Beat Detective wanted

January 28, 2008 9:40 PM

Are there any free realtime osx beat detection plugins or applications?

I have a Roland Jupiter 6 synth - it has a very basic MIDI implementation, but no way to set the arpeggiator clock via midi, just via the knob.

A realtime beat detector would at least let me tune the arpeggio clock manually to the desired tempo, or at least let me know there's no way I can coax the required tempo out of it, and change the tempo of the track accordingly.

All the Google results I've come across are for beat detecting pre-recorded tracks, not live, which isn't really what I'm after.

posted by Jon Mitchell to media & arts (3 comments total)

Typically this is what people would buy a Kenton MIDI->CV box for, because the J6's arpeggiator is clockable via CV.
posted by rhizome at 10:46 PM on January 28

Kenton single-channel
posted by rhizome at 10:48 PM on January 28

True, but I'm probably going to get the Europa upgrade for the J6 soon enough, and I'm looking for a quick and dirty workaround (rather than the very slow and dirty one of just using my ears).
posted by Jon Mitchell at 10:48 PM on January 28