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127 | <tr><td class="header">LinuxSampler Developers</td><td class="header">C. Schoenebeck</td></tr> |
128 | <tr><td class="header">Internet-Draft</td><td class="header">Interessengemeinschaft Software</td></tr> |
129 | <tr><td class="header">Expires: May 29, 2007</td><td class="header">Engineering e. V.</td></tr> |
130 | <tr><td class="header"> </td><td class="header">November 25, 2006</td></tr> |
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132 | <div align="right"><span class="title"><br />LinuxSampler Control Protocol</span></div> |
133 | <div align="right"><span class="title"><br />LSCP 1.1</span></div> |
134 | |
135 | <h3>Status of this Memo</h3> |
136 | <p> |
137 | This document is an Internet-Draft and is |
138 | in full conformance with all provisions of Section 10 of RFC 2026.</p> |
139 | <p> |
140 | Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering |
141 | Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. |
142 | Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as |
143 | Internet-Drafts.</p> |
144 | <p> |
145 | Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months |
146 | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. |
147 | It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference material or to cite |
148 | them other than as “work in progress.”</p> |
149 | <p> |
150 | The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at |
151 | <a href='http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt'>http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt</a>.</p> |
152 | <p> |
153 | The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at |
154 | <a href='http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html'>http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html</a>.</p> |
155 | <p> |
156 | This Internet-Draft will expire on May 29, 2007.</p> |
157 | |
158 | <h3>Copyright Notice</h3> |
159 | <p> |
160 | Copyright © The Internet Society (2006). All Rights Reserved.</p> |
161 | |
162 | <h3>Abstract</h3> |
163 | |
164 | <p>The LinuxSampler Control Protocol (LSCP) is an |
165 | application-level protocol primarily intended for local and |
166 | remote controlling the LinuxSampler backend application, which is a |
167 | sophisticated server-like console application essentially playing |
168 | back audio samples and manipulating the samples in real time to |
169 | certain extent. |
170 | </p><a name="toc"></a><br /><hr /> |
171 | <h3>Table of Contents</h3> |
172 | <p class="toc"> |
173 | <a href="#anchor1">1.</a> |
174 | Requirements notation<br /> |
175 | <a href="#LSCP versioning">2.</a> |
176 | Versioning of this specification<br /> |
177 | <a href="#anchor2">3.</a> |
178 | Introduction<br /> |
179 | <a href="#anchor3">4.</a> |
180 | Focus of this protocol<br /> |
181 | <a href="#anchor4">5.</a> |
182 | Communication Overview<br /> |
183 | <a href="#anchor5">5.1.</a> |
184 | Request/response communication method<br /> |
185 | <a href="#anchor6">5.1.1.</a> |
186 | Result format<br /> |
187 | <a href="#anchor7">5.2.</a> |
188 | Subscribe/notify communication method<br /> |
189 | <a href="#control_commands">6.</a> |
190 | Description for control commands<br /> |
191 | <a href="#anchor8">6.1.</a> |
192 | Ignored lines and comments<br /> |
193 | <a href="#anchor9">6.2.</a> |
194 | Configuring audio drivers<br /> |
195 | <a href="#GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">6.2.1.</a> |
196 | Getting amount of available audio output drivers<br /> |
197 | <a href="#LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">6.2.2.</a> |
198 | Getting all available audio output drivers<br /> |
199 | <a href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO">6.2.3.</a> |
200 | Getting information about a specific audio |
201 | output driver<br /> |
202 | <a href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO">6.2.4.</a> |
203 | Getting information about specific audio |
204 | output driver parameter<br /> |
205 | <a href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">6.2.5.</a> |
206 | Creating an audio output device<br /> |
207 | <a href="#DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">6.2.6.</a> |
208 | Destroying an audio output device<br /> |
209 | <a href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">6.2.7.</a> |
210 | Getting all created audio output device count<br /> |
211 | <a href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">6.2.8.</a> |
212 | Getting all created audio output device list<br /> |
213 | <a href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO">6.2.9.</a> |
214 | Getting current settings of an audio output device<br /> |
215 | <a href="#SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER">6.2.10.</a> |
216 | Changing settings of audio output devices<br /> |
217 | <a href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO">6.2.11.</a> |
218 | Getting information about an audio channel<br /> |
219 | <a href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO">6.2.12.</a> |
220 | Getting information about specific audio channel parameter<br /> |
221 | <a href="#SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER">6.2.13.</a> |
222 | Changing settings of audio output channels<br /> |
223 | <a href="#anchor10">6.3.</a> |
224 | Configuring MIDI input drivers<br /> |
225 | <a href="#GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">6.3.1.</a> |
226 | Getting amount of available MIDI input drivers<br /> |
227 | <a href="#LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">6.3.2.</a> |
228 | Getting all available MIDI input drivers<br /> |
229 | <a href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO">6.3.3.</a> |
230 | Getting information about a specific MIDI input driver<br /> |
231 | <a href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO">6.3.4.</a> |
232 | Getting information about specific MIDI input driver parameter<br /> |
233 | <a href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">6.3.5.</a> |
234 | Creating a MIDI input device<br /> |
235 | <a href="#DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">6.3.6.</a> |
236 | Destroying a MIDI input device<br /> |
237 | <a href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">6.3.7.</a> |
238 | Getting all created MIDI input device count<br /> |
239 | <a href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">6.3.8.</a> |
240 | Getting all created MIDI input device list<br /> |
241 | <a href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO">6.3.9.</a> |
242 | Getting current settings of a MIDI input device<br /> |
243 | <a href="#SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER">6.3.10.</a> |
244 | Changing settings of MIDI input devices<br /> |
245 | <a href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO">6.3.11.</a> |
246 | Getting information about a MIDI port<br /> |
247 | <a href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO">6.3.12.</a> |
248 | Getting information about specific MIDI port parameter<br /> |
249 | <a href="#SET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER">6.3.13.</a> |
250 | Changing settings of MIDI input ports<br /> |
251 | <a href="#anchor11">6.4.</a> |
252 | Configuring sampler channels<br /> |
253 | <a href="#LOAD INSTRUMENT">6.4.1.</a> |
254 | Loading an instrument<br /> |
255 | <a href="#LOAD ENGINE">6.4.2.</a> |
256 | Loading a sampler engine<br /> |
257 | <a href="#GET CHANNELS">6.4.3.</a> |
258 | Getting all created sampler channel count<br /> |
259 | <a href="#LIST CHANNELS">6.4.4.</a> |
260 | Getting all created sampler channel list<br /> |
261 | <a href="#ADD CHANNEL">6.4.5.</a> |
262 | Adding a new sampler channel<br /> |
263 | <a href="#REMOVE CHANNEL">6.4.6.</a> |
264 | Removing a sampler channel<br /> |
265 | <a href="#GET AVAILABLE_ENGINES">6.4.7.</a> |
266 | Getting amount of available engines<br /> |
267 | <a href="#LIST AVAILABLE_ENGINES">6.4.8.</a> |
268 | Getting all available engines<br /> |
269 | <a href="#GET ENGINE INFO">6.4.9.</a> |
270 | Getting information about an engine<br /> |
271 | <a href="#GET CHANNEL INFO">6.4.10.</a> |
272 | Getting sampler channel information<br /> |
273 | <a href="#GET CHANNEL VOICE_COUNT">6.4.11.</a> |
274 | Current number of active voices<br /> |
275 | <a href="#GET CHANNEL STREAM_COUNT">6.4.12.</a> |
276 | Current number of active disk streams<br /> |
277 | <a href="#GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL">6.4.13.</a> |
278 | Current fill state of disk stream buffers<br /> |
279 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">6.4.14.</a> |
280 | Setting audio output device<br /> |
281 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYP">6.4.15.</a> |
282 | Setting audio output type<br /> |
283 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL">6.4.16.</a> |
284 | Setting audio output channel<br /> |
285 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">6.4.17.</a> |
286 | Setting MIDI input device<br /> |
287 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE">6.4.18.</a> |
288 | Setting MIDI input type<br /> |
289 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT">6.4.19.</a> |
290 | Setting MIDI input port<br /> |
291 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL">6.4.20.</a> |
292 | Setting MIDI input channel<br /> |
293 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL VOLUME">6.4.21.</a> |
294 | Setting channel volume<br /> |
295 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL MUTE">6.4.22.</a> |
296 | Muting a sampler channel<br /> |
297 | <a href="#SET CHANNEL SOLO">6.4.23.</a> |
298 | Soloing a sampler channel<br /> |
299 | <a href="#RESET CHANNEL">6.4.24.</a> |
300 | Resetting a sampler channel<br /> |
301 | <a href="#anchor12">6.5.</a> |
302 | Controlling connection<br /> |
303 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE">6.5.1.</a> |
304 | Register front-end for receiving event messages<br /> |
305 | <a href="#UNSUBSCRIBE">6.5.2.</a> |
306 | Unregister front-end for not receiving event messages<br /> |
307 | <a href="#SET ECHO">6.5.3.</a> |
308 | Enable or disable echo of commands<br /> |
309 | <a href="#QUIT">6.5.4.</a> |
310 | Close client connection<br /> |
311 | <a href="#anchor13">6.6.</a> |
312 | Global commands<br /> |
313 | <a href="#GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT">6.6.1.</a> |
314 | Current number of active voices<br /> |
315 | <a href="#GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT_MAX">6.6.2.</a> |
316 | Maximum amount of active voices<br /> |
317 | <a href="#RESET">6.6.3.</a> |
318 | Reset sampler<br /> |
319 | <a href="#GET SERVER INFO">6.6.4.</a> |
320 | General sampler informations<br /> |
321 | <a href="#command_syntax">7.</a> |
322 | Command Syntax<br /> |
323 | <a href="#events">8.</a> |
324 | Events<br /> |
325 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE CHANNEL">8.1.</a> |
326 | Number of sampler channels changed<br /> |
327 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE VOICE_COUNT">8.2.</a> |
328 | Number of active voices changed<br /> |
329 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE STREAM_COUNT">8.3.</a> |
330 | Number of active disk streams changed<br /> |
331 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE BUFFER_FILL">8.4.</a> |
332 | Disk stream buffer fill state changed<br /> |
333 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE INFO">8.5.</a> |
334 | Channel information changed<br /> |
335 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT">8.6.</a> |
336 | Total number of active voices changed<br /> |
337 | <a href="#SUBSCRIBE MISCELLANEOUS">8.7.</a> |
338 | Miscellaneous and debugging events<br /> |
339 | <a href="#anchor14">9.</a> |
340 | Security Considerations<br /> |
341 | <a href="#anchor15">10.</a> |
342 | Acknowledgments<br /> |
343 | <a href="#rfc.references1">11.</a> |
344 | References<br /> |
345 | <a href="#rfc.authors">§</a> |
346 | Author's Address<br /> |
347 | <a href="#rfc.copyright">§</a> |
348 | Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements<br /> |
349 | </p> |
350 | <br clear="all" /> |
351 | |
352 | <a name="anchor1"></a><br /><hr /> |
353 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
354 | <a name="rfc.section.1"></a><h3>1. Requirements notation</h3> |
355 | |
356 | <p>The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", |
357 | "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", |
358 | and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as |
359 | described in <a class="info" href="#RFC2119">[RFC2119]<span> (</span><span class="info">Bradner, S., “Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels,” 1997.</span><span>)</span></a>. |
360 | </p> |
361 | <p>This protocol is always case-sensitive if not explicitly |
362 | claimed the opposite. |
363 | </p> |
364 | <p>In examples, "C:" and "S:" indicate lines sent by the client |
365 | (front-end) and server (LinuxSampler) respectively. Lines in |
366 | examples must be interpreted as every line being CRLF |
367 | terminated (carriage return character followed by line feed |
368 | character as defined in the ASCII standard), thus the following |
369 | example: |
370 | </p> |
371 | <p> |
372 | </p> |
373 | <blockquote class="text"> |
374 | <p>C: "some line" |
375 | </p> |
376 | <p> "another line" |
377 | </p> |
378 | </blockquote><p> |
379 | |
380 | </p> |
381 | <p>must actually be interpreted as client sending the following |
382 | message: |
383 | </p> |
384 | <p> |
385 | </p> |
386 | <blockquote class="text"> |
387 | <p>"some line<CR><LF>another |
388 | line<CR><LF>" |
389 | </p> |
390 | </blockquote><p> |
391 | |
392 | </p> |
393 | <p>where <CR> symbolizes the carriage return character and |
394 | <LF> the line feed character as defined in the ASCII |
395 | standard. |
396 | </p> |
397 | <p>Due to technical reasons, messages can arbitrary be |
398 | fragmented, means the following example: |
399 | </p> |
400 | <p> |
401 | </p> |
402 | <blockquote class="text"> |
403 | <p>S: "abcd" |
404 | </p> |
405 | </blockquote><p> |
406 | |
407 | </p> |
408 | <p>could also happen to be sent in three messages like in the |
409 | following sequence scenario: |
410 | </p> |
411 | <p> |
412 | </p> |
413 | <ul class="text"> |
414 | <li>server sending message "a" |
415 | </li> |
416 | <li>followed by a delay (pause) with |
417 | arbitrary duration |
418 | </li> |
419 | <li>followed by server sending message |
420 | "bcd<CR>" |
421 | </li> |
422 | <li>again followed by a delay (pause) with arbitrary |
423 | duration |
424 | </li> |
425 | <li>followed by server sending the message |
426 | "<LF>" |
427 | </li> |
428 | </ul><p> |
429 | |
430 | </p> |
431 | <p>where again <CR> and <LF> symbolize the carriage |
432 | return and line feed characters respectively. |
433 | </p> |
434 | <a name="LSCP versioning"></a><br /><hr /> |
435 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
436 | <a name="rfc.section.2"></a><h3>2. Versioning of this specification</h3> |
437 | |
438 | <p>LSCP will certainly be extended and enhanced by-and-by. Each official |
439 | release of the LSCP specification will be tagged with a unique version |
440 | tuple. The version tuple consists at least of a major and minor version |
441 | number like: |
442 | |
443 | </p> |
444 | <p> |
445 | </p> |
446 | <blockquote class="text"> |
447 | <p>"1.2" |
448 | </p> |
449 | </blockquote><p> |
450 | |
451 | </p> |
452 | <p> |
453 | In this example the major version number would be "1" and the minor |
454 | version number would be "2". Note that the version tuple might also |
455 | have more than two elements. The major version number defines a |
456 | group of backward compatible versions. That means a frontend is |
457 | compatible to the connected sampler if and only if the LSCP versions |
458 | to which each of the two parties complies to, match both of the |
459 | following rules: |
460 | |
461 | </p> |
462 | <p>Compatibility: |
463 | </p> |
464 | <p> |
465 | </p> |
466 | <ol class="text"> |
467 | <li>The frontend's LSCP major version and the sampler's LSCP |
468 | major version are exactly equal. |
469 | </li> |
470 | <li>The frontend's LSCP minor version is less or equal than |
471 | the sampler's LSCP minor version. |
472 | </li> |
473 | </ol><p> |
474 | |
475 | </p> |
476 | <p> |
477 | Compatibility can only be claimed if both rules are true. |
478 | The frontend can use the |
479 | <a class="info" href="#GET SERVER INFO">"GET SERVER INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">General sampler informations</span><span>)</span></a> command to |
480 | get the version of the LSCP specification the sampler complies with. |
481 | |
482 | </p> |
483 | <a name="anchor2"></a><br /><hr /> |
484 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
485 | <a name="rfc.section.3"></a><h3>3. Introduction</h3> |
486 | |
487 | <p>LinuxSampler is a so called software sampler application |
488 | capable to playback audio samples from a computer's Random |
489 | Access Memory (RAM) as well as directly streaming it from disk. |
490 | LinuxSampler is designed to be modular. It provides several so |
491 | called "sampler engines" where each engine is specialized for a |
492 | certain purpose. LinuxSampler has virtual channels which will be |
493 | referred in this document as "sampler channels". The channels |
494 | are in such way virtual as they can be connected to an |
495 | arbitrary MIDI input method and arbitrary MIDI channel (e.g. |
496 | sampler channel 17 could be connected to an ALSA sequencer |
497 | device 64:0 and listening to MIDI channel 1 there). Each sampler |
498 | channel will be associated with an instance of one of the available |
499 | sampler engines (e.g. GigEngine, DLSEngine). The audio output of |
500 | each sampler channel can be routed to an arbitrary audio output |
501 | method (ALSA / JACK) and an arbitrary audio output channel |
502 | there. |
503 | </p> |
504 | <a name="anchor3"></a><br /><hr /> |
505 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
506 | <a name="rfc.section.4"></a><h3>4. Focus of this protocol</h3> |
507 | |
508 | <p>Main focus of this protocol is to provide a way to configure |
509 | a running LinuxSampler instance and to retrieve information |
510 | about it. The focus of this protocol is not to provide a way to |
511 | control synthesis parameters or even to trigger or release |
512 | notes. Or in other words; the focus are those functionalities |
513 | which are not covered by MIDI or which may at most be handled |
514 | via MIDI System Exclusive Messages. |
515 | </p> |
516 | <a name="anchor4"></a><br /><hr /> |
517 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
518 | <a name="rfc.section.5"></a><h3>5. Communication Overview</h3> |
519 | |
520 | <p>There are two distinct methods of communication between a |
521 | running instance of LinuxSampler and one or more control |
522 | applications, so called "front-ends": a simple request/response |
523 | communication method used by the clients to give commands to the |
524 | server as well as to inquire about server's status and a |
525 | subscribe/notify communication method used by the client to |
526 | subscribe to and receive notifications of certain events as they |
527 | happen on the server. The latter needs more effort to be |
528 | implemented in the front-end application. The two communication |
529 | methods will be described next. |
530 | </p> |
531 | <a name="anchor5"></a><br /><hr /> |
532 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
533 | <a name="rfc.section.5.1"></a><h3>5.1. Request/response communication method</h3> |
534 | |
535 | <p>This simple communication method is based on |
536 | <a class="info" href="#RFC793">TCP<span> (</span><span class="info">Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, “TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL,” 1981.</span><span>)</span></a> [RFC793]. The |
537 | front-end application establishes a TCP connection to the |
538 | LinuxSampler instance on a certain host system. Then the |
539 | front-end application will send certain ASCII based commands |
540 | as defined in this document (every command line must be CRLF |
541 | terminated - see "Conventions used in this document" at the |
542 | beginning of this document) and the LinuxSampler application |
543 | will response after a certain process time with an |
544 | appropriate ASCII based answer, also as defined in this |
545 | document. So this TCP communication is simply based on query |
546 | and answer paradigm. That way LinuxSampler is only able to |
547 | answer on queries from front-ends, but not able to |
548 | automatically send messages to the client if it's not asked |
549 | to. The fronted should not reconnect to LinuxSampler for |
550 | every single command, instead it should keep the connection |
551 | established and simply resend message(s) for subsequent |
552 | commands. To keep information in the front-end up-to-date |
553 | the front-end has to periodically send new requests to get |
554 | the current information from the LinuxSampler instance. This |
555 | is often referred to as "polling". While polling is simple |
556 | to implement and may be OK to use in some cases, there may |
557 | be disadvantages to polling such as network traffic overhead |
558 | and information being out of date. |
559 | It is possible for a client or several clients to open more |
560 | than one connection to the server at the same time. It is |
561 | also possible to send more than one request to the server |
562 | at the same time but if those requests are sent over the |
563 | same connection server MUST execute them sequentially. Upon |
564 | executing a request server will produce a result set and |
565 | send it to the client. Each and every request made by the |
566 | client MUST result in a result set being sent back to the |
567 | client. No other data other than a result set may be sent by |
568 | a server to a client. No result set may be sent to a client |
569 | without the client sending request to the server first. On |
570 | any particular connection, result sets MUST be sent in their |
571 | entirety without being interrupted by other result sets. If |
572 | several requests got queued up at the server they MUST be |
573 | processed in the order they were received and result sets |
574 | MUST be sent back in the same order. |
575 | </p> |
576 | <a name="anchor6"></a><br /><hr /> |
577 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
578 | <a name="rfc.section.5.1.1"></a><h3>5.1.1. Result format</h3> |
579 | |
580 | <p>Result set could be one of the following types: |
581 | </p> |
582 | <p> |
583 | </p> |
584 | <ol class="text"> |
585 | <li>Normal |
586 | </li> |
587 | <li>Warning |
588 | </li> |
589 | <li>Error |
590 | </li> |
591 | </ol><p> |
592 | |
593 | </p> |
594 | <p>Warning and Error result sets MUST be single line and |
595 | have the following format: |
596 | </p> |
597 | <p> |
598 | </p> |
599 | <ul class="text"> |
600 | <li>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" |
601 | </li> |
602 | <li>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" |
603 | </li> |
604 | </ul><p> |
605 | |
606 | </p> |
607 | <p>Where <warning-code> and <error-code> are |
608 | numeric unique identifiers of the warning or error and |
609 | <warning-message> and <error-message> are |
610 | human readable descriptions of the warning or error |
611 | respectively. |
612 | </p> |
613 | <p>Examples: |
614 | </p> |
615 | <p> |
616 | </p> |
617 | <blockquote class="text"> |
618 | <p>C: "LOAD INSTRUMENT '/home/me/Boesendorfer24bit.gig" 0 0 |
619 | </p> |
620 | <p>S: "WRN:32:This is a 24 bit patch which is not supported natively yet." |
621 | </p> |
622 | </blockquote><p> |
623 | |
624 | </p> |
625 | <p> |
626 | </p> |
627 | <blockquote class="text"> |
628 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA EAR" |
629 | </p> |
630 | <p>S: "ERR:3456:Audio output driver 'ALSA' does not have a parameter 'EAR'." |
631 | </p> |
632 | </blockquote><p> |
633 | |
634 | </p> |
635 | <p> |
636 | </p> |
637 | <blockquote class="text"> |
638 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO 123456" |
639 | </p> |
640 | <p>S: "ERR:9:There is no audio output device with index 123456." |
641 | </p> |
642 | </blockquote><p> |
643 | |
644 | </p> |
645 | <p>Normal result sets could be: |
646 | </p> |
647 | <p> |
648 | </p> |
649 | <ol class="text"> |
650 | <li>Empty |
651 | </li> |
652 | <li>Single line |
653 | </li> |
654 | <li>Multi-line |
655 | </li> |
656 | </ol><p> |
657 | |
658 | </p> |
659 | <p> Empty result set is issued when the server only |
660 | needed to acknowledge the fact that the request was |
661 | received and it was processed successfully and no |
662 | additional information is available. This result set has |
663 | the following format: |
664 | </p> |
665 | <p> |
666 | </p> |
667 | <blockquote class="text"> |
668 | <p>"OK" |
669 | </p> |
670 | </blockquote><p> |
671 | |
672 | </p> |
673 | <p>Example: |
674 | </p> |
675 | <p> |
676 | </p> |
677 | <blockquote class="text"> |
678 | <p>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER 0 CHANNELS=4" |
679 | </p> |
680 | <p>S: "OK" |
681 | </p> |
682 | </blockquote><p> |
683 | |
684 | </p> |
685 | <p>Single line result sets are command specific. One |
686 | example of a single line result set is an empty line. |
687 | Multi-line result sets are command specific and may |
688 | include one or more lines of information. They MUST |
689 | always end with the following line: |
690 | </p> |
691 | <p> |
692 | </p> |
693 | <blockquote class="text"> |
694 | <p>"." |
695 | </p> |
696 | </blockquote><p> |
697 | |
698 | </p> |
699 | <p>Example: |
700 | </p> |
701 | <p> |
702 | </p> |
703 | <blockquote class="text"> |
704 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO 0" |
705 | </p> |
706 | <p>S: "DRIVER: ALSA" |
707 | </p> |
708 | <p> "CHANNELS: 2" |
709 | </p> |
710 | <p> "SAMPLERATE: 44100" |
711 | </p> |
712 | <p> "ACTIVE: true" |
713 | </p> |
714 | <p> "FRAGMENTS: 2" |
715 | </p> |
716 | <p> "FRAGMENTSIZE: 128" |
717 | </p> |
718 | <p> "CARD: '0,0'" |
719 | </p> |
720 | <p> "." |
721 | </p> |
722 | </blockquote><p> |
723 | |
724 | </p> |
725 | <p>In addition to above mentioned formats, warnings and |
726 | empty result sets MAY be indexed. In this case, they |
727 | have the following formats respectively: |
728 | </p> |
729 | <p> |
730 | </p> |
731 | <ul class="text"> |
732 | <li>"WRN[<index>]:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" |
733 | </li> |
734 | <li>"OK[<index>]" |
735 | </li> |
736 | </ul><p> |
737 | |
738 | </p> |
739 | <p>where <index> is command specific and is used |
740 | to indicate channel number that the result set was |
741 | related to or other integer value. |
742 | </p> |
743 | <p>Each line of the result set MUST end with |
744 | <CRLF>. |
745 | </p> |
746 | <p>Examples: |
747 | </p> |
748 | <p> |
749 | </p> |
750 | <blockquote class="text"> |
751 | <p>C: "ADD CHANNEL" |
752 | </p> |
753 | <p>S: "OK[12]" |
754 | </p> |
755 | </blockquote><p> |
756 | |
757 | </p> |
758 | <p> |
759 | </p> |
760 | <blockquote class="text"> |
761 | <p>C: "CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE ALSA SAMPLERATE=96000" |
762 | </p> |
763 | <p>S: "WRN[0]:32:Sample rate not supported, using 44100 instead." |
764 | </p> |
765 | </blockquote><p> |
766 | |
767 | </p> |
768 | <a name="anchor7"></a><br /><hr /> |
769 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
770 | <a name="rfc.section.5.2"></a><h3>5.2. Subscribe/notify communication method</h3> |
771 | |
772 | <p>This more sophisticated communication method is actually |
773 | only an extension of the simple request/response |
774 | communication method. The front-end still uses a TCP |
775 | connection and sends the same commands on the TCP |
776 | connection. Two extra commands are SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE |
777 | commands that allow a client to tell the server that it is |
778 | interested in receiving notifications about certain events |
779 | as they happen on the server. The SUBSCRIBE command has the |
780 | following syntax: |
781 | </p> |
782 | <p> |
783 | </p> |
784 | <blockquote class="text"> |
785 | <p>SUBSCRIBE <event-id> |
786 | </p> |
787 | </blockquote><p> |
788 | |
789 | </p> |
790 | <p>where <event-id> will be replaced by the respective |
791 | event that client wants to subscribe to. Upon receiving such |
792 | request, server SHOULD respond with OK and start sending |
793 | EVENT notifications when a given even has occurred to the |
794 | front-end when an event has occurred. It MAY be possible |
795 | certain events may be sent before OK response during real |
796 | time nature of their generation. Event messages have the |
797 | following format: |
798 | </p> |
799 | <p> |
800 | </p> |
801 | <blockquote class="text"> |
802 | <p>NOTIFY:<event-id>:<custom-event-data> |
803 | </p> |
804 | </blockquote><p> |
805 | |
806 | </p> |
807 | <p>where <event-id> uniquely identifies the event that |
808 | has occurred and <custom-event-data> is event |
809 | specific. |
810 | </p> |
811 | <p>Several rules must be followed by the server when |
812 | generating events: |
813 | </p> |
814 | <p> |
815 | </p> |
816 | <ol class="text"> |
817 | <li>Events MUST NOT be sent to any client who has not |
818 | issued an appropriate SUBSCRIBE command. |
819 | </li> |
820 | <li>Events MUST only be sent using the same |
821 | connection that was used to subscribe to them. |
822 | </li> |
823 | <li>When response is being sent to the client, event |
824 | MUST be inserted in the stream before or after the |
825 | response, but NOT in the middle. Same is true about |
826 | the response. It should never be inserted in the |
827 | middle of the event message as well as any other |
828 | response. |
829 | </li> |
830 | </ol><p> |
831 | |
832 | </p> |
833 | <p>If the client is not interested in a particular event |
834 | anymore it MAY issue UNSUBSCRIBE command using the following |
835 | syntax: |
836 | </p> |
837 | <p> |
838 | </p> |
839 | <blockquote class="text"> |
840 | <p>UNSUBSCRIBE <event-id> |
841 | </p> |
842 | </blockquote><p> |
843 | |
844 | </p> |
845 | <p>where <event-id> will be replace by the respective |
846 | event that client is no longer interested in receiving. For |
847 | a list of supported events see <a class="info" href="#events">Section 8<span> (</span><span class="info">Events</span><span>)</span></a>. |
848 | </p> |
849 | <p>Example: the fill states of disk stream buffers have |
850 | changed on sampler channel 4 and the LinuxSampler instance |
851 | will react by sending the following message to all clients |
852 | who subscribed to this event: |
853 | </p> |
854 | <p> |
855 | </p> |
856 | <blockquote class="text"> |
857 | <p>NOTIFY:CHANNEL_BUFFER_FILL:4 [35]62%,[33]80%,[37]98% |
858 | </p> |
859 | </blockquote><p> |
860 | |
861 | </p> |
862 | <p>Which means there are currently three active streams on |
863 | sampler channel 4, where the stream with ID "35" is filled |
864 | by 62%, stream with ID 33 is filled by 80% and stream with |
865 | ID 37 is filled by 98%. |
866 | </p> |
867 | <p>Clients may choose to open more than one connection to |
868 | the server and use some connections to receive notifications |
869 | while using other connections to issue commands to the |
870 | back-end. This is entirely legal and up to the |
871 | implementation. This does not change the protocol in any way |
872 | and no special restrictions exist on the server to allow or |
873 | disallow this or to track what connections belong to what |
874 | front-ends. Server will listen on a single port, accept |
875 | multiple connections and support protocol described in this |
876 | specification in it's entirety on this single port on each |
877 | connection that it accepted. |
878 | </p> |
879 | <p>Due to the fact that TCP is used for this communication, |
880 | dead peers will be detected automatically by the OS TCP |
881 | stack. While it may take a while to detect dead peers if no |
882 | traffic is being sent from server to client (TCP keep-alive |
883 | timer is set to 2 hours on many OSes) it will not be an |
884 | issue here as when notifications are sent by the server, |
885 | dead client will be detected quickly. |
886 | </p> |
887 | <p>When connection is closed for any reason server MUST |
888 | forget all subscriptions that were made on this connection. |
889 | If client reconnects it MUST resubscribe to all events that |
890 | it wants to receive. |
891 | </p> |
892 | <a name="control_commands"></a><br /><hr /> |
893 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
894 | <a name="rfc.section.6"></a><h3>6. Description for control commands</h3> |
895 | |
896 | <p>This chapter will describe the available control commands |
897 | that can be sent on the TCP connection in detail. Some certain |
898 | commands (e.g. <a class="info" href="#GET CHANNEL INFO">"GET CHANNEL INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting sampler channel information</span><span>)</span></a> |
899 | or <a class="info" href="#GET ENGINE INFO">"GET ENGINE INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about an engine</span><span>)</span></a>) lead to |
900 | multiple-line responses. In this case LinuxSampler signals the |
901 | end of the response by a "." (single dot) line. |
902 | </p> |
903 | <a name="anchor8"></a><br /><hr /> |
904 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
905 | <a name="rfc.section.6.1"></a><h3>6.1. Ignored lines and comments</h3> |
906 | |
907 | <p>White lines, that is lines which only contain space and |
908 | tabulator characters, and lines that start with a "#" |
909 | character are ignored, thus it's possible for example to |
910 | group commands and to place comments in a LSCP script |
911 | file. |
912 | </p> |
913 | <a name="anchor9"></a><br /><hr /> |
914 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
915 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2"></a><h3>6.2. Configuring audio drivers</h3> |
916 | |
917 | <p>Instances of drivers in LinuxSampler are called devices. |
918 | You can use multiple audio devices simultaneously, e.g. to |
919 | output the sound of one sampler channel using the ALSA audio |
920 | output driver, and on another sampler channel you might want |
921 | to use the JACK audio output driver. For particular audio |
922 | output systems it's also possible to create several devices |
923 | of the same audio output driver, e.g. two separate ALSA |
924 | audio output devices for using two different sound cards at |
925 | the same time. This chapter describes all commands to |
926 | configure LinuxSampler's audio output devices and their |
927 | parameters. |
928 | </p> |
929 | <p>Instead of defining commands and parameters for each |
930 | driver individually, all possible parameters, their meanings |
931 | and possible values have to be obtained at runtime. This |
932 | makes the protocol a bit abstract, but has the advantage, |
933 | that front-ends can be written independently of what drivers |
934 | are currently implemented and what parameters these drivers |
935 | are actually offering. This means front-ends can even handle |
936 | drivers which are implemented somewhere in future without |
937 | modifying the front-end at all. |
938 | </p> |
939 | <p>Note: examples in this chapter showing particular |
940 | parameters of drivers are not meant as specification of the |
941 | drivers' parameters. Driver implementations in LinuxSampler |
942 | might have complete different parameter names and meanings |
943 | than shown in these examples or might change in future, so |
944 | these examples are only meant for showing how to retrieve |
945 | what parameters drivers are offering, how to retrieve their |
946 | possible values, etc. |
947 | </p> |
948 | <a name="GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"></a><br /><hr /> |
949 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
950 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.1"></a><h3>6.2.1. Getting amount of available audio output drivers</h3> |
951 | |
952 | <p>Use the following command to get the number of |
953 | audio output drivers currently available for the |
954 | LinuxSampler instance: |
955 | </p> |
956 | <p> |
957 | </p> |
958 | <blockquote class="text"> |
959 | <p>GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS |
960 | </p> |
961 | </blockquote><p> |
962 | |
963 | </p> |
964 | <p>Possible Answers: |
965 | </p> |
966 | <p> |
967 | </p> |
968 | <blockquote class="text"> |
969 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the |
970 | number of audio output drivers. |
971 | </p> |
972 | </blockquote><p> |
973 | |
974 | </p> |
975 | <p>Example: |
976 | </p> |
977 | <p> |
978 | </p> |
979 | <blockquote class="text"> |
980 | <p>C: "GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS" |
981 | </p> |
982 | <p>S: "2" |
983 | </p> |
984 | </blockquote><p> |
985 | |
986 | </p> |
987 | <a name="LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"></a><br /><hr /> |
988 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
989 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.2"></a><h3>6.2.2. Getting all available audio output drivers</h3> |
990 | |
991 | <p>Use the following command to list all audio output |
992 | drivers currently available for the LinuxSampler |
993 | instance: |
994 | </p> |
995 | <p> |
996 | </p> |
997 | <blockquote class="text"> |
998 | <p>LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS |
999 | </p> |
1000 | </blockquote><p> |
1001 | |
1002 | </p> |
1003 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1004 | </p> |
1005 | <p> |
1006 | </p> |
1007 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1008 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending comma |
1009 | separated character strings, each symbolizing an |
1010 | audio output driver. |
1011 | </p> |
1012 | </blockquote><p> |
1013 | |
1014 | </p> |
1015 | <p>Example: |
1016 | </p> |
1017 | <p> |
1018 | </p> |
1019 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1020 | <p>C: "LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS" |
1021 | </p> |
1022 | <p>S: "ALSA,JACK" |
1023 | </p> |
1024 | </blockquote><p> |
1025 | |
1026 | </p> |
1027 | <a name="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
1028 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1029 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.3"></a><h3>6.2.3. Getting information about a specific audio |
1030 | output driver</h3> |
1031 | |
1032 | <p>Use the following command to get detailed information |
1033 | about a specific audio output driver: |
1034 | </p> |
1035 | <p> |
1036 | </p> |
1037 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1038 | <p>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO |
1039 | <audio-output-driver> |
1040 | </p> |
1041 | </blockquote><p> |
1042 | |
1043 | </p> |
1044 | <p>Where <audio-output-driver> is the name of the |
1045 | audio output driver, returned by the |
1046 | <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available audio output drivers</span><span>)</span></a> command. |
1047 | </p> |
1048 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1049 | </p> |
1050 | <p> |
1051 | </p> |
1052 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1053 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a |
1054 | <CRLF> separated list. Each answer line |
1055 | begins with the information category name |
1056 | followed by a colon and then a space character |
1057 | <SP> and finally the info character string |
1058 | to that info category. At the moment the |
1059 | following information categories are |
1060 | defined: |
1061 | </p> |
1062 | <p> |
1063 | </p> |
1064 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1065 | <p>DESCRIPTION - |
1066 | </p> |
1067 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1068 | <p> character string describing the |
1069 | audio output driver |
1070 | </p> |
1071 | </blockquote> |
1072 | |
1073 | |
1074 | <p>VERSION - |
1075 | </p> |
1076 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1077 | <p>character string reflecting the |
1078 | driver's version |
1079 | </p> |
1080 | </blockquote> |
1081 | |
1082 | |
1083 | <p>PARAMETERS - |
1084 | </p> |
1085 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1086 | <p>comma separated list of all |
1087 | parameters available for the given |
1088 | audio output driver, at least |
1089 | parameters 'channels', 'samplerate' |
1090 | and 'active' are offered by all audio |
1091 | output drivers |
1092 | </p> |
1093 | </blockquote> |
1094 | |
1095 | |
1096 | </blockquote> |
1097 | |
1098 | |
1099 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be |
1100 | in particular order. |
1101 | </p> |
1102 | </blockquote><p> |
1103 | |
1104 | </p> |
1105 | <p>Example: |
1106 | </p> |
1107 | <p> |
1108 | </p> |
1109 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1110 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO ALSA" |
1111 | </p> |
1112 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: Advanced Linux Sound |
1113 | Architecture" |
1114 | </p> |
1115 | <p> "VERSION: 1.0" |
1116 | </p> |
1117 | <p> "PARAMETERS: |
1118 | DRIVER,CHANNELS,SAMPLERATE,ACTIVE,FRAGMENTS, |
1119 | FRAGMENTSIZE,CARD" |
1120 | </p> |
1121 | <p> "." |
1122 | </p> |
1123 | </blockquote><p> |
1124 | |
1125 | </p> |
1126 | <a name="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
1127 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1128 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.4"></a><h3>6.2.4. Getting information about specific audio |
1129 | output driver parameter</h3> |
1130 | |
1131 | <p>Use the following command to get detailed information |
1132 | about a specific audio output driver parameter: |
1133 | </p> |
1134 | <p> |
1135 | </p> |
1136 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1137 | <p>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO <audio> <prm> [<deplist>] |
1138 | </p> |
1139 | </blockquote><p> |
1140 | |
1141 | </p> |
1142 | <p>Where <audio> is the name of the audio output |
1143 | driver as returned by the <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available audio output drivers</span><span>)</span></a> command, |
1144 | <prm> a specific parameter name for which information should be |
1145 | obtained (as returned by the |
1146 | <a class="info" href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO">"GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about a specific audio output driver</span><span>)</span></a> command) and |
1147 | <deplist> is an optional list of parameters on which the sought |
1148 | parameter <prm> depends on, <deplist> is a list of key-value |
1149 | pairs in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", where character string values |
1150 | are encapsulated into apostrophes ('). Arguments given with <deplist> |
1151 | which are not dependency parameters of <prm> will be ignored, means |
1152 | the front-end application can simply put all parameters into <deplist> |
1153 | with the values already selected by the user. |
1154 | </p> |
1155 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1156 | </p> |
1157 | <p> |
1158 | </p> |
1159 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1160 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a |
1161 | <CRLF> separated list. |
1162 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
1163 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and |
1164 | finally |
1165 | the info character string to that info category. There are |
1166 | information which is always returned, independently of the |
1167 | given driver parameter and there are optional information |
1168 | which is only shown dependently to given driver parameter. At |
1169 | the moment the following information categories are defined: |
1170 | </p> |
1171 | </blockquote><p> |
1172 | |
1173 | </p> |
1174 | <p> |
1175 | </p> |
1176 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1177 | <p>TYPE - |
1178 | </p> |
1179 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1180 | <p>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or |
1181 | "INT" for integer |
1182 | value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for |
1183 | character string(s) |
1184 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
1185 | </p> |
1186 | </blockquote> |
1187 | |
1188 | |
1189 | <p>DESCRIPTION - |
1190 | </p> |
1191 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1192 | <p>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter |
1193 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
1194 | </p> |
1195 | </blockquote> |
1196 | |
1197 | |
1198 | <p>MANDATORY - |
1199 | </p> |
1200 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1201 | <p>either true or false, defines if this parameter must be |
1202 | given when the device is to be created with the |
1203 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE'<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
1204 | command (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
1205 | </p> |
1206 | </blockquote> |
1207 | |
1208 | |
1209 | <p>FIX - |
1210 | </p> |
1211 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1212 | <p>either true or false, if false then this parameter can |
1213 | be changed at any time, once the device is created by |
1214 | the <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE'<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
1215 | command (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
1216 | </p> |
1217 | </blockquote> |
1218 | |
1219 | |
1220 | <p>MULTIPLICITY - |
1221 | </p> |
1222 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1223 | <p>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows |
1224 | only one value or a list of values, where true means |
1225 | multiple values and false only a single value allowed |
1226 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
1227 | </p> |
1228 | </blockquote> |
1229 | |
1230 | |
1231 | <p>DEPENDS - |
1232 | </p> |
1233 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1234 | <p>comma separated list of parameters this parameter depends |
1235 | on, means the values for fields 'DEFAULT', 'RANGE_MIN', |
1236 | 'RANGE_MAX' and 'POSSIBILITIES' might depend on these |
1237 | listed parameters, for example assuming that an audio |
1238 | driver (like the ALSA driver) offers parameters 'card' |
1239 | and 'samplerate' then parameter 'samplerate' would |
1240 | depend on 'card' because the possible values for |
1241 | 'samplerate' depends on the sound card which can be |
1242 | chosen by the 'card' parameter |
1243 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
1244 | </p> |
1245 | </blockquote> |
1246 | |
1247 | |
1248 | <p>DEFAULT - |
1249 | </p> |
1250 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1251 | <p>reflects the default value for this parameter which is |
1252 | used when the device is created and not explicitly |
1253 | given with the <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE'<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> command, |
1254 | in case of MULTIPLCITY=true, this is a comma separated |
1255 | list, that's why character strings are encapsulated into |
1256 | apostrophes (') |
1257 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
1258 | </p> |
1259 | </blockquote> |
1260 | |
1261 | |
1262 | <p>RANGE_MIN - |
1263 | </p> |
1264 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1265 | <p>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this |
1266 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
1267 | number, this parameter is often used in conjunction |
1268 | with RANGE_MAX, but may also appear without |
1269 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
1270 | </p> |
1271 | </blockquote> |
1272 | |
1273 | |
1274 | <p>RANGE_MAX - |
1275 | </p> |
1276 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1277 | <p>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this |
1278 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
1279 | number, this parameter is often used in conjunction with |
1280 | RANGE_MIN, but may also appear without |
1281 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
1282 | </p> |
1283 | </blockquote> |
1284 | |
1285 | |
1286 | <p>POSSIBILITIES - |
1287 | </p> |
1288 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1289 | <p>comma separated list of possible values for this |
1290 | parameter, character strings are encapsulated into |
1291 | apostrophes |
1292 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
1293 | </p> |
1294 | </blockquote> |
1295 | |
1296 | |
1297 | </blockquote><p> |
1298 | |
1299 | </p> |
1300 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order. |
1301 | </p> |
1302 | <p>Examples: |
1303 | </p> |
1304 | <p> |
1305 | </p> |
1306 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1307 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA CARD" |
1308 | </p> |
1309 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: sound card to be used" |
1310 | </p> |
1311 | <p> "TYPE: STRING" |
1312 | </p> |
1313 | <p> "MANDATORY: false" |
1314 | </p> |
1315 | <p> "FIX: true" |
1316 | </p> |
1317 | <p> "MULTIPLICITY: false" |
1318 | </p> |
1319 | <p> "DEFAULT: '0,0'" |
1320 | </p> |
1321 | <p> "POSSIBILITIES: '0,0','1,0','2,0'" |
1322 | </p> |
1323 | <p> "." |
1324 | </p> |
1325 | </blockquote><p> |
1326 | |
1327 | </p> |
1328 | <p> |
1329 | </p> |
1330 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1331 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA SAMPLERATE" |
1332 | </p> |
1333 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: output sample rate in Hz" |
1334 | </p> |
1335 | <p> "TYPE: INT" |
1336 | </p> |
1337 | <p> "MANDATORY: false" |
1338 | </p> |
1339 | <p> "FIX: false" |
1340 | </p> |
1341 | <p> "MULTIPLICITY: false" |
1342 | </p> |
1343 | <p> "DEPENDS: card" |
1344 | </p> |
1345 | <p> "DEFAULT: 44100" |
1346 | </p> |
1347 | <p> "." |
1348 | </p> |
1349 | </blockquote><p> |
1350 | |
1351 | </p> |
1352 | <p> |
1353 | </p> |
1354 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1355 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA SAMPLERATE CARD='0,0'" |
1356 | </p> |
1357 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: output sample rate in Hz" |
1358 | </p> |
1359 | <p> "TYPE: INT" |
1360 | </p> |
1361 | <p> "MANDATORY: false" |
1362 | </p> |
1363 | <p> "FIX: false" |
1364 | </p> |
1365 | <p> "MULTIPLICITY: false" |
1366 | </p> |
1367 | <p> "DEPENDS: card" |
1368 | </p> |
1369 | <p> "DEFAULT: 44100" |
1370 | </p> |
1371 | <p> "RANGE_MIN: 22050" |
1372 | </p> |
1373 | <p> "RANGE_MAX: 96000" |
1374 | </p> |
1375 | <p> "." |
1376 | </p> |
1377 | </blockquote><p> |
1378 | |
1379 | </p> |
1380 | <a name="CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"></a><br /><hr /> |
1381 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1382 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.5"></a><h3>6.2.5. Creating an audio output device</h3> |
1383 | |
1384 | <p>Use the following command to create a new audio output device for the desired audio output system: |
1385 | </p> |
1386 | <p> |
1387 | </p> |
1388 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1389 | <p>CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE <audio-output-driver> [<param-list>] |
1390 | </p> |
1391 | </blockquote><p> |
1392 | |
1393 | </p> |
1394 | <p>Where <audio-output-driver> should be replaced by the desired audio |
1395 | output system as returned by the |
1396 | <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available audio output drivers</span><span>)</span></a> |
1397 | command and <param-list> by an optional list of driver |
1398 | specific parameters in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", where |
1399 | character string values should be encapsulated into apostrophes ('). |
1400 | Note that there might be drivers which require parameter(s) to be |
1401 | given with this command. Use the previously described commands in |
1402 | this chapter to get this information. |
1403 | </p> |
1404 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1405 | </p> |
1406 | <p> |
1407 | </p> |
1408 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1409 | <p>"OK[<device-id>]" - |
1410 | </p> |
1411 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1412 | <p>in case the device was successfully created, where |
1413 | <device-id> is the numerical ID of the new device |
1414 | </p> |
1415 | </blockquote> |
1416 | |
1417 | |
1418 | <p>"WRN[<device-id>]:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
1419 | </p> |
1420 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1421 | <p>in case the device was created successfully, where |
1422 | <device-id> is the numerical ID of the new device, but there |
1423 | are noteworthy issue(s) related (e.g. sound card doesn't |
1424 | support given hardware parameters and the driver is using |
1425 | fall-back values), providing an appropriate warning code and |
1426 | warning message |
1427 | </p> |
1428 | </blockquote> |
1429 | |
1430 | |
1431 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
1432 | </p> |
1433 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1434 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message |
1435 | </p> |
1436 | </blockquote> |
1437 | |
1438 | |
1439 | </blockquote><p> |
1440 | |
1441 | </p> |
1442 | <p>Examples: |
1443 | </p> |
1444 | <p> |
1445 | </p> |
1446 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1447 | <p>C: "CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE ALSA" |
1448 | </p> |
1449 | <p>S: "OK[0]" |
1450 | </p> |
1451 | </blockquote><p> |
1452 | |
1453 | </p> |
1454 | <p> |
1455 | </p> |
1456 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1457 | <p>C: "CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE ALSA CARD='2,0' SAMPLERATE=96000" |
1458 | </p> |
1459 | <p>S: "OK[1]" |
1460 | </p> |
1461 | </blockquote><p> |
1462 | |
1463 | </p> |
1464 | <a name="DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"></a><br /><hr /> |
1465 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1466 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.6"></a><h3>6.2.6. Destroying an audio output device</h3> |
1467 | |
1468 | <p>Use the following command to destroy a created output device: |
1469 | </p> |
1470 | <p> |
1471 | </p> |
1472 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1473 | <p>DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE <device-id> |
1474 | </p> |
1475 | </blockquote><p> |
1476 | |
1477 | </p> |
1478 | <p>Where <device-id> should be replaced by the numerical ID of the |
1479 | audio output device as given by the |
1480 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
1481 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created audio output device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
1482 | command. |
1483 | </p> |
1484 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1485 | </p> |
1486 | <p> |
1487 | </p> |
1488 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1489 | <p>"OK" - |
1490 | </p> |
1491 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1492 | <p>in case the device was successfully destroyed |
1493 | </p> |
1494 | </blockquote> |
1495 | |
1496 | |
1497 | <p>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
1498 | </p> |
1499 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1500 | <p>in case the device was destroyed successfully, but there are |
1501 | noteworthy issue(s) related (e.g. an audio over ethernet |
1502 | driver was unloaded but the other host might not be |
1503 | informed about this situation), providing an appropriate |
1504 | warning code and warning message |
1505 | </p> |
1506 | </blockquote> |
1507 | |
1508 | |
1509 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
1510 | </p> |
1511 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1512 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and |
1513 | error message |
1514 | </p> |
1515 | </blockquote> |
1516 | |
1517 | |
1518 | </blockquote><p> |
1519 | |
1520 | </p> |
1521 | <p>Example: |
1522 | </p> |
1523 | <p> |
1524 | </p> |
1525 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1526 | <p>C: "DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE 0" |
1527 | </p> |
1528 | <p>S: "OK" |
1529 | </p> |
1530 | </blockquote><p> |
1531 | |
1532 | </p> |
1533 | <a name="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"></a><br /><hr /> |
1534 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1535 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.7"></a><h3>6.2.7. Getting all created audio output device count</h3> |
1536 | |
1537 | <p>Use the following command to count all created audio output devices: |
1538 | </p> |
1539 | <p> |
1540 | </p> |
1541 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1542 | <p>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES |
1543 | </p> |
1544 | </blockquote><p> |
1545 | |
1546 | </p> |
1547 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1548 | </p> |
1549 | <p> |
1550 | </p> |
1551 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1552 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the current number of all |
1553 | audio output devices. |
1554 | </p> |
1555 | </blockquote><p> |
1556 | |
1557 | </p> |
1558 | <p>Example: |
1559 | </p> |
1560 | <p> |
1561 | </p> |
1562 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1563 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES" |
1564 | </p> |
1565 | <p>S: "4" |
1566 | </p> |
1567 | </blockquote><p> |
1568 | |
1569 | </p> |
1570 | <a name="LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"></a><br /><hr /> |
1571 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1572 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.8"></a><h3>6.2.8. Getting all created audio output device list</h3> |
1573 | |
1574 | <p>Use the following command to list all created audio output devices: |
1575 | </p> |
1576 | <p> |
1577 | </p> |
1578 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1579 | <p>LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES |
1580 | </p> |
1581 | </blockquote><p> |
1582 | |
1583 | </p> |
1584 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1585 | </p> |
1586 | <p> |
1587 | </p> |
1588 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1589 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a comma separated list with |
1590 | the numerical IDs of all audio output devices. |
1591 | </p> |
1592 | </blockquote><p> |
1593 | |
1594 | </p> |
1595 | <p>Example: |
1596 | </p> |
1597 | <p> |
1598 | </p> |
1599 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1600 | <p>C: "LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES" |
1601 | </p> |
1602 | <p>S: "0,1,4,5" |
1603 | </p> |
1604 | </blockquote><p> |
1605 | |
1606 | </p> |
1607 | <a name="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
1608 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1609 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.9"></a><h3>6.2.9. Getting current settings of an audio output device</h3> |
1610 | |
1611 | <p>Use the following command to get current settings of a specific, created audio output device: |
1612 | </p> |
1613 | <p> |
1614 | </p> |
1615 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1616 | <p>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO <device-id> |
1617 | </p> |
1618 | </blockquote><p> |
1619 | |
1620 | </p> |
1621 | <p>Where <device-id> should be replaced by numerical ID |
1622 | of the audio output device as e.g. returned by the |
1623 | <a class="info" href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created audio output device list</span><span>)</span></a> command. |
1624 | </p> |
1625 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1626 | </p> |
1627 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
1628 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
1629 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
1630 | the info character string to that info category. As some |
1631 | parameters might allow multiple values, character strings are |
1632 | encapsulated into apostrophes ('). At the moment the following |
1633 | information categories are defined (independently of device): |
1634 | </p> |
1635 | <p> |
1636 | </p> |
1637 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1638 | <p>DRIVER - |
1639 | </p> |
1640 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1641 | <p>identifier of the used audio output driver, as also |
1642 | returned by the |
1643 | <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available audio output drivers</span><span>)</span></a> |
1644 | command |
1645 | </p> |
1646 | </blockquote> |
1647 | |
1648 | |
1649 | <p>CHANNELS - |
1650 | </p> |
1651 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1652 | <p>amount of audio output channels this device currently |
1653 | offers |
1654 | </p> |
1655 | </blockquote> |
1656 | |
1657 | |
1658 | <p>SAMPLERATE - |
1659 | </p> |
1660 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1661 | <p>playback sample rate the device uses |
1662 | </p> |
1663 | </blockquote> |
1664 | |
1665 | |
1666 | <p>ACTIVE - |
1667 | </p> |
1668 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1669 | <p>either true or false, if false then the audio device is |
1670 | inactive and doesn't output any sound, nor do the |
1671 | sampler channels connected to this audio device render |
1672 | any audio |
1673 | </p> |
1674 | </blockquote> |
1675 | |
1676 | |
1677 | </blockquote><p> |
1678 | |
1679 | </p> |
1680 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular |
1681 | order. The fields above are only those fields which are |
1682 | returned by all audio output devices. Every audio output driver |
1683 | might have its own, additional driver specific parameters (see |
1684 | <a class="info" href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO">Section 6.2.3<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about a specific audio output driver</span><span>)</span></a>) |
1685 | which are also returned by this command. |
1686 | </p> |
1687 | <p>Example: |
1688 | </p> |
1689 | <p> |
1690 | </p> |
1691 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1692 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO 0" |
1693 | </p> |
1694 | <p>S: "DRIVER: ALSA" |
1695 | </p> |
1696 | <p> "CHANNELS: 2" |
1697 | </p> |
1698 | <p> "SAMPLERATE: 44100" |
1699 | </p> |
1700 | <p> "ACTIVE: true" |
1701 | </p> |
1702 | <p> "FRAGMENTS: 2" |
1703 | </p> |
1704 | <p> "FRAGMENTSIZE: 128" |
1705 | </p> |
1706 | <p> "CARD: '0,0'" |
1707 | </p> |
1708 | <p> "." |
1709 | </p> |
1710 | </blockquote><p> |
1711 | |
1712 | </p> |
1713 | <a name="SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER"></a><br /><hr /> |
1714 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1715 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.10"></a><h3>6.2.10. Changing settings of audio output devices</h3> |
1716 | |
1717 | <p>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of a created audio output device: |
1718 | </p> |
1719 | <p> |
1720 | </p> |
1721 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1722 | <p>SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER <device-id> <key>=<value> |
1723 | </p> |
1724 | </blockquote><p> |
1725 | |
1726 | </p> |
1727 | <p>Where <device-id> should be replaced by the numerical ID of the |
1728 | audio output device as given by the |
1729 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
1730 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created audio output device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
1731 | command, <key> by the name of the parameter to change |
1732 | and <value> by the new value for this parameter. |
1733 | </p> |
1734 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1735 | </p> |
1736 | <p> |
1737 | </p> |
1738 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1739 | <p>"OK" - |
1740 | </p> |
1741 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1742 | <p>in case setting was successfully changed |
1743 | </p> |
1744 | </blockquote> |
1745 | |
1746 | |
1747 | <p>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
1748 | </p> |
1749 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1750 | <p>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are |
1751 | noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate |
1752 | warning code and warning message |
1753 | </p> |
1754 | </blockquote> |
1755 | |
1756 | |
1757 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
1758 | </p> |
1759 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1760 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and |
1761 | error message |
1762 | </p> |
1763 | </blockquote> |
1764 | |
1765 | |
1766 | </blockquote><p> |
1767 | |
1768 | </p> |
1769 | <p>Example: |
1770 | </p> |
1771 | <p> |
1772 | </p> |
1773 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1774 | <p>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER 0 FRAGMENTSIZE=128" |
1775 | </p> |
1776 | <p>S: "OK" |
1777 | </p> |
1778 | </blockquote><p> |
1779 | |
1780 | </p> |
1781 | <a name="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
1782 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1783 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.11"></a><h3>6.2.11. Getting information about an audio channel</h3> |
1784 | |
1785 | <p>Use the following command to get information about an audio channel: |
1786 | </p> |
1787 | <p> |
1788 | </p> |
1789 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1790 | <p>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO <device-id> <audio-chan> |
1791 | </p> |
1792 | </blockquote><p> |
1793 | |
1794 | </p> |
1795 | <p>Where <device-id> is the numerical ID of the audio output device as given by the |
1796 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
1797 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created audio output device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
1798 | command and <audio-chan> the audio channel number. |
1799 | </p> |
1800 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1801 | </p> |
1802 | <p> |
1803 | </p> |
1804 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1805 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
1806 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
1807 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
1808 | the info character string to that info category. At the moment |
1809 | the following information categories are defined: |
1810 | </p> |
1811 | <p> |
1812 | </p> |
1813 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1814 | <p>NAME - |
1815 | </p> |
1816 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1817 | <p>arbitrary character string naming the channel, which |
1818 | doesn't have to be unique (always returned by all audio channels) |
1819 | </p> |
1820 | </blockquote> |
1821 | |
1822 | |
1823 | <p>IS_MIX_CHANNEL - |
1824 | </p> |
1825 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1826 | <p>either true or false, a mix-channel is not a real, |
1827 | independent audio channel, but a virtual channel which |
1828 | is mixed to another real channel, this mechanism is |
1829 | needed for sampler engines which need more audio |
1830 | channels than the used audio system might be able to offer |
1831 | (always returned by all audio channels) |
1832 | </p> |
1833 | </blockquote> |
1834 | |
1835 | |
1836 | <p>MIX_CHANNEL_DESTINATION - |
1837 | </p> |
1838 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1839 | <p>numerical ID (positive integer including 0) |
1840 | which reflects the real audio channel (of the same audio |
1841 | output device) this mix channel refers to, means where |
1842 | the audio signal actually will be routed / added to |
1843 | (only returned in case the audio channel is mix channel) |
1844 | </p> |
1845 | </blockquote> |
1846 | |
1847 | |
1848 | </blockquote> |
1849 | |
1850 | |
1851 | </blockquote><p> |
1852 | |
1853 | </p> |
1854 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular |
1855 | order. The fields above are only those fields which are |
1856 | generally returned for the described cases by all audio |
1857 | channels regardless of the audio driver. Every audio channel |
1858 | might have its own, additional driver and channel specific |
1859 | parameters. |
1860 | </p> |
1861 | <p>Examples: |
1862 | </p> |
1863 | <p> |
1864 | </p> |
1865 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1866 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 0 0" |
1867 | </p> |
1868 | <p>S: "NAME: studio monitor left" |
1869 | </p> |
1870 | <p> "IS_MIX_CHANNEL: false" |
1871 | </p> |
1872 | <p> "." |
1873 | </p> |
1874 | </blockquote><p> |
1875 | |
1876 | </p> |
1877 | <p> |
1878 | </p> |
1879 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1880 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 0 1" |
1881 | </p> |
1882 | <p>S: "NAME: studio monitor right" |
1883 | </p> |
1884 | <p> "IS_MIX_CHANNEL: false" |
1885 | </p> |
1886 | <p> "." |
1887 | </p> |
1888 | </blockquote><p> |
1889 | |
1890 | </p> |
1891 | <p> |
1892 | </p> |
1893 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1894 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 0 2" |
1895 | </p> |
1896 | <p>S: "NAME: studio monitor left" |
1897 | </p> |
1898 | <p> "IS_MIX_CHANNEL: true" |
1899 | </p> |
1900 | <p> "MIX_CHANNEL_DESTINATION: 1" |
1901 | </p> |
1902 | <p> "." |
1903 | </p> |
1904 | </blockquote><p> |
1905 | |
1906 | </p> |
1907 | <p> |
1908 | </p> |
1909 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1910 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO 1 0" |
1911 | </p> |
1912 | <p>S: "NAME: 'ardour (left)'" |
1913 | </p> |
1914 | <p> "IS_MIX_CHANNEL: false" |
1915 | </p> |
1916 | <p> "JACK_BINDINGS: 'ardour:0'" |
1917 | </p> |
1918 | <p> "." |
1919 | </p> |
1920 | </blockquote><p> |
1921 | |
1922 | </p> |
1923 | <a name="GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
1924 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
1925 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.12"></a><h3>6.2.12. Getting information about specific audio channel parameter</h3> |
1926 | |
1927 | <p>Use the following command to get detailed information about specific audio channel parameter: |
1928 | </p> |
1929 | <p> |
1930 | </p> |
1931 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1932 | <p>GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO <dev-id> <chan> <param> |
1933 | </p> |
1934 | </blockquote><p> |
1935 | |
1936 | </p> |
1937 | <p>Where <dev-id> is the numerical ID of the audio output device as returned by the |
1938 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
1939 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created audio output device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
1940 | command, <chan> the audio channel number |
1941 | and <param> a specific channel parameter name for which information should |
1942 | be obtained (as returned by the <a class="info" href="#GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO">"GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about an audio channel</span><span>)</span></a> command). |
1943 | </p> |
1944 | <p>Possible Answers: |
1945 | </p> |
1946 | <p> |
1947 | </p> |
1948 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1949 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
1950 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
1951 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
1952 | the info character string to that info category. There are |
1953 | information which is always returned, independently of the |
1954 | given channel parameter and there is optional information |
1955 | which is only shown dependently to the given audio channel. At |
1956 | the moment the following information categories are defined: |
1957 | </p> |
1958 | <p> |
1959 | </p> |
1960 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1961 | <p>TYPE - |
1962 | </p> |
1963 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1964 | <p>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or "INT" for integer |
1965 | value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for |
1966 | character string(s) |
1967 | (always returned) |
1968 | </p> |
1969 | </blockquote> |
1970 | |
1971 | |
1972 | <p>DESCRIPTION - |
1973 | </p> |
1974 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1975 | <p>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter (always returned) |
1976 | </p> |
1977 | </blockquote> |
1978 | |
1979 | |
1980 | <p>FIX - |
1981 | </p> |
1982 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1983 | <p>either true or false, if true then this parameter is |
1984 | read only, thus cannot be altered |
1985 | (always returned) |
1986 | </p> |
1987 | </blockquote> |
1988 | |
1989 | |
1990 | <p>MULTIPLICITY - |
1991 | </p> |
1992 | <blockquote class="text"> |
1993 | <p>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows |
1994 | only one value or a list of values, where true means |
1995 | multiple values and false only a single value allowed |
1996 | (always returned) |
1997 | </p> |
1998 | </blockquote> |
1999 | |
2000 | |
2001 | <p>RANGE_MIN - |
2002 | </p> |
2003 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2004 | <p>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this |
2005 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
2006 | number, usually used in conjunction with 'RANGE_MAX', |
2007 | but may also appear without |
2008 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver and channel |
2009 | parameter) |
2010 | </p> |
2011 | </blockquote> |
2012 | |
2013 | |
2014 | <p>RANGE_MAX - |
2015 | </p> |
2016 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2017 | <p>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this |
2018 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
2019 | number, usually used in conjunction with 'RANGE_MIN', |
2020 | but may also appear without |
2021 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver and channel |
2022 | parameter) |
2023 | </p> |
2024 | </blockquote> |
2025 | |
2026 | |
2027 | <p>POSSIBILITIES - |
2028 | </p> |
2029 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2030 | <p>comma separated list of possible values for this |
2031 | parameter, character strings are encapsulated into |
2032 | apostrophes |
2033 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver and channel |
2034 | parameter) |
2035 | </p> |
2036 | </blockquote> |
2037 | |
2038 | |
2039 | </blockquote> |
2040 | |
2041 | |
2042 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order. |
2043 | </p> |
2044 | </blockquote><p> |
2045 | |
2046 | </p> |
2047 | <p>Example: |
2048 | </p> |
2049 | <p> |
2050 | </p> |
2051 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2052 | <p>C: "GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO 1 0 JACK_BINDINGS" |
2053 | </p> |
2054 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: bindings to other JACK clients" |
2055 | </p> |
2056 | <p> "TYPE: STRING" |
2057 | </p> |
2058 | <p> "FIX: false" |
2059 | </p> |
2060 | <p> "MULTIPLICITY: true" |
2061 | </p> |
2062 | <p> "POSSIBILITIES: 'PCM:0','PCM:1','ardour:0','ardour:1'" |
2063 | </p> |
2064 | <p> "." |
2065 | </p> |
2066 | </blockquote><p> |
2067 | |
2068 | </p> |
2069 | <a name="SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER"></a><br /><hr /> |
2070 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2071 | <a name="rfc.section.6.2.13"></a><h3>6.2.13. Changing settings of audio output channels</h3> |
2072 | |
2073 | <p>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of an audio output channel: |
2074 | </p> |
2075 | <p> |
2076 | </p> |
2077 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2078 | <p>SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER <dev-id> <chn> <key>=<value> |
2079 | </p> |
2080 | </blockquote><p> |
2081 | |
2082 | </p> |
2083 | <p>Where <dev-id> should be replaced by the numerical ID of the audio output device as returned by the |
2084 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating an audio output device</span><span>)</span></a> |
2085 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES">"LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created audio output device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
2086 | command, <chn> by the audio channel number, <key> by the name of the |
2087 | parameter to change and <value> by the new value for this parameter. |
2088 | </p> |
2089 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2090 | </p> |
2091 | <p> |
2092 | </p> |
2093 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2094 | <p>"OK" - |
2095 | </p> |
2096 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2097 | <p>in case setting was successfully changed |
2098 | </p> |
2099 | </blockquote> |
2100 | |
2101 | |
2102 | <p>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
2103 | </p> |
2104 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2105 | <p>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are |
2106 | noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate |
2107 | warning code and warning message |
2108 | </p> |
2109 | </blockquote> |
2110 | |
2111 | |
2112 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
2113 | </p> |
2114 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2115 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and |
2116 | error message |
2117 | </p> |
2118 | </blockquote> |
2119 | |
2120 | |
2121 | </blockquote><p> |
2122 | |
2123 | </p> |
2124 | <p>Example: |
2125 | </p> |
2126 | <p> |
2127 | </p> |
2128 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2129 | <p>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL PARAMETER 0 0 JACK_BINDINGS='PCM:0'" |
2130 | </p> |
2131 | <p>S: "OK" |
2132 | </p> |
2133 | </blockquote><p> |
2134 | |
2135 | </p> |
2136 | <p> |
2137 | </p> |
2138 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2139 | <p>C: "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL PARAMETER 0 0 NAME='monitor left'" |
2140 | </p> |
2141 | <p>S: "OK" |
2142 | </p> |
2143 | </blockquote><p> |
2144 | |
2145 | </p> |
2146 | <a name="anchor10"></a><br /><hr /> |
2147 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2148 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3"></a><h3>6.3. Configuring MIDI input drivers</h3> |
2149 | |
2150 | <p>Instances of drivers in LinuxSampler are called devices. You can use |
2151 | multiple MIDI devices simultaneously, e.g. to use MIDI over ethernet as |
2152 | MIDI input on one sampler channel and ALSA as MIDI input on another sampler |
2153 | channel. For particular MIDI input systems it's also possible to create |
2154 | several devices of the same MIDI input type. This chapter describes all |
2155 | commands to configure LinuxSampler's MIDI input devices and their parameters. |
2156 | </p> |
2157 | <p>Instead of defining commands and parameters for each driver individually, |
2158 | all possible parameters, their meanings and possible values have to be obtained |
2159 | at runtime. This makes the protocol a bit abstract, but has the advantage, that |
2160 | front-ends can be written independently of what drivers are currently implemented |
2161 | and what parameters these drivers are actually offering. This means front-ends can |
2162 | even handle drivers which are implemented somewhere in future without modifying |
2163 | the front-end at all. |
2164 | </p> |
2165 | <p>Commands for configuring MIDI input devices are pretty much the same as the |
2166 | commands for configuring audio output drivers, already described in the last |
2167 | chapter. |
2168 | </p> |
2169 | <p>Note: examples in this chapter showing particular parameters of drivers are |
2170 | not meant as specification of the drivers' parameters. Driver implementations in |
2171 | LinuxSampler might have complete different parameter names and meanings than shown |
2172 | in these examples or might change in future, so these examples are only meant for |
2173 | showing how to retrieve what parameters drivers are offering, how to retrieve their |
2174 | possible values, etc. |
2175 | </p> |
2176 | <a name="GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"></a><br /><hr /> |
2177 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2178 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.1"></a><h3>6.3.1. Getting amount of available MIDI input drivers</h3> |
2179 | |
2180 | <p>Use the following command to get the number of |
2181 | MIDI input drivers currently available for the |
2182 | LinuxSampler instance: |
2183 | </p> |
2184 | <p> |
2185 | </p> |
2186 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2187 | <p>GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS |
2188 | </p> |
2189 | </blockquote><p> |
2190 | |
2191 | </p> |
2192 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2193 | </p> |
2194 | <p> |
2195 | </p> |
2196 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2197 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the |
2198 | number of available MIDI input drivers. |
2199 | </p> |
2200 | </blockquote><p> |
2201 | |
2202 | </p> |
2203 | <p>Example: |
2204 | </p> |
2205 | <p> |
2206 | </p> |
2207 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2208 | <p>C: "GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS" |
2209 | </p> |
2210 | <p>S: "2" |
2211 | </p> |
2212 | </blockquote><p> |
2213 | |
2214 | </p> |
2215 | <a name="LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"></a><br /><hr /> |
2216 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2217 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.2"></a><h3>6.3.2. Getting all available MIDI input drivers</h3> |
2218 | |
2219 | <p>Use the following command to list all MIDI input drivers currently available |
2220 | for the LinuxSampler instance: |
2221 | </p> |
2222 | <p> |
2223 | </p> |
2224 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2225 | <p>LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS |
2226 | </p> |
2227 | </blockquote><p> |
2228 | |
2229 | </p> |
2230 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2231 | </p> |
2232 | <p> |
2233 | </p> |
2234 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2235 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending comma separated character |
2236 | strings, each symbolizing a MIDI input driver. |
2237 | </p> |
2238 | </blockquote><p> |
2239 | |
2240 | </p> |
2241 | <p>Example: |
2242 | </p> |
2243 | <p> |
2244 | </p> |
2245 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2246 | <p>C: "LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS" |
2247 | </p> |
2248 | <p>S: "ALSA,JACK" |
2249 | </p> |
2250 | </blockquote><p> |
2251 | |
2252 | </p> |
2253 | <a name="GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
2254 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2255 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.3"></a><h3>6.3.3. Getting information about a specific MIDI input driver</h3> |
2256 | |
2257 | <p>Use the following command to get detailed information about a specific MIDI input driver: |
2258 | </p> |
2259 | <p> |
2260 | </p> |
2261 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2262 | <p>GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO <midi-input-driver> |
2263 | </p> |
2264 | </blockquote><p> |
2265 | |
2266 | </p> |
2267 | <p>Where <midi-input-driver> is the name of the MIDI input driver as returned |
2268 | by the <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available MIDI input drivers</span><span>)</span></a> command. |
2269 | </p> |
2270 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2271 | </p> |
2272 | <p> |
2273 | </p> |
2274 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2275 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
2276 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
2277 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
2278 | the info character string to that info category. At the moment |
2279 | the following information categories are defined: |
2280 | </p> |
2281 | <p> |
2282 | </p> |
2283 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2284 | <p>DESCRIPTION - |
2285 | </p> |
2286 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2287 | <p>arbitrary description text about the MIDI input driver |
2288 | </p> |
2289 | </blockquote> |
2290 | |
2291 | |
2292 | <p>VERSION - |
2293 | </p> |
2294 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2295 | <p>arbitrary character string regarding the driver's version |
2296 | </p> |
2297 | </blockquote> |
2298 | |
2299 | |
2300 | <p>PARAMETERS - |
2301 | </p> |
2302 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2303 | <p>comma separated list of all parameters available for the given MIDI input driver |
2304 | </p> |
2305 | </blockquote> |
2306 | |
2307 | |
2308 | </blockquote> |
2309 | |
2310 | |
2311 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order. |
2312 | </p> |
2313 | </blockquote><p> |
2314 | |
2315 | </p> |
2316 | <p>Example: |
2317 | </p> |
2318 | <p> |
2319 | </p> |
2320 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2321 | <p>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO ALSA" |
2322 | </p> |
2323 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture" |
2324 | </p> |
2325 | <p> "VERSION: 1.0" |
2326 | </p> |
2327 | <p> "PARAMETERS: DRIVER,ACTIVE" |
2328 | </p> |
2329 | <p> "." |
2330 | </p> |
2331 | </blockquote><p> |
2332 | |
2333 | </p> |
2334 | <a name="GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
2335 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2336 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.4"></a><h3>6.3.4. Getting information about specific MIDI input driver parameter</h3> |
2337 | |
2338 | <p>Use the following command to get detailed information about a specific parameter of a specific MIDI input driver: |
2339 | </p> |
2340 | <p> |
2341 | </p> |
2342 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2343 | <p>GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO <midit> <param> [<deplist>] |
2344 | </p> |
2345 | </blockquote><p> |
2346 | |
2347 | </p> |
2348 | <p>Where <midit> is the name of the MIDI input driver as returned |
2349 | by the <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available MIDI input drivers</span><span>)</span></a> command, <param> a specific |
2350 | parameter name for which information should be obtained (as returned by the |
2351 | <a class="info" href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO">"GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about a specific MIDI input driver</span><span>)</span></a> command) and <deplist> is an optional list |
2352 | of parameters on which the sought parameter <param> depends on, |
2353 | <deplist> is a key-value pair list in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", |
2354 | where character string values are encapsulated into apostrophes ('). Arguments |
2355 | given with <deplist> which are not dependency parameters of <param> |
2356 | will be ignored, means the front-end application can simply put all parameters |
2357 | in <deplist> with the values selected by the user. |
2358 | </p> |
2359 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2360 | </p> |
2361 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
2362 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
2363 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
2364 | the info character string to that info category. There is |
2365 | information which is always returned, independent of the |
2366 | given driver parameter and there is optional information |
2367 | which is only shown dependent to given driver parameter. At |
2368 | the moment the following information categories are defined: |
2369 | </p> |
2370 | <p> |
2371 | </p> |
2372 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2373 | <p>TYPE - |
2374 | </p> |
2375 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2376 | <p>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or "INT" for integer |
2377 | value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for |
2378 | character string(s) |
2379 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
2380 | </p> |
2381 | </blockquote> |
2382 | |
2383 | |
2384 | <p>DESCRIPTION - |
2385 | </p> |
2386 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2387 | <p>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter |
2388 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
2389 | </p> |
2390 | </blockquote> |
2391 | |
2392 | |
2393 | <p>MANDATORY - |
2394 | </p> |
2395 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2396 | <p>either true or false, defines if this parameter must be |
2397 | given when the device is to be created with the |
2398 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE'<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> command |
2399 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
2400 | </p> |
2401 | </blockquote> |
2402 | |
2403 | |
2404 | <p>FIX - |
2405 | </p> |
2406 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2407 | <p>either true or false, if false then this parameter can |
2408 | be changed at any time, once the device is created by |
2409 | the <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE'<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> command |
2410 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
2411 | </p> |
2412 | </blockquote> |
2413 | |
2414 | |
2415 | <p>MULTIPLICITY - |
2416 | </p> |
2417 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2418 | <p>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows |
2419 | only one value or a list of values, where true means |
2420 | multiple values and false only a single value allowed |
2421 | (always returned, no matter which driver parameter) |
2422 | </p> |
2423 | </blockquote> |
2424 | |
2425 | |
2426 | <p>DEPENDS - |
2427 | </p> |
2428 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2429 | <p>comma separated list of parameters this parameter depends |
2430 | on, means the values for fields 'DEFAULT', 'RANGE_MIN', |
2431 | 'RANGE_MAX' and 'POSSIBILITIES' might depend on these |
2432 | listed parameters, for example assuming that an audio |
2433 | driver (like the ALSA driver) offers parameters 'card' |
2434 | and 'samplerate' then parameter 'samplerate' would |
2435 | depend on 'card' because the possible values for |
2436 | 'samplerate' depends on the sound card which can be |
2437 | chosen by the 'card' parameter |
2438 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
2439 | </p> |
2440 | </blockquote> |
2441 | |
2442 | |
2443 | <p>DEFAULT - |
2444 | </p> |
2445 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2446 | <p>reflects the default value for this parameter which is |
2447 | used when the device is created and not explicitly |
2448 | given with the <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">'CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE'<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> command, |
2449 | in case of MULTIPLCITY=true, this is a comma separated |
2450 | list, that's why character strings are encapsulated into |
2451 | apostrophes (') |
2452 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
2453 | </p> |
2454 | </blockquote> |
2455 | |
2456 | |
2457 | <p>RANGE_MIN - |
2458 | </p> |
2459 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2460 | <p>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this |
2461 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
2462 | number, this parameter is often used in conjunction |
2463 | with RANGE_MAX, but may also appear without |
2464 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
2465 | </p> |
2466 | </blockquote> |
2467 | |
2468 | |
2469 | <p>RANGE_MAX - |
2470 | </p> |
2471 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2472 | <p>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this |
2473 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
2474 | number, this parameter is often used in conjunction with |
2475 | RANGE_MIN, but may also appear without |
2476 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
2477 | </p> |
2478 | </blockquote> |
2479 | |
2480 | |
2481 | <p>POSSIBILITIES - |
2482 | </p> |
2483 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2484 | <p>comma separated list of possible values for this |
2485 | parameter, character strings are encapsulated into |
2486 | apostrophes |
2487 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver parameter) |
2488 | </p> |
2489 | </blockquote> |
2490 | |
2491 | |
2492 | </blockquote><p> |
2493 | |
2494 | </p> |
2495 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order. |
2496 | </p> |
2497 | <p>Example: |
2498 | </p> |
2499 | <p> |
2500 | </p> |
2501 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2502 | <p>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO ALSA ACTIVE" |
2503 | </p> |
2504 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: Whether device is enabled" |
2505 | </p> |
2506 | <p> "TYPE: BOOL" |
2507 | </p> |
2508 | <p> "MANDATORY: false" |
2509 | </p> |
2510 | <p> "FIX: false" |
2511 | </p> |
2512 | <p> "MULTIPLICITY: false" |
2513 | </p> |
2514 | <p> "DEFAULT: true" |
2515 | </p> |
2516 | <p> "." |
2517 | </p> |
2518 | </blockquote><p> |
2519 | |
2520 | </p> |
2521 | <a name="CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"></a><br /><hr /> |
2522 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2523 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.5"></a><h3>6.3.5. Creating a MIDI input device</h3> |
2524 | |
2525 | <p>Use the following command to create a new MIDI input device for the desired MIDI input system: |
2526 | </p> |
2527 | <p> |
2528 | </p> |
2529 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2530 | <p>CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE <midi-input-driver> [<param-list>] |
2531 | </p> |
2532 | </blockquote><p> |
2533 | |
2534 | </p> |
2535 | <p>Where <midi-input-driver> should be replaced by the desired MIDI input system as returned |
2536 | by the <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available MIDI input drivers</span><span>)</span></a> command and <param-list> by an |
2537 | optional list of driver specific parameters in form of "key1=val1 key2=val2 ...", where |
2538 | character string values should be encapsulated into apostrophes ('). |
2539 | Note that there might be drivers which require parameter(s) to be |
2540 | given with this command. Use the previously described commands in |
2541 | this chapter to get that information. |
2542 | </p> |
2543 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2544 | </p> |
2545 | <p> |
2546 | </p> |
2547 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2548 | <p>"OK[<device-id>]" - |
2549 | </p> |
2550 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2551 | <p>in case the device was successfully created, where |
2552 | <device-id> is the numerical ID of the new device |
2553 | </p> |
2554 | </blockquote> |
2555 | |
2556 | |
2557 | <p>"WRN[<device-id>]:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
2558 | </p> |
2559 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2560 | <p>in case the driver was loaded successfully, where |
2561 | <device-id> is the numerical ID of the new device, but |
2562 | there are noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an |
2563 | appropriate warning code and warning message |
2564 | </p> |
2565 | </blockquote> |
2566 | |
2567 | |
2568 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
2569 | </p> |
2570 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2571 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message |
2572 | </p> |
2573 | </blockquote> |
2574 | |
2575 | |
2576 | </blockquote><p> |
2577 | |
2578 | </p> |
2579 | <p>Example: |
2580 | </p> |
2581 | <p> |
2582 | </p> |
2583 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2584 | <p>C: "CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE ALSA" |
2585 | </p> |
2586 | <p>S: "OK[0]" |
2587 | </p> |
2588 | </blockquote><p> |
2589 | |
2590 | </p> |
2591 | <a name="DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"></a><br /><hr /> |
2592 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2593 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.6"></a><h3>6.3.6. Destroying a MIDI input device</h3> |
2594 | |
2595 | <p>Use the following command to destroy a created MIDI input device: |
2596 | </p> |
2597 | <p> |
2598 | </p> |
2599 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2600 | <p>DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE <device-id> |
2601 | </p> |
2602 | </blockquote><p> |
2603 | |
2604 | </p> |
2605 | <p>Where <device-id> should be replaced by the device's numerical ID as returned by the |
2606 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> |
2607 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created MIDI input device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
2608 | command. |
2609 | </p> |
2610 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2611 | </p> |
2612 | <p> |
2613 | </p> |
2614 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2615 | <p>"OK" - |
2616 | </p> |
2617 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2618 | <p>in case the device was successfully destroyed |
2619 | </p> |
2620 | </blockquote> |
2621 | |
2622 | |
2623 | <p>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
2624 | </p> |
2625 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2626 | <p>in case the device was destroyed, but there are noteworthy |
2627 | issue(s) related, providing an appropriate warning code and |
2628 | warning message |
2629 | </p> |
2630 | </blockquote> |
2631 | |
2632 | |
2633 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
2634 | </p> |
2635 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2636 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message |
2637 | </p> |
2638 | </blockquote> |
2639 | |
2640 | |
2641 | </blockquote><p> |
2642 | |
2643 | </p> |
2644 | <p>Example: |
2645 | </p> |
2646 | <p> |
2647 | </p> |
2648 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2649 | <p>C: "DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE 0" |
2650 | </p> |
2651 | <p>S: "OK" |
2652 | </p> |
2653 | </blockquote><p> |
2654 | |
2655 | </p> |
2656 | <a name="GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"></a><br /><hr /> |
2657 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2658 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.7"></a><h3>6.3.7. Getting all created MIDI input device count</h3> |
2659 | |
2660 | <p>Use the following command to count all created MIDI input devices: |
2661 | </p> |
2662 | <p> |
2663 | </p> |
2664 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2665 | <p>GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES |
2666 | </p> |
2667 | </blockquote><p> |
2668 | |
2669 | </p> |
2670 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2671 | </p> |
2672 | <p> |
2673 | </p> |
2674 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2675 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending the current number of all |
2676 | MIDI input devices. |
2677 | </p> |
2678 | </blockquote><p> |
2679 | |
2680 | </p> |
2681 | <p>Example: |
2682 | </p> |
2683 | <p> |
2684 | </p> |
2685 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2686 | <p>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES" |
2687 | </p> |
2688 | <p>S: "3" |
2689 | </p> |
2690 | </blockquote><p> |
2691 | |
2692 | </p> |
2693 | <a name="LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"></a><br /><hr /> |
2694 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2695 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.8"></a><h3>6.3.8. Getting all created MIDI input device list</h3> |
2696 | |
2697 | <p>Use the following command to list all created MIDI input devices: |
2698 | </p> |
2699 | <p> |
2700 | </p> |
2701 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2702 | <p>LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES |
2703 | </p> |
2704 | </blockquote><p> |
2705 | |
2706 | </p> |
2707 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2708 | </p> |
2709 | <p> |
2710 | </p> |
2711 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2712 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a comma separated list |
2713 | with the numerical Ids of all created MIDI input devices. |
2714 | </p> |
2715 | </blockquote><p> |
2716 | |
2717 | </p> |
2718 | <p>Examples: |
2719 | </p> |
2720 | <p> |
2721 | </p> |
2722 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2723 | <p>C: "LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES" |
2724 | </p> |
2725 | <p>S: "0,1,2" |
2726 | </p> |
2727 | </blockquote><p> |
2728 | |
2729 | </p> |
2730 | <p> |
2731 | </p> |
2732 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2733 | <p>C: "LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES" |
2734 | </p> |
2735 | <p>S: "1,3" |
2736 | </p> |
2737 | </blockquote><p> |
2738 | |
2739 | </p> |
2740 | <a name="GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
2741 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2742 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.9"></a><h3>6.3.9. Getting current settings of a MIDI input device</h3> |
2743 | |
2744 | <p>Use the following command to get current settings of a specific, created MIDI input device: |
2745 | </p> |
2746 | <p> |
2747 | </p> |
2748 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2749 | <p>GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO <device-id> |
2750 | </p> |
2751 | </blockquote><p> |
2752 | |
2753 | </p> |
2754 | <p>Where <device-id> is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the |
2755 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> |
2756 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created MIDI input device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
2757 | command. |
2758 | </p> |
2759 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2760 | </p> |
2761 | <p> |
2762 | </p> |
2763 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2764 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
2765 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
2766 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
2767 | the info character string to that info category. As some |
2768 | parameters might allow multiple values, character strings are |
2769 | encapsulated into apostrophes ('). At the moment the following |
2770 | information categories are defined (independent of driver): |
2771 | </p> |
2772 | <p> |
2773 | </p> |
2774 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2775 | <p>DRIVER - |
2776 | </p> |
2777 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2778 | <p>identifier of the used MIDI input driver, as e.g. |
2779 | returned by the <a class="info" href="#LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS">"LIST AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all available MIDI input drivers</span><span>)</span></a> |
2780 | command |
2781 | </p> |
2782 | </blockquote> |
2783 | |
2784 | |
2785 | </blockquote> |
2786 | |
2787 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2788 | <p>ACTIVE - |
2789 | </p> |
2790 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2791 | <p>either true or false, if false then the MIDI device is |
2792 | inactive and doesn't listen to any incoming MIDI events |
2793 | and thus doesn't forward them to connected sampler |
2794 | channels |
2795 | </p> |
2796 | </blockquote> |
2797 | |
2798 | |
2799 | </blockquote> |
2800 | |
2801 | |
2802 | </blockquote><p> |
2803 | |
2804 | </p> |
2805 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular |
2806 | order. The fields above are only those fields which are |
2807 | returned by all MIDI input devices. Every MIDI input driver |
2808 | might have its own, additional driver specific parameters (see |
2809 | <a class="info" href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO">"GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about a specific MIDI input driver</span><span>)</span></a> command) which are also returned |
2810 | by this command. |
2811 | </p> |
2812 | <p>Example: |
2813 | </p> |
2814 | <p> |
2815 | </p> |
2816 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2817 | <p>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO 0" |
2818 | </p> |
2819 | <p>S: "DRIVER: ALSA" |
2820 | </p> |
2821 | <p> "ACTIVE: true" |
2822 | </p> |
2823 | <p> "." |
2824 | </p> |
2825 | </blockquote><p> |
2826 | |
2827 | </p> |
2828 | <a name="SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER"></a><br /><hr /> |
2829 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2830 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.10"></a><h3>6.3.10. Changing settings of MIDI input devices</h3> |
2831 | |
2832 | <p>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of a created MIDI input device: |
2833 | </p> |
2834 | <p> |
2835 | </p> |
2836 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2837 | <p>SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER <device-id> <key>=<value> |
2838 | </p> |
2839 | </blockquote><p> |
2840 | |
2841 | </p> |
2842 | <p>Where <device-id> should be replaced by the numerical ID of the |
2843 | MIDI input device as returned by the |
2844 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> |
2845 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created MIDI input device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
2846 | command, <key> by the name of the parameter to change and |
2847 | <value> by the new value for this parameter. |
2848 | </p> |
2849 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2850 | </p> |
2851 | <p> |
2852 | </p> |
2853 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2854 | <p>"OK" - |
2855 | </p> |
2856 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2857 | <p>in case setting was successfully changed |
2858 | </p> |
2859 | </blockquote> |
2860 | |
2861 | |
2862 | <p>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
2863 | </p> |
2864 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2865 | <p>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are |
2866 | noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate |
2867 | warning code and warning message |
2868 | </p> |
2869 | </blockquote> |
2870 | |
2871 | |
2872 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
2873 | </p> |
2874 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2875 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message |
2876 | </p> |
2877 | </blockquote> |
2878 | |
2879 | |
2880 | </blockquote><p> |
2881 | |
2882 | </p> |
2883 | <p>Example: |
2884 | </p> |
2885 | <p> |
2886 | </p> |
2887 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2888 | <p>C: "SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER 0 ACTIVE=false" |
2889 | </p> |
2890 | <p>S: "OK" |
2891 | </p> |
2892 | </blockquote><p> |
2893 | |
2894 | </p> |
2895 | <a name="GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
2896 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2897 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.11"></a><h3>6.3.11. Getting information about a MIDI port</h3> |
2898 | |
2899 | <p>Use the following command to get information about a MIDI port: |
2900 | </p> |
2901 | <p> |
2902 | </p> |
2903 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2904 | <p>GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO <device-id> <midi-port> |
2905 | </p> |
2906 | </blockquote><p> |
2907 | |
2908 | </p> |
2909 | <p>Where <device-id> is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the |
2910 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> |
2911 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created MIDI input device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
2912 | command and <midi-port> the MIDI input port number. |
2913 | </p> |
2914 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2915 | </p> |
2916 | <p> |
2917 | </p> |
2918 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2919 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
2920 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
2921 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
2922 | the info character string to that info category. At the moment |
2923 | the following information categories are defined: |
2924 | </p> |
2925 | <p>NAME - |
2926 | </p> |
2927 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2928 | <p>arbitrary character string naming the port |
2929 | </p> |
2930 | </blockquote> |
2931 | |
2932 | |
2933 | </blockquote><p> |
2934 | |
2935 | </p> |
2936 | <p>The field above is only the one which is returned by all MIDI |
2937 | ports regardless of the MIDI driver and port. Every MIDI port |
2938 | might have its own, additional driver and port specific |
2939 | parameters. |
2940 | </p> |
2941 | <p>Example: |
2942 | </p> |
2943 | <p> |
2944 | </p> |
2945 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2946 | <p>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO 0 0" |
2947 | </p> |
2948 | <p>S: "NAME: 'Masterkeyboard'" |
2949 | </p> |
2950 | <p> "ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS: '64:0'" |
2951 | </p> |
2952 | <p> "." |
2953 | </p> |
2954 | </blockquote><p> |
2955 | |
2956 | </p> |
2957 | <a name="GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO"></a><br /><hr /> |
2958 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
2959 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.12"></a><h3>6.3.12. Getting information about specific MIDI port parameter</h3> |
2960 | |
2961 | <p>Use the following command to get detailed information about specific MIDI port parameter: |
2962 | </p> |
2963 | <p> |
2964 | </p> |
2965 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2966 | <p>GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO <dev-id> <port> <param> |
2967 | </p> |
2968 | </blockquote><p> |
2969 | |
2970 | </p> |
2971 | <p>Where <dev-id> is the numerical ID of the MIDI input device as returned by the |
2972 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> |
2973 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created MIDI input device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
2974 | command, <port> the MIDI port number and |
2975 | <param> a specific port parameter name for which information should be |
2976 | obtained (as returned by the <a class="info" href="#GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO">"GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting information about a MIDI port</span><span>)</span></a> command). |
2977 | </p> |
2978 | <p>Possible Answers: |
2979 | </p> |
2980 | <p> |
2981 | </p> |
2982 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2983 | <p>LinuxSampler will answer by sending a <CRLF> separated list. |
2984 | Each answer line begins with the information category name |
2985 | followed by a colon and then a space character <SP> and finally |
2986 | the info character string to that info category. There is |
2987 | information which is always returned, independently of the |
2988 | given channel parameter and there is optional information |
2989 | which are only shown dependently to the given MIDI port. At the |
2990 | moment the following information categories are defined: |
2991 | </p> |
2992 | <p>TYPE - |
2993 | </p> |
2994 | <blockquote class="text"> |
2995 | <p>either "BOOL" for boolean value(s) or "INT" for integer |
2996 | value(s) or "FLOAT" for dotted number(s) or "STRING" for |
2997 | character string(s) |
2998 | (always returned) |
2999 | </p> |
3000 | </blockquote> |
3001 | |
3002 | |
3003 | <p>DESCRIPTION - |
3004 | </p> |
3005 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3006 | <p>arbitrary text describing the purpose of the parameter |
3007 | (always returned) |
3008 | </p> |
3009 | </blockquote> |
3010 | |
3011 | |
3012 | <p>FIX - |
3013 | </p> |
3014 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3015 | <p>either true or false, if true then this parameter is |
3016 | read only, thus cannot be altered |
3017 | (always returned) |
3018 | </p> |
3019 | </blockquote> |
3020 | |
3021 | |
3022 | <p>MULTIPLICITY - |
3023 | </p> |
3024 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3025 | <p>either true or false, defines if this parameter allows |
3026 | only one value or a list of values, where true means |
3027 | multiple values and false only a single value allowed |
3028 | (always returned) |
3029 | </p> |
3030 | </blockquote> |
3031 | |
3032 | |
3033 | <p>RANGE_MIN - |
3034 | </p> |
3035 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3036 | <p>defines lower limit of the allowed value range for this |
3037 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
3038 | number, this parameter is usually used in conjunction |
3039 | with 'RANGE_MAX' but may also appear without |
3040 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver and port |
3041 | parameter) |
3042 | </p> |
3043 | </blockquote> |
3044 | |
3045 | |
3046 | <p>RANGE_MAX - |
3047 | </p> |
3048 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3049 | <p>defines upper limit of the allowed value range for this |
3050 | parameter, can be an integer value as well as a dotted |
3051 | number, this parameter is usually used in conjunction |
3052 | with 'RANGE_MIN' but may also appear without |
3053 | (optionally returned, dependent to driver and port |
3054 | parameter) |
3055 | </p> |
3056 | </blockquote> |
3057 | |
3058 | |
3059 | <p>POSSIBILITIES - |
3060 | </p> |
3061 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3062 | <p>comma separated list of possible values for this |
3063 | parameter, character strings are encapsulated into |
3064 | apostrophes |
3065 | (optionally returned, dependent to device and port |
3066 | parameter) |
3067 | </p> |
3068 | </blockquote> |
3069 | |
3070 | |
3071 | </blockquote><p> |
3072 | |
3073 | </p> |
3074 | <p>The mentioned fields above don't have to be in particular order. |
3075 | </p> |
3076 | <p>Example: |
3077 | </p> |
3078 | <p> |
3079 | </p> |
3080 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3081 | <p>C: "GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO 0 0 ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS" |
3082 | </p> |
3083 | <p>S: "DESCRIPTION: bindings to other ALSA sequencer clients" |
3084 | </p> |
3085 | <p> "TYPE: STRING" |
3086 | </p> |
3087 | <p> "FIX: false" |
3088 | </p> |
3089 | <p> "MULTIPLICITY: true" |
3090 | </p> |
3091 | <p> "POSSIBILITIES: '64:0','68:0','68:1'" |
3092 | </p> |
3093 | <p> "." |
3094 | </p> |
3095 | </blockquote><p> |
3096 | |
3097 | </p> |
3098 | <a name="SET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER"></a><br /><hr /> |
3099 | <table summary="layout" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" class="bug" align="right"><tr><td class="bug"><a href="#toc" class="link2"> TOC </a></td></tr></table> |
3100 | <a name="rfc.section.6.3.13"></a><h3>6.3.13. Changing settings of MIDI input ports</h3> |
3101 | |
3102 | <p>Use the following command to alter a specific setting of a MIDI input port: |
3103 | </p> |
3104 | <p> |
3105 | </p> |
3106 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3107 | <p>SET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER <device-id> <port> <key>=<value> |
3108 | </p> |
3109 | </blockquote><p> |
3110 | |
3111 | </p> |
3112 | <p>Where <device-id> should be replaced by the numerical ID of the |
3113 | MIDI device as returned by the |
3114 | <a class="info" href="#CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE">"CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE"<span> (</span><span class="info">Creating a MIDI input device</span><span>)</span></a> |
3115 | or <a class="info" href="#LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES">"LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES"<span> (</span><span class="info">Getting all created MIDI input device list</span><span>)</span></a> |
3116 | command, <port> by the MIDI port number, <key> by the name of |
3117 | the parameter to change and <value> by the new value for this |
3118 | parameter. |
3119 | </p> |
3120 | <p>Possible Answers: |
3121 | </p> |
3122 | <p> |
3123 | </p> |
3124 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3125 | <p>"OK" - |
3126 | </p> |
3127 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3128 | <p>in case setting was successfully changed |
3129 | </p> |
3130 | </blockquote> |
3131 | |
3132 | |
3133 | <p>"WRN:<warning-code>:<warning-message>" - |
3134 | </p> |
3135 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3136 | <p>in case setting was changed successfully, but there are |
3137 | noteworthy issue(s) related, providing an appropriate |
3138 | warning code and warning message |
3139 | </p> |
3140 | </blockquote> |
3141 | |
3142 | |
3143 | <p>"ERR:<error-code>:<error-message>" - |
3144 | </p> |
3145 | <blockquote class="text"> |
3146 | <p>in case it failed, providing an appropriate error code and error message |
3147 | </p> |
3148 | </blockquote> |
3149 | |
3150 | |
3151 | </blockquote><p> |
3152 | |
3153 | </p> |
3154 | <p>Example: |
3155 | </p> |
3156 | <p> |