public class Patch extends Object
Patch object represents a ___location, on a MIDI
synthesizer, into which a single instrument is stored (loaded).
Every Instrument object has its own Patch
object that specifies the memory ___location
into which that instrument should be loaded. The
___location is specified abstractly by a bank index and a program number (not by
any scheme that directly refers to a specific address or offset in RAM).
This is a hierarchical indexing scheme: MIDI provides for up to 16384 banks,
each of which contains up to 128 program locations. For example, a
minimal sort of synthesizer might have only one bank of instruments, and
only 32 instruments (programs) in that bank.
To select what instrument should play the notes on a particular MIDI
channel, two kinds of MIDI message are used that specify a patch ___location:
a bank-select command, and a program-change channel command. The Java Sound
equivalent is the
programChange(int, int)
method of MidiChannel.
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
Patch(int bank,
int program)
Constructs a new patch object from the specified bank and program
numbers.
|
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
int |
getBank()
Returns the number of the bank that contains the instrument
whose ___location this
Patch specifies. |
int |
getProgram()
Returns the index, within
a bank, of the instrument whose ___location this
Patch specifies. |
public Patch(int bank,
int program)
bank - the bank index (in the range from 0 to 16383)program - the program index (in the range from 0 to 127)public int getBank()
Patch specifies.MidiChannel.programChange(int, int)public int getProgram()
Patch specifies.MidiChannel.getProgram(),
MidiChannel.programChange(int),
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