PolyNome: THE Metronome

Name: PolyNome: THE Metronome
Price: 9.99 USD
Rating: 4.7 (647 reviews)
Author: PolyNome Ltd

Improve Practice & Performance

$9.99 · In‑App Purchases

647 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Music
Developer

PolyNome Ltd
Language

EN
English
Size

179.7
MB

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Drum Practice Toolkit

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**Whatever you’re looking for, PolyNome probably does it!** Designed by a musician, for musicians, PolyNome handles everything from helping you navigate and learn songs, to figuring out complex rhythms, to scheduling and tracking your practice. Used by the world's top drummers including Vinnie Colaiuta & Virgil Donati, along with concert pianists, orchestral performers and anyone else who’s interested in rhythm. With PolyNome, you can practice, teach, compose rhythms, perform live and more. NOTE: Playlists, Practice Log, Track Markup, Konnakol and some other features require an In-App Purchase to use. For a one-time purchase of all current features, see PolyNome Pro on the App Store. THE BASICS ▶ PolyNome contains an accurate and robust metronome covering all time signatures. It includes a mixer with subdivision faders, 100s of sound options, Big Numbers display, tap tempo, a rep counter, a timer, and more. ▶ Built in Tuner with calibrarion (e.g. A=442) ▶ In parallel with the metronome are 2 rhythm sequencers into which you can program virtually any rhythm. ▶ You can use Track Markup to add bar and section markers to audio and video files, loop and slow down sections, and generate Lead Sheets. ▶ Use basic PolyNome functions hands-free with Siri. GET INSPIRED ▶ Dive into the free Public Library to find hundreds of user-curated Presets: You’ll find snare solos, rudiments, drum grooves, drum books and more. LEARN & IMPROVE ▶ Create 2 & 3-way polyrhythms. ▶ Use the random mute feature, or create custom gap clicks to improve your timing. ▶ Use Auto Counting to add voice counting to rhythms and help you learn them. CREATE ▶ You can create virtually any rhythm in any time signature (including irrational ones like 4/5) and assign sounds in just a few taps. Perfect as a quick ideas note book. ▶ Assign drum, drumline & percussion sounds ▶ Create melodies using the 6-octave keyboard which includes overlays of all melodic scales. ▶ Add voice counting, or konnakol to your rhythms. ▶ Add accents, flams, drags, rolls, and ties to create percussion pieces. ▶ Randomize and shift rhythms to create new ones. ▶ Use the variable swing feature to work on your feel. AUTOMATE PRACTICE ROUTINES ▶ Easily create tempo automations for warm-ups and cool-downs. ▶ Create custom Playlists to combine different Presets, time signatures, tempos, repeats, and alternate endings. ▶ Use voice cues to prompt you to move to the next exercise. PLAN & TRACK ▶ Set dedicated practice goals, monitor your progress in real-time, and schedule your sessions. ▶ Attach PDFs, videos, or photos to your presets so you have all the materials you need in one place. ▶ Be reminded when it’s time to practice. See your Goals for the day and tap to jump in. ▶ Make notes against presets while you’re practicing to be reviewed later. ▶ Use the Daily Journal to record general details about your practice, or to record what you want to do in the future. ▶ View all your stats and charts in the dedicated Practice Log. Everything you play - preset names, tempos, durations, date, written notes, is logged automatically so you don’t miss a thing. ▶ Print PDF reports of your practice log, notes, journal entries. GEAR UP FOR LIVE SHOWS ▶ Create tempo accurate clicks and printable setlists directly from Spotify or Apple music. ▶ Generate clicks from your own song lists. ▶ See the duration of your setlist as you add songs to it. ▶ Set up clicks, voice cues, tempo and time signature changes with ease. ▶ Tap To Start to set a click track going in time with the music. ▶ forScore integration to show your chart when you load a preset. ▶ Haptic feedback. CONTROL ▶ Remote control PolyNome with Bluetooth or Midi controllers. EXPORT ▶ Share your creations with other PolyNome users. ▶ Export to audio file. ▶ Use as a virtual instrument in Inter-App-Audio enabled software. OTHER STUFF ▶ Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac ▶ Portrait, landscape, or split-screen

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

647 Ratings

So, So Much More Than A “Metronome
01/09/2022

Crashcup
I am guitarist who encounters/plays some complex “fingerstyle” rhythms (bass and treble clefs that employ different rhythm patterns in the same measures). By permitting me to enter the values of notes in the bass and treble clefs in separate beat lines (essentially like using parallel metronomes) Polynome has transformed the way I analyze and practice a new piece of music. It is simply amazing and I can’t believe I’m only discovering it now!!! I’ve read a couple of the reviews that say it’s over complicated—I am 70 years old, have owne the app for one hour, and I have already transcribed approximately 20 pretty complex measures into a new preset. The complexity derived from the seemingly endless variety of options. It is mind-blowingly amazing. I’m looking a. $150 Boss Dr. Beat metronome I have connected to my mixer and thinking, “Reverb!!” I can, without any reservation say that this is the best app I EVER purchased and/or subscribed to. I enthusiastically encourage anyone who wants to improve his/her rhythm (and who doesn’t?) to take give this app a try. Yes, it does take a few minutes to get under your fingers, but then it’s pretty darn intuitive. I simply can’t rave enough about it. So I will stop. Best of luck in your pursuit of the right beats for you!!
So, So Much More Than A “Metronome
01/09/2022

Crashcup

I am guitarist who encounters/plays some complex “fingerstyle” rhythms (bass and treble clefs that employ different rhythm patterns in the same measures). By permitting me to enter the values of notes in the bass and treble clefs in separate beat lines (essentially like using parallel metronomes) Polynome has transformed the way I analyze and practice a new piece of music. It is simply amazing and I can’t believe I’m only discovering it now!!! I’ve read a couple of the reviews that say it’s over complicated—I am 70 years old, have owne the app for one hour, and I have already transcribed approximately 20 pretty complex measures into a new preset. The complexity derived from the seemingly endless variety of options. It is mind-blowingly amazing. I’m looking a. $150 Boss Dr. Beat metronome I have connected to my mixer and thinking, “Reverb!!” I can, without any reservation say that this is the best app I EVER purchased and/or subscribed to. I enthusiastically encourage anyone who wants to improve his/her rhythm (and who doesn’t?) to take give this app a try. Yes, it does take a few minutes to get under your fingers, but then it’s pretty darn intuitive. I simply can’t rave enough about it. So I will stop. Best of luck in your pursuit of the right beats for you!!
Paradigm Shifting Metronome & Metronomic Learning Tool
02/12/2020

porscheway
This app will change your life. On any instrument, it is the perfect companion and there’s no metronome that even comes close. It has any choice of sounds, subdivision overlay faders, two separate rhythm entries plus with two Lines each that can reflect the selected sticking from multiple sounds in each limb, polyrhtmic and counting full screen visuals, online public community library of presets and playlists, playlists that cycle presets and sub presets, setlists, the list goes on, on. The bottom line is if you’re in anyway interested in the world of rhythm, this app is worth every cent. We have a lot to be grateful for from drummer Joe Crabtree, it’s sole developer. Have a new idea or an issue with the app? He’ll hear you out and address it. This app is almost perfect as is, albeit with a relative learning curve that pays dividends (aided by joe’s vast video tutorials linked within the app and beyond). This app will only continue to grow in scope and sweetened layout ergonomics. With this tool, our learning is only limited by our imagination and discipline. Thanks Joe.

Developer Response
Thank you for the kind words and glowing review. PolyNome really is my baby, and I’m constantly working to add new features and fine tune the existing ones. I’m so pleased that you’re making good use of it. Best,Joe
Paradigm Shifting Metronome & Metronomic Learning Tool
02/12/2020

porscheway

This app will change your life. On any instrument, it is the perfect companion and there’s no metronome that even comes close. It has any choice of sounds, subdivision overlay faders, two separate rhythm entries plus with two Lines each that can reflect the selected sticking from multiple sounds in each limb, polyrhtmic and counting full screen visuals, online public community library of presets and playlists, playlists that cycle presets and sub presets, setlists, the list goes on, on. The bottom line is if you’re in anyway interested in the world of rhythm, this app is worth every cent. We have a lot to be grateful for from drummer Joe Crabtree, it’s sole developer. Have a new idea or an issue with the app? He’ll hear you out and address it. This app is almost perfect as is, albeit with a relative learning curve that pays dividends (aided by joe’s vast video tutorials linked within the app and beyond). This app will only continue to grow in scope and sweetened layout ergonomics. With this tool, our learning is only limited by our imagination and discipline. Thanks Joe.
Developer Response 02/13/2020
Thank you for the kind words and glowing review. PolyNome really is my baby, and I’m constantly working to add new features and fine tune the existing ones. I’m so pleased that you’re making good use of it. Best,Joe
If you're reading the reviews
07/24/2018

𝐼𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠
Just get the app already. It is quite nice, really. If you just need a basic metronome, it does that. If you want something more, it does that too. Very well. It's had a considerable amount of forethought put into every aspect. From ease of user interface for nubes to intricately involved options for the advanced time-keeping applications. I took all of my old metronome apps off of my new iPhone and installed them on my old iPhone and shot it with my .38 then destroyed what was left of it with hydrochloric acid. As should you. This is the most well maintained, constantly updated, content rich application in the history (and more than likely, the future) of the  app store. It surely is in the Gueniss Book of World Records. Or it should be. When the cyborgenic aliens finally DO annihilate us, this is the one singular human thing they’ll find worthy of not destroying. That’s assuming they don’t chance upon Heroin first, which destroys everything.
If you're reading the reviews
07/24/2018

𝐼𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑃𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑠

Just get the app already. It is quite nice, really. If you just need a basic metronome, it does that. If you want something more, it does that too. Very well. It's had a considerable amount of forethought put into every aspect. From ease of user interface for nubes to intricately involved options for the advanced time-keeping applications. I took all of my old metronome apps off of my new iPhone and installed them on my old iPhone and shot it with my .38 then destroyed what was left of it with hydrochloric acid. As should you. This is the most well maintained, constantly updated, content rich application in the history (and more than likely, the future) of the  app store. It surely is in the Gueniss Book of World Records. Or it should be. When the cyborgenic aliens finally DO annihilate us, this is the one singular human thing they’ll find worthy of not destroying. That’s assuming they don’t chance upon Heroin first, which destroys everything.
Used to love this app
11/10/2019

PirateJesus
Haven’t been a fan since it was rewritten, and everyone had to pay for the Pro version a second time. I feel like maybe the devs are trying to do too much with it. The interface seems cumbersome. It definitely is not something to use when you just need a simple click, as you have to program in a rhythm before the metronome will even work. Who’s ever heard of a metronome that you can’t just hit Play and go? Also, the app has an inbox? That’s annoying. Is there a way to avoid receiving messages unless they’re of vital importance?I originally got PolyNome because I wasn’t entirely happy with Tempo Advance’s weird interface. I was perfectly happy with the original version, and I wish the devs would have kept it available with occasional compatibility updates as necessary. The new version makes me consider going back to Tempo Advance. At least it’s equally usable/fast whether you need a simple click or a complex polyrhythm. PolyNome is not worth using unless you’re doing something complex, and have the time to program it.

Developer Response
Hi,Thanks for leaving a review. I appreciate the feedback. I’d like to clarify a few things.- Nobody should have had to pay for Pro a second time. It’s a once only purchase. Please email me at joe@polynome.net if you feel like you’ve been charged twice. - When you load PolyNome it has a basic quarter note click as the default. You can hit play and you have a regular metronome. You can also use the faders in the mixer to add in 8th notes or 16th notes like a Dr Beat. If you’ve lost that default you can tap the disk button in the top right to load it and then again to reset it. - There’s an option in preferences that will load the default when you reopen the app (instead of loading whatever you were last working on). If you use that it’ll always be ready to play a regular click when you launch. - The inbox allows me to notify you of updates, and send free presets, etc. I’m sorry you find it annoying. I would genuinely love to speak to you on Skype to find out what kind of things you’d like to do, and how I can help you do them more easily, or tweak future versions of the app to make it more useable. Please email me at joe@polynome.net if you’d be happy to chat. All the best,Joe
Used to love this app
11/10/2019

PirateJesus

Haven’t been a fan since it was rewritten, and everyone had to pay for the Pro version a second time. I feel like maybe the devs are trying to do too much with it. The interface seems cumbersome. It definitely is not something to use when you just need a simple click, as you have to program in a rhythm before the metronome will even work. Who’s ever heard of a metronome that you can’t just hit Play and go? Also, the app has an inbox? That’s annoying. Is there a way to avoid receiving messages unless they’re of vital importance?I originally got PolyNome because I wasn’t entirely happy with Tempo Advance’s weird interface. I was perfectly happy with the original version, and I wish the devs would have kept it available with occasional compatibility updates as necessary. The new version makes me consider going back to Tempo Advance. At least it’s equally usable/fast whether you need a simple click or a complex polyrhythm. PolyNome is not worth using unless you’re doing something complex, and have the time to program it.
Developer Response 11/11/2019
Hi,Thanks for leaving a review. I appreciate the feedback. I’d like to clarify a few things.- Nobody should have had to pay for Pro a second time. It’s a once only purchase. Please email me at joe@polynome.net if you feel like you’ve been charged twice. - When you load PolyNome it has a basic quarter note click as the default. You can hit play and you have a regular metronome. You can also use the faders in the mixer to add in 8th notes or 16th notes like a Dr Beat. If you’ve lost that default you can tap the disk button in the top right to load it and then again to reset it. - There’s an option in preferences that will load the default when you reopen the app (instead of loading whatever you were last working on). If you use that it’ll always be ready to play a regular click when you launch. - The inbox allows me to notify you of updates, and send free presets, etc. I’m sorry you find it annoying. I would genuinely love to speak to you on Skype to find out what kind of things you’d like to do, and how I can help you do them more easily, or tweak future versions of the app to make it more useable. Please email me at joe@polynome.net if you’d be happy to chat. All the best,Joe

- When a rudiment is entered in Rhythm 1 with R and L split between lines, the mixer will show RH/LH instead of Line1/2 for the faders. - Added Notation Settings to Preferences with an option for sub grouping large numbers of notes (e.g. 12 notes over a half note divided into 3 groups of 16ths with a triplet marking) - Fixed issue where non-PDF attachments didn't show up. - Fixed issue with sticking colouring when entering under a rhythm. PREVIOUSLY: Flams/drags/ruffs now play using opposite sounds for grace notes. Feedback & Support I love hearing from you—drop me a line at support@polynome.net with any feedback, issues, or suggestions. If PolyNome helps you groove, a rating or review on the App Store would mean the world. Joe

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