User Reviews: Dr Rhythm

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  • Won't work

    Can only possible give 1 star as it won't even start up on my iPad. May be good on devices it works on but it doesn't work on mine.
  • Full kit drum staff but cannot write specific kit rhythms

    Looks promising but I don't think you can actually write a full drum sequence. Playback arbitrarily chooses instrumentation for the rhythm you enter. Great for testing/charting out a rhythm but not good if you think you can write a full drum part. Easy to use and get started though.

    While the previews display a full drum staff either I can't figure out how to write a simple kick/snare/hat progression or it doesn't exist. I recommend they remove the full drum set staff until that feature is available or add that capability (or make it easier to access if it already exists).
  • Good start needs accents

    Great rhythm trainer and composer only thing lacking is the ability to program accents and dynamics so you can hear a rhythm as written by a composer. Also a swing function would be nice to hear a jazz style or Brazilian style of playing of the pattern you are trying to learn
  • "Tap" In Description Misled Me

    I was hoping for an app that would let me tap in rhythms to a metronome using a "pad" button or something similar. The description of the app said "Tap in rhythm from a score..." Turns out you can't do that. What you do is tap the icons for notes and rests. Each time you tap a note or rest, it gets placed in a music staff in the order you tap the icons. You can then play back your creation to see how it sounds. I don't know notes/rests at all, but am very good at rhythm. I wanted a way to translate rhythms to notation so I could see what some of the more complex ones looked like. This app isn't it. Seems to do what it does OK, though it skips beats relatively often - like it got a hiccup or ran out of memory or something. I'm using a 64GB iPhone 4S, so i don't think it's my hardware since there's currently nothing out there faster or with more memory. Oh well...
  • Great!

    Helped this beginner a TON! Thank you!
  • Great substitute for all the metronomes out there!!

    I have been using this app ever since I found it months ago. I use it all the time when I don't understand a difficult rhythm passage. It clarifies those same passage by slowing down the tempo, and playing the notated rhythms. I also use this for playing scales faster using triplets, sixteenth notes, etc. If you have trouble reading rhythms, get this app, get all the help you need!! VERY USEFUL!!

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