Source processors send messages with timestamp at the beggining of a recording

Source/Processors/GenericProcessor/GenericProcessor.cpp

@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 GenericProcessor::GenericProcessor(const String& name_) : AccessClass(),
     sourceNode(0), destNode(0), isEnabled(true), wasConnected(false),
     nextAvailableChannel(0), saveOrder(-1), loadOrder(-1), currentChannel(-1),
-    editor(0), parametersAsXml(nullptr), sendSampleCount(true), name(name_), paramsWereLoaded(false)
+    editor(0), parametersAsXml(nullptr), sendSampleCount(true), name(name_), 
+	paramsWereLoaded(false), needsToSendTimestampMessage(false)
 {
     settings.numInputs = settings.numOutputs = settings.sampleRate = 0;
 
@@ -480,12 +481,17 @@ void GenericProcessor::setRecording(bool state)
         if (ed != 0)
             ed->startRecording();
         startRecording();
+		if (generatesTimestamps())
+		{
+			needsToSendTimestampMessage = true;
+		}
     }
     else
     {
         if (ed != 0)
             ed->stopRecording();
         stopRecording();
+		needsToSendTimestampMessage = false;
     }
 }
 
@@ -608,6 +614,23 @@ void GenericProcessor::setTimestamp(MidiBuffer& events, int64 timestamp)
 
 	//since the processor generating the timestamp won't get the event, add it to the map
 	timestamps[nodeId] = timestamp;
+
+	if (needsToSendTimestampMessage)
+	{
+		String eventString = "Processor: " + String(getNodeId()) + " start time: " + String(timestamp);
+
+		CharPointer_UTF8 data = eventString.toUTF8();
+
+		addEvent(events,
+			MESSAGE,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+			data.length() + 1, //It doesn't hurt to send the end-string null and can help avoid issues
+			(uint8*)data.getAddress());
+
+		needsToSendTimestampMessage = false;
+	}
 }
 
 int GenericProcessor::processEventBuffer(MidiBuffer& events)

Source/Processors/GenericProcessor/GenericProcessor.h

@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ private:
     static const String unusedNameString;
 
     bool paramsWereLoaded;
-
+	bool needsToSendTimestampMessage;
 
     JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR(GenericProcessor);
 

Source/Processors/MessageCenter/MessageCenter.cpp

@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@ int MessageCenter::getSourceNodeId()
     return sourceNodeId;
 }
 
-int64 MessageCenter::getTimestamp()
+int64 MessageCenter::getTimestamp(bool softwareTime)
 {
-	if (sourceNodeId > 0)
+	if (!softwareTime && sourceNodeId > 0)
 		return timestampSource->getTimestamp(0);
 	else
 		return (Time::currentTimeMillis() - msTime);
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ int64 MessageCenter::getTimestamp()
 void MessageCenter::process(AudioSampleBuffer& buffer, MidiBuffer& eventBuffer)
 {
 	setTimestamp(eventBuffer,getTimestamp());
+	if (needsToSendTimestampMessage)
+	{
+		String eventString = "Software time: " + String(getTimestamp(true));
+		CharPointer_UTF8 data = eventString.toUTF8();
+
+		addEvent(eventBuffer,
+			MESSAGE,
+			0,
+			0,
+			0,
+			data.length() + 1, //It doesn't hurt to send the end-string null and can help avoid issues
+			(uint8*)data.getAddress());
+
+		needsToSendTimestampMessage = false;
+	}
+
     if (newEventAvailable)
     {
         int numBytes = 0;
@@ -127,7 +143,6 @@ void MessageCenter::process(AudioSampleBuffer& buffer, MidiBuffer& eventBuffer)
         String eventString = messageCenterEditor->getLabelString();
 
         CharPointer_UTF8 data = eventString.toUTF8();
-        int realId = getNodeId();
 
         addEvent(eventBuffer,
                  MESSAGE,

Source/Processors/MessageCenter/MessageCenter.h

@@ -67,10 +67,12 @@ public:
     void startRecording()
     {
         isRecording = true;
+		needsToSendTimestampMessage = true;
     }
     void stopRecording()
     {
         isRecording = false;
+		needsToSendTimestampMessage = false;
     }
 
     void setSourceNodeId(int id);
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ public:
     void addSourceProcessor(GenericProcessor* p);
     void removeSourceProcessor(GenericProcessor* p);
 
-	int64 getTimestamp();
+	int64 getTimestamp(bool softwareTime = false);
 private:
 
     bool newEventAvailable;
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ private:
     int sourceNodeId;
 	GenericProcessor* timestampSource;
 	int64 msTime;
+	bool needsToSendTimestampMessage;
 
     JUCE_DECLARE_NON_COPYABLE_WITH_LEAK_DETECTOR(MessageCenter);