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by Venetian
Thu Aug 14, 2014 2:13 pm
Forum: Tips & Tricks
Topic: B-Keeper live drummer tempo sync for Live
Replies: 4
Views: 2852

Re: B-Keeper live drummer tempo sync for Live

hi I've just gone through things and ensured that there are Java classes and the bonk~ windows external (bonk~.mxe) for B-Keeper to work correctly on Windows. I've made a setup video for this: http://youtu.be/OQF8KVgtcq4 and you would download now at www.github.com/venetian/b-keeper there are instal...
by Venetian
Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:37 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: ADVANCE TAP TEMPO: LIVE TO FOLLOW LIVE DRUMMER
Replies: 8
Views: 3664

Re: ADVANCE TAP TEMPO: LIVE TO FOLLOW LIVE DRUMMER

B-Keeper is a good option If you want to try something new, check out BeatSeeker. www.github.com/venetian/beatseeker I've put both B-Keeper and BeatSeeker on Github. They are "third party beat detector things", but then I'm not sure of a way round that for the time being. I have however ma...
by Venetian
Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:46 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: Setting Abletons tempo from live drummer
Replies: 4
Views: 978

Re: Setting Abletons tempo from live drummer

So B-Keeper can work fine with MIDI too.

www.b-keeper.org/software/B-KeeperMIDIproject.zip

is a version for Roland MIDI kit. You can change to suit other drums by changing MIDI notes.
by Venetian
Sun Dec 02, 2012 11:30 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: B-keeper paramaters/settings explained more in detail
Replies: 3
Views: 885

Re: B-keeper paramaters/settings explained more in detail

andrew.robertson@eecs.qmul.ac.uk - programmer It probably is a latency issue. If you want exact sync - try sending a click sound out (eg Ableton's own click that can be routed out say soundcard output 3). On another channel, bring that in, put through B-Keeper Click device (this is different), and t...
by Venetian
Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:07 pm
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: Tempo Recognition Program Please
Replies: 8
Views: 2040

Re: Tempo Recognition Program Please

yeah, check the

http://livemusiclab.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/

we have
B-Keeper - max4live drum synchroniser
and Btrack a more general beat tracker, works well

we'll happily help you get it working

Andrew
by Venetian
Mon Aug 08, 2011 10:49 pm
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: B-Keeper max for live project
Replies: 8
Views: 2123

Re: B-Keeper max for live project

Yes, it looks for events on the main beats of the bar - one, two, three and four, adapting the window size to suit the playing style that's being observed. Hopefully with a good balance between response and stability!

thanks for the video link. Looks cool.
by Venetian
Mon Aug 08, 2011 8:11 pm
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: B-Keeper max for live project
Replies: 8
Views: 2123

B-Keeper max for live project

Info here:

http://cycling74.com/project/b-keeper/

synchronises Live to live drums.

requires the java externals fro the webiste: www.b-keeper.org

and Miller Puckette's bonk~ object
(from here: http://crca.ucsd.edu/~tapel/software.html)

Hope you like it!

Andrew
by Venetian
Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:34 am
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: Max/MSP M4L conference united kingdom
Replies: 20
Views: 4439

Re: Max/MSP M4L conference united kingdom

yes, I'd like to come (and maybe present) if you do it - www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~andrewr
by Venetian
Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:32 pm
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: using floats as MIDI notes in M4L?
Replies: 6
Views: 1199

Re: using floats as MIDI notes in M4L?

it's limited per channel so for four notes - set up four MIDI channels of the smae instrument - set the pitchbend range - e.g. +- 12 semitone or 2 or whatever you prefer then keep track of the note sent to each channel and the precise value which might control the pitchbend as someone said above, MI...
by Venetian
Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:46 pm
Forum: Users' Help Exchange - closed
Topic: Ableton can do this?
Replies: 7
Views: 1376

Re: Ableton can do this?

just to say, the M4L version of B-Keeper uses Live's internal click so is simple to set up with just the drums as input. The old way (max standalone) had audio click input routed back in - as Live needs to communicate to Max somehow as to where it is in the bar. Hence the click in. Once that's in pl...
by Venetian
Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:18 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download
Replies: 19
Views: 7078

Re: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download

so is it the M4L device that you're using? That should be close to plug and play for anyone trying it - please try the demo files! - if they don't work then live drums won't either. They're available as links on the b-keeper.org website I'm sorry if I've not been able to make it easier to set up but...
by Venetian
Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:16 pm
Forum: Max For Live
Topic: using floats as MIDI notes in M4L?
Replies: 6
Views: 1199

Re: using floats as MIDI notes in M4L?

sure - you need to get the remainder between the float and nearest note so if you're playing note is say (integer) note and float is floatNote do something like: remainder = floatNote - note; pitchbend = 8192 * remainder;//to map [-0.5,0.5] onto the range [-8192 -> 8192] pitchbend += 8192;//so it ma...
by Venetian
Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:00 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download
Replies: 19
Views: 7078

Re: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download

I think that there's a demo of M4L available, so it's possible to try. I'd be interested to hear how that works. The MaxMSP standalone version is free, but harder to set-up. For VST, the question would be - what output can we send that's good to control tempo? My guess is that you'd have it send MID...
by Venetian
Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:09 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download
Replies: 19
Views: 7078

Re: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download

I've uploaded the live set using Simpler to the http://www.b-keeper.org we've had a couple of nice articles: http://www.gizmag.com/b-keeper-sequenced-music-tempo-control-plugin-developed/17620/ would be great to see how the drummers using ableton fare with this. i appreciate that in the past it's re...
by Venetian
Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:54 pm
Forum: Ableton Live
Topic: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download
Replies: 19
Views: 7078

Re: B-Keeper:Drum Tracker for Ableton Live available to download

yes, you'd need the new MaxForLive environment to have it as a plugin. Worth doing as is too hard to set up in Max/MSP without some knowledge of Max I think. The plugin simply sits on a stereo track where the kick and snare are routed. Then it can access the transport of Ableton and compare to that....