Drum Machine as Metronome

The bulk of the musical talk
Post Reply
Mark

Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Mark »

I've been thinking about getting a drum machine to replace a boring metronome. Any recommendations?
Radar
3 valves
3 valves
Posts: 303
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:51 pm
Location: Rochester NY

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Radar »

Most drum machines I've looked at were pretty high priced, and for a practice tool didn't want to go there. What I discovered is that some very cheap keyboards have pretty decent drum beats for really reasonable prices. I wound up with a low end Yamaha keyboard that has quite a variety of beat patterns preprogrammed in.
Retired Army Reserve 98th Div. Band: Euphonium, Trombone, Tuba, Bass Guitar
Miraphone 186 CC
Conn 36K Sousaphone
Euphonium: Yamaha YEP-321 (modified with Euro-shank receiver with Lehman M mouthpiece)
Trombones:Yamaha 612 Bass, Conn 88H
User avatar
Rivercity Tuba
pro musician
pro musician
Posts: 243
Joined: Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:21 am
Location: In a van down by the river

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Rivercity Tuba »

Boss DR-3
Three Valves
6 valves
6 valves
Posts: 4230
Joined: Wed Jan 07, 2015 9:44 am
Location: With my fellow Thought Criminals

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Three Valves »

Garage Band app??

Beat Boy??
I am committed to the advancement of civil rights, minus the Marxist intimidation and thuggery of BLM.
Reptilian
bugler
bugler
Posts: 75
Joined: Fri Apr 05, 2013 2:56 am

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Reptilian »

Three Valves wrote:Garage Band app??

Beat Boy??
Yeah good call, just get some drum machine app and a decent Bluetooth speaker. Good to go.
User avatar
MikeS
bugler
bugler
Posts: 214
Joined: Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:46 am

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by MikeS »

I use an app called Drumgenius. The sound quality of the samples is very good and natural. There is control over tempo within reasonable limits for the sample selected (in other words, you can’t slow a hip hop groove down to 40bpm). It includes a number of different straight, rock, and jazz patterns and a number of interesting international ones. It’s not perfect, but it’s good enough that I use it regularly.

http://www.projazzlab.com/" target="_blank" target="_blank
User avatar
Leland
pro musician
pro musician
Posts: 1650
Joined: Fri Mar 19, 2004 11:54 am
Location: Washington, DC

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Leland »

Or a Boss DB90 (aka Dr Beat, the one with the yellow select wheel). I don't think the sounds are sampled, and the interface is wacky, but there's an assortment of percussion patterns to work with. Used it in a rehearsal almost as a joke, but it actually helped the ensemble get the feel of the particular tune we were playing.
Voisi1ev
bugler
bugler
Posts: 167
Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:43 am
Location: Michigan

Re: Drum Machine as Metronome

Post by Voisi1ev »

The Tonal Energy app has some real basic drum patterns you can use for the metronome sound. Works really well, much less irritating than a electronic blip when used loudly.
Post Reply