bpm counter?

[Numenos]

im just wondering if this is possible:

i always have trouble schyncing up flash to music, it;s always agitated me as i could never get it right. i believe it would be easier for me if i could figure out the bpm of a song I'm trying to sync, then make the fps in the flash a respective multiple, but how would i go about doing this?

firstly, i thought the internet could solve all my problems. amazingly it didn't, i couldn't find anything for counting bpms in a song, so then my mind came up with an idea: if i could program something that counted how many times i pressed a button in a minute, i could push that button to the bea of a song and figure out the bpm! ahah! so simple! but...

i am clueless when it comes to AS to do with time, and i have no idea where to start. i wouldn't even know where to go in the as main...

so, could someone either get me on the right track and point me in the right direction, or tell me where i can find a bpm counter on the internet? thanks!

[Numenos]

hmm, bedtime for me, ill check here in the morning.

[Numenos]

ugh... bump...

[GuyWithHisComp]

Hi,
you can do like this:

var keyObj:Object = new Object();
var counter:Number = 0;
keyObj.onKeyDown = function():Void {
	trace(++counter);
}
Key.addListener(keyObj);

Now, if you put that in the frames actions, you'll output an increasing number every time you press any key on your keyboard. So when the song is done just stop pressing and check the latest output.

[Numenos]

At 1/21/08 05:03 AM, GuyWithHisComp wrote: Hi,
you can do like this:

var keyObj:Object = new Object();
var counter:Number = 0;
keyObj.onKeyDown = function():Void {
trace(++counter);
}
Key.addListener(keyObj);

Now, if you put that in the frames actions, you'll output an increasing number every time you press any key on your keyboard. So when the song is done just stop pressing and check the latest output.

hmm, a lot more "low tech" than i was thinking of, but it works all the same, thanks muchly. i can prolly expend on that myself :3

thanks again!

[Acerbic]

If you download a trial of DJ software (virtualdj for example) when you drag songs into it, most will tell your the BPM so you can synk the second song. This way you can set the FPS accordingly.

[eggatron]

Tap Tempo by Analog X counts bmp based on 2 presses of the space bar. It's not high tech, but it works.