User Manual

Laserworld Showeditor 2015
Version 2015/1.0 2015 Page 80
A “Softwarecave” logo in the upper left corner shows that the plugin is active.
Click “enable” in the automatic mode window, so the plugin can start to analyse the
frequencies. It is necessary to start the tracks by clicking on the “Start” button of the
very track. If music is playing in WinAmp, the incoming frequency tracks should be
visible in the VB-WinAmp Link area. (See Fig. 69).
The assignment of the tracks to the
frequencies is split by frequency
range, so track A is assigned to the
lower frequencies, B to the middle
frequencies and D to the high ones. Six
of the tracks are triggered by the left
sound signal, the others are triggered
by the right sound one.
Many different features and settings
are possible, but the description here is
kept on a basic level. It is
recommended to try and find out.
The buttons “Save” and “Load” allow
for saving or loading of the specific
settings. “Reset everything” does a full
reset of the settings, be careful. The
scrollbar “Sampling Rate” sets the interval for updating the intensity value through
the frequency analyser. It is recommended to increase the sampling rate value on
fast computers.
LineIn Sound Mode
WinAmp can also handle the LineIn input of the PC (for DJ´s music, from a mixer
etc.). To use this feature, simply enter “linein://” as URL.
6.18.7. Beatcounter
The “Beatcounter” helps with determining the beats
per minute (bpm) of a song. On clicking this menu
item, a dialog opens (Fig. 70). This tool is also
available in the Timeline Window via the menu
“Tools”.
If a music file is loaded to the Timeline editor (via
“New Show”), a click on “Play Song” starts playing
it. Any key except Space or a right mouse click in
the black area resets the counter. By either
rhythmically left clicking in the black area or
rhythmically pressing the space bar, the clicks are
counted. Above the window the actually
calculated bpm-rate is shown.
The red bar on the right side shows the tapping
speed related to a calculated average, so if the
red bar is above the black line, the tapping is too
fast, if it’s below it’s too slow.
Fig. 69: Setup of WinAmp-plugin
(WinAmp/Options/ Visualizations/Select
plugin) and “Softwarecave” logo (upper
left corner)
Fig. 70: Beatcounter: Dialog
to count beats. (see also
”Show Editor/ Tools”)