More iOS MIDI (using networked MIDI connections)

My iOS MIDI I/O example code has been incredibly popular. It's great to know that many music apps out there have incorporated my code to get their MIDI interfacing working.

Thanks for all the kind feedback.

I have been updating the MIDI code with a few structural tidy-ups, and an often requested feature - the ability to use networked MIDI sessions (connections).

Doing it manually: Using networked MIDI connections

iOS provides some a neat networked MIDI connection facility. However, despite being easy to set up, network MIDI sessions aren't initially obvious.

First, you must include:

#import <CoreMIDI/MIDINetworkSession.h>

Because network sessions are not included in the umbrella CoreMIDI.h include file. Sigh.

Next you must establish a network session by winking the (evil) singleton instance into existence:

MIDINetworkSession* session = [MIDINetworkSession defaultSession];

Then, merely turn it on:

session.enabled = YES;

session.connectionPolicy = MIDINetworkConnectionPolicy_Anyone;

Yes, that is all.

Documentation for MIDINetworkSession is available here.

The easy way: using PGMidi

If you're using my MIDI classes, then you can just call the PGMidi class' enableNetwork: method with YES or NO.

Get the code

The latest version of my MIDI interface code, and a sample project that shows it in action is available from the GitHub project page.

Feedback, as ever, is welcomed.