3 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/audio_buffer.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/audio_buffer.h
index c9aefc3903..57c5de6124 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/audio_buffer.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/audio_buffer.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ public:
 	 */
 	void resize (size_t nframes);
 
+	bool empty() const { return _size == 0; }
 
 	const Sample* data (framecnt_t offset = 0) const {
 		assert(offset <= _capacity);
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/buffer.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/buffer.h
index 4775f24e95..15e97ccc10 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/buffer.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/buffer.h
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ public:
 	/** Amount of valid data in buffer.  Use this over capacity almost always. */
 	size_t size() const { return _size; }
 
+	/** Return true if the buffer contains no data, false otherwise */
+	virtual bool empty() const { return _size == 0; }
+
 	/** Type of this buffer.
 	 * Based on this you can static cast a Buffer* to the desired type. */
 	DataType type() const { return _type; }
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_buffer.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_buffer.h
index 5db64a50fb..611e890304 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_buffer.h
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/midi_buffer.h
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ public:
 		inline bool operator!=(const iterator_base<BufferType, EventType>& other) const {
 			return (&buffer != &other.buffer) || (offset != other.offset);
 		}
+		inline bool operator==(const iterator_base<BufferType, EventType>& other) const {
+			return (&buffer == &other.buffer) && (offset == other.offset);
+		}
 		BufferType&     buffer;
 		size_t          offset;
 	};
@@ -98,6 +101,13 @@ public:
 
 	uint8_t* data() const { return _data; }
 
+	/**
+	 * returns true if the message with the second argument as its MIDI
+	 * status byte should preceed the message with the first argument as
+	 * its MIDI status byte.
+	 */
+	static bool second_simultaneous_midi_byte_is_first (uint8_t, uint8_t);
+	
 private:
 	friend class iterator_base< MidiBuffer, Evoral::MIDIEvent<TimeType> >;
 	friend class iterator_base< const MidiBuffer, const Evoral::MIDIEvent<TimeType> >;