Leave a Review The Metronome by Soundbrenner
Great app but constant glitching
Great functionality and very user-friendly, but it keeps glitching; it will stop beating for a short while at random times and then start again constantly which makes it very frustrating to use.Tessa227
Developer Response
Thank you for the review Tessa. We're truly sorry to hear that you are having issues with the app. Can you please reach out to our team at support@soundbrenner.com with your phone specs? We'd like to investigate this issue.Edit: Klopfgeist and other sounds stutters at higher tempos and while using different subdivisions.
Edit: Be careful which sound you choose for the metronome, as they sometimes stutter and change the downbeat. In my initial review I forgot that I had changed the sound to Klopfgeist. There are some other sounds that act funny at higher tempos and different subdivisions, but some of them work fine. And the fact that you can change sounds, subdivisions, and time signatures is great.
(Pre-edited review): I’ll preface by saying the interface is easy to use and I like that it is one of the few free metronome apps that allows you to customize time signature, subdivisions, and click sounds. I am a drummer, and having a tool to help lock in more difficult patterns, grooves, and rudiments is wonderful. However, whenever the audible beats are at highish tempos/actual playing speeds (noticed it starting with quarter notes above 120bpm, eighth notes at 64bpm, triplets at 84bpm), there are clicks that sound like digital clipping distortion, sometimes blended with the chosen click sound, sometimes swinging on offbeats. Occasionally, the metronome will stutter off-tempo and change the downbeat, halting practice, defeating the purpose of using a metronome. I only use the standalone app as a practice tool. Be wary if you are thinking about using it in a gigging scenario or spending money on it or its affiliated products.Show lessMindwess Wetad
Developer Response
Thank you for your review. This great feedback will help us on what we need to fix or improve.Really solid app!
This is my go to metronome whenever I'm on stage. Easy to run and reliable. Only criticisms are…
1. I wish it had a simplified stage mode with just songs and start/stop buttons that were bigger for when your playing and running click.
2. When you exit the app to go to another app and come back to it, it defaults back to the start screen and you have to set the entire set up again from your saved library.
Other than those, I absolutely love Soundbrenner and will continue to use it.Show lessJDTuck
BIG BUG
This is an awesome app and I love my Soundbrenner Pulse however the app keeps crashing as soon as I try to open. Please update it ASAP I usually use this app every day but have had to use alternatives while I wait for a bug fix!joshd drumma
Developer Response
Thank you for the review. We're truly sorry to hear that you are having issues with the app. Can you please reach out to our team at support@soundbrenner.com with your phone specs? We'd like to investigate this issue.Quality App; Re-Install Cured Issue
This has always been a quality app (especially for free use), but I find the new version no longer remembers the preference settings I had prior to my last exit. It’s a minor annoyance (though still an annoyance) to have to set everything back again if I’m still working on the same piece. Not a fatal flaw, though, and I do appreciate the application. Thanks!
EDIT: Re-Install fixed issue — I should have tried that right off the bat.Show lessMaybeMilo
Best musician’s tool around
As a stand alone app the SoundBrenner is a fantastic metronome that responds very well. However after I got the SoundBrenner Pulse things went to a whole other level. Practicing with their units improved my internal clock way more than I could have expected. Can’t recommend it enough.jasonmcnamara
Developer Response
Thank you for the awesome support and appreciation. We're happy to hear that! 😊Literally perfect, just one thing I’m looking for..
Practiced with it for a day and I’m already over my old metronome app. It’s great. I am definitely switching over to this one, however, I just have one thing I would like added in to it. All the tempo sounds just aren’t doing it for me. I’m marching corps this summer and I guess I’m really looking for that particular high pitched, ear aching, digital sound. I just like for my metronome to pierce through whatever I’m playing, and none of these sounds do that. If a sound like this could be added in that’d be amazing, 12/10!Show lessmorrrie
Elegant but Confusing
Sleek design, but a little bulky for wrist wear. However there are other body-position options. But since there seems no way to stop the metronome from flashing brightly to each beat, you may end up having a distracting light emanating from your chest, arm, foot! I also couldn’t find how to set a vibrational accent on the first beat of each measure.
Designers seem to think that anyone using the device is an experienced musician! The basic function of a metronome is to measure time by communicating beats, according to the user’s requirements. Introducing non intuitive concepts such as ‘Compose’, ‘Songs’ and ‘Playlists’ in a metronome is just confusing, and to this user, probably unnecessary.
Also, for some unspecified reason, there is but a single default setting, 4/4 at 120bpm when you shake your device. Cool idea, but useless if you’re wanting another setting.
App froze on me while doing required firmware update. Undocumented fix required from tech support took overnight since they are 12 time zones away.
Conclusion: I’d gladly take a slimmed down, single purpose vibrating, body-attaching, metronome, for less money and easier learning curve.Show lessNY Denizen
Developer Response
Thank you for your review 😊 This great feedback will help us on what we need to fix or improve.First metronome app that’s actually good!
For years I’ve had a physical metronome which always seemed easier to use than any metronome app I could find on the app store, however once I found this app my metronome got relegated to a cupboard as it’s even better than the real thing (diff. sounds + tap for tempo)!P_Gooey
Developer Response
Thank you for the awesome support and appreciation. We're happy to hear that! 😊Love it
I love this app and I have mentioned this to my section at my school and this is useful cause there is no pay needed to get the stuff you might want or need because it can save songs so you don’t have too look up or remember tempos it’s very easy to use not too confusing and plays eighth sixteenths triplets and lots of other combos of rhythms totally recommend to everyone in band it took my went over my expectations way over my expectationsShow lessVMC222
