Existing users, 
A tuner/metronome app is a really good idea, but i must say this is the worst piece of crap i've ever downloaded. The metronome is not tight at all (i.e not signal rate timing) and the tuners tone selector is really weird; broken start/stop buttons and so on...
Don't get this one!
iBeat
metronome & tuner
Version: 1.2
Uahk...
Feedback Type: Review
Contributed by: moshisushi Thursday, August 04 2005 @ 04:04 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: NO
Overall Rating:
Comments
Uahk... - lushbudget`
MickMadSoft, dude-the metronome is off - the timing is not tight - if a person's CPU clock cycles alternate (and they can) then your software should compensate, just like the clicks in GarageBand, Logic, ProTools, Live, Reason and every other host musicians apps. Maybe a Slave to Host mode would help to straighten this out. Also, the tuner generates a tone that doesn't harmonically resonate with most stringed instruments, and that is why people are saying it sounds weird. When you tune you need pitch usually at 440 with no warble or variations. The idea of a portable tuner/metronome is old-hat, and there are several already out there. Also, if you are going to use the 'i' moniker it presumes that this little app will function inside Apple's iLife suite, namely Garageband. Since your app has no slave function it does not fit the bill, and probably ought to be renamed or re-written to work with GB (remember that GB already has a tight metronome and awesome tuner, so if you do re-work your app, you will have to improve on Apple's work) I think this is a beginner's stab at using REALBasic, and he got excited and posted it here. Perhaps when your programming skills are a little more refined, and you can handle some criticisms without freaking out, you will be ready to create a useful musician's tool. Until then, keep at it.Saturday, August 06 2005 @ 02:55 PM PDT
Uahk... - MickMadSoft
I have to tell you something:1.The metronome is right, is the clock of your computer that's not good (in fact, i Beat works with an internal timer engine and it's EXPLICITALLY said in REALbasic that the timer's efficiency is dictated by the processor.So, that's not my fault.
2.I just fixed the delay before the note, so if you click play, it will play yhe note VERY rapidly.
3.You talked about a weirdness in the tuner's button.Why?That's good.The button works as it would!If you say that's weird because you clicked Play Note and then you selected a note WHITOUT stopping, well...just say to me that i SHOULD add a stop function when the menu got focus.Is that what you're talking about???
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Friday, August 05 2005 @ 09:52 AM PDT