Tap tempo BPM displayed as widget label text

Scripting with Gig Performer
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Hey guys! I am trying to find a way to have a big text label update in real time based on the global tempo of the project. Im not really a programmer, but I thought I would give it a try rather than just asking for help right away:

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Obviously my script doesnt work, and I dont know if its the right approach anyways for updating the text label in real time based on the project bpm.

Any help would be great!

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Welcome to the forum!

Give this a try:

Var
   TempoLabel : Widget
   intialbeats : double
// Sets intial BPM
Initialization
   intialbeats = GetBPM()
   SetWidgetLabel(TempoLabel,intialbeats)
end

//Changes TempoLabel when BPM changes
On TempoChanged (beats : double)
    SetWidgetLabel(TempoLabel,beats)
end
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That works great, thanks! Only one small issue (which I dont know if it can be fixed), is when I use tap tempo with midi:
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I get large decimal values. Is there a way to limit the text output to round to the nearest 0.1 (tenths place)? Seeing 123.6, 85.4, or 120.0 looks a lot cleaner than large values.

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A quick ‘fix’ is to adjust the size of the label and text size so that only a few digits after the decimal point will display.

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I looked through some of the documentation and found the Round() function (rounds a floating point number to nearest integer). Added that into your script, and it outputs a result with no decimals.

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Here’s the full script with tap tempo included if anyone also wants it:

Var
   Tapper : Widget
   TempoLabel : Widget
   intialbeats : double
// Sets intial BPM
Initialization
   intialbeats = GetBPM()
   SetWidgetLabel(TempoLabel,intialbeats)
end

//Changes TempoLabel when BPM changes
On TempoChanged (beats : double)
    SetWidgetLabel(TempoLabel,Round(beats))
end



//tap tempo
On WidgetValueChanged(newValue : double) from Tapper

    Tap()
    
End

Thanks for the help!

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Yes, you can round to an integer if you don’t need any decimal values.
Well done with the research and script!

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There is a DoubleToString that lets you define the number of places

https://gigperformer.com/docs/GPScript36/content/reference/list-of-functions.html#DoubleToString

:grinning:

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Ah, there you go. I knew it was there somewhere but couldn’t remember the function.

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Right on! Updated script with DoubleToString() for whoever wants it:

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Var
   Tapper : Widget
   TempoLabel : Widget
   intialbeats : double
   rounded : string
// Sets intial BPM
Initialization
   intialbeats = GetBPM()
   SetWidgetLabel(TempoLabel,intialbeats)

end

//Changes TempoLabel when BPM changes
On TempoChanged (beats : double)
    rounded = DoubleToString(beats, 1)
    SetWidgetLabel(TempoLabel, rounded)
    
end

//tap tempo
On WidgetValueChanged(newValue : double) from Tapper

    Tap()
    
End
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