Metronomics HD App Reviews

I have used Metronomics for about 2 years now, I’m a long run musician (20 years and counting..) I can say it’s the best metronome ever! You can do pretty much everything you can think of… 3 of the best (optional) features to me: polyrythms, mixed meters, gradual tempo speed variations. And it has many many more features, and it’s cheap… What else could you want more!!!!! :) Thank you Mr Nastos!!!

I have to admit that before purchasing this app I was hesitant, but after using a little this metronome, I had to change my mind: it’s a great app, one on the best metronome ever. It’s possible to increase automatically the speed by increments, study polyrhythms (tha’s one of the main reason I bought it) and study tuplets. I would have given it 6 stars!

The features look pretty cool and probably would be for a more advanced musician. I’m close to a beginner so possibly I’m missing something obvious but the first thing I wanted to do was play a song in 6/8. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to set the beat to eighth note. Am I supposed to double the tempo and use quarters? The metronome feature on Guitar Tuna lets you set a time signature so I assume this is a common function. I tried emailing for support but the email bounces

Fabulous app! The Inspector mode is a really powerful and wonderful new tool. The metronome is boundlessly customizable - to the point of being almost a full-fledged sequencer/drum machine. Includes “rhythm training” features, like cutting out for x measures and coming back, or programmed speed-up practice sessions (has timer but doesn’t calculate time of practice session automatically) Odd time signatures, polyrhythms, and swing are no problem for this app. Features stochastic fill beats that you can dim as another way to “build rhythm security." The inspector mode is the best part of the app though. It almost turns my drumming practice into a video game, and i’ve only used it for a day. Now for every beat, I can instantly how close I was to the metronome click, and whether i was ahead or behind. This could be used even beyond musical practice for mindfulness practice in theraputic applications. I look forward to the inspector mode being improved and added to… I would like to see better live feedback mechanisms. As it is, there are red dashed lines appearing at the peaks in your the waveform against the grid of the metronome. There is also a “last peak” number in the upper right which tells you how close your last beat was to the metronome click - as a percentage of the duration of the beat. It would be nice to have more color-coded instant feedback whehn you’re playing, to make practicing even more like a fun video game (maybe even rewarding harp sounds - or pretty droning string harmonies start to play when you’re on a role of good timing) . Also, an explanation of “Peak Average” (is it really a true average? More useful would be an average of the absolute values, or an RMS). Finally, to be able to set the inspector to milliseconds instead of percentages as an option. But the point of this review is really, WOW, and THANK YOU, and Nice Job. This is a quite a fine app. Virtually no bugs. Runs great on my old machine. Great GUI. Good Help page on the internet. Highly recommended for anyone who wants to practice a lot and imbue their inner worlds with synchronicity.

i’ve tried a lot of metronome apps for MacOS, WIndows and iOS. This is the best. It has all of the features that I’ve always been looking for and tons and tons of others. Even with all of the versatility, it is very straightforward to just use this as a plain old metronome “right out of the box.” I love the “Inspector Mode,” in which the app records your playing and analyzes its accuracy relative to the beat. It has a great “visual beat” which functions like the conductor being watched out of the corner of your eye.

I’m using this metronome with my Avid audio interface and it’s working perfectly. Experienced musicians will enjoy the features, it’s a very complete software.

My guitar teacher recommended this app and now that I have it, I’m really happy with it. I just want to highlight one outstanding feature that isn’t mentioned in the desciption above. The metronome has a function called "probability". Normally it’s set to 100% but if you decrease it the metronome starts leaving out clicks randomly. This is a great way of developing rhythmical independence and for this feature alone the app is worth every penny. Also the support is very good and quick. I had a minor problem and within a couple of hours John emailed me back and solved it! Thumbs up for that too!

Have had this for about a year and still can’t figure it out. Trying to get some variety to the basic click track (2, 4 with a high hat for example). Beyond me. The help manual has no pictures so you are going back and forth. Will look for something else. Maybe those with a lot of experience with metronomes would get something from this. I want simple.

It’s not simple metronome. It has all things you need to practice all rhythms you will ever need. You can ever jam with it because it can omit given parts with given probability. And it’s pretty simple. My wishes to author is to add more built-in examples. Thanks for great program!

Finally, someone has created a metronome without limits. As a player and teacher, Ive found Metronomics to be one of the most useful tools in dealing with timing, especially within the realm of odd-meters. I recommend it to all of my students, and its been really helping them along. With the "compound meters" function, there are infinite possibilities. The "inaudible" function allows you to really spot-check your time for weakness. The set of sounds included in the app are topnotch. The interface is intuitive and attaractive.I cant begin to say enough good things about Metronomics. I cant wait to explore more of its capabilities. An invaluable tool for ANY musician.

It may be little….. but it packs some really cool, easy to use features, usually found in (hardware) metronome devices costing 10x more! Not only is it fun to use, its customizable to your sonic taste. For example, theres a variety of organic, natural sounds to choose from: Wood block, snare, hi-hat, conga, triangle, cowbell, clave…the list goes on, Id say about 30 or more in all. This is great news for sore ears, because youre not stuck having to listen to some generic/annoying/sharp-piercing digital "beep" all those hours you practice or record. - I dont know about you, but Ive always hated those artificial sounding digital "beeps" that you dont hear in actual live or recorded music. Its like being in a sterilized emergency room, with one of those hospital machines going during an intense operation. Yeeeeks, how non-inspiring! So finally….. A developer brilliant enough to pack a whole lot of sonic *sensibility* into a music-smart Metronome, has come along!

This app crash within the first 3 mins of opening…. I like the fact of the real sounds or add my own sounds but its tooo complicated. I just wanted a simple metronome that played the sound and displayed the time.

This Metronome is truly powerful! It is a great tool to have. I do wish however that they made it a little bit easier for live use. If they would put a way to line up 4 or 5 different click tracks next to eachother and make it able to toggle through from click to click with a “Next Button” I would defintely recommend this to more friends and churches.

I also have this app on my iPhone, so importing all the saved metronomes I had was a cinch, I just exported them from my phone through email and clicked import and boom, in business. I disagree with the other reviewer who says this app is complicated, its actually the easiest metronome out there to use… You just press play, and then make adjustments based on what you want to do, add or delete subdivisions, or lots of other things. The more you use it, the more you realize it has tons of layers depending on how you want to practice time. There is really no other metronome out there that really allows you to work on your Time like this one. The feature of turning bars “off” or “inaudible” and “on" allows you to keep time during the “off” bars and come back in (hopefully) right on the click during the “on” bars. This feature alone makes this app worth the 7.99 it costs. I also love saving specific rhythms I’m working on when practicing motifs or motives and love having a bunch of them saved. You can use the subdivisions to map out the the rhythms from tunes, like Confirmation as an example. You can also adjust the “swing feel” on 8th notes, which makes this app absolutely worth 7.99. Anyway, I love this app, and for anyone who is serious about working on their Time Feel, Rhythm, Time Keeping, or any Rhythmic studies, this app is GOLD.

Ive been using Metronomics and Metronomics HD on an iPad for a few years. Having it available on my MBP is useful. Being able to share user samples and metronome settings via iCloud works pretty well. Metronomics HD is a monster. The feature set is excellent and the workflow is logical. In short, it would be very difficult to come up with a rhythm that either app couldn’t handle. The sequence mode lets me create specific patterns with any phrase length I need. Other features like probability sliders, and audible/inaudible settings can help you sharpen your skills and your “nerve”. With a few tweaks, this app could become the most rhythmically versatile drum machines ever- it would only need some MIDI implementation and at least three dynamic levels per hit, (ghost, normal, and accent). One gripe is that managing samples, presets and metronomes is a little tedious. The Metronomics apps (for device and laptop) are indespensible tools both for practice and learning. You really can broaden your musical universe.