I don't know where this question belongs but here goes...

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5/21/1999 5:53 PM
nic	I don't know where this question belongs but here goes... I am wondering if anyone knows how I could build my own DIY beat counter. The company Numark makes one here is the URL:       http://www.numark.com/FBC135.html     I was thinking it would be useful for helping my students keep visual time with me.       nic

 

5/24/1999 3:33 PM
Don Symes	Seems a bit elaborate.     Is a flashing metronome more applicable?

 

5/24/1999 6:28 PM

JD Sleep

I'm NOT an add for Craig Anderton books, but...From his book DIY Projects for Guitarists, project 29 is an LED Level Meter and from his book EPFM, project 2 is an electronic metronome. I think these two projects could easily be built and hooked up in series to give you an audio/visual metronome or the Level Meter alone might be all you need. The level meter is based on a National Semiconductor NSM3916 chip, maybe the app notes for that part would have the some info.     JD

 

5/26/1999 7:37 AM

Paul Perry

I cant quite see how useful this would be for your students (depending what they are studying), but I can say that these things are an absolute BASTARD to design, and of course miss one beat and you are screwed up.   Having said that, you could make a 'fast/slow' device (like the 'Russian Dragon.. geddit?) by having the 2 derived beats turned into square waves and fed to a phase comparator.. actually, I think that gear is good value for the price! At last a useful 'spinoff'(geddit?) from the DJ industry!

 

5/26/1999 8:39 AM
nic	'spinoff'     I get it, pretty good one! Well, thanks for the input on this. Maybe a 'feel' for the beat would be better instilled with more pratice rather than a machine to remind them. Hey if I wanted to get them in time I could just sample the notes and quantisize them! That wouldn't do much good though.     nic

 

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