Alternative solution: wire up a couple of keys to your QC inputs and do the beat synching manually. You'll probably get way better results, and you can easily sync different things to different drums or other instruments, at the expense of lots of tapping :)
If you wanted to, you could quite easily determine the average time between taps over say 10 taps, then repeat.. this gives you a quick and easy way to set the comp up to sync with the beat. It's fairly accurate, and if it starts to drift or the bpm changes you just start tapping the space bar again. Audio input based sync is just never as good as midi or manual :) Chris On 18 August 2010 14:06, Sander Loonen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I have in the past tried sort of the same thing. > getting a lighting desk to respond to certain frequencies in the > music/room. > I borrowed a 31 band graphic EQ and ran the sound through there. > this made it possible to adapt to the music being played by the DJ in a > very quick way. > also it makes it very flexible if the instrument/sound you want the video > to respond to changes. > > it also give no noticeable latency. > > have fun, > > sander > > On 18 Aug 2010, at 10:43, Pippa Tshabalala wrote: > > Great thanks. I'll check it out. Reading all the other responses, yes a > hardware trigger unfortunately is probably not going to be viable here, but > the idea is experimentation so we'll see what we have available and if it > works :) > > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:28 PM, George Toledo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The name is AudioTools, and the download is at the bottom of this page: >> >> http://kineme.net/node?page=1 >> >> One thing to keep in mind, is that it sounds like if you aren't getting >> any kind of line in, so you're going to have to be relying on built on the >> built in mic, or get yourself a basic audio chain going. You probably would >> want to look into PZM's or some SDC's like Earthworks stuff if you have to >> go off of "room sound". >> >> -George Toledo >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Pippa Tshabalala <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Its more along the lines of my boss is a DJ, and our company puts on a >>> lot of award shows. We want something we can use in Arkoas as part of a set, >>> that reacts to specific frequencies, in this case the kick. I like the idea >>> of being able to take the kick frequency as a line out directly, but that >>> won't always be possible (depending on the event). I think using the Kineme >>> plugin (do you have the name by the way? I haven't had a chance to log on to >>> the site to check yet) and isolating the frequency will be the best bet at >>> this point. >>> >>> Luckily I do have the opportunity (although not as frequently as I'd >>> like) to work directly with the sound and lighting engineers but I'd like to >>> come prepared with something that at least works on my machine beforehand >>> rather than relying on a line out when I don't know if it will work. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, George Toledo <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Shoot. Well if working in tandem with the sound guys is possible then >>>> definitely get isolated tracks. On top of that, boards like the digidesign >>>> FOH consoles have ability to put plugins on the auxiliary sends, so you can >>>> put some gating and compression on the signal and not effect what's going >>>> on >>>> w/ the main sound system. Aside from that you could always employ some >>>> audio >>>> gear in your own rack. >>>> >>>> On Aug 17, 2010 10:26 AM, "Pippa Tshabalala" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks for all the suggestions, I'll try them out and see what works :) >>>> >>>> We're actually looking to bring the quartz patch into Arkaos (which I've >>>> done with other patches to varying degrees of success), but I haven't been >>>> able to isolate the kick as of yet (although granted I don't have much >>>> experience in Arkaos so that's a bit trial and error at the moment). >>>> >>>> But all much appreciated! Thank you! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:21 PM, kingLuma <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> > >>>>> > On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Pippa Tshabalala wrote: >>>>> >> >>>>> >> Thanks for the suggestion. >>>>> >> >>>>> >> un... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/stalkerp%40gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>>> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list ( >>>> [email protected]) >>>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>>> >>>> http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/gtoledo3%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> This email sent to [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. 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