Anduril feature idea - Metronome

Flashlight Modding and DIY Parts
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I think it would be awesome for the “blinky modes” to include a metronome!

Im imagining tapping the button to set the BPM and having a visual flash metronome.

I dont know how Anduril works beyond just using it, so I have no idea if it can or cant actually be done.

It would probably have to be similar to Momentary Mode to allow you to click the button to set the BPM. And like Momentary Mode, you would have to then untwust the tail cap to break connction to get back out of it.

Just putting the idea out there.

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This would be neat. 1H/2H could still adjust brightness as needed.

Edit: this could be done with Beacon mode actually. You’d just have to change how beacon mode spacing is set. Rather than clicking N times for N number of seconds between blinks, it would need to use the method you described. Then it wouldn’t even need to be a separate mode.

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one of the strobe modes does this already—maybe they both do

though you cannot set the tempo directly

i mean you can make it fast or slow but not set it to 77bpm and know that is accurate

beacon is less good for this because the pulse length is fixed at .5 sec i think

beacon is not good for faster things

it is way better to have a click anyway than just a light

wle

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Ive been sitting on the idea for a little while.
It just ocurred to me one day while I was messeing around putting an anduril light inside my acoustic guitar on candle mode and lightning mode, as well as trying out recording a video using candle mode as my light source.

Some metronomes like the one I use (iphone app) have visual cues as well as an actual flash of the phones led as an option.
I can actually set the one I use to be visual only.

I have owned real metronomes with visual cues as well.

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Its probably a lot of work to do it right now that I really think about how I’d actually want it to work.

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Most flashlights don’t have a real time clock / external oscillator, so I’m not sure how accurate you could get this without some kind of calibration mechanism, and even then, who knows how stable it would be.

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Another fun use for it would be tapping in the tempo of a song that is playing and having your light just sitting there flashing in time with it.
Turning off all the lights and having the room light up in sync with your music.
Especially with some fun colored emitters.

Edit: Maybe it could even be more of a pulse instead of fully on and off.

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How about just buying a metronome?

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Lol, I have one. Its great.
But I think It would be cool if my Anduril light had one in it as well. Just for fun really.

Especially for this reason

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one handy feature would be ‘match this tempo’
you enter the mode, hit the button a few times, and it figures out the speed and starts at that speed

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:+1:

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yeah they are only about $20

they can also accent beats so you know it is a waltz vs a rock 4/4 beat

or just use a phone app—like everything else!

which MIGHT be able [idk really] to flash the phone light in sync

wle

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Thats exactly how it would work

I have already expressed that i do own one and a great phone app that does everything under the sun including flashing the phone light in sync.

I just think its a fun idea for Anduril. Toykeeper being a musician her self (im pretty sure) it may make sense to her as well.

I dont think its any less useful than Party Mode or Lightning Mode. Just for fun.

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@wle haha, no worries

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That’s actually a brilliant idea!

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It would be great if my flashlights could do my taxes too while we’re at it :wink:

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:slight_smile:

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yeah plus extensions and late payment

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Does paying taxes for flashlights count?