[sdiy] MIDI receiving flowchart.. WAS MIDI I/O c code..

[Mathias]

I found that and would like to share it with you guys:

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/midi-tutorial/all

Best

Mathias

On 21.03.20 02:32, Jean-Pierre Desrochers wrote:
> Thanks René !
> Even though there is no Rx interrupt code
> I will have a carefull look at your code with joy !
>
> JP
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] De la part de René Schmitz
> Envoyé : 20 mars 2020 21:10
> À : synth-diy at synth-diy.org
> Objet : Re: [sdiy] MIDI receiving flowchart.. WAS MIDI I/O c code..
>
> Well if none of you handles system common messages, I don't feel so bad.
>
> Here is some code I wrote some years back, and cobbled something
> together to be run in a shell, so you can actually examine this without
> the hassle of a embedded environment or ISRs etc.
>
> https://github.com/schmitzbits/terse_midi_parser
>
> Best,
>    René
>
> On 21.03.2020 01:10, John Speth via Synth-diy wrote:
>> Neil's flowchart looks right. Here's another way to look at it from a
>> state machine perspective. For me personally, coding from a flow chart
>> leads to spaghetti code but a state machine translates to code much easier.
>>
>> http://myplace.frontier.com/~jspeth/MIDI_FSM.pdf
>>
>> Advice: There is little value and it's probably even detrimental to
>> attempt a starting MIDI reception code body. You need to fully implement
>> the MIDI reception and decoding parts. You can opt to disregard the
>> actions that should be taken after an unambiguous MIDI message is
>> received but you need to handle each byte.
>>
>> JJS
>>
>> On 3/20/2020 12:26 PM, Neil Johnson wrote:
>>> You mean like this:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/nejohnson/miby
>>>
>>> Look in the /doc folder for a PDF.
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>> On Fri, 20 Mar 2020 at 19:17, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net
>>> <mailto:tom at electricdruid.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>      I think a flowchart is a good idea, but I’d say that the voice
>>>      assignment part is a separate thing from the MIDI. Voice handling
>>>      is a whole area in its own right.
>>>
>>>      Tom
>>>
>>>      ==================
>>>             Electric Druid
>>>      Synth & Stompbox DIY
>>>      ==================
>>>
>>>>      On 20 Mar 2020, at 19:10, Jean-Pierre Desrochers
>>>>      <jpdesroc at oricom.ca <mailto:jpdesroc at oricom.ca>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      One idea came to my mind reading all your great comments:
>>>>      Would it be usefull for anybody in this DIY forum including
>>>>      newbies like me
>>>>      that someone would publish a 'starting' MIDI receiving flowchart
>>>>      of the basics from the incoming bytes to the actual final process
>>>>      of each received notes ?
>>>>      For example this helping flowchart would show the basic steps
>>>>      of first: the interrupt function (USART Rx flag test, RxBuffer[]
>>>>      updating, etc...)
>>>>      Then the behaviour of the main loop processing each received byte
>>>>      for let's say a polyphonic MIDI to CV 8 voices module ?
>>>>      And only for one MIDI channel for simplicity to understanding ?
>>>>      I did in the past a big flowchart for my MIDI to CV 6 voices module
>>>>      That I could 'squeeze'to keep only what's stated above.
>>>>      This could be a starting point for anybody who wants to 'correct'
>>>>      things
>>>>      and this way the DIY forum would have a 'list standardized' flowchart
>>>>      For anybody to use in the future..
>>>>      This would answer many design questions to come.
>>>>      Again, a small flowchart of how to receive MIDI bytes for only
>>>>      one MIDI channel
>>>>      And process for polyphonic use (8 voices).
>>>>      If this suggestion interests enough diyers I could put my cleaned out
>>>>      Flowchart on the list as a start..
>>>>      Or maybe I'll be the only guy to be interested in that
>>>>      Since many of you gurus have already been through these codings..
>>>>      JP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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