How to change the timestamp of a MidiMessage from within a MidiBuffer::Iterator

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I want to change the position of a midi message in a MidiBuffer in a Iterator like this:

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MidiBuffer::Iterator iterator(b);
MidiMessage m(0xf4, 0.0);

while(iterator.getNextEvent(m, samplePos))
{
    m.setTimeStamp(newTimeStamp)
}

But if I iterate the Buffer again, samplePos does not contain the previously set timestamp:

MidiBuffer::Iterator iterator2(b); 
MidiMessage m(0xf4, 0.0); 

while(iterator2.getNextEvent(m, samplePos)) 
{ 
    // samplePos != newTimeStamp
}

In the API of Iterator::getNextEvent you can read:

this will be the message (the MidiMessage's timestamp is not set)

So how can I restore the previously set timestamp?

I tried to lurk in the source files of Iterator, but that's a bit too scary for me...

 

 

 

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MidiBuffers are packed arrays whose order depends on the times of the events, so the only mutating operation they support is adding new events.

If it allowed you to change a timestamp, the entire buffer would need to be re-sorted each time, and that'd be very inefficient, so the way they work is that you should just build a new buffer with your new events and swap them over when you're done.

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Thanks, it works like you said.