SynthesiserVoice Class Referenceabstract
juce_audio_basics » synthesisers

Represents a voice that a Synthesiser can use to play a SynthesiserSound. More...

Inheritance diagram for SynthesiserVoice:

## Public Member Functions

| SynthesiserVoice ()
| Creates a voice. More...
virtual | ~SynthesiserVoice ()
| Destructor. More...
int | getCurrentlyPlayingNote () const noexcept
| Returns the midi note that this voice is currently playing. More...
SynthesiserSound::Ptr | getCurrentlyPlayingSound () const noexcept
| Returns the sound that this voice is currently playing. More...
virtual bool | canPlaySound (SynthesiserSound *)=0
| Must return true if this voice object is capable of playing the given sound. More...
virtual void | startNote (int midiNoteNumber, float velocity, SynthesiserSound *sound, int currentPitchWheelPosition)=0
| Called to start a new note. More...
virtual void | stopNote (float velocity, bool allowTailOff)=0
| Called to stop a note. More...
virtual bool | isVoiceActive () const
| Returns true if this voice is currently busy playing a sound. More...
virtual void | pitchWheelMoved (int newPitchWheelValue)=0
| Called to let the voice know that the pitch wheel has been moved. More...
virtual void | controllerMoved (int controllerNumber, int newControllerValue)=0
| Called to let the voice know that a midi controller has been moved. More...
virtual void | aftertouchChanged (int newAftertouchValue)
| Called to let the voice know that the aftertouch has changed. More...
virtual void | channelPressureChanged (int newChannelPressureValue)
| Called to let the voice know that the channel pressure has changed. More...
virtual void | renderNextBlock (AudioBuffer< float > &outputBuffer, int startSample, int numSamples)=0
| Renders the next block of data for this voice. More...
virtual void | renderNextBlock (AudioBuffer< double > &outputBuffer, int startSample, int numSamples)
| A double-precision version of renderNextBlock() More...
virtual void | setCurrentPlaybackSampleRate (double newRate)
| Changes the voice's reference sample rate. More...
virtual bool | isPlayingChannel (int midiChannel) const
| Returns true if the voice is currently playing a sound which is mapped to the given midi channel. More...
double | getSampleRate () const noexcept
| Returns the current target sample rate at which rendering is being done. More...
bool | isKeyDown () const noexcept
| Returns true if the key that triggered this voice is still held down. More...
void | setKeyDown (bool isNowDown) noexcept
| Allows you to modify the flag indicating that the key that triggered this voice is still held down. More...
bool | isSustainPedalDown () const noexcept
| Returns true if the sustain pedal is currently active for this voice. More...
void | setSustainPedalDown (bool isNowDown) noexcept
| Modifies the sustain pedal flag. More...
bool | isSostenutoPedalDown () const noexcept
| Returns true if the sostenuto pedal is currently active for this voice. More...
void | setSostenutoPedalDown (bool isNowDown) noexcept
| Modifies the sostenuto pedal flag. More...
bool | isPlayingButReleased () const noexcept
| Returns true if a voice is sounding in its release phase. More...
bool | wasStartedBefore (const SynthesiserVoice &other) const noexcept
| Returns true if this voice started playing its current note before the other voice did. More...

## Protected Member Functions

void | clearCurrentNote ()
| Resets the state of this voice after a sound has finished playing. More...

## Detailed Description

Represents a voice that a Synthesiser can use to play a SynthesiserSound.

A voice plays a single sound at a time, and a synthesiser holds an array of voices so that it can play polyphonically.

See also
  Synthesiser, SynthesiserSound

## Constructor & Destructor Documentation

## SynthesiserVoice()

SynthesiserVoice::SynthesiserVoice | ( |  | ) |

Creates a voice.

## ~SynthesiserVoice()

virtual SynthesiserVoice::~SynthesiserVoice | ( |  | ) |

virtual

Destructor.

## Member Function Documentation

## getCurrentlyPlayingNote()

int SynthesiserVoice::getCurrentlyPlayingNote | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns the midi note that this voice is currently playing.

Returns a value less than 0 if no note is playing.

## getCurrentlyPlayingSound()

SynthesiserSound::Ptr SynthesiserVoice::getCurrentlyPlayingSound | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns the sound that this voice is currently playing.

Returns nullptr if it's not playing.

## canPlaySound()

virtual bool SynthesiserVoice::canPlaySound | ( | SynthesiserSound * |  | ) |

pure virtual

Must return true if this voice object is capable of playing the given sound.

If there are different classes of sound, and different classes of voice, a voice can choose which ones it wants to take on.

A typical implementation of this method may just return true if there's only one type of voice and sound, or it might check the type of the sound object passed-in and see if it's one that it understands.

Implemented in SamplerVoice.

## startNote()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::startNote | ( | int | midiNoteNumber,
|  | float | velocity,
|  | SynthesiserSound * | sound,
|  | int | currentPitchWheelPosition
| ) |  |

pure virtual

Called to start a new note.

This will be called during the rendering callback, so must be fast and thread-safe.

Implemented in SamplerVoice.

## stopNote()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::stopNote | ( | float | velocity,
|  | bool | allowTailOff
| ) |  |

pure virtual

Called to stop a note.

This will be called during the rendering callback, so must be fast and thread-safe.

The velocity indicates how quickly the note was released - 0 is slowly, 1 is quickly.

If allowTailOff is false or the voice doesn't want to tail-off, then it must stop all sound immediately, and must call clearCurrentNote() to reset the state of this voice and allow the synth to reassign it another sound.

If allowTailOff is true and the voice decides to do a tail-off, then it's allowed to begin fading out its sound, and it can stop playing until it's finished. As soon as it finishes playing (during the rendering callback), it must make sure that it calls clearCurrentNote().

Implemented in SamplerVoice.

## isVoiceActive()

virtual bool SynthesiserVoice::isVoiceActive | ( |  | ) | const

virtual

Returns true if this voice is currently busy playing a sound.

By default this just checks the getCurrentlyPlayingNote() value, but can be overridden for more advanced checking.

## pitchWheelMoved()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::pitchWheelMoved | ( | int | newPitchWheelValue | ) |

pure virtual

Called to let the voice know that the pitch wheel has been moved.

This will be called during the rendering callback, so must be fast and thread-safe.

Implemented in SamplerVoice.

## controllerMoved()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::controllerMoved | ( | int | controllerNumber,
|  | int | newControllerValue
| ) |  |

pure virtual

Called to let the voice know that a midi controller has been moved.

This will be called during the rendering callback, so must be fast and thread-safe.

Implemented in SamplerVoice.

## aftertouchChanged()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::aftertouchChanged | ( | int | newAftertouchValue | ) |

virtual

Called to let the voice know that the aftertouch has changed.

This will be called during the rendering callback, so must be fast and thread-safe.

## channelPressureChanged()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::channelPressureChanged | ( | int | newChannelPressureValue | ) |

virtual

Called to let the voice know that the channel pressure has changed.

This will be called during the rendering callback, so must be fast and thread-safe.

## renderNextBlock() [1/2]

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::renderNextBlock | ( | AudioBuffer< float > & | outputBuffer,
|  | int | startSample,
|  | int | numSamples
| ) |  |

pure virtual

Renders the next block of data for this voice.

The output audio data must be added to the current contents of the buffer provided. Only the region of the buffer between startSample and (startSample + numSamples) should be altered by this method.

If the voice is currently silent, it should just return without doing anything.

If the sound that the voice is playing finishes during the course of this rendered block, it must call clearCurrentNote(), to tell the synthesiser that it has finished.

The size of the blocks that are rendered can change each time it is called, and may involve rendering as little as 1 sample at a time. In between rendering callbacks, the voice's methods will be called to tell it about note and controller events.

Implemented in SamplerVoice.

## renderNextBlock() [2/2]

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::renderNextBlock | ( | AudioBuffer< double > & | outputBuffer,
|  | int | startSample,
|  | int | numSamples
| ) |  |

virtual

A double-precision version of renderNextBlock()

## setCurrentPlaybackSampleRate()

virtual void SynthesiserVoice::setCurrentPlaybackSampleRate | ( | double | newRate | ) |

virtual

Changes the voice's reference sample rate.

The rate is set so that subclasses know the output rate and can set their pitch accordingly.

This method is called by the synth, and subclasses can access the current rate with the currentSampleRate member.

## isPlayingChannel()

virtual bool SynthesiserVoice::isPlayingChannel | ( | int | midiChannel | ) | const

virtual

Returns true if the voice is currently playing a sound which is mapped to the given midi channel.

If it's not currently playing, this will return false.

## getSampleRate()

double SynthesiserVoice::getSampleRate | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns the current target sample rate at which rendering is being done.

Subclasses may need to know this so that they can pitch things correctly.

## isKeyDown()

bool SynthesiserVoice::isKeyDown | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns true if the key that triggered this voice is still held down.

Note that the voice may still be playing after the key was released (e.g because the sostenuto pedal is down).

## setKeyDown()

void SynthesiserVoice::setKeyDown | ( | bool | isNowDown | ) |

noexcept

Allows you to modify the flag indicating that the key that triggered this voice is still held down.

See also
  isKeyDown

## isSustainPedalDown()

bool SynthesiserVoice::isSustainPedalDown | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns true if the sustain pedal is currently active for this voice.

## setSustainPedalDown()

void SynthesiserVoice::setSustainPedalDown | ( | bool | isNowDown | ) |

noexcept

Modifies the sustain pedal flag.

## isSostenutoPedalDown()

bool SynthesiserVoice::isSostenutoPedalDown | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns true if the sostenuto pedal is currently active for this voice.

## setSostenutoPedalDown()

void SynthesiserVoice::setSostenutoPedalDown | ( | bool | isNowDown | ) |

noexcept

Modifies the sostenuto pedal flag.

## isPlayingButReleased()

bool SynthesiserVoice::isPlayingButReleased | ( |  | ) | const

noexcept

Returns true if a voice is sounding in its release phase.

## wasStartedBefore()

bool SynthesiserVoice::wasStartedBefore | ( | const SynthesiserVoice & | other | ) | const

noexcept

Returns true if this voice started playing its current note before the other voice did.

## clearCurrentNote()

void SynthesiserVoice::clearCurrentNote | ( |  | ) |

protected

Resets the state of this voice after a sound has finished playing.

The subclass must call this when it finishes playing a note and becomes available to play new ones.

It must either call it in the stopNote() method, or if the voice is tailing off, then it should call it later during the renderNextBlock method, as soon as it finishes its tail-off.

It can also be called at any time during the render callback if the sound happens to have finished, e.g. if it's playing a sample and the sample finishes.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- juce_Synthesiser.h