Boss DB12 Dr. Beat Metronome with Stopwatch and Tap

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Chromatic tuning over one full octave range. Practice your rhythm anytime, anywhere.

The Boss DB12 Dr. Beat Digital Metronome gives drummers, bassists, and guitarists a powerful tool for learning to play "in time, all the time." Its handy, compact design and unique tempo-keeping features make it a practicing musician's best friend.

Compact digital metronome lets musicians practice their rhythm anytime, anywhere

24 beat variations with 6 rhythm types

Allows for the combination of different beats for working with syncopated passages or odd time signatures

Useful Stop Watch and Timer with alarm for measuring song length or total session time

Chromatic tuning over one full octave range (C4 to B4) with fine pitch-adjustment capability

Automatic Power-Off function turns unit off after 60 min. (10 minutes when no functions are running)

Headphone jack for silent click

Unique stand-up operation is possible by placing a pen or pencil in "pen hole"

Metronome
With a tempo range of 35-250 BPM, 24 beat variations including "combination" beats, and 6 rhythm types, the DB12 is ready for any strange time signature or syncopated passage you want to learn.

Timer
The DB12 features a 6 minute timer with a built-in alarm.
(Great for seeing how late you are for dinner!)

Tune
The DB12 can generate a helpful reference tone (C4 to B4) for tuning your instrument. Ultra-fine pitch adjustment makes tuning even more precise.

Stop Watch
A built-in Stop Watch lets you keep track of "real world" time. Timer and Stop Watch continue to operate even in Metronome or Tune… read more Mode. read less

Tempo Range: M.M. quarter note: 35 to 250

Beats: 24 variations (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 2+3, 3+2, 3+4, 4+3, 4+5, 5+4, 5+6, 6+5, 6+7, 7+6, 7+8, 8+7, 8+9, 9+8)

Rhythm Type: 6 types

Tune: Sound Generating C4 to B4, Chromatic

Reference Pitch: 438 to 445 Hz, 1 Hz step

Timer: 60-min. timer in 1-min. decrements. With alarm beep.

Stop Watch: Measure time up to 60 min. in 1/10-sec. increments. With split time display

Display: Custom LCD

Indicators: Tempo x 2

Controls: Power Switch, Mode Up, Mode Down, Value Up, Value Down, Tap, Start/Stop

Power Supply: DC3V Lithium battery CR2032 x 1

Dimensions (H x W x D): 17 x 60 x 90mm (11/16 x 2-3/8 x 3-9/16 in.)

Shipping Weight: 7 lbs.

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 323-890-3700

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (46 ratings)
by a customer from netscape.net

"Pricey but worth it. If finding, setting, and maintaining tempos is something you need to do, you should spend the extra money a"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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This metronome does everything I need it to do... as the worship team drummer at my local church, this device has really helped because now we don't spend time every practice trying to figure out what the tempo of the song was the last time we played it. I just "tap in the tempo" and write it down. I wear it to practice and when we worship Sunday morning. I "feed" tempos to the piano and guitar players, as well as myself. While we're playing a song, I put it up to my ear and slowly adjust the tempo if the metronome doesn't match what we're playing. It's a great tool!
Features
The "tap and it will show you the tempo" mode is great. I use this feature all the time, because we rarely play the song in the original/written tempo. The two LEDs are nice -- one for the main beat, and the other for the other beats. Most metronomes only have 1 LED (or a dual-color LED). (You can set the rhythm type to 1-1 to have only 1 LED light up, if you want.) Excellent size -- small enough to wear around my neck (the included lanyard was a nice touch), and small enough to stick in my shirt pocket. But not so small that you can't use the buttons. I didn't think I would use the rhythm types, but when I had a slow 6/8 song... then the "triplets" rhythm type was just what I needed!
Quality
It doesn't feel cheap -- probably because it's not cheap :-)
Value
A bit pricey, but I'm glad I bought this one.

Musical Style:

Contemporary Christian
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