midigrid/MidiGrid_Daemon.lua

--[[
  MIDI Grid: preview daemon.

  Runs quietly in the background and owns every preview note-on/note-off.
  The action scripts never defer, so they always exit instantly and Reaper
  never shows its "already running" prompt no matter how fast keys repeat.

  Started automatically by the action scripts; you never need to run it.
]]
local dir = ({ reaper.get_action_context() })[2]:match("@?(.*[\\/])")
local G = dofile(dir .. "midigrid_lib.lua")

-- Refuse to start a second copy.
local hb = tonumber(G.getTemp("hb", "0")) or 0
if os.time() - hb <= 3 then return end

local sounding = {}
local releaseAt = 0
local lastSeq = tonumber(G.getTemp("seq", "0")) or 0

local function allOff()
  for _, p in ipairs(sounding) do
    reaper.StuffMIDIMessage(0, 0x80, p, 0)
  end
  sounding = {}
end

local function loop()
  G.setTemp("hb", os.time())

  local seq = tonumber(G.getTemp("seq", "0")) or 0
  if seq ~= lastSeq then
    lastSeq = seq
    -- A new request cuts whatever is still sounding, so fast arrowing
    -- retriggers cleanly instead of piling notes up.
    allOff()
    local vel = math.floor(G.getNum("vel", 96))
    for s in tostring(G.getTemp("pitches", "")):gmatch("%d+") do
      local p = tonumber(s)
      if p and p >= 0 and p <= 127 then
        sounding[#sounding + 1] = p
        reaper.StuffMIDIMessage(0, 0x90, p, vel)
      end
    end
    releaseAt = reaper.time_precise() + (tonumber(G.getTemp("dur", "0.4")) or 0.4)
  end

  if #sounding > 0 and reaper.time_precise() >= releaseAt then
    allOff()
  end

  -- Pending "stop at end of bar" request, posted by the play-one-bar action.
  local stopAt = tonumber(G.getTemp("stopat", ""))
  if stopAt then
    local playing = (reaper.GetPlayState() % 2) == 1
    if playing and reaper.GetPlayPosition() >= stopAt then
      -- Stopping can move the edit cursor depending on preferences, and the
      -- edit cursor is the grid cursor, so put it back.
      local cur = reaper.GetCursorPosition()
      reaper.CSurf_OnStop()
      reaper.SetEditCurPos(cur, false, false)
      G.setTemp("stopat", "")
    elseif not playing
       and reaper.time_precise() > (tonumber(G.getTemp("stoparm", "0")) or 0) then
      -- Transport stopped by other means; drop the pending request.
      G.setTemp("stopat", "")
    end
  end

  reaper.defer(loop)
end

-- Never leave a note hanging if the daemon is terminated or Reaper quits.
reaper.atexit(allOff)
loop()