Fantastic!
It’s early days with this app, but it’s fantastic and so easy to use.
I’m a long time pop and rock amateur drummer who’s been dabbling with jazz in early retirement.
I’ve been working on All Blues (3/4, or I hear the musicians cry, 6/8).
It sounds simple, but I’ve been having a blast working through some fills whilst having one two three in my headphones and really enjoying my improvisation without sticking in that erroneous four!
I’m a long time pop and rock amateur drummer who’s been dabbling with jazz in early retirement.
I’ve been working on All Blues (3/4, or I hear the musicians cry, 6/8).
It sounds simple, but I’ve been having a blast working through some fills whilst having one two three in my headphones and really enjoying my improvisation without sticking in that erroneous four!
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Simple but effective
Excellent app for improving my internal time. Having random beats drop forces me to keep my own time.
Improves my time keeping
A fun tool to have.
Simple elegant interface.
Simple elegant interface.
One of only two
There are only two metronomes you will ever need and this is one of them. The other is Tempo Advance. They both allow for high complexity for advanced rhythmic work. They complement each other and you should purchase both.
Doesn’t work in portrait mode on iPad Pro
Pretty annoying when practicing with scores on the iPad. Other than the gradual function it really doesn’t do anythimg that Tonal Energy’s metronome doesn’t do, and that app is much more user friendly and has many more features. This was a game changing app in it’s day but has been left behind, unfortunately.
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Response from developer
Hi, can I ask why annoying when practicing with scores on the iPad? In any case, I beg to differer: Tonal Energy is a decent app, but doesn't offer random muting, pattern muting, or any of the complex rhythmic time feels that Time Guru does.
Love This App, But Some Suggestions...
I love this app on my iPhone and given the iPad's additional capabilities it would be great to see a portrait orientation available because I often use Time Guru in tandem with my music reading app, which is best in portrait. Also making use of the SlideOver function would be very handy again to use in tandem with my music reader which would save the constant need for switching apps just to bump the tempo up or down.
Aside from this, the app runs great and I use it often.
Hoping to see new features added soon!
Aside from this, the app runs great and I use it often.
Hoping to see new features added soon!
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My new favorite metronome!
I really like not having to listen to an annoying click on every beat, yet still having something going in the background to keep me in time. It sounds a lot more musical/interesting than just a steady, droning metronome too.
That said, I only use it as a basic metronome, so can't speak of the advanced features. They seem to work as advertised though.
That said, I only use it as a basic metronome, so can't speak of the advanced features. They seem to work as advertised though.
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Doesn’t work correctly.
Doesn’t seem to work correctly. It doesn’t allow you to remove beats, the way it says it should in the first part of the help section.
Super glitchy iPad Pro
Completely useless on iPad Pro. Deleted and re-installed. Emailed for advice several times to no response. Great for iPhone, crap for iPad. Stay away.
The issue was that the controls for adding or removing subdivisions in the “meter select” don’t work. So if I added any variation to the metronome it was irreversible, and in order to clear it and get a new metronome, I had do delete and reinstall the app. Annoying to the max in the middle of a practice routine. I’ll revise my rating if they fix this issue, or even respond to my query.
The issue was that the controls for adding or removing subdivisions in the “meter select” don’t work. So if I added any variation to the metronome it was irreversible, and in order to clear it and get a new metronome, I had do delete and reinstall the app. Annoying to the max in the middle of a practice routine. I’ll revise my rating if they fix this issue, or even respond to my query.
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Response from developer
Hi. I never got an email from you about this. I would like to know if this indeed is a bug with the iPad Pro, because I haven't heard a similar issue. If you are still having a problem, could you send me a video? I don't have an iPad Pro to test with - only my iPad Mini and the simulator that Apple provides. Sorry for the troubles. timeguruvoxbeat@gmail.com
Excellent for complex rhythms
This is a great app for practising against complex rhythms. The ability to drop the metronome is also a great feature: when playing for real it's all to easy to speed up or slow down; this feature helps you track how well you can self-regulate the pulse.
Swipe Down function on iPad not working.
I cannot get the metered timing to stop. Swipe function not working on my iPad.
Perfect
Everything I ask for...
One missing feature...
As mentioned in other reviews, this is a fantastic metronome. However (and this is a big however), developers seriously need to fix a problem this app has. We need to have split-screen/slide-over functionality. A lot of musicians practise with a timer to keep track of concepts/techniques they are working on. I myself always use the clock app on the ipad along with Time Guru. Problem is I have to keep fumbling around to set new timers and alarms whilst I have this app open. Just hide the sound selection bar, no one uses that, and allow the app to scale to work side by side with another app. Surprised it’s been this long and they haven’t addressed this. Almost every other app on the app store does it now. Please listen to us.
Other than that. Definitely still my go to metronome for practising.
Other than that. Definitely still my go to metronome for practising.
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Feature Request: Better multitasking
I’ve used this the iPhone version for awhile now. The ability to save your own “drum like pattern” presets is great, but I wish it had multitasking options like SlideOver and maybe Splitview (a GUI refresh would be great too, but that’s not as necessary)...
Almost what I was looking for
I'm a new bass player trying to wrap my head around rhythm. My new exercises explore triplets and 16th notes. I wanted an app that I could input the rhythm from my exercises and have it play back in various tempos.
This app does that, except it doesn't allow you to input dotted quarter notes.
So, so close.
This app does that, except it doesn't allow you to input dotted quarter notes.
So, so close.
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Awesome as expected, but one suggestion
Just like the iPhone version, everything in one place is a nice look!
I'd suggest disabling the preview of the different sounds/disabling it during play. Especially with the people, as they have to count all the way to 14 before they stop. Fix it up and it'll be 5 stars easy :)
I'd suggest disabling the preview of the different sounds/disabling it during play. Especially with the people, as they have to count all the way to 14 before they stop. Fix it up and it'll be 5 stars easy :)
The excellent Time Guru with a great layout for iPads
This new iPad-specific version of Time Guru takes advantage of the extra screen size of the iPad (compared to the iPhone) and puts all the main functions on one screen, with a simple toggle between presets and settings. It’s an awesome practice tool that has graduated to having it’s own iPad version. Yay!
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