provides an
4176 InstrumentManager for its format). If this is not the case the
4177 argument will automatically fall back to the default value
4178 "ON_DEMAND". Also the load mode of one instrument may
4179 automatically change the laod mode of other instrument(s), i.e.
4180 because the instruments are part of the same file and the
4181 engine does not allow a way to manage load modes for them
4182 individually. Due to this, in case the frontend shows the
4183 load modes of entries, the frontend should retrieve the actual
4184 mode by i.e. sending
4185 <xref target="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO">"GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO"</xref>
4186 command(s). Finally the OPTIONAL &lt;name&gt; argument allows to
4187 set a custom name (encapsulated into apostrophes) for the mapping
4188 entry, useful for frontends for displaying an appropriate name for
4189 mapped instruments (using
4190 <xref target="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO">"GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO"</xref>).
4191 </t>
4192 <t>
4193 The "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT" command
4194 will immediately return, thus it will not block when an
4195 instrument is to be loaded due to a "PERSISTENT" type
4196 entry as instruments are loaded in the background. As a
4197 consequence this command may not necessarily return an error
4198 i.e. when the given instrument file does not exist or may
4199 turn out to be corrupt.
4200 </t>
4201
4202 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4203 <t>
4204 <list>
4205 <t>"OK" -
4206 <list>
4207 <t>usually</t>
4208 </list>
4209 </t>
4210 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
4211 <list>
4212 <t>when the given map or engine does not exist or a value
4213 is out of range</t>
4214 </list>
4215 </t>
4216 </list>
4217 </t>
4218
4219 <t>Examples:</t>
4220 <t>
4221 <list>
4222 <t>C: "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT 0 3 0 gig '/usr/share/Steinway D.gig' 0 0.8 PERSISTENT"</t>
4223 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4224 </list>
4225 </t>
4226 <t>
4227 <list>
4228 <t>C: "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT 0 4 50 gig '/home/john/foostrings.gig' 7 1.0"</t>
4229 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4230 </list>
4231 </t>
4232 <t>
4233 <list>
4234 <t>C: "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT 0 0 0 gig '/usr/share/piano.gig' 0 1.0 'Normal Piano'"</t>
4235 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4236 <t>C: "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT 0 1 0 gig '/usr/share/piano.gig' 0 0.25 'Silent Piano'"</t>
4237 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4238 </list>
4239 </t>
4240 <t>
4241 <list>
4242 <t>C: "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT 1 8 120 gig '/home/joe/foodrums.gig' 0 1.0 PERSISTENT 'Foo Drumkit'"</t>
4243 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4244 </list>
4245 </t>
4246 </section>
4247
4248 <section title="Getting ammount of MIDI instrument map entries" anchor="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENTS">
4249 <t>The front-end can query the amount of currently existing
4250 entries in a MIDI instrument map by sending the following
4251 command:</t>
4252 <t>
4253 <list>
4254 <t>GET MIDI_INSTRUMENTS &lt;map&gt;</t>
4255 </list>
4256 </t>
4257 <t>The front-end can query the amount of currently existing
4258 entries in all MIDI instrument maps by sending the following
4259 command:</t>
4260 <t>
4261 <list>
4262 <t>GET MIDI_INSTRUMENTS ALL</t>
4263 </list>
4264 </t>
4265 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4266 <t>
4267 <list>
4268 <t>The sampler will answer by sending the current number of
4269 entries in the MIDI instrument map(s).</t>
4270 </list>
4271 </t>
4272
4273 <t>Example:</t>
4274 <t>
4275 <list>
4276 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INSTRUMENTS 0"</t>
4277 <t>S: "234"</t>
4278 </list>
4279 </t>
4280 <t>
4281 <list>
4282 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INSTRUMENTS ALL"</t>
4283 <t>S: "954"</t>
4284 </list>
4285 </t>
4286 </section>
4287
4288 <section title="Getting indeces of all entries of a MIDI instrument map" anchor="LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENTS">
4289 <t>The front-end can query a list of all currently existing
4290 entries in a certain MIDI instrument map by sending the following
4291 command:</t>
4292 <t>
4293 <list>
4294 <t>LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENTS &lt;map&gt;</t>
4295 </list>
4296 </t>
4297 <t>Where &lt;map&gt; is the numeric ID of the MIDI instrument map.</t>
4298 <t>The front-end can query a list of all currently existing
4299 entries of all MIDI instrument maps by sending the following
4300 command:</t>
4301 <t>
4302 <list>
4303 <t>LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENTS ALL</t>
4304 </list>
4305 </t>
4306
4307 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4308 <t>
4309 <list>
4310 <t>The sampler will answer by sending a comma separated
4311 list of map ID - MIDI bank - MIDI program triples, where
4312 each triple is encapsulated into curly braces. The
4313 list is returned in one single line. Each triple
4314 just reflects the key of the respective map entry,
4315 thus subsequent
4316 <xref target="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO">"GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO"</xref>
4317 command(s) are necessary to retrieve detailed informations
4318 about each entry.</t>
4319 </list>
4320 </t>
4321
4322 <t>Example:</t>
4323 <t>
4324 <list>
4325 <t>C: "LIST MIDI_INSTRUMENTS 0"</t>
4326 <t>S: "{0,0,0},{0,0,1},{0,0,3},{0,1,4},{1,127,127}"</t>
4327 </list>
4328 </t>
4329 </section>
4330
4331 <section title="Remove an entry from the MIDI instrument map" anchor="UNMAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT">
4332 <t>The front-end can delete an entry from a MIDI instrument
4333 map by sending the following command:</t>
4334 <t>
4335 <list>
4336 <t>UNMAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT &lt;map&gt; &lt;midi_bank&gt; &lt;midi_prog&gt;</t>
4337 </list>
4338 </t>
4339 <t>
4340 Where &lt;map&gt; is the numeric ID of the MIDI instrument map,
4341 &lt;midi_bank&gt; is an integer value between 0..16383
4342 reflecting the MIDI bank value and
4343 &lt;midi_prog&gt; an integer value between
4344 0..127 reflecting the MIDI program value of the map's entrie's key
4345 index triple.
4346 </t>
4347
4348 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4349 <t>
4350 <list>
4351 <t>"OK" -
4352 <list>
4353 <t>usually</t>
4354 </list>
4355 </t>
4356 <t>"ERR:&lt;error-code&gt;:&lt;error-message&gt;" -
4357 <list>
4358 <t>when index out of bounds</t>
4359 </list>
4360 </t>
4361 </list>
4362 </t>
4363
4364 <t>Example:</t>
4365 <t>
4366 <list>
4367 <t>C: "UNMAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT 0 2 127"</t>
4368 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4369 </list>
4370 </t>
4371 </section>
4372
4373 <section title="Get current settings of MIDI instrument map entry" anchor="GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO">
4374 <t>The front-end can retrieve the current settings of a certain
4375 instrument map entry by sending the following command:</t>
4376 <t>
4377 <list>
4378 <t>GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO &lt;map&gt; &lt;midi_bank&gt; &lt;midi_prog&gt;</t>
4379 </list>
4380 </t>
4381 <t>
4382 Where &lt;map&gt; is the numeric ID of the MIDI instrument map,
4383 &lt;midi_bank&gt; is an integer value between 0..16383
4384 reflecting the MIDI bank value, &lt;midi_bank&gt;
4385 and &lt;midi_prog&gt; an integer value between
4386 0..127 reflecting the MIDI program value of the map's entrie's key
4387 index triple.
4388 </t>
4389
4390 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4391 <t>
4392 <list>
4393 <t>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a &lt;CRLF&gt;
4394 separated list. Each answer line begins with the
4395 information category name followed by a colon and then
4396 a space character &lt;SP&gt; and finally the info
4397 character string to that info category. At the moment
4398 the following categories are defined:</t>
4399 <t>"NAME" -
4400 <list>
4401 <t>Name for this MIDI instrument map entry (if defined).
4402 This name shall be used by frontends for displaying a
4403 name for this mapped instrument. It can be set and
4404 changed with the
4405 <xref target="MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT">"MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT"</xref>
4406 command and does not have to be unique.</t>
4407 </list>
4408 </t>
4409 <t>"ENGINE_NAME" -
4410 <list>
4411 <t>Name of the engine to be deployed for this
4412 instrument.</t>
4413 </list>
4414 </t>
4415 <t>"INSTRUMENT_FILE" -
4416 <list>
4417 <t>File name of the instrument.</t>
4418 </list>
4419 </t>
4420 <t>"INSTRUMENT_NR" -
4421 <list>
4422 <t>Index of the instrument within the file.</t>
4423 </list>
4424 </t>
4425 <t>"INSTRUMENT_NAME" -
4426 <list>
4427 <t>Name of the loaded instrument as reflected by its file.
4428 In contrast to the "NAME" field, the "INSTRUMENT_NAME" field
4429 cannot be changed.</t>
4430 </list>
4431 </t>
4432 <t>"LOAD_MODE" -
4433 <list>
4434 <t>Life time of instrument
4435 (see <xref target="MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT">"MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT"</xref> for details about this setting).</t>
4436 </list>
4437 </t>
4438 <t>"VOLUME" -
4439 <list>
4440 <t>master volume of the instrument as optionally
4441 dotted number (where a value < 1.0 means attenuation
4442 and a value > 1.0 means amplification)</t>
4443 </list>
4444 </t>
4445 <t>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order.</t>
4446 </list>
4447 </t>
4448
4449 <t>Example:</t>
4450 <t>
4451 <list>
4452 <t>C: "GET MIDI_INSTRUMENT INFO 1 45 120"</t>
4453 <t>S: "NAME: Drums for Foo Song"</t>
4454 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"ENGINE_NAME: GigEngine"</t>
4455 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_FILE: /usr/share/joesdrumkit.gig"</t>
4456 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_NR: 0"</t>
4457 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"INSTRUMENT_NAME: Joe's Drumkit"</t>
4458 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"LOAD_MODE: PERSISTENT"</t>
4459 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"VOLUME: 1.0"</t>
4460 <t>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"."</t>
4461 </list>
4462 </t>
4463 </section>
4464
4465 <section title="Clear MIDI instrument map" anchor="CLEAR MIDI_INSTRUMENTS">
4466 <t>The front-end can clear a whole MIDI instrument map, that
4467 is delete all its entries by sending the following command:</t>
4468 <t>
4469 <list>
4470 <t>CLEAR MIDI_INSTRUMENTS &lt;map&gt;</t>
4471 </list>
4472 </t>
4473 <t>Where &lt;map&gt; is the numeric ID of the map to clear.</t>
4474 <t>The front-end can clear all MIDI instrument maps, that
4475 is delete all entries of all maps by sending the following
4476 command:</t>
4477 <t>
4478 <list>
4479 <t>CLEAR MIDI_INSTRUMENTS ALL</t>
4480 </list>
4481 </t>
4482 <t>The command "CLEAR MIDI_INSTRUMENTS ALL" does not delete the
4483 maps, only their entries, thus the map's settings like
4484 custom name will be preservevd.</t>
4485
4486 <t>Possible Answers:</t>
4487 <t>
4488 <list>
4489 <t>"OK" -
4490 <list>
4491 <t>always</t>
4492 </list>
4493 </t>
4494 </list>
4495 </t>
4496
4497 <t>Examples:</t>
4498 <t>
4499 <list>
4500 <t>C: "CLEAR MIDI_INSTRUMENTS 0"</t>
4501 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4502 </list>
4503 </t>
4504 <t>
4505 <list>
4506 <t>C: "CLEAR MIDI_INSTRUMENTS ALL"</t>
4507 <t>S: "OK"</t>
4508 </list>
4509 </t>
4510 </section>
4511 </section>
4512
4513 </section>
4514
4515
4516 <section title="Command Syntax" anchor="command_syntax">
4517 <t>The grammar of the control protocol as descibed in <xref target="control_commands"/>
4518 is defined below using Backus-Naur Form (BNF as described in <xref target="RFC2234"/>)
4519 where applicable.
4520 </t>
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4527
4528 <t>input =
4529 <list>
4530 <t>line LF
4531 </t>
4532 <t>/ line CR LF
4533 </t>
4534 </list>
4535 </t>
4536 <t>line =
4537 <list>
4538 <t>/* epsilon (empty line ignored) */
4539 </t>
4540 <t>/ comment
4541 </t>
4542 <t>/ command
4543 </t>
4544 <t>/ error
4545 </t>
4546 </list>
4547 </t>
4548 <t>comment =
4549 <list>
4550 <t>'#'
4551 </t>
4552 <t>/ comment '#'
4553 </t>
4554 <t>/ comment SP
4555 </t>
4556 <t>/ comment number
4557 </t>
4558 <t>/ comment string
4559 </t>
4560 </list>
4561 </t>
4562 <t>command =
4563 <list>
4564 <t>ADD SP add_instruction
4565 </t>
4566 <t>/ MAP SP map_instruction
4567 </t>
4568 <t>/ UNMAP SP unmap_instruction
4569 </t>
4570 <t>/ GET SP get_instruction
4571 </t>
4572 <t>/ CREATE SP create_instruction
4573 </t>
4574 <t>/ DESTROY SP destroy_instruction
4575 </t>
4576 <t>/ LIST SP list_instruction
4577 </t>
4578 <t>/ LOAD SP load_instruction
4579 </t>
4580 <t>/ REMOVE SP remove_instruction
4581 </t>
4582 <t>/ SET SP set_instruction
4583 </t>
4584 <t>/ SUBSCRIBE SP subscribe_event
4585 </t>
4586 <t>/ UNSUBSCRIBE SP unsubscribe_event
4587 </t>
4588 <t>/ SELECT SP text
4589 </t>
4590 <t>/ RESET SP reset_instruction
4591 </t>
4592 <t>/ CLEAR SP clear_instruction
4593 </t>
4594 <t>/ RESET
4595 </t>
4596 <t>/ QUIT
4597 </t>
4598 </list>
4599 </t>
4600 <t>add_instruction =
4601 <list>
4602 <t>CHANNEL
4603 </t>
4604 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP
4605 </t>
4606 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP map_name
4607 </t>
4608 </list>
4609 </t>
4610 <t>subscribe_event =
4611 <list>
4612 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_COUNT
4613 </t>
4614 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_INFO
4615 </t>
4616 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_COUNT
4617 </t>
4618 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_INFO
4619 </t>
4620 <t>/ CHANNEL_COUNT
4621 </t>
4622 <t>/ VOICE_COUNT
4623 </t>
4624 <t>/ STREAM_COUNT
4625 </t>
4626 <t>/ BUFFER_FILL
4627 </t>
4628 <t>/ CHANNEL_INFO
4629 </t>
4630 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_COUNT
4631 </t>
4632 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_INFO
4633 </t>
4634 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_COUNT
4635 </t>
4636 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO
4637 </t>
4638 <t>/ MISCELLANEOUS
4639 </t>
4640 <t>/ TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT
4641 </t>
4642 </list>
4643 </t>
4644 <t>unsubscribe_event =
4645 <list>
4646 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_COUNT
4647 </t>
4648 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_INFO
4649 </t>
4650 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_COUNT
4651 </t>
4652 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_INFO
4653 </t>
4654 <t>/ CHANNEL_COUNT
4655 </t>
4656 <t>/ VOICE_COUNT
4657 </t>
4658 <t>/ STREAM_COUNT
4659 </t>
4660 <t>/ BUFFER_FILL
4661 </t>
4662 <t>/ CHANNEL_INFO
4663 </t>
4664 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_COUNT
4665 </t>
4666 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_INFO
4667 </t>
4668 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_COUNT
4669 </t>
4670 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO
4671 </t>
4672 <t>/ MISCELLANEOUS
4673 </t>
4674 <t>/ TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT
4675 </t>
4676 </list>
4677 </t>
4678 <t>map_instruction =
4679 <list>
4680 <t>MIDI_INSTRUMENT SP midi_map SP midi_bank SP midi_prog SP engine_name SP filename SP instrument_index SP volume_value
4681 </t>
4682 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT SP midi_map SP midi_bank SP midi_prog SP engine_name SP filename SP instrument_index SP volume_value SP instr_load_mode
4683 </t>
4684 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT SP midi_map SP midi_bank SP midi_prog SP engine_name SP filename SP instrument_index SP volume_value SP entry_name
4685 </t>
4686 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT SP midi_map SP midi_bank SP midi_prog SP engine_name SP filename SP instrument_index SP volume_value SP instr_load_mode SP entry_name
4687 </t>
4688 </list>
4689 </t>
4690 <t>unmap_instruction =
4691 <list>
4692 <t>MIDI_INSTRUMENT SP midi_map SP midi_bank SP midi_prog
4693 </t>
4694 </list>
4695 </t>
4696 <t>remove_instruction =
4697 <list>
4698 <t>CHANNEL SP sampler_channel
4699 </t>
4700 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP midi_map
4701 </t>
4702 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP ALL
4703 </t>
4704 </list>
4705 </t>
4706 <t>get_instruction =
4707 <list>
4708 <t>AVAILABLE_ENGINES
4709 </t>
4710 <t>/ AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS
4711 </t>
4712 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER SP INFO SP string
4713 </t>
4714 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER SP INFO SP string SP string
4715 </t>
4716 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER SP INFO SP string SP string SP key_val_list
4717 </t>
4718 <t>/ AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS
4719 </t>
4720 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER SP INFO SP string
4721 </t>
4722 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER SP INFO SP string SP string
4723 </t>
4724 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER SP INFO SP string SP string SP key_val_list
4725 </t>
4726 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES
4727 </t>
4728 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES
4729 </t>
4730 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE SP INFO SP number
4731 </t>
4732 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE SP INFO SP number
4733 </t>
4734 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_PORT SP INFO SP number SP number
4735 </t>
4736 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER SP INFO SP number SP number SP string
4737 </t>
4738 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL SP INFO SP number SP number
4739 </t>
4740 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER SP INFO SP number SP number SP string
4741 </t>
4742 <t>/ CHANNELS
4743 </t>
4744 <t>/ CHANNEL SP INFO SP sampler_channel
4745 </t>
4746 <t>/ CHANNEL SP BUFFER_FILL SP buffer_size_type SP sampler_channel
4747 </t>
4748 <t>/ CHANNEL SP STREAM_COUNT SP sampler_channel
4749 </t>
4750 <t>/ CHANNEL SP VOICE_COUNT SP sampler_channel
4751 </t>
4752 <t>/ ENGINE SP INFO SP engine_name
4753 </t>
4754 <t>/ SERVER SP INFO
4755 </t>
4756 <t>/ TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT
4757 </t>
4758 <t>/ TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT_MAX
4759 </t>
4760 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENTS SP midi_map
4761 </t>
4762 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENTS SP ALL
4763 </t>
4764 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT SP INFO SP midi_map SP midi_bank SP midi_prog
4765 </t>
4766 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS
4767 </t>
4768 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP INFO SP midi_map
4769 </t>
4770 <t>/ FX_SENDS SP sampler_channel
4771 </t>
4772 <t>/ FX_SEND SP INFO SP sampler_channel SP fx_send_id
4773 </t>
4774 </list>
4775 </t>
4776 <t>set_instruction =
4777 <list>
4778 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER SP number SP string '=' param_val_list
4779 </t>
4780 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER SP number SP number SP string '=' param_val_list
4781 </t>
4782 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER SP number SP string '=' param_val_list
4783 </t>
4784 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER SP number SP number SP string '=' param_val_list
4785 </t>
4786 <t>/ CHANNEL SP set_chan_instruction
4787 </t>
4788 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP NAME SP midi_map SP map_name
4789 </t>
4790 <t>/ FX_SEND SP AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL SP sampler_channel SP fx_send_id SP audio_channel_index SP audio_channel_index
4791 </t>
4792 <t>/ ECHO SP boolean
4793 </t>
4794 </list>
4795 </t>
4796 <t>create_instruction =
4797 <list>
4798 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE SP string SP key_val_list
4799 </t>
4800 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE SP string
4801 </t>
4802 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE SP string SP key_val_list
4803 </t>
4804 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE SP string
4805 </t>
4806 <t>/ FX_SEND SP sampler_channel SP midi_ctrl
4807 </t>
4808 <t>/ FX_SEND SP sampler_channel SP midi_ctrl SP fx_send_name
4809 </t>
4810 </list>
4811 </t>
4812 <t>reset_instruction =
4813 <list>
4814 <t>CHANNEL SP sampler_channel
4815 </t>
4816 </list>
4817 </t>
4818 <t>clear_instruction =
4819 <list>
4820 <t>MIDI_INSTRUMENTS SP midi_map
4821 </t>
4822 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENTS SP ALL
4823 </t>
4824 </list>
4825 </t>
4826 <t>destroy_instruction =
4827 <list>
4828 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE SP number
4829 </t>
4830 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE SP number
4831 </t>
4832 <t>/ FX_SEND SP sampler_channel SP fx_send_id
4833 </t>
4834 </list>
4835 </t>
4836 <t>load_instruction =
4837 <list>
4838 <t>INSTRUMENT SP load_instr_args
4839 </t>
4840 <t>/ ENGINE SP load_engine_args
4841 </t>
4842 </list>
4843 </t>
4844 <t>set_chan_instruction =
4845 <list>
4846 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE SP sampler_channel SP device_index
4847 </t>
4848 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL SP sampler_channel SP audio_channel_index SP audio_channel_index
4849 </t>
4850 <t>/ AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE SP sampler_channel SP audio_output_type_name
4851 </t>
4852 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT SP sampler_channel SP device_index SP midi_input_port_index SP midi_input_channel_index
4853 </t>
4854 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE SP sampler_channel SP device_index
4855 </t>
4856 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_PORT SP sampler_channel SP midi_input_port_index
4857 </t>
4858 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL SP sampler_channel SP midi_input_channel_index
4859 </t>
4860 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_TYPE SP sampler_channel SP midi_input_type_name
4861 </t>
4862 <t>/ VOLUME SP sampler_channel SP volume_value
4863 </t>
4864 <t>/ MUTE SP sampler_channel SP boolean
4865 </t>
4866 <t>/ SOLO SP sampler_channel SP boolean
4867 </t>
4868 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP sampler_channel SP midi_map
4869 </t>
4870 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP sampler_channel SP NONE
4871 </t>
4872 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP SP sampler_channel SP DEFAULT
4873 </t>
4874 </list>
4875 </t>
4876 <t>key_val_list =
4877 <list>
4878 <t>string '=' param_val_list
4879 </t>
4880 <t>/ key_val_list SP string '=' param_val_list
4881 </t>
4882 </list>
4883 </t>
4884 <t>buffer_size_type =
4885 <list>
4886 <t>BYTES
4887 </t>
4888 <t>/ PERCENTAGE
4889 </t>
4890 </list>
4891 </t>
4892 <t>list_instruction =
4893 <list>
4894 <t>AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES
4895 </t>
4896 <t>/ MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES
4897 </t>
4898 <t>/ CHANNELS
4899 </t>
4900 <t>/ AVAILABLE_ENGINES
4901 </t>
4902 <t>/ AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS
4903 </t>
4904 <t>/ AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS
4905 </t>
4906 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENTS SP midi_map
4907 </t>
4908 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENTS SP ALL
4909 </t>
4910 <t>/ MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAPS
4911 </t>
4912 <t>/ FX_SENDS SP sampler_channel
4913 </t>
4914 </list>
4915 </t>
4916 <t>load_instr_args =
4917 <list>
4918 <t>filename SP instrument_index SP sampler_channel
4919 </t>
4920 <t>/ NON_MODAL SP filename SP instrument_index SP sampler_channel
4921 </t>
4922 </list>
4923 </t>
4924 <t>load_engine_args =
4925 <list>
4926 <t>engine_name SP sampler_channel
4927 </t>
4928 </list>
4929 </t>
4930 <t>instr_load_mode =
4931 <list>
4932 <t>ON_DEMAND
4933 </t>
4934 <t>/ ON_DEMAND_HOLD
4935 </t>
4936 <t>/ PERSISTENT
4937 </t>
4938 </list>
4939 </t>
4940 <t>device_index =
4941 <list>
4942 <t>number
4943 </t>
4944 </list>
4945 </t>
4946 <t>audio_channel_index =
4947 <list>
4948 <t>number
4949 </t>
4950 </list>
4951 </t>
4952 <t>audio_output_type_name =
4953 <list>
4954 <t>string
4955 </t>
4956 </list>
4957 </t>
4958 <t>midi_input_port_index =
4959 <list>
4960 <t>number
4961 </t>
4962 </list>
4963 </t>
4964 <t>midi_input_channel_index =
4965 <list>
4966 <t>number
4967 </t>
4968 <t>/ ALL
4969 </t>
4970 </list>
4971 </t>
4972 <t>midi_input_type_name =
4973 <list>
4974 <t>string
4975 </t>
4976 </list>
4977 </t>
4978 <t>midi_map =
4979 <list>
4980 <t>number
4981 </t>
4982 </list>
4983 </t>
4984 <t>midi_bank =
4985 <list>
4986 <t>number
4987 </t>
4988 </list>
4989 </t>
4990 <t>midi_prog =
4991 <list>
4992 <t>number
4993 </t>
4994 </list>
4995 </t>
4996 <t>midi_ctrl =
4997 <list>
4998 <t>number
4999 </t>
5000 </list>
5001 </t>
5002 <t>volume_value =
5003 <list>
5004 <t>dotnum
5005 </t>
5006 <t>/ number
5007 </t>
5008 </list>
5009 </t>
5010 <t>sampler_channel =
5011 <list>
5012 <t>number
5013 </t>
5014 </list>
5015 </t>
5016 <t>instrument_index =
5017 <list>
5018 <t>number
5019 </t>
5020 </list>
5021 </t>
5022 <t>fx_send_id =
5023 <list>
5024 <t>number
5025 </t>
5026 </list>
5027 </t>
5028 <t>engine_name =
5029 <list>
5030 <t>string
5031 </t>
5032 </list>
5033 </t>
5034 <t>filename =
5035 <list>
5036 <t>stringval
5037 </t>
5038 </list>
5039 </t>
5040 <t>map_name =
5041 <list>
5042 <t>stringval
5043 </t>
5044 </list>
5045 </t>
5046 <t>entry_name =
5047 <list>
5048 <t>stringval
5049 </t>
5050 </list>
5051 </t>
5052 <t>fx_send_name =
5053 <list>
5054 <t>stringval
5055 </t>
5056 </list>
5057 </t>
5058 <t>param_val_list =
5059 <list>
5060 <t>param_val
5061 </t>
5062 <t>/ param_val_list','param_val
5063 </t>
5064 </list>
5065 </t>
5066 <t>param_val =
5067 <list>
5068 <t>string
5069 </t>
5070 <t>/ stringval
5071 </t>
5072 <t>/ number
5073 </t>
5074 <t>/ dotnum
5075 </t>
5076 </list>
5077 </t>
5078
5079 <!-- GRAMMAR_BNF_END - do NOT delete or modify this line !!! -->
5080 </section>
5081
5082 <section title="Events" anchor="events">
5083 <t>This chapter will describe all currently defined events supported by LinuxSampler.</t>
5084
5085 <section title="Number of audio output devices changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_COUNT">
5086 <t>Client may want to be notified when the total number of audio output devices on the
5087 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5088 <t>
5089 <list>
5090 <t>SUBSCRIBE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_COUNT</t>
5091 </list>
5092 </t>
5093 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5094 <t>
5095 <list>
5096 <t>"NOTIFY:AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_COUNT:&lt;devices&gt;"</t>
5097 </list>
5098 </t>
5099 <t>where &lt;devices&gt; will be replaced by the new number
5100 of audio output devices.</t>
5101 </section>
5102
5103 <section title="Audio output device's settings changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_INFO">
5104 <t>Client may want to be notified when changes were made to audio output devices on the
5105 back-end by issuing the following command:</t>
5106 <t>
5107 <list>
5108 <t>SUBSCRIBE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_INFO</t>
5109 </list>
5110 </t>
5111 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5112 <t>
5113 <list>
5114 <t>"NOTIFY:AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_INFO:&lt;device-id&gt;"</t>
5115 </list>
5116 </t>
5117 <t>where &lt;device-id&gt; will be replaced by the numerical ID of the audio output device,
5118 which settings has been changed. The front-end will have to send
5119 the respective command to actually get the audio output device info. Because these messages
5120 will be triggered by LSCP commands issued by other clients rather than real
5121 time events happening on the server, it is believed that an empty notification
5122 message is sufficient here.</t>
5123 </section>
5124
5125 <section title="Number of MIDI input devices changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_COUNT">
5126 <t>Client may want to be notified when the total number of MIDI input devices on the
5127 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5128 <t>
5129 <list>
5130 <t>SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_COUNT</t>
5131 </list>
5132 </t>
5133 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5134 <t>
5135 <list>
5136 <t>"NOTIFY:MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_COUNT:&lt;devices&gt;"</t>
5137 </list>
5138 </t>
5139 <t>where &lt;devices&gt; will be replaced by the new number
5140 of MIDI input devices.</t>
5141 </section>
5142
5143 <section title="MIDI input device's settings changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_INFO">
5144 <t>Client may want to be notified when changes were made to MIDI input devices on the
5145 back-end by issuing the following command:</t>
5146 <t>
5147 <list>
5148 <t>SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_INFO</t>
5149 </list>
5150 </t>
5151 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5152 <t>
5153 <list>
5154 <t>"NOTIFY:MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_INFO:&lt;device-id&gt;"</t>
5155 </list>
5156 </t>
5157 <t>where &lt;device-id&gt; will be replaced by the numerical ID of the MIDI input device,
5158 which settings has been changed. The front-end will have to send
5159 the respective command to actually get the MIDI input device info. Because these messages
5160 will be triggered by LSCP commands issued by other clients rather than real
5161 time events happening on the server, it is believed that an empty notification
5162 message is sufficient here.</t>
5163 </section>
5164
5165 <section title="Number of sampler channels changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE CHANNEL_COUNT">
5166 <t>Client may want to be notified when the total number of channels on the
5167 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5168 <t>
5169 <list>
5170 <t>SUBSCRIBE CHANNEL_COUNT</t>
5171 </list>
5172 </t>
5173 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5174 <t>
5175 <list>
5176 <t>"NOTIFY:CHANNEL_COUNT:&lt;channels&gt;"</t>
5177 </list>
5178 </t>
5179 <t>where &lt;channels&gt; will be replaced by the new number
5180 of sampler channels.</t>
5181 </section>
5182
5183 <section title="Number of active voices changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE VOICE_COUNT">
5184 <t>Client may want to be notified when the number of voices on the
5185 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5186 <t>
5187 <list>
5188 <t>SUBSCRIBE VOICE_COUNT</t>
5189 </list>
5190 </t>
5191 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5192 <t>
5193 <list>
5194 <t>"NOTIFY:VOICE_COUNT:&lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;voices&gt;</t>
5195 </list>
5196 </t>
5197 <t>where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; will be replaced by the sampler channel the
5198 voice count change occurred and &lt;voices&gt; by the new number of
5199 active voices on that channel.</t>
5200 </section>
5201
5202 <section title="Number of active disk streams changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE STREAM_COUNT">
5203 <t>Client may want to be notified when the number of streams on the back-end
5204 changes by issuing the following command: SUBSCRIBE STREAM_COUNT</t>
5205 <t>
5206 <list>
5207 <t>SUBSCRIBE STREAM_COUNT</t>
5208 </list>
5209 </t>
5210 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5211 <t>
5212 <list>
5213 <t>"NOTIFY:STREAM_COUNT:&lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;streams&gt;"</t>
5214 </list>
5215 </t>
5216 <t>where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; will be replaced by the sampler channel the
5217 stream count change occurred and &lt;streams&gt; by the new number of
5218 active disk streams on that channel.</t>
5219 </section>
5220
5221 <section title="Disk stream buffer fill state changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE BUFFER_FILL">
5222 <t>Client may want to be notified when the buffer fill state of a disk stream
5223 on the back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5224 <t>
5225 <list>
5226 <t>SUBSCRIBE BUFFER_FILL</t>
5227 </list>
5228 </t>
5229 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5230 <t>
5231 <list>
5232 <t>"NOTIFY:BUFFER_FILL:&lt;sampler-channel&gt; &lt;fill-data&gt;"</t>
5233 </list>
5234 </t>
5235 <t>where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; will be replaced by the sampler channel the
5236 buffer fill state change occurred on and &lt;fill-data&gt; will be replaced by the
5237 buffer fill data for this channel as described in <xref target="GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL" />
5238 as if the <xref target="GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL">
5239 "GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL PERCENTAGE"</xref> command was issued on this channel.</t>
5240 </section>
5241
5242 <section title="Channel information changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE CHANNEL_INFO">
5243 <t>Client may want to be notified when changes were made to sampler channels on the
5244 back-end by issuing the following command:</t>
5245 <t>
5246 <list>
5247 <t>SUBSCRIBE CHANNEL_INFO</t>
5248 </list>
5249 </t>
5250 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5251 <t>
5252 <list>
5253 <t>"NOTIFY:CHANNEL_INFO:&lt;sampler-channel&gt;"</t>
5254 </list>
5255 </t>
5256 <t>where &lt;sampler-channel&gt; will be replaced by the sampler channel the
5257 channel info change occurred. The front-end will have to send
5258 the respective command to actually get the channel info. Because these messages
5259 will be triggered by LSCP commands issued by other clients rather than real
5260 time events happening on the server, it is believed that an empty notification
5261 message is sufficient here.</t>
5262 </section>
5263
5264 <section title="Total number of active voices changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT">
5265 <t>Client may want to be notified when the total number of voices on the
5266 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5267 <t>
5268 <list>
5269 <t>SUBSCRIBE TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT</t>
5270 </list>
5271 </t>
5272 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5273 <t>
5274 <list>
5275 <t>"NOTIFY:TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT:&lt;voices&gt;</t>
5276 </list>
5277 </t>
5278 <t>where &lt;voices&gt; will be replaced by the new number of
5279 all currently active voices.</t>
5280 </section>
5281
5282 <section title="Number of MIDI instrument maps changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_COUNT">
5283 <t>Client may want to be notified when the number of MIDI instrument maps on the
5284 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5285 <t>
5286 <list>
5287 <t>SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_COUNT</t>
5288 </list>
5289 </t>
5290 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5291 <t>
5292 <list>
5293 <t>"NOTIFY:MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_COUNT:&lt;maps&gt;"</t>
5294 </list>
5295 </t>
5296 <t>where &lt;maps&gt; will be replaced by the new number
5297 of MIDI instrument maps.</t>
5298 </section>
5299
5300 <section title="MIDI instrument map information changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_INFO">
5301 <t>Client may want to be notified when changes were made to MIDI instrument maps on the
5302 back-end by issuing the following command:</t>
5303 <t>
5304 <list>
5305 <t>SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_INFO</t>
5306 </list>
5307 </t>
5308 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5309 <t>
5310 <list>
5311 <t>"NOTIFY:MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP_INFO:&lt;map-id&gt;"</t>
5312 </list>
5313 </t>
5314 <t>where &lt;map-id&gt; will be replaced by the numerical ID of the MIDI instrument map,
5315 for which information changes occurred. The front-end will have to send
5316 the respective command to actually get the MIDI instrument map info. Because these messages
5317 will be triggered by LSCP commands issued by other clients rather than real
5318 time events happening on the server, it is believed that an empty notification
5319 message is sufficient here.</t>
5320 </section>
5321
5322 <section title="Number of MIDI instruments changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_COUNT">
5323 <t>Client may want to be notified when the number of MIDI instrument maps on the
5324 back-end changes by issuing the following command:</t>
5325 <t>
5326 <list>
5327 <t>SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_COUNT</t>
5328 </list>
5329 </t>
5330 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5331 <t>
5332 <list>
5333 <t>"NOTIFY:MIDI_INSTRUMENT_COUNT:&lt;map-id&gt; &lt;instruments&gt;"</t>
5334 </list>
5335 </t>
5336 <t>where &lt;map-id&gt; is the numerical ID of the MIDI instrument map, in which
5337 the nuber of instruments has changed and &lt;instruments&gt; will be replaced by
5338 the new number of MIDI instruments in the specified map.</t>
5339 </section>
5340
5341 <section title="MIDI instrument information changed" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO">
5342 <t>Client may want to be notified when changes were made to MIDI instruments on the
5343 back-end by issuing the following command:</t>
5344 <t>
5345 <list>
5346 <t>SUBSCRIBE MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO</t>
5347 </list>
5348 </t>
5349 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5350 <t>
5351 <list>
5352 <t>"NOTIFY:MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO:&lt;map-id&gt; &lt;bank&gt; &lt;program&gt;"</t>
5353 </list>
5354 </t>
5355 <t>where &lt;map-id&gt; will be replaced by the numerical ID of the MIDI instrument map,
5356 in which a MIDI instrument is changed. &lt;bank&gt; and &lt;program&gt; specifies
5357 the location of the changed MIDI instrument in the map. The front-end will have to send
5358 the respective command to actually get the MIDI instrument info. Because these messages
5359 will be triggered by LSCP commands issued by other clients rather than real
5360 time events happening on the server, it is believed that an empty notification
5361 message is sufficient here.</t>
5362 </section>
5363
5364 <section title="Miscellaneous and debugging events" anchor="SUBSCRIBE MISCELLANEOUS">
5365 <t>Client may want to be notified of miscellaneous and debugging events occurring at
5366 the server by issuing the following command:</t>
5367 <t>
5368 <list>
5369 <t>SUBSCRIBE MISCELLANEOUS</t>
5370 </list>
5371 </t>
5372 <t>Server will start sending the following notification messages:</t>
5373 <t>
5374 <list>
5375 <t>"NOTIFY:MISCELLANEOUS:&lt;string&gt;"</t>
5376 </list>
5377 </t>
5378 <t>where &lt;string&gt; will be replaced by whatever data server
5379 wants to send to the client. Client MAY display this data to the
5380 user AS IS to facilitate debugging.</t>
5381 </section>
5382 </section>
5383
5384 <section title="Security Considerations">
5385 <t>As there is so far no method of authentication and authorization
5386 defined and so not required for a client applications to succeed to
5387 connect, running LinuxSampler might be a security risk for the host
5388 system the LinuxSampler instance is running on.</t>
5389 </section>
5390
5391 <section title="Acknowledgments">
5392 <t>This document has benefited greatly from the comments of the
5393 following people, discussed on the LinuxSampler developer's mailing
5394 list:</t>
5395 <t>
5396 <list>
5397 <t>Rui Nuno Capela</t>
5398 <t>Vladimir Senkov</t>
5399 <t>Mark Knecht</t>
5400 <t>Grigor Iliev</t>
5401 </list>
5402 </t>
5403 </section>
5404
5405 </middle>
5406
5407 <back>
5408 <references>
5409 <reference anchor="RFC2119">
5410 <front>
5411 <title>Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels</title>
5412 <author initials="S." surname="Bradner" fullname="Scott Bradner">
5413 <organization>Harvard University</organization>
5414 </author>
5415 <date year="1997"></date>
5416 </front>
5417 <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2119" />
5418 </reference>
5419 <reference anchor="RFC793">
5420 <front>
5421 <title>TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL</title>
5422 <author>
5423 <organization>Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency</organization>
5424 </author>
5425 <date year="1981"></date>
5426 </front>
5427 <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="793" />
5428 </reference>
5429 <reference anchor="RFC2234">
5430 <front>
5431 <title>Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications</title>
5432 <author initials="D.H." surname="Crocker" fullname="David H. Crocker">
5433 <organization>Internet Mail Consortium</organization>
5434 </author>
5435 <author initials="P." surname="Overell" fullname="Paul Overell">
5436 <organization>Demon Internet Ltd</organization>
5437 </author>
5438 <date year="1997"></date>
5439 </front>
5440 <seriesInfo name="RFC" value="2234" />
5441 </reference>
5442 </references>
5443 </back>
5444
5445 </rfc>

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