A great little investment

[Alvaro Martín Gómez A.]

Hi everybody.

One of the first things I tell to my students is "Always use a metronome. You must get one and bring it to the class". Thanks to that, I've seen many brands and models, but I've never been interested on buying one since I always use the one I have in my PC (is there something better than this for free?).

I must say that, from the ones I've used on class, I always liked the Korg MA-30 mainly because it's a great brand, but many of my students introduced me to this one.

Again, I never thought about buying a metronome, but this is one of the things you feel you must get because you can't believe such quality and such versatility at such a low price. At least where I live, the Korg MA-30 is more expensive and it isn't as versatile as this one. You can see it has lots of functions, plus it also comes with an earphone and a tuner clip for acoustic instruments. It's made in China, but I don't feel it like a disposable unit. It seems to be very solid and reliable. Of course I'm not related with that company, but I wanted to offer this piece of advice because this unit's features and price really convinced me. I'm using it right now and feel very happy with it.

[Bryan316]

Our favorite metronome is Fruity Loops. We've got quite a few basic drum riffs saved for different ideas, and then we just change the tempo for the speed of what we're writing. Hit play with repeat on, and endless riffing.

[Sundogue]

I bought one real cheap from Jeff Berlin once.

[MichaelScott]

I use http://www.metronomeonline.com/

But I'm gonna try weird metronome - thanks for the recomendation Alvaro.

I also have a small metronome in each bass case (5 in total) don't leave home without them!

[dTune]

+1 on the Weird Metronome.

I'll always regret the earliest years of my playing because I didn't use a metronome. It's a hard job trying to get in time after first learning to play like ****. If only i had a teacher then telling me to use it.

BTW, has there been a poll on metronome usage (do you/don't you)? I think it would be interesting to see how many have the guts to say they don't use one.. Of course, if you're born with a clock in your chest it's fine.

[Sundogue]

Originally Posted by dTune

+1 on the Weird Metronome.

I'll always regret the earliest years of my playing because I didn't use a metronome. It's a hard job trying to get in time after first learning to play like ****. If only i had a teacher then telling me to use it.

BTW, has there been a poll on metronome usage (do you/don't you)? I think it would be interesting to see how many have the guts to say they don't use one.. Of course, if you're born with a clock in your chest it's fine.

I don't use one. Never have, never will, don't have a need to.

[tplyons]

I use a Seiko or the Korg MA-30 to match my black Korg chromatic Tuner and my dad's silver guitar tuner.

[jsbass]

I use one on occasion, but I really should more.

[Yvon]

I don't own a metronome. But I use one on my desktop!

[saxnbass]

I use this one. Handy little ditty:

http://www.korg.com/gear/info.asp?a_prod_no=MM-1


$20 on MF
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...2&src=3SOSWXXA

[theshadow2001]

That wierd metronome is great and it seems to be good timing. Very flexable too I can set it up just how I want it. Thanks for showing it to us