Weird Metronome 1.4

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License:
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Editor's Rating:
4.0 stars
Average User Rating:
3.5 stars (out of 56 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
164,801
Requirements:
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Limitations:
No limitations
Date Added:
September 28, 2002
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Publisher's description of Weird Metronome

From Jone/Stone Productions:

Weird Metronome is a metronome program that uses the computer's MIDI hardware (sound card) to play its sound. This program is very configurable. You can define any length measure up to 1,000 beats with any beat emphasis you choose. More than fifty percussion instruments are available, and up to nine can be used at a time in a given measure definition. You can save and load your settings under as many presets as you like. All this and more in a tiny little download of only 18K.

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Editor's review of Weird Metronome

4.0 stars
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There's not much weird about this virtual metronome; in fact, we really like its flexibility. An attactive design scheme is not Weird Metronome's forte. While many competing programs resemble their real-world counterparts, this one follows the standard gray-box motif with drop-down menus. You can choose from a straight metronome beat or a specific number of beats per measure, but it's the custom option we especially dig. This feature allows you to set up your own specific scheme with a huge load of percussion instruments, of which nine can be used at once. After you've come up with a beat pattern you really like, you can easily save it for quick access later. A handy slider also makes it easy to set the beats per minute from four to 1,000. Finally, you can toggle the visual display on or off. This freebie is unlikely to disappoint drummers and other musicians seeking a timing watchdog.

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Average user rating: 3.8 stars out of 56 votes
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5 stars

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: Weird Metronome 1.4

"Does its job as a metronome with nice additional feature."

by najor on January 22, 2006

Pros: It does it job as a metronome. And gave a nice selection of percussion sounds to replace to tics n tacs of metronome. The beat pattern is adjustable too.
Moreover, it's small to download and FREE. You have nothing to loose here.

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1 stars

0 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: Weird Metronome 1.4

"This product left me cold."

by tarabunkins on March 21, 2006

Cons: I did not like this "Weird" release. I found the product boring

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5 stars

Version: Weird Metronome 1.4

"Great!"

by binary on March 25, 2008

Pros: It's the first one I've found with the volume being fully adjustable. This is cool when I have my monitor speakers cranked up and I don't want to be blown out of the studio with the metronome click. I love the tempo versatility and the ability to assign different sounds and volumes for each beat. Good Stuff!

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5 stars

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: Weird Metronome 1.4

"Excellent freeware metronome"

by mezzoola on May 21, 2006

Pros: It is very customizable and just works great! I've never had any problem with uneven or "missed" beats. I've copied the following directly from the developer's faq to explain why that might happen on some computers.....

"The beats don't play back evenly for me. What's up?

This is an unfortunate problem with Windows. Timing just doesn't work as perfectly as I'd like it to. I've got the program set up to use the most precise timer available in the system, but Windows still messes things up occasionally.

You could try turning off all the programs that run in the background, such as virus scanners, instant messenger clients, task schedulers, and so on. Apart from that I don't really have any better advice than to get faster hardware. This could include more memory, faster hard disk, faster processor, faster motherboard, better sound card, and so on.

Another thing that might impact performance is if you're running a software MIDI emulator. You'll probably get the best results from using the MIDI hardware on your sound card. Unfortunately this may sound like the pings and pops of an old fashioned arcade game. A more recent and/or expensive sound card would probably sound better...."

There is more info in the faq section that could be useful too.

Cons: Absolutely none!

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5 stars

Version: Weird Metronome 1.4

"The most amazing metronome I've ever had.Just unbelievable.Trully it's awesome."

by ozverenok on June 16, 2008

Pros: I've been trying to find a metronome that goes beyond regular 250bpm, I needed
600bpm, but this thing goes up to 1000, and you've got a wide range of sounds, beats, measures.It's got everything.Thank you very much for this product!!!

Cons: Nothing.It's simply the best there is!!!

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