BeatBalance vs Partner

BeatBalance is a tool to help serious drummers efficiently hone crucial elements of basic technique: note spacing, timing accuracy, dynamic control, timekeeping and hand-foot coordination, using a practice pad. It's a runkeeper, but for drums. Identify problem areas with timing and dynamics, using millisecond-accurate measurement and unique analysis tools. Track progress over time and identify which elements of your practise routine are delivering benefits, and which need to be refined. Sharpen perception and execution with real-time feedback on timing and dynamics. Patented silent metronome and adaptive guide feedback help you develop confidence with timekeeping and advanced rhythms. Speed Builder mode (for subscribers) helps gradually increase the speed of execution: play accurately and consistently and the tempo of the metronome will increase for the next attempt.

Most drum apps hand you a pile of exercises and hope you stick with them. Partner works the other way round: it remembers what you actually played, and builds around you. At the heart of it is Riley, your practice partner. She remembers every session you log, the songs you're chasing, the tempos you've reached, the things that still feel hard, and she uses all of it to shape tomorrow's practice around what you did today rather than a plan pulled from thin air. — HOW IT WORKS — You start a session and just play. There's nothing to fill in before you begin, so you practise for as long as you've got and log things as you go: what you're working on, the tempo you reach, how it feels. When you finish, Riley reflects it all back in your own words, and after a few sessions she starts noticing the shape of your practice, where you're growing and where you've levelled off. She never nags, never scores you and never guilt-trips you for a missed day, because she's on your side, not on your case. — WHAT RILEY REMEMBERS — • What you worked on, and how it actually felt • The tempos you've genuinely hit, never a made-up number • Your breakthroughs, and the bits that still feel hard • When you've sat at the same tempo for a couple of weeks • Everything, so tomorrow's session is built from today's — A PARTNER, NOT A COACH — Riley doesn't drill you or hand you a lesson plan. She sits beside you, remembers what you did and reflects it back, so you're the one who decides what comes next. A hard session isn't a failure here, it's just part of it, and turning up at all is worth something on its own. — BUILT BY A WORKING DRUM TEACHER — Hi, I'm Harry. After six years of teaching I kept seeing the same thing: my students didn't need more practice time, they needed something beside them between lessons. Partner is the practice partner I always wished they had. — WHO IT'S FOR — Any drummer who wants to keep track of their practice and actually get somewhere with it. Whether you're going in circles and can't tell if you're improving, you're self-taught and have never had much direction, you're fitting practice around a busy life, or you're working toward an exam and want every session to count, Riley keeps the thread. — TIERS — LITE (free): your practice journal, session logging and Riley every third session. PRO (£7.99/month, one month free): everything in Lite, plus Riley after every session and your full practice history. Pricing may vary by region. Terms: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/5c06b8e4-28bd-40e4-9a85-2a0bba58f250 Privacy: https://www.termsfeed.com/live/e467ec04-7277-41fa-9b5e-ccf0532c6e34