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The midibridge is a Javascript API for interacting with the midi devices on your computer.
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It provides methods for detecting the midi devices and for connecting these devices with each other.
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The midibridge itself is considered a midi device as well, so it can be connected to the detected devices.
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The midibridge can generate and send midi events to midi output devices, and receive midi events from midi input devices.
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The midibridge can also filter and alter midi events.
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Recording and playing back midi events with a sequencer will be added in later versions.
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A midi output device is a physical output port on your computer, a virtual output port or a software synthesizer. It can also be a sequencer, a file or a function.
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A midi input device is a physical or virtual input port, a sequencer, a file or a function.
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A midi device can be both in- and output. The midibridge itself for instance is both in- and output because it can send and receive midi events.
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The actual interaction with the midi devices on your computer is done by a Java applet. The midibridge automatically adds the applet to your webpage.
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The midibridge has no visual parts, it is 'headless' code. You could say the midibridge enables you to write a 'front-end' on top of the applet.
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Midi Devices -> Java Applet -> Javascript Midibridge API -> a GUI in Javascript, Flash, SVG, C# (Silverlight)
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Because the midibridge is written in native Javascript, you can use it conflict-free with any Javascript framework.
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The only files you need to get started are:
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/lib/midibridge-0.5.1.min.js
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/java/midiapplet.jar
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/lib/MidiBridge.js is the non-minified version of /lib/midibridge-0.5.1.min.js
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The other files and notably the files in the /js folder are code snippets that i have used in the quick start guide and the documentation on my blogpost, see:
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http://www.abumarkub.net/abublog/?p=399
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