metronome 1

[turborob]

could anyone point me in the right direction to produce a metronome program.
i dont know much on pascal so many thanks for in advance for a lot of info.
i need it to check my cadence on the indoor cycle trainer i have, or do you know of a site i could download a metronome prog from.
thanks....ROB

 

[Bertv100]

You can search on google to find an existing metronome application.
If you want to program one yourself, you can use the [tt]sound[/tt], [tt]nosound[/tt] and [tt]delay[/tt] functions of the [tt]crt[/tt] unit.

Regards,
Bert Vingerhoets
vingerhoetsbert@hotmail.com

http://student.vub.ac.be/~bvingerh/

Don't worry what people think about you. They're too busy wondering what you think about them.

 

[Hebbe]

Remember that the Pascal delay function is not very accurate on new computers.

 

[Bertv100]

Indeed, but you can overcome this problem by calibrating a correcting factor: perform a long delay and see how long it really takes with gettime.

Regards,
Bert Vingerhoets
vingerhoetsbert@hotmail.com

http://student.vub.ac.be/~bvingerh/

Don't worry what people think about you. They're too busy wondering what you think about them.

 

[lionelhill]

I'd be more concerned that crt on new, fast computers can be problematic (the well-known division by zero error). You can download a patch, or use the system time to make up your own reasonably reliable timer. But there are lots more ways to time things. Frankly if you're writing something for a bit of fun, to use on your own computer at home, purely for your own fitness training, you could even get away with the old-fashioned very large for-next loop and calibrate it with a stop watch. It'll be completely different on another machine, but that isn't going to be a problem for you.
Good luck!

 

[turborob]

Thanks for all your posts everyone.
I have taken bertv100's tip and gone for an existing metronome application.
Sorted.
ROB.