Tool for music detection

Quote from Labaispauda

Using audioplayer we can`t use sound analyser.

Hi

I've figured out how to use the standalone player in the "AudioPlayer" for timed sequences, while also simultaneously getting this track to get analysed by winamp and generate the output necessary for the spectrum analyser function to work in dmxcontrol.

I'm only just learning dmxcontrol it's possibilities appear to be endless, what to do with the spectrum analyser once it's arrived is currently beyond me.

Ok to setup winamp to analyse whats being played out of the sound card by some other program in our case dmxcontrols standalone player you'll need a couple of plugins for winamp.

The first one enables winamp to redirect the output to a special url called line//: similar to winamps linein//: function.

The plug in is available here - http://www.winamp.com/plugin/linein-plugin-v1-80/84040

Documentation is available here - http://home.hccnet.nl/th.v.d.gronde/…sics/index.html

You'll need to open the url in winamp by pressing control-L and then entering line:// (you don't need all the fancy dev= stuff)

Just select the recording input as Stereo Mixer in my volume control properties - anyway the second link gives screen dumps

Now press play on winamp and anything you start to play out of the computer using windows player or the dmx control standalone player will be processed by winamp, you may have to restart the output virtualisation to dmxcontrol vblink or exit the program and restart for winamp to get it's act together. Ok the next problem winamp will now be sending it's processed audio back out of the sound card , generating a circular echo, which just turns into complete audio mayhem.

So enter the next plug in which sends the output of winamp to nowhere or a to a black hole.

There are two versions of this plug in both called NOP plugin. One is available here - http://www.winamp.com/plugin/null-output-plugin/28451, the other one is here from an old copy of the shoutcast site - http://web.archive.org/web/2006021900…ad/out_null.zip

The one that worked correctly for me was the older shoutcast one - the newer one from the winamp website - added a 10 second delay or thereabouts between the sound being played and it being analysed by dmxcontrol which wasn't helpful the older beta one from shoutcast analyses in sync with the sound. I've included the link to the newer one in case it works the other way around in your setup.

You then need to select the NOP plugin as the output plugin. I also had to exit winamp and re-enter and press play to get winamp to get it's act together.

That should be it, Now when you play something using the standalone player, winamp will analyse the output and send the data throught th e dmxcontrol spectrum analyser while remaining winamp stays hushed. Any problems let me know and I'll try to oblige.

Bullfrog

I mis-typed the last sentence.

That should be it, Now when you play something using the standalone player, winamp will analyse the output and send the data through to the dmxcontrol spectrum analyser while winamp remains hushed. Any problems let me know and I'll try to oblige.

Bullfrog