Riff Metronome: Drum Beats

Ditch the beep. Play with a drummer. Riff Metronome is a metronome with real recorded drum beats instead of just a click. Practice guitar, piano or bass over rock and metal grooves, and feel like you are already playing in a band. Use it as a simple metronome or a full drum machine. No ads, no account, no sign-up. Works offline. WHY A DRUMMER BEATS A BEEP A beep tells you where the beat is. A drummer gives you a backbeat to lean on. Bands play with a drummer, so practice the way you'll play. • Guitar: work on riffs and rhythm parts against a full kit • Piano and keys: comp over a groove and work on a steady left hand • Bass: lock in with the kick drum • Drums: play along, or edit the groove to fit what you're working on HOW IT WORKS 1. Pick a groove. 2. Set your tempo. 3. Press play and bring your instrument. Want only the drums? Switch the click off. Need a moment to get ready? Turn on the one-bar count-in. REAL DRUM KITS • Two rock kits recorded from real drums, with soft, normal and accented hits, so ghost notes sound like ghost notes • Two more recorded kits, with a rimshot snare or a concert snare • The Classic synth kit, if you like a drum machine sound • Pick a kit once and it stays as you change grooves OVER 30 DRUM BEATS AND GROOVES • 26 inspired by classic rock, heavy metal and thrash, including one in 7/4 • Basics: rock 8ths, four on the floor, half-time, blues shuffle, skank beat, double bass 16ths and a 3/4 rock waltz • A suggested tempo for each groove • An empty grid to build your own These are original, simplified practice patterns, not recordings or transcriptions of songs. TEMPO AND TIMING • 20 to 300 BPM: slider, plus and minus, type it in, or tap tempo • Time signatures from 1/4 to 12/4 • Speed trainer: raise the tempo by a set amount every few bars, up to the limit you choose • Click in quarter notes, 8ths, triplets or 16ths, with seven click sounds • Tap a beat to set its click to accent, normal or mute MAKE IT YOURS • Edit any groove on a step grid in 8ths, 16ths or triplets • Tap a cell for a hit, again for an accent, again for a ghost note • Swing and humanize for a looser, less mechanical feel • Pick the sound, mute or solo each track, and add or remove tracks • Save your patterns, and export or import them as files TAP PADS Play the drums yourself on the pads. Switch on recording and your taps snap into the grid while the groove plays. MY SOUNDS Record a sound with the microphone, or add WAV, MP3 or M4A files. Recordings are trimmed so your sound lands on the beat. Use any sound as the click or on any track. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Nothing is collected. Your sounds, patterns and settings stay on your device. The microphone is used only when you tap Record a sound. Credits and licenses for the recorded drum samples are at the bottom of the app. Questions or ideas? Write to info@onlyai.ch.