Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-11 Thread Mathias Krause
Hi all, >> http://das.nasophon.de/bpmcounter/ >> #for the GUI-people, written in python >> I'll take this one. Does a good job! (All i need is to get the tempo by taps. And it should do some averaging. ) Thanks for the link!!! Maybe one of this simple beatcounters could be added to the 64st

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-02 Thread David Adler
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Daniel James wrote: > Hi Gustin, > >> I have never needed a >> beat counter and it has been a while since I needed a click track. > > It does depend on the kind of music you are doing. For instance, I saw a > DVD of the gig with Bjork singing and Mark Bell on synths

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-02 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Daniel James wrote: > Hi Gustin, > >> I have never needed a >> beat counter and it has been a while since I needed a click track. > > It does depend on the kind of music you are doing. For instance, I saw > a DVD of the gig with Bjork singing and Mark Bell on synths (from > 'LFO') plus the Icelan

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-02 Thread Daniel James
Hi Gustin, > I have never needed a > beat counter and it has been a while since I needed a click track. It does depend on the kind of music you are doing. For instance, I saw a DVD of the gig with Bjork singing and Mark Bell on synths (from 'LFO') plus the Icelandic String Octet, in Cambridge.

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Gustin Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Somewhere in the users mailing list archive there must be some > information about this. IIRC there is a beat counter, I guess Gustin did > recommend one for 2.1. I was searching for a sequencer that is able to I don't think

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
David Adler wrote: >> I can imagine that e.g. DJs need >> to have a beat counter to pitch mixings, I didn't thought about this. >> > > I really hope most of them still use their ears and hands for tempo matching. > If they only mix music of the same stile and from the same season, they do

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Quentin Harley wrote: > Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Okay, if you don't use a sequencer it might be useful for some usage >> and some people. Using a sequencer setting up the tempo easily can be >> done without a beat counter. > > If you use a sequencer you _create_ the tempo. No, if you sync to a sho

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread David Adler
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Folderol wrote: >> I'm a little confused here as to exactly why anyone needs a beat >> counter. >> >> If I'm playing live, I simply slot in with what everyone else is doing. >> I don't have a clue what BMP it is, and don't care. >> >> If I'm do

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Quentin Harley
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Okay, if you don't use a sequencer it might be useful for some usage and > some people. Using a sequencer setting up the tempo easily can be done > without a beat counter. If you use a sequencer you _create_ the tempo. Live music does not use clicktracks. I hate hunting f

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Folderol wrote: > I'm a little confused here as to exactly why anyone needs a beat > counter. > > If I'm playing live, I simply slot in with what everyone else is doing. > I don't have a clue what BMP it is, and don't care. > > If I'm doing studio work a few seconds with any timing device at all is

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Michael Jarosch wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 01.10.2009, 20:46 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > >> IMO a beat counter is useless, as a musician I need some >> seconds to find the correct tempo without a beat counter and I'm really >> out of practise. >> > > Without any external technical he

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Folderol
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:26:14 +0200 Michael Jarosch wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 01.10.2009, 20:46 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > > > IMO a beat counter is useless, as a musician I need some > > seconds to find the correct tempo without a beat counter and I'm really > > out of practise. > > With

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Jarosch
Am Donnerstag, den 01.10.2009, 20:46 +0200 schrieb Ralf Mardorf: > IMO a beat counter is useless, as a musician I need some > seconds to find the correct tempo without a beat counter and I'm really > out of practise. Without any external technical help? Let me guess: Look at the watch, count an

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
David Adler wrote: > It would be nice to have a bpm-counter sending tempo information that > other apps (e.g. Phasex) can listen to. > Does anything like that exist? > Until now Windows VST(i)s and Linux VST(i)s aren't fine for my 64 Studio, but VST(i)s are able to use the tempo information o

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Michael Jarosch wrote: > Hi there! > > I guess, as a musician and sound engineer it is really important to have > a beatcounter (or bpm-counter). None that is part of another heavy > weight application. None that tries to calculate the beats per minute of > a song using strange algorythms, becau

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread David Adler
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 7:45 PM, Michael Jarosch wrote: > Mathias Krause schrieb: >> i also searched for a lightweight BPM counter some weeks ago. >> Unfortunately I didn't really find a good one. At the moment i take a >> freeware with WINE to do that ... > I did also, but I guess, for me it's tim

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Jarosch
Mathias Krause schrieb: > i also searched for a lightweight BPM counter some weeks ago. > Unfortunately I didn't really find a good one. At the moment i take a > freeware with WINE to do that ... I did also, but I guess, for me it's time to get rid of those windows-based stuff... :) This one look

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Mathias Krause
Hi Mitsch, i also searched for a lightweight BPM counter some weeks ago. Unfortunately I didn't really find a good one. At the moment i take a freeware with WINE to do that ... When I find some time, I'll re-search through the net and check if there's one. Otherwise i think, that we can create

Re: [64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Robin Gareus
Hi Michael, Have you tried 'gtick'? Well, it's not a JACK app, and it does not seem to do averaging of the taps; but it's available from debian ;) http://wiki.linuxaudio.org/apps/categories/metronomes gtklick, and klick support JACK; so it may be worth looking at those first. Cheers, robin Mi

[64studio-users] A Beatcounter for 64Studio

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Jarosch
Hi there! I guess, as a musician and sound engineer it is really important to have a beatcounter (or bpm-counter). None that is part of another heavy weight application. None that tries to calculate the beats per minute of a song using strange algorythms, because: I never saw a piece of softwa