Difference between revisions of "Timing Tools"

XLTap is a program developed by Logan Moore to allow users to "tap" a beat and produce an audacity label file.

Install and Instructions

1. Download XLTap file. XLTap (Version 1.0)
2. Install XLTap file.
3. Open Audacity.
4. Open a sound file using the "Select Audio File" option.
5. Click Play.
6. Tap out beats by either left clicking inside the box marked "Tap Here!" or press the space bar.
7. Click stop when you have marked up your song.
8. Click "Export" and give a filename. This will will automatically get a .txt extension.
9. Create xLights Sequence.

Below are links to plugins added to Audacity to be used to create various timing marks used in Nutcracker.

• Queen Mary Vamp Plugin for Windows
• Queen Mary Vamp Plugin for Linux
• FFmpeg Plugin to extract sound from mp4 movie files for Windows
• FFmpeg Plugin to extract sound from mp4 movie files for Linux

• For the QM vamp plugin packages that can be installed without Audacity installed, first download the plugin package from the following address: http://isophonics.net/QMVampPlugins
• To install, copy the following files to either of the following locations on your computer
  • /Library/Audio/Plug­Ins/Vamp/ (for plugins to be available to all users)
  • $HOME/Library/Audio/Plug­Ins/Vamp/ (for plugins to be available to you only)

• File Names
  • qm­vamp­plugins.dylib
  • qm­vamp­plugins.cat
  • qm­vamp­plugins.n3