abletonlink

node-abletonlink

node.js port of ableton Link with nbind

Dependencies

• ableton/link
  • chriskohlhoff/asio
  • philsquared/Catch
• charto/nbind

Required

see detail on node-gyp

Common

• python v2.7

Mac

• Xcode

UNIX

• make

Windows

• Microsoft windows-build-tools (npm install --global --production windows-build-tools)
• if you install version of MSVS isn't 2015, npm config set msvs_version 2015 before install this package.

Tested env

• OSX 10.10〜10.12 with Xcode / node.js 6.x, 8.9.4
• Ubuntu 16.04 (on docker) with gcc 4.9.4 / node.js 7.0.0
• Ubuntu 16.04 (on docker) with gcc 6.2.0 / node.js 7.0.0
• Fedora 25 (on docker) with gcc 6.2.1 / node.js 7.0.0 * but it will get stack issue#1
• Windows 10 with windows-build-tools / node.js 8.9.4

Install

npm install abletonlink --save

or

npm install 2bbb/node-abletonlink --save

How to use

const abletonlink = require('abletonlink');
const link = new abletonlink();

link.startUpdate(60, (beat, phase, bpm) => {
    console.log("updated: ", beat, phase, bpm);
});

// callback is option.
// link.startUpdate(60); // correct!

function do_something() {
    const beat = link.beat;
    const phase = link.phase;
    const bpm = link.bpm;
    ...
}

Example

• node-abletonlink-example

API

property

• beat: number
• bpm: number
• phase: number
• quantum: number

method

• getNumPeers: (void) -> number

get num peers.

• setBeatForce: (beat: number) -> void

set beat force.

• on: (key: string, callback: (number) -> void) -> void

set callback will call change event.

key is 'tempo' then argument of callback is new tempo.

key is 'numPeers' then argument of callback is new numPeers.

• off : (key: string) -> void

remove callback.

• enable: (void) -> void

• disable: (void) -> void

• update: (void) -> void

call update manually.

• startUpdate: (interval: number [, callback: (beat:number, phase:number, bpm:number) -> void]) -> void

start update timer with interval.

if given callback, it will call every interval with arguments beat, phase, bpm.

• stopUpdate: (void) -> void

stop update timer.

License

MIT

Author

• ISHII 2bit [bufferRenaiss co., ltd.]
• ishii[at]buffer-renaiss.com

Special Thanks

• hlolli

At last

If you get happy with using this addon, and you're rich, please donation for support continuous development.

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