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On Sat, 10 May 2003 19:41:31 -0700, "Nicholas Gessler"
<gessler@ucla.edu> wrote:

>It was probably a mistake to post this to the Graphics group.  My guess is
>that there must be an API handle to the MIDI device..
>
>So, how can I simply talk to an internal MIDI device?
>Is there a Windows API connection to the onboard MIDI?
>
>Thanks,
>Nick

There are several APIs that can be used with MIDI data:
1) The low level midiIn* and midiOut* functions can play and record
MIDI messages.  (For output it mostly involves calling midiOutShortMsg
after opening and initializing the device)
2) MCI is a high level way to play MIDI files
3) Recent versions of DirectX have some support for MIDI input and
output (via DirectMusic).  I personally find DirectMucic confusing
because you must learn a whole new terminology in addition to MIDI and
figure out how that maps onto MIDI.  Since DirectMusic has many
features beyond MIDI, this is not simple.

The Microsoft documentation for these APIs will probably leave you
with questions, but it is a good place to start.  When I was
experimenting with them, I didn't know much about MIDI and which hurt
my understanding of the little documentation there is.

Chris Hill
Chris244@aol.com