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<p>midiout —
Sends a generic MIDI message to the MIDI OUT port.
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Sends a generic MIDI message to the MIDI OUT port.
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<pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>midiout</strong></span> kstatus, kchan, kdata1, kdata2</pre>
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<span class="emphasis"><em>kstatus</em></span> -- the type of MIDI message. Can be:
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<span class="emphasis"><em>kchan</em></span> -- MIDI channel (1-16)
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<span class="emphasis"><em>kdata1, kdata2</em></span> -- message-dependent data values
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<span class="emphasis"><em>midiout</em></span> has no output arguments, because it sends a message to the MIDI OUT port implicitly. It works at k-rate. It sends a MIDI message only when <span class="emphasis"><em>kstatus</em></span> is non-zero.
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<span class="emphasis"><em>Warning:</em></span> Normally <span class="emphasis"><em>kstatus</em></span> should be set to 0. Only when the user intends to send a MIDI message, can it be set to the corresponding message type number.
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<td>Author: Gabriel Maldonado</td>
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<td>Italy</td>
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<td>1998</td>
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<p>New in Csound version 3.492</p>
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