Frames and Beats Calculator Version 1.2

INSTALLATION:

Just unzip all files into the directory of your choice and run...

USAGE:

Ever have to sync 3D and MIDI or music by hand?  This program probably
could have saved you some time and odd math.  Simply select your frame 
rate, dial in your tempo and hit "Calculate".  You'll get Frames per 
Minute, Frames per Beat and Beats per Second calculated for you.  You 
can then keyframe your animation to the beat.  Simple enough.

To set the Beats per Minute (BPM) by tapping to the beat (ie: you are 
listening to the music), first click the "Tap BPM" button to the right 
hand side of the window.  A small window will appear where you just
clicked.  You have 60 seconds to "Tap" the spacebar before the window
will automatically close.  The program will take the last 8 beats you 
tapped, average them and calculate how many Beats per Minute (BPM) it
was.

That's right. It only keeps track of eight beats, so you can keep going 
until the last eight felt good.  Let yourself warm up a bit.

Press the"A" key at any time to "Accept" it's reading before the 60
seconds is up.  You can also press "C" to ignore that you ever tried
tapping the BPM at all.

Why only the last eight beats?
Well, for one thing it measures time from your system in milliseconds.
Keeping the number of beats kept track of preserves the accuracy while
preventing this process from bogging down after a while.

Eight beats of 4/4 time is two full measures.  That's plenty of time.

If you want to hear how fast the selected BPM is, click the "Play BPM"
button, also on the right (organized eh?).  You will hear a metronome
"Beep" to the right tempo.  See how the button says "Playing" now?
You can even adjust the BPM slider while it's running! Click it again
and it will stop.  

For those of you that want a little more control, you can replace the
metronome sound by replacing the file named "tick.wav".  Whatever you
replace it with must be named "tick.wav".  Any format WAV file will do,
but it should be a fairly short sound.  It's for a metronome after all.

Thanks for using the program!

bm :)-~


Future Additions:
* Beat or Measure to Frame chart output
* Active BPM readout for Tap entry

New to Version 1.2:
* Tap input of BPM
* Audio metronome playback of BPM

!!! NOTE !!!
There is no tech support for this utility, but suggestions are welcome.
I am not liable for anything that it does to you, your computer or your
personal life.

This program is freeware.  You may distribute it freely if you include 
all of the origonal files.

    (c) May 2000 Bryn 'BadMonkey' Mosher (bdmnky@hotmail.com)
    http://home.pacbell.net/brynm/Frames_n_Beats.zip
    http://home.pacbell.net/brynm/
    Compiled using RapidQ Freeware BASIC Compiler
    http://www.basicguru.com/abc/rapidq/