tapping beats? - AVS Forums

GXTi

11th July 2004 17:48 UTC

tapping beats?
I would like it if there were a button on the beat detection config where you can just click out beats. It would be nice if the beat detector could hold up whatever bpm you're tapping out, or even try to align it to the nearest big peak, etc, but at least just be able to hit a button to generate a beat event.

Mr_Nudge

12th July 2004 05:04 UTC

you would have to do it for a solid minute if you wanted to get a custom bpm

horse-fly

12th July 2004 06:25 UTC

You can actually right that into the AVS preset code, but that requires a lot of coding and universal variables.

It would probably use the getkbmouse(3) (For the left mouse button) function to some extent, along with using another variable to keep track of the frame count.

So something like:

Frame
t=t+1;
reg01=t/(bt+1);
Pixel
bt=bt+getkbmouse(3);

That would get a relation between the amount of taps compared to time in respects to frame count.

If someone can come up with a better way of doing it, go ahead.

UnConeD

12th July 2004 17:56 UTC

horsefly: nope, because you have to track the transition of getkbmouse from 0 to 1. No-one can hold the mouse button for only 1 frame.

Mr_Nudge

16th July 2004 09:28 UTC

use it in an effectslist only enabled for one frame at a time.

AvsManDan

17th July 2004 00:07 UTC

Simply use the bnot trick.
I made a preset that will let me tap out the beats so I can compare it to a custom beat detection I am making. It is included without the custom beat detection. Press "a" when you have a beat and compare it to Winamp's default detection.

I would like to note that the volume level scale is based on someone else's work but I can't remember the name.

PAK-9

26th July 2004 13:40 UTC

Didnt Synth-C or someone already make a preset that did this?

jheriko

28th July 2004 19:40 UTC

Originally posted by Mr_Nudge
you would have to do it for a solid minute if you wanted to get a custom bpm

rofl

because you cant use division to calculate a rate?

PAK-9

29th July 2004 06:08 UTC

because you cant use division to calculate a rate?

No because people are crap at keeping a beat so you'd need to take an average. A minute might be stretching it a bit tho, 20 seconds would probably be enough.

Boktor

29th August 2005 09:11 UTC

It requires some skill, but if you can keep a beat this preset could be handy. You should tap with the beat not to it.

Any better ways to do this?

Did AvsManDan ever finish his custom beat detection?