Events > MidiMarkerNotification event

Remarks

Occurs when a specific type of MIDI marker, previously enabled for notification, has been found inside the MIDI stream during playback.

Notifications of a specific MIDI marker can be enabled/disabled through the MIDI.MarkersEnableNotifications method.

For further details about the use of MIDI protocol see the MIDI object section and the How to deal with MIDI protocol tutorial.

Syntax

[Visual Basic]

MidiMarkerNotification (

ByVal nPlayer as Integer,

ByVal nMarkerType as enumMidiMarkerNotifications,

ByVal nTrack as Integer,

ByVal fPositionInMs as Double,

ByVal fPositionInTicks as Double,

ByVal fPositionInPercentage as Double,

ByVal strText as String

)

[C++]

void MidiMarkerNotification (

short nPlayer,

long nMarkerType,

short nTrack,

double fPositionInMs,

double fPositionInTicks,

double fPositionInPercentage,

BSTR strText

);

Parameter

Description

nPlayer

Number representing the zero-based index of the involved player

nMarkerType

Type of MIDI marker.

Supported values are the following:

Mnemonic constant	Value	Meaning
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_LYRIC	0	Lyrics (MIDI meta event 5)
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_TEXT	1	Text (MIDI meta event 1)
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_MARKER	2	Marker (MIDI meta event 6)
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_CUE	3	Cue point (MIDI meta event 7)
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_TIME_SIGNATURE	4	Time signature (MIDI meta event 88). The reported text is in the form of "a b", where a is the number of sharps, if positive, or flats, if negative, and b signifies major, if 0, or minor, if 1.
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_KEY_SIGNATURE	5	Key signature (MIDI meta event 89). The reported text is in the form of "a/b c d", where a is the numerator, b is the denominator, c is the metronome pulse and d is the number of 32nd notes per MIDI quarter-note.
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_COPYRIGHT	6	Copyright notice (MIDI meta event 2).
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_TRACK	7	Track name (MIDI meta event 3).
MIDI_NOTIFICATION_INSTRUMENT	8	Instrument name (MIDI meta event 4).

nTrack

Number representing the zero-based index of the MIDI track. The total number of available MIDI tracks can be obtained through the MIDI:TrackCountGet method.

fPositionInMs

Position of the marker, expressed in milliseconds, inside the MIDI stream

fPositionInTicks

Position of the marker, expressed in MIDI ticks, inside the MIDI stream

fPositionInPercentage

Position of the marker, expressed in percentage, inside the MIDI stream

strText

String containing the text of the marker