[request] midi clock to BPM

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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby support » 24 August 2017, 07:51

We are very hesitant with "one user" requirements.
We work with priority for the "several users" requirements.
Sorry for this.
FYI: https://thelightingcontroller.com/viewt ... f=3&t=4909
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby osuarez » 24 August 2017, 12:11

Well it looks like if anyone would like to have this feature added it will take the members to let it be known here

Midi Clock would auto populate the BPM for you from your DJ software, meaning you would not have to populate yourself anymore. Yes, this feature is mostly for Mobile DJs.
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby Luc Henrion » 24 August 2017, 15:41

They are indeed two completely different things. And MIDI clock is lighter (and older) than MTC.
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby support » 25 August 2017, 07:38

Please be sure that several users read your post. And when they think the requirement should be in the priority list (which means to delay the others requirements), they add a post with the message "+1".

We confirme that MTC is not in our ToDo list.

We will shortly take a few hours to study "Midi clock", in order to guess the total time to add this function.
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby osuarez » 25 August 2017, 12:08

I appreciate you taking the time, but I do want to point out that my post is to request Midi Clock not MTC as someone else had suggested. I never wanted to add MTC, just Midi Clock.
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby support » 08 September 2017, 22:21

We just published a new fix (V8.2.26) (https://thelightingcontroller.com/viewt ... =85&t=3438), with the ability to move the "auto BPM" with the midi clock signal.
It is not 100% finished (no available GUI yet), but you can try it by adding the two following lines in the file "home_directory/YourLightshow/Live/live.ini", in the section [live]:
- auto_bpm_midiclock_device = 0
If you have more than one midi device, replace "0" by the number of the midi clock device (which is listed in: main menu "Preferences" -> tab 'Midi'")
- auto_bpm_midiclock_divisor = 24
24 means next step for one BPM

So you should read this in live.ini:
[live]
auto_bpm_midiclock_device = 0
auto_bpm_midiclock_divisor = 24
...

Please try it and let us know the result.
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby osuarez » 09 September 2017, 00:21

I appreciate it I will test it this weekend and reply with findings :D
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby osuarez » 09 September 2017, 01:45

Ok I could not wait so I had to try it and it WOW what a difference!

For anyone who is trying this, here is what I had to do. I pasted the provided code into the live file, but for it to work I had to setup loopbe as the first device in the midi tab (no biggie) than my midi controllers. Works very good, it sometimes misses a beat here and there but still an improvement over the using the microphone in my opinion, more in sync with the music. Interestingly when the music stops so does the BPM meter which is perfect. The last thing you want is the lights to continue if the music stops playing...

Thank you for finally getting this to work!
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby support » 09 September 2017, 13:30

it sometimes misses a beat here and there

Either there is a bug in our code, or the midi clock device is not accurate.

Interestingly when the music stops so does the BPM meter which is perfect

If the music is played by the same device which outputs the midi clock, it looks like the problem comes from this device.

The last thing you want is the lights to continue if the music stops playing

Our code just moves the BPM with the incoming midi clock.
So far, midi clock is basically to synchronize the midi instruments. So it is always running, and this is effectively not really good with lights.
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Re: [request] midi clock to BPM

Postby osuarez » 09 September 2017, 17:04

Please do not misunderstand what I posted it is all meant to positive... :D
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