Re: tap tempo to midi clock ???????

["Jon Wagner" <jondrums@hotmail.com>]

Here's the story on the project Mark was refering to:

I was working on a midi to tap tempo converter specifically for the vortex 
(for Mark) mainly so I could get some hardware going which works toward my 
end goal.  I basically did everything for the midi->tap box except figure 
out how to electrically interface the vortex tap tempo jack.  Then my 
momentum stalled and I got sidetracked by some other projects (compounded 
by 
the fact that I don't actually own a vortex for testing).  My overall 
vision 
for the project is to make a little box about the size of a metronome 
which 
has a midi-in and midi-out jack.  This box would basically serve either as 
a 
master midi-clock "server" or a slave (a small selector switch would 
select 
the mode).  The master sets the tempo via tap-tempo and broadcasts a 
steady 
midi clock signal.  The slaves just listen for midi clock and have some 
sort 
of display capability (such as a bright strobe, or a series of LEDs that 
"wag" back and forth).  I have found myself wanting this over and over 
during rehearsals/shows where we don't want to be wearing cans listening 
to 
a click track.  They'd be battery powered and chainable, so you have an 
instant visual click track for the whole band. What do you all think?
Jon

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