For Intermediate or Advanced musicians
I searched high and low to find this app. I wanted to re-create the metronome sequence that Virgil Donato used in his Video "Power Drumming". Its an 7 bar sequence preceeded by an 8 count, and the tempo bumps up from 100bpm to 200bpm in increments of twenty and repeats itself starting from the 8-count again until youre done with several single stroke variations. Its a killer workout for your chops. but all of the Virgil magic distracts you and/or discourages you, and makes you lose count and you miss the tempo changes. So i wanted to emulate it so all i have to worry about is me during the excercises.
So... mission accomplished. and its perfect and totally customizeable. Its too much though if you are just wanting a steady pulse or just to work on one time signature. I have 4 other Metronome apps and they all center on some aspect of timekeeping that the others dont. This is an awesome addition to my toolkit and I cant wait to dig deeper into it later.
PROBLEM: the video clips on the website are out dated. I initially purchased this based on the demo online only to discover that the interface has changed. It took me another 45 minutes to do what I wanted via trial and error. I dont sight read music but I do have an idea about meters and subdivisions. A begginer or a total score-illiterate will get frustrated and give this app bad reviews... as you have probably already read a few. Cmon guys, it says "professional metronome" in the title. If you want a little clik-tink-tink-tink, then just buy the freebee ones.
Ill give it 5 stars when they update the web videos. I really think that is probably whey some people are disgruntled about it. All the reivews are from 2009 and 2010 and are reviewing 2.0 or 2.1. This version is 2.5.2. Just get up to date and itll be cool.
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Metron (Pro Metronome)