Simple time counter
This is a simple counter that converts bars and beats to min...
- Type
- Audio Effect
- Author
- Prebentious
- Version
- 1.0
- License
- None
- Live version
- 8.1
- Downloads
- 2,388
- Updated
- 2009-12-20
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.
Comments (5)
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.
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.
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!
Is your timer available for Live 7 at all? Would love to give it a shot.....