Hi,
while using Herrmutt Lobby's beatfader patch (
), I felt like the cheap controller I were using had a rather limitated refresh rate (time resolution). This caused 'missed' samples triggerings.This decided me to write a patch to TRY to retrieve directly this info from a played controller : simply connect it, play it and read a value.
I tested it with a stable midi LFO with different time resolutions, and the results are rather satisfactory.
This leads me to the idea that if this patch works, anyone anywhere on earth can pick up his own controller and make the test, and then share the results with the community. This retrieved information is nearly never given by constructors, and I would like this humble patch to become a friendly tool allowing us to compare devices on this criterion.
What do you think of it ?
How to use it :
* First bang the 'timebase'
* then move ONE controller at a time (no surface pads), rather rapidly till you find the higher 'stable enough' value given by the homebrew rate
Enjoy !
It's stupid by I couldn't test it under Pd because I don't have a controller here with me, but it has been ported to Max For Live and gives values around 60-70 hz with the hercules dj control mp3 
Tell me,
Nau from Herrmutt Lobby
http://www.pdpatchrepo.info/hurleur/controller_timerate_retriever.pd