Tap tempo

[d-j-a-y]

Tap the tempo for rhythmic automation

TapTempo feature steps :

1. Draft specifications
2. Draft implementation
3. Stable spec
4. Stable implementation

   Draft specifications

   How to define the tempo ?

   • Client side : with a tap button on user interface (manually)
   • three/four hits and calc average then send VIMS_TEMPO_BPM
   • Server side : based on sound peak VIMS_TEMPO_SOUND_PEAK (ui to select "sound peak tempo") - Why not bpm detection? : (pro) peak based could start without delay , (pro) seems to be faster (less cpu cycles) than bpm detection. (con) ???
   • selection between low, high, med fi
   • drawing the tempo (sound or manually based) has fx anim curve
   • start / stop / pause the automation.

     How to choose what will be automated ?

   • Like MIDI learning ?
   • Widget Click + Modifier ?
   • VIMS edit list ?

     What could be automated ?

   • fx activation (enable/disable)
   • fx parameter value - bound could be defined
   • vims / vims bundle ?
   • macro slot

     Draft implementation

You can see progress in : https://github.com/d-j-a-y/veejay/tree/djay_fxtap

More definition to come and any idea welcome !

[d-j-a-y]

bug : (dc4c45f9d0e95) MT panel has disappeared !

FIXED by 5341266

[d-j-a-y]

Rename panel "FX Loop" to "Tempo Tap"

[game-stop]

How about a simpler solution ?

1. You tap a button in the UI a few times
2. Calculate the average time between taps
3. Allow the user to send a bundle of VIMS messages to the server periodically using sayVIMS 3.1 The time between VIMS messages is the average time

VIMS bundles: Just a text blob containing VIMS messages

[d-j-a-y]

3. Allow the user to send a bundle of VIMS messages to the server periodically using sayVIMS

Why not create let say 'tempo engine' server side ? and user vims to create/delete, start/stop/resume new tempo related jobs?