Sync/Tempo box

Dan Gendreau gendreau at rochester.rr.com
Mon Aug 28 22:48:09 CEST 2000


> However what about building a Tempo box.

One step ahead of you. I am currently working on just such a project.
It will sync to external midi clock and drive up to 3 MIDI or DIN devices at
the same tempo.

However, you can do things like 2x, 1/2x speed for each output and you can
add shuffle!

Each output port can be started/stopped/pulsed/reset at any time during
performance so you can do some interesting live tricks.

It will be done w/ an Atmel AVR and some glue logic.

I have also considered putting an internal clock generator w/ coarse and
fine tempo knobs along with the push/pull speed controls you often find on
DJ CD players, but that will have to wait until the first prototype is
finished.

-Dan G.




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