Beat Input

2. BEAT INPUT

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Input Selector

Djazz plays a beat each time it receives a message (a “tap,” or “click”), if it is engaged (how to engage Djazz will be explained below). When not engaged, it will not play when a beat message is received. When this is the case, you can click on bars or chapters (“cells” of the grid) in the song grid without triggering playback. Once engaged, djazz will begin playing on the next beat after a cell has been clicked on.

The cells of the grid change color depending on whether Djazz is engaged and whether a cell is currently playing or not. The colors represent the following:

  • Light gray: not the current measure/chapter of the song
  • Dark gray: the current measure measure/chapter of the song, but Djazz is not engaged
  • Blue: the current measure measure/chapter of the song, but not playing
  • Orange: the current measure measure/chapter of the song, and playing

There are three ways to send Djazz a beat message; you select one from the dropdown menu: manual, metronome, or remote. Selecting from the dropdown menu will change the controls on the left side of this box. When one option is selected, the other two are not responsive.

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The right-hand side of the window lets you change the sound and output port of the click.

1. INPUT SELECTOR: Select if the input beat will come from one of the following:

  1. Djazz’s metronome
  2. a manual tap from the user
  3. a remote source, such as another DAW.

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2. OUTPUT CLICK MIDI PITCH: Changes the pitch of the click. The number indicates the MIDI value of the pitch.

3. OUTPUT CLICK MIDI CHANNEL: The MIDI channel of the click (1-16). 4. SELECTED INPUT VIEW: metronome, manual, or remote.

5. OUTPUT CLICK VOLUME CONTROL: The volume of the click. When muted, this will be gray.
6. OUTPUT CLICK MUTE BUTTON: Mutes/unmutes the click
7. OUTPUT CLICK MIDI PORT: The output port of the click.

BEAT INPUT VIEWS

Metronome

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  1. The button marked with a triangle turns the metronome on and off. When you turn this button on and then select a grid cell, the metronome will trigger a new beat each time it clicks, beginning with the beat represented by the grid cell. No beat will be triggered until a grid cell has been selected.
  2. The number selector sets the metronome tempo. This is automatically set when a new song is loaded, but you can change it.
  3. This flashes each time the metronome sends a beat.

Manual

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  1. The triangle button engages Djazz.
  2. Clicking on the circle button sends Djazz a beat message. You can also press the space bar to send a manual click.

Djazz expects the starting tempo given in the song file!

Remote

pic1 pic1 This will send a beat message to Djazz every time a MIDI note on message is received (i.e., with a non-zero velocity) on any channel.

  1. The dropdown menu selects the MIDI input port for the click.
  2. The triangle button engages Djazz.
  3. This flashes each time a beat is received.

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