
Jack Visual Metronome

Jonathan Moore Liles <wantingwaiting@users.sf.net>
May 2007
0.1
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-+--- Description - -    -

JVMetro provides a colorful, realtime visual indication of the passage of
bars and beats on the Jack transport--without generating any sound of its
own.

For simplicity, SDL is used to generate graphics.

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-+--- Rationale - -    -

It is often easier to use a visual metronome than to strain to hear a click
track. Unfortunately, I couldn't find any such utility with an awareness of
Jack.

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-+--- Usage - -    -

There are no command line options and no GUI widgets. The JVMetro window can
either be resized or closed. Tempo and bars-per-beats changes will be
reflected automatically in the display. When the Jack transport is stopped,
or in any other mode than timebase master, the display will be inactive and
colored bright red.  It is helpful if you tell your window manager to always
keep JVMetro above other windows.

