Features Overview for Bounce Metronome
See home page for intro to Bounce Metronome and reviews
Not sure whether to get the Lite or Pro version? Here is a summary of the rhythm, tempo, bounce and sounds features. The free beginner's version is similar to the lite version but with only the time signatures most used by beginners plus a simple drum machine.
Rhythms Features
Pro Version
Just about any rhythm you can imagine
- All time signatures including odd
- Any number of subdivisions
- Swing and lilt
- Drum rudiments such as paradiddles
- Polyrhythms (Cross rhythms) of many types
- Additive rhythms of many types
- Many rare rhythms
Lite Version
Any time signature with subdivisions
- All time signatures including odd
- Any number of subdivisions
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Pro feature 5:3 polyrhythm
(3D bounce, bounce inside oval)
Tempo Features
Pro Version
- Tap at tempo
- Fractional BPM
- Unlimited range
- Gradually get faster or slower
- Go silent briefly
- Speed drills
- Automatic switching - e.g. set all the tempo and rhythm changes for an entire piece of music, has additional optons to vary accents, swing, instruments, etc
- Other extra features for gradual tempo changes
Bounce Features
Pro Version
- Bounce visuals to help keep time
- Conducting patterns
- Beats and subbeats count
- Silent metronome
Sounds Features
Pro Version
- Beat and subdivision accents, including jazz accents and syncopation
- Rhythm auto-accents
- Individual instruments for beats, subdivisions or each rhythm in a polyrhythm.
- Chord progression accompaniment
- Stereo panned sounds following the bounce visuals
- Midi output lets you use it with VSTi, sound fonts, etc
- Fractal Tunes
Lite Version
- As Pro version, but no auto-accents
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Find out about Sounds features »
Some of the chord symbols you can use in Bounce Metronome
Comparison table
This table in the wiki shows some of the main Basic and Pro features and also summarizes the accessibility of the various features for blind and deaf musicians.
Comparison table for some of the main features (in the wiki)
I've just mentioned a few of the feaures of the Pro version here. For a more detailed overview of what it can do, see: Amazing rhythms and tempo features.
The free beginner's version (free taster) is similar to the LIte metronome, but for rhythms, it only has 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8 with up tto four subdivisions. It also has a basic drum machine you can use to make rhythms.
The complete version is the same as the Pro version but also adds the Tune Smithy bonus
