: midimsg = midireceive (dev) ¶

: midimsg = midireceive (dev, maxmsg) ¶

Attempt to receive midi messages from a midi device.

Inputs

dev - a octave midi device opened using mididevice.
maxmsg - Maximum number of messages to retrieve. If not specified, the function will attempt to get all pending.

Outputs

midimsg - a midimsg containing the messages retrieved from the device.
If no messages are available, midimsg will be empty.

Examples

Open device 0, and poll and display read messages

dev = mididevice(0);
while true
   mx = midireceive(dev);
   if !isempty(mx)
     % display message
     mx
   endif
endwhile

See also: mididevice, midisend.

Package: audio