Please recommend a sound counting application

Please excuse me if this post is in the wrong section.
I have been searching for about a week and cant seem to find an application that counts sounds from a microphone. I have found one that will count beats per minute of a mp3, but I would like to avoid the recording step if possible. Perhaps I am just looking in the wrong place and if someone can point me in the right direction that would be great.
Here is some background
I am a watchmaker, I specialize in refurbishing antique pocket watches. After servicing the watch needs to be adjusted to be in beat to keep accurate time. I did have a $300 timing machine, but it died after many years of service. I was hoping that it would be possible to use my computer and not have to purchase another timing machine as they are now over $500 and all they do is count the ticks.
I have a contact microphone that works when plugged in, all I need is an application that would tell me how many "ticks" per minute. Most of the watches I work on are about 300 ticks per minute.
Thanks in advance.

Here's a VST called BeatCounter. I don't know if it will work in GNU/Linux or not though. It's worth trying. You'll need a VST host for that. I think Ardour should work.
I think most real-time solutions to this problem will come in VST plugin format, if that helps narrow your search.
Another option that would require a lot more work would be to implement something yourself in PureData
Edit: the BeatCounter VST includes a Linux Makefile, which is promising.
Last edited by jakobcreutzfeldt (2013-04-08 15:24:26)

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