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Rhythmic Metronome APK

Latest Version 1.1 for Windows
Updated 2024-01-22

App information

Version 1.1 (#2)

Updated 2024-01-22

APK Size 410.3 KB

Requires Android Android 4.1+ (Jelly Bean)

Offered by Robert R. Enderlein

Category Free Music & Audio App

App id ch.e7n.metronome

Developer's notes A metronome that allows the entry of custom rhythms.

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Latest updates

What's new in Rhythmic Metronome 1.1

Updated targetSdk to version 28.

Editor's review

Download the latest Rhythmic Metronome application, version 1.1, compatible with Windows 10/11 (using emulators such as Bluestacks), Android devices. This free Music & Audio app is developed by Robert R. Enderlein and is easy to download and install.

Previous versions, including 1.1, 1.0, are also available. If you need help or have any problems, please let us know.

Description

This ad-free metronome allows the entry of custom rhythms to help
musicians play in time when playing songs with complex rhythms.
Rhythms can be made up of whole notes down to sixteenth notes
(including dotted notes, triplets, and ties) and rests of similar duration.
Time signatures can be specified to accentuate the clicks on the
downbeat and slightly accentuate every second beat (or third beat in
e.g., 6/8 time).

The tempo can be entered with a keyboard, selected among a drop-down list
of Italian tempo markings, or adjusted with buttons.

The rhythm and tempo can be saved in the application's memory.
The rhythm can also be copied to and pasted from the clipboard.
Go to the import/export screen (accessed through the big "floppy disc"
button icon) for this.

This metronome is audio-only and does not provide "visual clicks".

An advanced entry mode (reached by clicking on the "keyboard" icon on the
keyboard) allows for the entry of notes, rests and time signatures of
arbitrary duration.
E.g.,: Enter "n1/32" for a thirty-second note, "n3/64" for a dotted
thirty-second note, "n1/7" for a septuplet (seven notes in the time of
one); "r1/64" for a sixty-fourth rest;
"t7/4" for a 7-over-4 time signature.
It is also possible to group notes with parenthesis.
Individual notes and rests and groups can be played multiple times by
appending an asterisk and a number.
E.g.,: "(n1/2n1/4*2)*3" would play three times:
half-note, quater-note, quater-note.

Copyright 2014, IBM Corp.
Copyright 2018, Robert R. Enderlein.

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Known bugs:

The rhythm entry field does not allow moving the cursor by tapping,
making selections, or copy/pasting. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to
move. Use the import/export screen (accessed
through the big "floppy disc" button icon) to copy or paste.

If the application sleeps for too long, the rhythm entry might be replaced
by "x". I suggest you save your rhythms often, and reload them if that
happens.

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Source code is available at:

https://github.com/robertre2/ch.e7n.metronome

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Attributions:

The metronome click soundtrack is from soundbible.com "Metronome",
recorded by Mike Koenig, license: Creative commons attribution 3.0.

The musical note images where generated with Lilypond (www.lilypond.org).

Some of the code was based on Periklis Ntanasis's BeatKeeper
(https://github.com/MasterEx/BeatKeeper). License: UNLICENSE.

Some of the code was based on Maarten Pennings's tutorial for
creating a custom keyboard
(http://www.fampennings.nl/maarten/android/09keyboard/index.htm).
Licensed under Apache License 2.0.

The Italian tempo markings where taken from Wikipedia
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Italian_tempo_markings)
under an Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Ratings and Reviews

Rating: 4.4/5 based on 4+ reviews

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1 ★ Downvoted with vengeance for LYING outright in the first sentence. This metronome does NOT let you enter custom rhythms. There is a fixed set of allowed time signatures: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/4, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8. "Fixed set of choices" is the DIRECT, POLAR OPPOSITE of "custom".

5 ★ The definition of a perfect App!: simple and small but surprisingly multifunctional. Use as a metronome or type in those impossible to work out rhythms and hear them played perfectly.

5 ★ As a drummer, this has been a godsend for figuring out complicated rhythms. A must have for anyone learning music!

3 ★ great concept, well executed. would like to be able to remove the automatic accent on the first beat + add accents to others. a 'play once' option would be helpful as well. great app, otherwise

5 ★ Incredibly easy and useful, let's you input easy to complex time signatures and play them back as realtime metronome. Is there a way to tie 16 and 32nd notes?

5 ★ perfect. And the instructions are here at the Play Store, in the Read More. t=time signature n=note r=rest. can generate ANY rhythm.

3 ★ Useful for standard music that isnt written passed 16th notes. I would like to see an update added for 32nd and 64th notes to give a 4 star rating. 5/5 would happen if the asthetics within the app were better.

5 ★ Hi, thank you for creating and sharing this amazing app for free!! . So helpful.

5 ★ unique and rarest of the rare functionality in digital metronome smartphone application segment

5 ★ I have rummaged through every other rhythm app and couldn't find one as good as this.

4 ★ Its forget last bpm and bpm shows as bps.

5 ★ I love this App. Very useful for practising etudes like Schradiek

5 ★ This is how a metronome should be.

5 ★ I would be in deep dookie if it wasn't for this app.

3 ★ Can you separate the bars?

Previous versions

Rhythmic Metronome 1.1 APK for Windows (#2, 410.3 KB)

Rhythmic Metronome 1.0 APK for Windows (#1, 371.6 KB)