Device Details
Overview
| Name | Version: | Simple time counter 1.0 |
| Author: | Prebentious |
| Device Type: | Audio Effect |
| Description: | This is a simple counter that converts bars and beats to minutes and seconds. Click the buttons to open and close the floating window. It works fine if the tempo remains the same, but will get totally off if you change tempo. If anyone has any bright ideas to fix this glitch, I'd love to hear them. |
Details
| Live Version Used: | 8.1 |
| Max Version Used: | |
| Date Added: | Nov 25 2009 16:55:02 |
| Date Last Updated: | Dec 20 2009 17:07:02 |
| Downloads: | 2310 |
| ⓘ License: | None |
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Files
| Device File: | Timer.amxd |
Comments
Hi pp,
Well, my patch's metro is set to 100ms, plenty of accuracy for counting in seconds. The issue I was referring to is that the counter assumes that the current tempo is consistent for the whole track. If you start a track at 100bpm and let it run for awhile, it will work fine. If you then change the tempo while the set is running, the counter goes haywire, because it just goes by the current tempo.
Well, my patch's metro is set to 100ms, plenty of accuracy for counting in seconds. The issue I was referring to is that the counter assumes that the current tempo is consistent for the whole track. If you start a track at 100bpm and let it run for awhile, it will work fine. If you then change the tempo while the set is running, the counter goes haywire, because it just goes by the current tempo.
Posted on November 25 2009 by Prebentious |
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Posted on November 26 2009 by pp |
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I'm totally turning this into an alarm clock. :-D
Posted on November 26 2009 by synnack |
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@pp:
It didn't come across badly at all. :)
Yes, it's too bad Live isn't more hip to absolute time, but the ability is there. The timeline at the bottom of the arrange page properly accounts for tempo and signature changes, so it can be done. Hopefully we can figure it out!
It didn't come across badly at all. :)
Yes, it's too bad Live isn't more hip to absolute time, but the ability is there. The timeline at the bottom of the arrange page properly accounts for tempo and signature changes, so it can be done. Hopefully we can figure it out!
Posted on November 27 2009 by Prebentious |
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Hi Prebentious,
Is your timer available for Live 7 at all? Would love to give it a shot.....
Is your timer available for Live 7 at all? Would love to give it a shot.....
Posted on March 19 2010 by mikeindidginus |
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i THINK that the timing issues may be because your metro - and logic from it - is not exact enough? i built a stupid big counter (first thing i wanted from m4l - crazy! glaring omission from live!) and i use a "metro 10ticks @quantize 10ticks @autostart 1". there is also some clever useful logic in the max5 "Global Transport" as well. it is in the 'extras' menu, right click the floating window to choose edit, then click 'explore'.
let me know if you wanna see my counter - nowhere near as pretty and functional as yours as i tired to do too much with it.