From 6faa33cfbdd1b56581d5e8bb266e1a9bd6a6147e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jules <jules@juce.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:34:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added new method MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessagesNow()

---
 modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.cpp | 10 ++++++++++
 modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.h   |  7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.cpp
index 4881afbdd2..e09ed0825f 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ MidiOutput::MidiOutput(const String& midiName)
 {
 }
 
+void MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessagesNow (const MidiBuffer& buffer)
+{
+    MidiBuffer::Iterator i (buffer);
+    MidiMessage message;
+    int samplePosition; // Note: not actually used, so no need to initialise.
+
+    while (i.getNextEvent (message, samplePosition))
+        sendMessageNow (message);
+}
+
 void MidiOutput::sendBlockOfMessages (const MidiBuffer& buffer,
                                       const double millisecondCounterToStartAt,
                                       double samplesPerSecondForBuffer)
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.h b/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.h
index d229269926..b744477735 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_devices/midi_io/juce_MidiOutput.h
@@ -87,11 +87,12 @@ public:
     /** Returns the name of this device. */
     const String& getName() const noexcept                      { return name; }
 
-    /** Makes this device output a midi message.
-        @see MidiMessage
-    */
+    /** Sends out a MIDI message immediately. */
     void sendMessageNow (const MidiMessage& message);
 
+    /** Sends out a sequence of MIDI messages immediately. */
+    void sendBlockOfMessagesNow (const MidiBuffer& buffer);
+
     //==============================================================================
     /** This lets you supply a block of messages that will be sent out at some point
         in the future.