Free metronome software for mac

Metronome 1.8.2a is such a simple yet convenient metronome for Mac OS X. Most functions (start/stop, change tempo &etc) use only one key to facilitate one-handed operation. A unique Accelerator - begin a difficult piece slowly and gradually speed up by any rate to any maximum tempo. A Tempo Finder - use any key to tap a tempo and put it into the metronome. Save favourite settings for easy re-loading.

Metronome is designed with the practicing musician in mind which means that it's fast and easy to use. Nearly all of Metronome's functions and settings can be changed by using a single key. You won't have to put your instrument down to change the tempo (arrow keys) or the accent beat (number keys). Stop and start by tapping the space bar (or the Enter or Return keys).

Major Features:

1. An accurate Tempo Finder which allows you to tap any key to set a tempo.
2. Easy keyboard input to set two bell accents on any beat from 2 to 9, and a text field to enter any other arbitrary beat as the accent.
3. Stop and start the metronome by pressing the space bar or the Enter or Return keys.
4. Fast and easy tempo changing using buttons on the main window or the arrow keys.
5. Easily change the sounds.
6. The unique Accelerator which allows you to make Metronome speed up at a rate which you determine. This feature is designed to let you play a difficult passage at a slow tempo and gradually (at the rate you set) increase the tempo until it reaches whatever speed you want it to stop increasing.
7. Save and re-load groups of settings so you can quickly reset favoured groups of settings.
8. Runs at any tempo from 0.1 beats per minute (once every six minutes!) up to 999.9 bpm.

Enhancements:

• Beats per minute (bpm) in text fields now behave correctly on non-English systems.
• If you use English as your computer's language, there is no need to update to version 1.8.2a, but this version will also run fine on your system.

Requirements: Require Mac OS 10.3 or later

Metronome iPhone is an open source audio and graphical metronome that you may control via touchscreen. Potentially useful!

System requirements:
- iPhone

Sonnet Metronome 3.0 is a feature-rich and trustworthy program which reports processor type, processor speed, bus speed, Level 1 cache size, L2 cache size/speed, and L3 cache size/speed (displayed only when L3 cache is present on processor upgrade card).

MetroGnome is a highly customizable freeware metronome for OS X (Cocoa), featuring many time signatures (2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, and 12/8), volume control, mutes, accents, customizable sounds, silence, and tap entry.
Enhancements:
- Major interface changes.
- Subdivisions, Meters, and Visuals are now located on the main window.
- Less often accessed settings (Sounds, Volumes, Silence, and Flashing) are still located in the settings window.
- Main window is now a normal window rather than a tool panel.
- It is resizable (and snaps to the content in the window)
- It memorizes its size from session to session.
- Tap Entry is now a drawer on the main window
- Subdivisions: Fixed the subdivisions so that when you are in a time signature where the beat is an eighth note, the subdivisions buttons and menu items reflect this change.
- Keyboard Control: Command-Space and Return activate the "Tap Beat" and "Start/Stop" buttons all the time.
- Space Bar activates "Tap Beat" and "Start/Stop" buttons only when the BPM Entry Text Field is locked. Otherwise the space bar puts a space in the BPM Entry Text Field.
- Fixed bug where you could close the main window (and not reopen it)
- Included a Readme.

iMet 1.0 provides users with such a simple yet helpful metronome which includes some user-customizable preferences for controlling the behavior of the program, and allows for the ticking noise to be replaced by the more experienced user.

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.3 or higher.

Music Assistant 2.1 is a tool for you to set a tempo and tune your instruments. The metronome mode has a range of 40 to 210 beats per minute. The tune-up mode provides three choices: hear 440 Hz (the A above middle C on a piano), hear any note on a full size piano, hear notes to tune instruments. In addition, the user can tune using LucyTuning and Offset by Cents methods. The utility includes default information to tune instruments and you can add, delete and change this information (Instrument Data window accessible from the menu bar) which is saved between sessions. Music Assistant is Universal Binary.

NoteAbilityPro 2.373 is known as an effective and convenient notation package for the Openstep and Macintosh OS-X operating systems. Developed by Dr. Keith Hamel at the University of British Columbia, it is easily the most sophisticated music notation software available on any platform. NoteAbility combines both musical intelligence and graphical flexibility in a direct and intuitive graphical user interface.

Notate anything from simple melodies to complex avant garde orchestral music, play the score on your MIDI synthesizer or directly from your computer sound card and print a publishable copy of your score on your laser printer. If you have been frustrated by the awkwardness and inflexibility of other notation programs then you definitely should have a look at NoteAbility.

Major Features:

1. The Standard Features of NoteAbility Pro are:
   • Complete set of standard and extended music images (including graphical versions of most images that can be placed anywhere on the page).
   • A wide variety of entry methods including mouse, on-screen keyboard, MIDI step time, MIDI real time and QuickScrawl (gesture recognition).
   • No limits on score size, image size, number of staves, rhythmic complexity, chord complexity, beaming, tuplet groupings, etc.
   • On-screen inspector for modifying the attributes of images and altering the layout of your score.
   • Selection options include shift-selection and selection across multiple pages for efficient editing of your score.
   • Drag and drop TIFF or PDF graphics from a library of custom images.
   • Extensive import and export options.
   • Automatic part extraction.
   • Playback through MIDI and/or QuickTime.
   • Complete on-line help (HTML and PDF).
   • Unlimited number of pages per document
   • Unlimited page size (width and height)
   • User-specified margins
   • Up to 40 systems per page
   • Up to 40 staves per system
   • Up to 16 measures per system (expandable after setup)
   • Standard clefs (treble, alto, tenor, bass, soprano, treble-tenor, octave-bass, percussion)
   • Variable number of lines in staff (1 - 6)
   • Staff type (number of lines) may change at any location
   • Staff segments may be hidden at any location
   • Standard key signatures
   • All time signatures from 1/1 to 32/32 plus complex time signatures (eg. 1/4 + 3/8)
   • Standard and custom braces on each system (including nested braces)
   • Standard & custom barlines on each system
   • Staff labels (right or left justified in any font & font size)
   • Automatic addition of pages as needed
   • Document display from 25% to 1000%
   • Adjustable page size
2. System & Page Formatting Specifications
   • On-screen adjustment of all beat positions in all systems
   • On-screen adjustment of all margins, vertical & horizontal positioning of systems, vertical position of staves, vertical position of lyrics (relative to staff) & horizontal position of the staff labels
   • Re-position page numbers (locations, font, etc.)
   • Re-position measure numbers (frequency of appearance, location, font, etc.)
   • Change number of systems on the page
   • Change the number of measures in the system
   • Change the number of staves in the system (insertion, deletion, hiding & showing of staves)
   • Change the size of any staff
   • Change key signature (all staves in the system or single staves)
   • Change the time signature (automatic realignment of notes)
   • Change the barline type and format
   • Change the brace type and format
   • Change clef (15 clefs available) at any beat location within the score)
   • Add partial measures (e.g. upbeat measures)
3. Input Methods
   • Mouse input (image drags and note sounds while the mouse is down)
   • On-screen piano keyboard
   • Step-time entry from MIDI keyboard
   • Real-time entry from MIDI keyboard (via MIDI Recorder)
   • Quickscrawl entry (gesture recognition)
   • Import of MIDI files, or GUIDO files
4. Audio Specifications
   • Audio MIDI synthesizers and/or Quicktime
   • Audio during note entry (all methods)
   • Audio during single note adjustment
   • Staves may be freely linked to outgoing MIDI channels
   • MIDI output can be mapped to 8 different banks (each of 16 channels)
   • Programmable MIDI and Quicktime drum kits
   • Support for Interapplication MIDI connections
   • Tempo map can be specified for the score
   • Playback of individual staves
   • Playback of selected notes
   • Playback map allows repetitions of scores sections
   • Transposition of staves on input and playback can be specified
5. Music Specifications
   • Complete set of standard music symbols (from double whole to = 128th notes and rests)
   • Supports all accidentals (including quarter sharps and flats - which can be set to playback through MIDI)
   • Simple graphics (rectangles, circles, lines in grayscale, filled or framed)
   • Any image can be any size and any colour
   • Unlimited number of voices per staff (default set at 3)
   • Unlimited number of notes per chord
   • Permits extreme rhythmic complexity
   • Flexible beaming of notes (e.g. across staves and barlines)
   • Correct placement of notes in chord clusters
   • Correct placement of accidentals in chords
   • Correct vertical alignment of all music images
   • Correct beaming of notes (beam angle and vertical position)
   • Correct system formatting according to a complex spacing algorithm
   • Automatic tieing of notes which exceed the measure duration
   • User can adjust the positions of accidentals, noteheads, stems, etc.
6. Text Specifications
   • Text can appear in any font, size, or colour and can be freely edited, copied and pasted.
   • Header Text: is fixed on the page and appears on every page of your score
   • Page Text: is fixed on the page
   • Measure Text: adjusts to the staff and measure position
   • Max Text: for encoding Max messages
   • Lyrics: Are aligned to metrical positions and may have dashes and underscores connecting them to other lyrics or notes
   • Figured Bass Symbols: Allows standard figured bass symbols and dashes to other figured bass symbols
   • Text can be made global so that it is gathered by all parts during part extraction
   • Frames can automatically be drawn around text
   • Graphics (TIFF or PDF) can be dropped into text boxes
   • Individual format rulers are available for each text box
   • Unlimited number of verses of lyrics (leading between verses can be specified)
   • Provides a user defineable Text Library
7. Editing Facilities
   • Image selection by graphical area or staff section across multiple systems and/or pages
   • Cut and copy of all selected images
   • Paste over, merge, and insert options
   • Paste to other NoteAbility documents or other applications via pasteboard (as NoteAbility, TIFF, MIDI, Score, EPS/PDF, or GUIDO)
   • Can import EPS/PDF, TIFF, MIDI, Score and GUIDO via pasteboard
   • Local adjustments to the position of all images
   • Adjust secondary positions of images (e.g. length of stem, arc or slur, etc.)
   • Change the point size of images (any image can be any size)
   • Beam note groups (by beat or by group)
   • Automatic insertion of rests
   • Transpose notes by interval or key
   • Shift images from one voice to another
   • Flip stems of notes
   • Flip direction of ties
   • Add accidentals to notes
   • Add and remove ties from notes
   • Merge tied notes into a single note of greater duration
   • Form and alter the display of tuplets (showing bracket, ratio etc.)
   • Merge multiple rests into a single rest
   • Add & remove articulation markings from notes
   • Modify the duration of notes and rests
   • Change notehead type
   • Change playback velocity and duration
   • Edit tie shape
   • Increase the value of notes by eliminating following rests
   • Reduce the duration of notes by converting to a note and a rest
   • Change beam format (can contradict the rhythm values if desired)
   • Change line width and type (20 line types to choose from)
   • Part extraction of specified staff into a new editable document
   • Undo is available for most editing operations
8. MIDI Recording Specifications
   • Sixteen (16) channels of MIDI recording
   • Built-in metronome (supporting standard meters)
   • Adjustable metronome speed
   • Reads standard MIDI files
   • Reads NeXT .score files
   • Quantize at standard rhythmic values
   • Re-quantize of recorded or imported data
   • Insert into score at any location on any staves or voices
9. Control Panel Specifications
   • Displays the current command
   • Allows selection of current tool (and corresponding cursor)
   • Allows Entry Cursor to be moved by measure or beat
   • Allows movement through pages
   • Specifies tuplets (triplet, quintuplet or user defined)
   • Indicates current measure, beat position, staff number and voice number
   • Indicates starting position of playback and current tempo
   • Indicates last undoable operation
10. File Specifications
    • Unlimited number of open documents
    • On-screen toolbar allows access to most panels and many editing operations
    • Standard Open, Save, and Save As menu commands
    • Imports .MIDI, .MID and .score files (through MIDI Recorder)
    • Imports GUIDO files which can be pasted directly into an open document.
    • Exports .MIDI, .score, NoteWriter (Macintosh), Max qlist, Max explode, EPS/PDF, JPG, GIF, PICT, and GUIDO formats
    • Loads and saves score templates
    • Loads and saves text libraries
11. Printing Specifications
    • Uses a customized Page Setup panel which allows you to set reduction size, margins, paper orientation, and print location on paper.
    • Prints to all compatible Mac OS-X printers.
    • Saves documents in PDF or EPS format.

Requirements:

• Any Macintosh computer capable of running the OS-X operating system. This includes all Macs with a G3, G4, or better processor.
• Macintosh OS-X (version 10.2.0 or higher) installed on your hard drive or on a hard drive partition.
• at least 128 MBytes of RAM
• at least 100 Mbytes of free disk space.
• any Mac OS-X compatible printer (using USB, Appletalk or on a network)
• any Mac OS-X compatible USB Midi interface (optional)