Playing notes with MIDI -- midiOutShortMsg(...) in winmm.dll

[coderx]

I am attempting to build a piece of software which will replicate a guitar's
notes. The major problem I have is sending the message to the midi output
device which has the correct instrument and note to play. The midi people
want like 50 bucks for a reference, and as this will be a personal use type
application, I can't see spending the money on it. If anyone has a nice
enumerated list of the ID's for the instruments and notes/chords, that would
be wonderful. I am writing this in Visual Basic(.net), but an example or
two in C or C++ or even Java or some other language which uses the windows
API would be great.

Thanks In Advance,
--cx.

[Randy Birch]

Perhaps posting a question to these might also help:

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.vsnet.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.vstudio.general
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.vstudio.setup

... etc. Those are the .net-specific groups, and while I realize your
question is version-non-specific, the gurus there might have a lead.
--
Randy Birch
MS MVP Visual Basic
http://vbnet.mvps.org/


"coderx" <***@coderx.net> wrote in message news:ABkxd.8666$***@bignews3.bellsouth.net...
:I am attempting to build a piece of software which will replicate a
guitar's
: notes. The major problem I have is sending the message to the midi output
: device which has the correct instrument and note to play. The midi people
: want like 50 bucks for a reference, and as this will be a personal use
type
: application, I can't see spending the money on it. If anyone has a nice
: enumerated list of the ID's for the instruments and notes/chords, that
would
: be wonderful. I am writing this in Visual Basic(.net), but an example or
: two in C or C++ or even Java or some other language which uses the windows
: API would be great.
:
: Thanks In Advance,
: --cx.
:
:

[Ed]

Post by coderx
I am attempting to build a piece of software which will replicate a guitar's
notes. The major problem I have is sending the message to the midi output
device which has the correct instrument and note to play. The midi people
want like 50 bucks for a reference, and as this will be a personal use type
application, I can't see spending the money on it. If anyone has a nice
enumerated list of the ID's for the instruments and notes/chords, that would
be wonderful. I am writing this in Visual Basic(.net), but an example or
two in C or C++ or even Java or some other language which uses the windows
API would be great.
Thanks In Advance,
--cx.

MIDI Keyboard Player
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=4213

Ed