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NotePlayer Class

Plays musical notes via the QuickTime on Macintosh and the MIDI functions on Windows.

Properties
Index
Instrument
Left
Name
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Methods
PlayNote

# Notes

Because this is a Control, see the Control class for other properties and events that are common to all Control objects.

When calling the PlayNote method, the pitch is represented as a number from 0 to 127 where middle C is 60. Incrementing by 1 raises the pitch by a half step. Decreasing by 1 decreases the pitch by a half step. You can also express the value of pitch as a number from 256 to 32767, i.e. pitch*256. Use this to specify half-steps. For example, if you want a pitch of 60.5, specify 60.5*256=15488 as the value of Pitch.

The velocity parameter is a scale from 0 to 127 that represents how hard the key is pressed. 127 represents a very hard key press. 0 represents the key no longer being pressed. When calling the PlayNote method, the note played will continue to play until it is played again with a velocity of 0.

## Linux

The NotePlayer is not supported on Linux.

# Instruments

Instrument | Value | Instrument | Value
--- | --- | --- | ---
Acoustic Grand Piano | 1 | Soprano Sax | 65
Bright Acoustic Piano | 2 | Alto Sax | 66
Electric Grand Piano | 3 | Tenor Sax | 67
Honky-tonk Piano | 4 | Baritone Sax | 68
Rhodes Piano | 5 | Oboe | 69
Chorused Piano | 6 | English Horn | 70
Harpsichord | 7 | Bassoon | 71
Clavinet | 8 | Clarinet | 72
Celesta | 9 | Piccolo | 73
Glockenspiel | 10 | Flute | 74
Music Box | 11 | Recorder | 75
Vibraphone | 12 | Pan Flute | 76
Marimba | 13 | Bottle blow | 77
Xylophone | 14 | Shakuhachi | 78
Tubular bells | 15 | Whistle | 79
Dulcimer | 16 | Ocarina | 80
Draw Organ | 17 | Square Lead | 81
Percussive Organ | 18 | Saw Lead | 82
Rock Organ | 19 | Calliope | 83
Church Organ | 20 | Chiffer | 84
Reed Organ | 21 | Synth Lead 5 | 85
Accordion | 22 | Synth Lead 6 | 86
Harmonica | 23 | Synth Lead 7 | 87
Tango Accordion | 24 | Synth Lead 8 | 88
Acoustic Nylon Guitar | 25 | Synth Pad 1 | 89
Acoustic Steel Guitar | 26 | Synth Pad 2 | 90
Electric Jazz Guitar | 27 | Synth Pad 3 | 91
Electric clean Guitar | 28 | Synth Pad 4 | 92
Electric Guitar muted | 29 | Synth Pad 5 | 93
Overdriven Guitar | 30 | Synth Pad 6 | 94
Distortion Guitar | 31 | Synth Pad 7 | 95
Guitar Harmonics | 32 | Synth Pad 8 | 96
Wood Bass | 33 | Ice Rain | 97
Electric Bass Fingered | 34 | Soundtracks | 98
Electric Bass Picked | 35 | Crystal | 99
Fretless Bass | 36 | Atmosphere | 100
Slap Bass 1 | 37 | Bright | 101
Slap Bass 2 | 38 | Goblin | 102
Synth Bass 1 | 39 | Echoes | 103
Synth Bass 2 | 40 | Space | 104
Violin | 41 | Sitar | 105
Viola | 42 | Banjo | 106
Cello | 43 | Shamisen | 107
Contrabass | 44 | Koto | 108
Tremolo Strings | 45 | Kalimba | 109
Pizzicato Strings | 46 | Bagpipe | 110
Orchestral Harp | 47 | Fiddle | 111
Timpani | 48 | Shanai | 112
Acoustic String Ensemble 1 | 49 | Tinkle bell | 113
Acoustic String Ensemble 2 | 50 | Agogo | 114
Synth Strings 1 | 51 | Steel Drums | 115
Synth Strings 2 | 52 | Woodblock | 116
Aah Choir | 53 | Taiko Drum | 117
Ooh Choir | 54 | Melodic Tom | 118
Synvox | 55 | Synth Tom | 119
Orchestra Hit | 56 | Reverse Cymbal | 120
Trumpet | 57 | Guitar Fret Noise | 121
Trombone | 58 | Breath Noise | 122
Tuba | 59 | Seashore | 123
Muted Trumpet | 60 | Bird Tweet | 124
French Horn | 61 | Telephone Ring | 125
Brass Section | 62 | Helicopter | 126
Synth Brass 1 | 63 | Applause | 127
Synth Brass 2 | 64 | Gunshot Table | 128
|  | Drum Kit | 16385

# Examples

The following plays a note on the 'Church Organ' instrument:

NotePlayer1.Instrument=20
NotePlayer1.PlayNote(60,60)

The following line of code stops the note:

NotePlayer1.PlayNote(60,0)

# See Also

Control class.