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<span class="refentrytitle">vstmidiout</span>
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<p>vstmidiout — Sends MIDI information to a VST plugin.
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<pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>vstmidiout</strong></span> instance, kstatus, kchan, kdata1, kdata2</pre>
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>vstmidiout</em></span> is used for sending MIDI information to a VST plugin.</p>
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>instance</em></span> - the number which identifies the
plugin, to be passed to other vst4cs opcodes.</p>
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<p><span class="emphasis"><em>kstatus</em></span> - the type of midi message to be
sent. Currently noteon (144), note off (128), Control Change (176),
Program change (192), Aftertouch (208) and Pitch Bend (224) are
supported.</p>
<p><span class="emphasis"><em>kchan</em></span> - the MIDI channel transmitted
on.</p>
<p><span class="emphasis"><em>kdata1, kdata2</em></span> - the MIDI data pair, which
varies depending on kstatus. e.g. note/velocity for note on and note
off, Controller number/value for control change.</p>
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<b>Example 686. Example for vstmidiout</b>
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/* orc */
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 2
gihandle1 vstinit "c:/vstplugins/cheeze/cheeze machine.dll",1
instr 3
ain1 = 0
ab1, ab2 vstaudio gihandle1, ain1, ain1
outs ab1, ab2
endin
instr 4
vstmidiout gihandle1,144,1,p4,p5
endin
/* sco */
i 3 0 21
i4 1 1 57 32
i4 3 1 60 100
i4 5 1 62 100
i4 7 1 64 100
i4 9 1 65 100
i4 11 1 67 100
i4 13 1 69 100
i4 15 3 71 100
i4 18 3 72 100
e
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<p>By: Andrés Cabrera and Michael Gogins</p>
<p>Uses code from Hermann Seib's VSTHost and Thomas Grill's vst~
object.</p>
<p>VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
VST Plug-In Technology by Steinberg.</p>
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