A metronome for professionals.
Metron for iOS™ was developed by a classically trained musician to aid in the practice of runs, excerpts and complete compositions.
In addition to the usual single and multiple beat ticks of digital metronomes, it offers a high precision engine and a bar based sequencer that offers detailed control over rhythm patterns, tempo settings and time signatures (including complex and compound signatures). Metron also incorporates a pitch pipe that can be calibrated to your choice of cent or Hertz level.
Main Features at a glance
- Intuitive front panel. You can launch and start practicing instantly.
- Easy access to powerful customisation.
- Rock steady, highly accurate, screen-lock proof playback engine.
- Complex and compound time signatures.
- Fully programmable rhythm patterns using standard music notation.
- Powerful tempo controls, including accelerando and ritardando.
- Excellent customisable visual feedback.
- Ample choice of beat sounds, assignable to any beat and including volume control.
- Define you own library of sequences. Program excerpts or full pieces including any tempo and time signature changes.
- Use setlists to easily navigate predefined sets of sequences (automatically if you wish).
- Record Metron sessions to audio files.
Tutorial Clips
Some clips listed here were made with Metron 1.x. They will be replaced by versions made with Metron 2.x as soon as those are ready.
- Metron 2.1 Demo Sequence: See and hear how Metron offers enormous flexibility when it comes to playback. This sequence is included by default in Metron v.2.1 and later.
- The basics
- Advanced features: Mixed metres and tempi
- Good to know: Rearranging Bars
Topics
- The Front Panel: practicing with the metronome.
- The Sequencer: choosing a sequence for practice or creating new sequences.
- The Sequence Editor: programming a sequence.
- The Score Editor: programming a bar.
- The Settings Editor: changing application settings.
- The Pitch Pipe: tuning your instrument.
What people say about Metron
"And...just want to say that I've been waiting for a metronome like this for 20 years! I've used every kind of metronome, and carried around MIDI sequencers, laptops etc..but this is the best." (M.W., by email, Metron 2.0, Mar 19, 2010)
"Wow... a metronome AND fully programmable rhythm sequencer. I really didn't understand what was so unique about this app until I bought it and started playing with it. It's not JUST a metronome with a dizzying array of options, it's a fully programmable rhythm sequencer. Got a song with changing rhythms and tempos that you'd like to practice without having to stop to change your metronome settings? This is your app. You can program entire songs into the app with changing rhythms, tempos, accelerando, and ritardando, and play the entire song through with the metronome/sequencer keeping the ever-changing beat. Sequences can be saved for later use. Brilliant!" (GnuUser, US App Store, Metron 2.0.1, Mar 26, 2010)
"The best metronome app you can get. As any professional classical musician knows, a metronome is an every day tool. Before this app I was unable to find a stable software metronome. The others always have a hiccup or some other disturbance to the beat that makes them practically unusable. Not this one; this is as stable as your Dr. Beat. In fact, I am away on a concert trip rigjt now and this is the first time i left my metronome at home This app goes way beyond basic functions, to boot. You can even program this for changing meters. Finally I can practice music that changes from all kinds of meters with different beat lengths with a metrome. This was designed by a pro musician and it shows. The beep sound is loud and clear. The beat range is huge. There is even a pitch pipe. One request I have is to be able to change tempos in traditional increments (120, 126, 132, etc.). While is nice to have the freedom to adjust in single increments, I do a lot of practice with the regular numbers. For a first release this has the care and polish that all develpers should be pitting into their work. Bravo." (John Goyeau, US App Store, Metron 1.0, Jul 30, 2009)
"Metron Programmable Metronome. Having experimented with various different metronomes over the years, I can honestly say that this is the only one that "does what it says on the tin". I use it with earphones for personal practice and with an iPhone "tube" speaker/docking station for teaching and either way it's perfect! The Metron is easy to program and use. It can be programmed to play x bars at y tempo followed by x bars at z tempo, it has a good choice of click sounds and can be set to whatever time signature you need. Why didn't somebody do this years ago?" (Steviedrum, UK App Store, Metron 1.0, 21-Sep-2009)
"The best metronome, not just on the iPhone, but in the world! All problems solved for musicians. I used to hate using a metronome cause I couldn't find a siutable one that could fit into my extreme music with weird odd tempos, high speeds and frequent changes! But not until Metron came to my iPhone and solved all my problems! I now enjoy playing with a metronome and could program the weirdest song and it plays along just perfectly! I've tested the application and took it to the extremes and all the functions clearly makes this app the best metronome and music app on the iPhone and the best metronome from those chunky $20 ones. Especially the interface, the sound which we could hear over very loud heavy music and the fact that my band could program a whole song and just play along.
This is my favorite application on the iPhone! The help you get from the developers is also as perfect! Great job to its developers!!" (seismicbass, Maltese App Store, Metron 1.1, Metron 1.0, 20-Sep-2009)