Metronome PRO (version 1.2)
“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that Swing”
-- Duke Ellington & Irving Mills
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What’s this?
This is a iPhone/iPod touch’s metronome application. If you practice with this, you may rock the audience. ;-)
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Updates in version 1.2
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1.Significantly brushed up UI.
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2.Add new sound sets. -- click, cowbell
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3.Add new rhythms. -- duplets(backbeat),
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4.Play metronome sounds during sleep mode.
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5.Fix some bugs
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How to use
There are 4 tabs.
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1.Metronome tab -- Main window of the application. Double tapping the upper side, you can change the rhythm or choose a bookmark.
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2.Bookmark tab -- Bookmark list. You can add/modify the bookmark in the tab. Since a bookmark consists of multiple beat/rhythm/reps, you can build compound/additive meter.
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3.Tap tab -- You can work out the tempo, by just tapping the button along with the song.
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4.Information tab -- Information about this application.
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Purchase
You can buy it here (to itunes store) or the banner at the top of this page.
I hope you enjoy it, and enjoy playing!
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Specification
Metronome mode:
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✴Tempo range: 30-208 beats per minute(bpm)
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✴Tempo setting:PENDULUM STEP (by dragging a weight), FULL STEP (by setting at dialog)
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✴Tempo accuracy: +/- 0.1%
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✴Beat: 1-9
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✴Time signatures(rhythm): Single beat, duplets, triplets, triplets without the center beat, quadruplets, quadruplets without the center beats, duplets(backbeat), quadruplets(backbeats)
Bookmark mode:
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✴Max number of bookmarks: 31
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✴Contents of a element in a bookmark: beats, rhythm, repeats
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✴Max number of elements in one bookmark: 12
Tap mode:
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✴Tempo range: 30-208 beats per minute(bpm)
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✴Tap accuracy: Better than about 30msec
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Please note
You will need speakers or headphones for audio on a 1st generation iPod touch, like me. :-)
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Special thanks!
Thanks a lot to Kazuhiro Yoshida, he is a great horn player, mono-log-magazine and apptoi who created the following promotional movies, keen-eyed Mr. E-WA, and my love family.
