Class Track
- java.lang.Object
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- javax.sound.midi.Track
public class Track extends Object
A MIDI track is an independent stream of MIDI events (time-stamped MIDI data) that can be stored along with other tracks in a standard MIDI file. The MIDI specification allows only 16 channels of MIDI data, but tracks are a way to get around this limitation. A MIDI file can contain any number of tracks, each containing its own stream of up to 16 channels of MIDI data.
A Track
occupies a middle level in the hierarchy of data played by a Sequencer
: sequencers play sequences, which contain tracks, which contain MIDI events. A sequencer may provide controls that mute or solo individual tracks.
The timing information and resolution for a track is controlled by and stored in the sequence containing the track. A given Track
is considered to belong to the particular Sequence
that maintains its timing. For this reason, a new (empty) track is created by calling the Sequence.createTrack()
method, rather than by directly invoking a Track
constructor.
The Track
class provides methods to edit the track by adding or removing MidiEvent
objects from it. These operations keep the event list in the correct time order. Methods are also included to obtain the track's size, in terms of either the number of events it contains or its duration in ticks.
Method Summary
Modifier and Type | Method | Description |
---|---|---|
boolean | add(MidiEvent event) | Adds a new event to the track. |
MidiEvent | get(int index) | Obtains the event at the specified index. |
boolean | remove(MidiEvent event) | Removes the specified event from the track. |
int | size() | Obtains the number of events in this track. |
long | ticks() | Obtains the length of the track, expressed in MIDI ticks. |
Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
Method Detail
add
public boolean add(MidiEvent event)
Adds a new event to the track. However, if the event is already contained in the track, it is not added again. The list of events is kept in time order, meaning that this event inserted at the appropriate place in the list, not necessarily at the end.
- Parameters:
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event
- the event to add - Returns:
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true
if the event did not already exist in the track and was added, otherwisefalse
remove
public boolean remove(MidiEvent event)
Removes the specified event from the track.
- Parameters:
-
event
- the event to remove - Returns:
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true
if the event existed in the track and was removed, otherwisefalse
get
public MidiEvent get(int index) throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
Obtains the event at the specified index.
- Parameters:
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index
- the location of the desired event in the event vector - Returns:
- the event at the specified index
- Throws:
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ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException
- if the specified index is negative or not less than the current size of this track - See Also:
size()
size
public int size()
Obtains the number of events in this track.
- Returns:
- the size of the track's event vector
ticks
public long ticks()
Obtains the length of the track, expressed in MIDI ticks. (The duration of a tick in seconds is determined by the timing resolution of the Sequence
containing this track, and also by the tempo of the music as set by the sequencer.)
- Returns:
- the duration, in ticks
- See Also:
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Sequence(float, int)
,Sequencer.setTempoInBPM(float)
,Sequencer.getTickPosition()