No nonsense, so easy and good
I wanted to create a 9/8 beat with the accents where I want them, with something other than a woodblock ticker. Five minutes later I have a perfect reference for hacking midi drum tracks in my DAW to fit. I didn’t even have to read any instructions. I could hug the author of this app!
An Awesome Metronome App (with a Few Bugs)
Okay, so I’ve been using this app for a few years now. I have created about 100 presets for this thing—it is massively helpful for creative rhythmic practice and it is EASY to input. If you can think in cut time, you’ve pretty much got room for most rhythms to be intuited into the app. The one thing functionally it doesn’t do is triplets, but if you’re creative you can find some workarounds and work on your time in the gaps. I’ve written 113-beat rhythmic cycles, which odd-metronome handles without lag. You can pretty much write out entire 8-bar phrases if you’re clever enough with it.
The bugs: lately the app has not been opening. It might just need an iOS update. It can be finicky in that regard, but eventually it works.
One constant bug the program has had is that it will lose audio if you open another app, so you’ll have to close and re-open odd metronome which can be a time-consuming part of practice if you’re switching in between things or if you have to answer say an email or text. Add the app not opening as of 8/31/24, and it’s a reason to not use it, but I would hope the developers may do some global edits every so often to mitigate these issues.
Overall, this app has been an incredibly useful tool. While things like Tonal Energy and PolyNome function in the same way, Odd Metronome has the easiest to understand user interface and you can get to playing right away.
The bugs: lately the app has not been opening. It might just need an iOS update. It can be finicky in that regard, but eventually it works.
One constant bug the program has had is that it will lose audio if you open another app, so you’ll have to close and re-open odd metronome which can be a time-consuming part of practice if you’re switching in between things or if you have to answer say an email or text. Add the app not opening as of 8/31/24, and it’s a reason to not use it, but I would hope the developers may do some global edits every so often to mitigate these issues.
Overall, this app has been an incredibly useful tool. While things like Tonal Energy and PolyNome function in the same way, Odd Metronome has the easiest to understand user interface and you can get to playing right away.
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Finally an easy way to set up a metronome for any meter!
Does just what I need, easily. And after spending a bit on other apps that were not worth the trouble.
A small improvement: the control of rhythm options is mostly off of the screen on an iPhone SE. so I can’t change sound sets. :-(
By the way, the developer is an amazing bass player - if you are into complex meters check out his Arabic music
A small improvement: the control of rhythm options is mostly off of the screen on an iPhone SE. so I can’t change sound sets. :-(
By the way, the developer is an amazing bass player - if you are into complex meters check out his Arabic music
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The only app that actually does what I need
I just went through five metronome apps, even some drum sequencer apps, and this is the only one I could find that allows you to program, measure by measure, whatever rhythm you need.
I would give five stars but the app refuses to play audio whenever I leave it and come back. I have to force quit the app constantly, and then it doesn’t even remember the last settings I had and I need to reload again.
If this ever gets fixed I will happily update my review, but since we haven’t had an update in two years that doesn’t seem likely.
I would give five stars but the app refuses to play audio whenever I leave it and come back. I have to force quit the app constantly, and then it doesn’t even remember the last settings I had and I need to reload again.
If this ever gets fixed I will happily update my review, but since we haven’t had an update in two years that doesn’t seem likely.
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Exactly what I needed
I never EVER write reviews:
This app is beautiful. I needed one where I could program 17 or more beats in a bar. This is the only one that could deliver. It doesn’t have 16th notes, but that’s fine since you can just double the tempo and use eighth notes instead (and use half notes as quarter notes). Seriously grateful for this app!
This app is beautiful. I needed one where I could program 17 or more beats in a bar. This is the only one that could deliver. It doesn’t have 16th notes, but that’s fine since you can just double the tempo and use eighth notes instead (and use half notes as quarter notes). Seriously grateful for this app!
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