1.15 / October 18, 2013
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Description

Practise Metronome allows you to practisethatelusive riff at increasing tempos without losing momentum.

It can help you build speed on those tricky runs and arpeggiosaswell as improving technique and stamina.

Set a start Bpm, Number of increments, Number of barsperincrement and an End Bpm and Practise Metronome willsteadilyincrease the speed.

The variable meter (2 - 16 beats) allows practise indifferenttime signatures. Each beat of the meter can be accented toaidcounting and playing complex times and rhythms, for exampletheFlamenco Compás.

Accents can be assigned a different sound to make themmoreobvious.

An 'easy beat' sound patch enables a simple Drum rhythm tobecreated. Assign the snare sound to the Accents and choose whereyouwant the snare to be. Plus a Conga beat.

A continuous play option allows the Practise Metronometofunction as a conventional metronome with it's speed set bytheStart Bpm. A 440 Hz tuning note is also provided.

Data entry is via an on screen Jog Wheel, which prevents theneedfor constant pop-ups from the keyboard.

The Jog Wheel is also the Start/Stop control.

There are a choice of 10 sounds Agogo, WoodBlock, Hand Claps,HiConga, Hi Hat, Lo Conga, Side Stick, Triangle, Bass Drum andSnarewhich are provided through the Android Media Player viaMidi.

The Practise Metronome generates Midi as needed. in testing(onHTC Hero) the metronome was very accurate, as this isultimatelyunder the control of the media player, this may varywithhardware.

A lead-in is also provided which can give you 1 to 8 barsofcount-in and can be assigned to a different sound so you canbesure when the main sequence has started.

When the Practise Metronome is playing, a running indicatorisdisplayed along with the current and previous BPM, allowing youtomonitor your progress as your playing improves.

A transport option displays positional information withinasequence which can be changed in real time so you can skip backtoa previous tempo without restarting the whole sequence as wellascontrol over beat volumes and the overall media volume foryourdevice.

Contextual help is also available by a long click onanyfield.

Access to the media player equalizer is provided (onlyavailableon Android 2.3 and above). This will allow additionalvolume ifit's currently too low. Please be aware that the settingsaffectall media played while the metronome is in memory. If you areusingheadphones check that other media players are set to acomfortablelevel.

It is possible that the equalizer may not work correctly ifyouhave installed a custom Android ROM on your device, it hasbeentested with Cyanogen V7-05 on HTC Hero and works fine, alongwiththe Android emulator. If you do find any problems, let us knowandwe will endeavour to sort them out quickly.

IMPORTANT NOTICE !

There appears to be a large discrepancy in theoutputvolume
of midi files across devices. The volume obtainable is dependantonthe midi player in each device. The internal volumes areusercontrollable if the option is turned on, but the defaultvolumesare set at maximum for the accented beats. If your device istooquiet to be usable, I'm afraid there is nothing more I can doaboutit. (see above)

If you feel compelled to leave a comment to this effect,pleasestate which device you are using although it is possiblethatdifferent versions of the same device can have differentresults,or better still send me an email. If I get enough responsesI willpost a list of the results.

Midi was chosen to ensure consistent accuracy of timingacrossdevices and performed well on test devices.

Please don't be put off trying the Practise Metronome bythisissue, you can always obtain a refund within the rules ofthemarket.

Requires Android 1.6 or later and a device with 240x320 screenorbetter. Android 2.3 to access the equalizer.

App Information Practise Metronome

  • App Name
    Practise Metronome
  • Package Name
    com.stevel05.Metronome
  • Updated
    October 18, 2013
  • File Size
    Undefined
  • Requires Android
    Android 1.6 and up
  • Version
    1.15
  • Developer
    stevel05
  • Installs
    100 - 500
  • Price
    $2.38
  • Category
    Music & Audio
  • Developer
    Visit website Email [email protected]
    29 Cottington Close Swindon SN5 8PX UK
  • Google Play Link

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