Would you pay all that for a Dr. Beat metronome?

[thalberg]

Hi All!

Let's talk about Dr. Beat.

[pianonut]

only if they add a compass to it - so when you get lost in your music it gives you a satellite view of where you are and where you need to go.

seriously, i would if i had the extra money.  seems like all teachers have them.

[BoliverAllmon]

what makes this metronome special?

[thalberg]

Okay, Boliver, so you don't know what Dr. Beat is.....

Well, for starters, it costs about $150 in the US--I don't know about U.K. 

Most metronomes just click and various speeds.

This one has sliding levers that control the volume of the quarter, the eighth, the triplet, and the sixteenth.  Each beat or division of the beat has its own timbre, so you can hear the rhythmic shadings.  Also, once you get the quarter going really fast, the divisions of the beats get faster than what any normal metronome could handle. If you turn up the volume on the quarters, eighths, and triplets, you get two against three. Plus, you can choose what meter you want, and it will give you a nice metallic thwack on the downbeat.   If you turn down the volume on the quartes, eighths, sixteenths, and triplets, you can just hear the downbeat.  And if you put it on 6/6 time signature, you can get just one beat every six seconds.  At my school, we call it the cosmic whole note and have contests to see who can accurately clap along. 

It also has a nice feature where you tap on a button at a certain speed and it displays your tempo in a friendly digital readout. 

With this metronome, you can do insane things, like play a fast movement of Bach and hear a click on every sixteenth note.

[orlandopiano]

Okay, Boliver, so you don't know what Dr. Beat is.....

Well, for starters, it costs about $150 in the US--I don't know about U.K. 

Most metronomes just click and various speeds.

This one has sliding levers that control the volume of the quarter, the eighth, the triplet, and the sixteenth.  Each beat or division of the beat has its own timbre, so you can hear the rhythmic shadings.  Also, once you get the quarter going really fast, the divisions of the beats get faster than what any normal metronome could handle. If you turn up the volume on the quarters, eighths, and triplets, you get two against three. Plus, you can choose what meter you want, and it will give you a nice metallic thwack on the downbeat.   If you turn down the volume on the quartes, eighths, sixteenths, and triplets, you can just hear the downbeat.  And if you put it on 6/6 time signature, you can get just one beat every six seconds.  At my school, we call it the cosmic whole note and have contests to see who can accurately clap along. 

It also has a nice feature where you tap on a button at a certain speed and it displays your tempo in a friendly digital readout. 

With this metronome, you can do insane things, like play a fast movement of Bach and hear a click on every sixteenth note.

Hmmmm, most of these things can be done on my Korg MA-30 which you can find for under $30.

By the way, what is 6/6 time signature?

[Bob]

Dr. Beat is loud and it subdivides.  You can find one for $100.

Korg MA-30 is nice too, but not as loud.

[thalberg]

Sorry!  That was a typing mistake.  Not 6/6!  I should have written 6/4.