Finger Tapping Time
July 24, 2015 4:39 PM Subscribe
Got Rhythm? Prove it as you try to keep the beat after it fades out (minimal sound content) in this web widget from the hotel (?) site that brought you last year's Superstar Vocal Range Chart.
801. Better than Jimmy Chamberlain, but nowhere near Matt Walker.
posted by infinitewindow at 4:55 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by infinitewindow at 4:55 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
That is surprisingly hard, does it say anywhere what the scale is for the how much you miss? I average about 750 if I just try to tap the beat, but incorporating a little in-between pattern I managed 920 once.
posted by lucidium at 5:01 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by lucidium at 5:01 PM on July 24, 2015
I think it's measuring time between taps, I just got 720 by switching to the offbeat just after it faded out.
posted by lucidium at 5:20 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by lucidium at 5:20 PM on July 24, 2015
Where are the statistics??? What good is this if you don't get to see what percentile you're in?!?
posted by vogon_poet at 5:26 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by vogon_poet at 5:26 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
I thought I was doing great until it threw a cymbal at my head.
posted by leotrotsky at 5:43 PM on July 24, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by leotrotsky at 5:43 PM on July 24, 2015 [7 favorites]
Semi-off topic, but Mother 3 has a really great mechanic where you tap the rhythm of the battle music in order to do combos. Some of the songs are hard but I love rhythm games and I always thought it was a brilliant idea to throw it into an RPG. I can't wait for the game from Brian Chippendale of Lightning Bolt to come out, unless it already has.
posted by gucci mane at 5:49 PM on July 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by gucci mane at 5:49 PM on July 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
From the info button on the top right:
How we calculate scores
The track plays at 120 beats per minute, which means a beat plays every 500 milliseconds. Your score represents how close you were to the correct timing.
If you're spot on, you get 50 points.
You will lose a point for every two milliseconds you were off by.
You will score no points if you're off by 100ms or more.
At the end, we add up all of your points, and that gives you your final score.
posted by Harpocrates at 5:56 PM on July 24, 2015
How we calculate scores
The track plays at 120 beats per minute, which means a beat plays every 500 milliseconds. Your score represents how close you were to the correct timing.
If you're spot on, you get 50 points.
You will lose a point for every two milliseconds you were off by.
You will score no points if you're off by 100ms or more.
At the end, we add up all of your points, and that gives you your final score.
posted by Harpocrates at 5:56 PM on July 24, 2015
I get a much better score if I tap a small key, like a letter, that has little sideways motion. Spacebar gets me 801, h gets me 901.
posted by Fnarf at 5:58 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Fnarf at 5:58 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
I can't figure out how to get it to work. I have my volume turned all the way up and no music.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:04 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:04 PM on July 24, 2015
911, which means I either keep great time or I was doing so badly that it thought I should call for medical assistance...
posted by Sing Or Swim at 6:05 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by Sing Or Swim at 6:05 PM on July 24, 2015
I got 867. I've been playing the drums for 20 years, but I've never been all that great at keeping perfect time.
That's what the bass player is for.
posted by teponaztli at 6:22 PM on July 24, 2015 [5 favorites]
That's what the bass player is for.
posted by teponaztli at 6:22 PM on July 24, 2015 [5 favorites]
Ah, finally got it to work on another computer. 810.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:26 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:26 PM on July 24, 2015
912, but I find the spring action on clicks and keys to be pretty inimical to actually accurately playing a rhythm. 😬
posted by invitapriore at 6:29 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by invitapriore at 6:29 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
How we calculate scores: If, when the music returns you are within a gnat's crotchet of the original, we'll be awarding points.
posted by Wolfdog at 6:30 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Wolfdog at 6:30 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
I frikkin hate click tracks. I'm more of a natural drummer myself (i.e. I'm all over the place.)
posted by monospace at 6:36 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by monospace at 6:36 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
I got 867. I've been playing the drums for 20 years, but I've never been all that great at keeping perfect time.
That's what the bass player is for.
your band is screwed
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:38 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
That's what the bass player is for.
your band is screwed
posted by feckless fecal fear mongering at 6:38 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Fun fact! Most of Sousa's marches are at 120 bpm, so hum 'Stars and Stripes Forever' and see if that helps.
(It got me from a 700 to like a 750, so not great but maybe it'll help someone else)
posted by Fig at 6:44 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
(It got me from a 700 to like a 750, so not great but maybe it'll help someone else)
posted by Fig at 6:44 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
Fig, thanks, that got me up to 822.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:46 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 6:46 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
My best score was 924 -- but that that was by tapping with my other hand in eighths on the desk to keep the time and hitting the keyboard on the quarters, hi-hat and snare style. I never got above 900 without using that crutch.
posted by chimaera at 6:47 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by chimaera at 6:47 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
911 on the first try - which is surprising because even though I have a solid musical background rhythm was never my strong point. I do very frequently use a computer keyboard as MIDI input I wonder so I guess I have more practice with this than most people.
posted by atoxyl at 6:54 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by atoxyl at 6:54 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ore maybe it was a fluke - I haven't been able to top 900 or subsequent tries. Input device matters - I do much better with the keyboard than the mouse.
posted by atoxyl at 6:56 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by atoxyl at 6:56 PM on July 24, 2015
Um, 240... I guess I'm Steve Martin...
posted by Vaike at 7:02 PM on July 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by Vaike at 7:02 PM on July 24, 2015 [3 favorites]
I got an 865. Er, once. I got less than that a bunch of times.
posted by zompist at 7:05 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by zompist at 7:05 PM on July 24, 2015
896!
(And I'm a singer. A soprano. Suck it, tenors.)
posted by minervous at 7:28 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
(And I'm a singer. A soprano. Suck it, tenors.)
posted by minervous at 7:28 PM on July 24, 2015 [1 favorite]
Was playing on touchscreen, got a 100 point boost (to 844) from switching from thumb to pointer finger. Best 882.
posted by Quilford at 7:33 PM on July 24, 2015
posted by Quilford at 7:33 PM on July 24, 2015
My best so far is 871. I will never be an MPC guru :(
You are now listening to araabMUZIK
posted by en forme de poire at 7:45 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
You are now listening to araabMUZIK
posted by en forme de poire at 7:45 PM on July 24, 2015 [2 favorites]
I was consistently in the high 800s, but only once above 900, until I did what chimaera suggested and got my other hand involved (away from the keyboard). Then I hit 939.
I like to play opposite another drummer, though, and syncopate the beat. I flunked Rock Band miserably the one time I tried it.
posted by LeLiLo at 9:31 PM on July 24, 2015
I like to play opposite another drummer, though, and syncopate the beat. I flunked Rock Band miserably the one time I tried it.
posted by LeLiLo at 9:31 PM on July 24, 2015
This is too hard on a touch screen, as the pads of my fingers make no noise. I know I'm better than 726....
posted by chainsofreedom at 4:28 AM on July 25, 2015
posted by chainsofreedom at 4:28 AM on July 25, 2015
907 with the Sousa tip!
posted by emelenjr at 7:17 AM on July 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by emelenjr at 7:17 AM on July 25, 2015 [1 favorite]
I got 841.
My "internal rhythm" when I make a track (at least in Renoise) tends to be 124-127. I can't be arsed to do the math, and considering that the measurement isn't a simple ratio (841/1000 isn't just 84.1 percent slower, since it's either fast/slow) and if I divide 120/127 it's about 94% - 96%, so my internal rhythm vs 120 bpm doesn't account for that.
posted by symbioid at 11:00 AM on July 25, 2015
My "internal rhythm" when I make a track (at least in Renoise) tends to be 124-127. I can't be arsed to do the math, and considering that the measurement isn't a simple ratio (841/1000 isn't just 84.1 percent slower, since it's either fast/slow) and if I divide 120/127 it's about 94% - 96%, so my internal rhythm vs 120 bpm doesn't account for that.
posted by symbioid at 11:00 AM on July 25, 2015
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