I've bee playing with the editor and just getting the feel of things. I actually feel comfortable with the interface. getting used to the keys is a hurdle, but that because I'm so used to my DAW environment in my studio, where space is the play/stop key.
I'm curious. which plugin do most people use to sync to a beat? I was trying a constant kick drum of 120 bpm and it was going out of sync on me. I tried with both the frecuency plugs and even messed with the waveform plug.
I sync the beat the hard way. I don't use the key press or anything that does it for you. What I do is play the song enough times to get a feel for the beat. I typically use 25 ms for event period, maybe a little overboard, but I like it. What I do is slow the music down and watch the vertical bar pass over the square on the beat, then I mark it. I do that to the entire song. You will need to make a special non-functional channel for the beat. Once I get all the beats down then I start with main lights that I want to work with the song.
Everyone has their way to do it. I like perfection in the beat and that's how I do it. If you tap a key you will be off and eventually have to go and fix your beat anyway. Slow it down, watch it beat, then manually mark it. This takes about 3 to 4 hours for a 3 min song. If you spend the time to do this, you may even come up with irregular beats that you can sequence along with the main beat.
I have 5 songs this year and I started on Dec 10, 2010. I've played these songs all through the year (over and over), making adjustments and finding key beats that I made the lights dance to. In August I was pretty much done and fine tuned it up to this day. I would estimate over 800 hours went into my 5 song production, and that doesn't include all the time I spent just listening to the music. I am a perfectionist and it may not take that long for you. Every light that I have comes on exactly on beat where I want it to. That's the way I do it. Never erase your beats from the working file. Once I get the song done, I make a production sequence that no longer includes the beat channel. Maybe there is a better way, but that is my way and I can assure you, my lights are on exactly when they are suppose to be.
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