i'm working on a video project to complement a band. the original patch was developed for a dj and loops, video based on a constant bpm.

for this up coming show i want to be able to tap in the beet, probably through a bang object outputting a numeric value, has anyone developed something similar, or understands the maths and can explain the concept.

You can use this:

[bang]
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[t b b ]
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[timer]
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[number\

But it's not very steady, unless your clicking is computer-accurate.

maybe you can make it average over the last few taps. like the last 3

thanks domien, i'll get it built and test it out... steadies this issue, the band are playing with ought a drummer so i think ill be making regular adjustments through the set..
i'm into the average vibe... guessing i need three floats coming out of the number object... but how do i separate each value...

hay much thanks for introducing me to the timer object, i've had a bit of a play and its defiantly working well enough to perform with...
but if i want a sample across a few beets, what's the plan. do i set up a couple of timers with some sort of gate controlling the inlets to separate the bangs then divide and times the out put... or is there a simpler way of doing it.

Hey, here's a way of averaging a bpm counter.

It just puts the most recent values into a list divides by amount of values.

you can do a search here. you'll find a lot of stuff such as this one http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-1607-tap-tempo

thanks blunt for linking me into the conversation i knew i had to have come up before...
domien superTT is lovely... you mind if i throw it in as is?

Hey pinkelephant, i didn't even realise that i created that little thingy. Sure, feel free to do with it wathever you want.

Hi,
there is also a conversation about BPM measuring in the mailing list these days.
As mentioned, in GridFlow you can find [fps] AKA frames per second . A very handy object in which you can specify measuring time for bangs etc detailed stuff.
Here is the help-file: http://gridflow.ca/help/fps-help.html

BPM counter. im not great with math i may have over complicated it but its accurate.

[bang]
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[t b b]
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[timer]
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[expr (1000/$f1)*60]
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  [int]
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  [number] in BPM

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  • == 1

!!??

Isn't it ?