PolyNome:
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $8.99 | Polynome Ltd | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
The free Public Library provides hundreds of user-created Presets and practice routines to inspire you.
Please note: PolyNome Pro (also available on the App Store) is the exact same app, but with the Pro features already enabled. This version of the app requires an in-app purchase if you wish to enable the Pro Features (see below for details)
BENEFITS:
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• Practice with full drum grooves instead of a boring click
• Program drum line parts with flams, drags, ties and rolls
• Download 100s of Presets and Playlists from the Public Library
• Share Presets/Playlists with friends/students (a great tool for music teachers)
• Create and print setlists and use it to count off songs.
• Upgrade to Pro and get voice counting, Konnakol, 6-octave keyboard, and more
FEATURES:
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• Faders for 16th notes, triplets
• Super fast tempo entry and Tap Tempo
• BIG NUMBERS
• Flams, Drags, Ruffs, Diddles, Rolls, Ties, Accents
• Haptic pulse (on supported devices)
• 2 fully programmable metronomes (any rhythm, sound, accent combinations)
• Program ANY rhythm from a simple click to a full groove (per metronome)
• Save your work as Presets
• Sorting, searching, and labelling helps keep your library tidy
• Variable swing setting
• Any time signature
• Auto stop with rep counter
• Countdown timer with alarm
• Practice Events are logged. You can add notes to your events
• Subdivisions from whole note to 32nd notes with EVERYTHING in between
• Smart Volume mixer
• Audiobus compatible
• AirTurn bluetooth pedal compatible
PRO FEATURES (available with in-app update)
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• 150+ more sounds, including DrumLine
• 6 Octave Piano Keyboard for creating quick melodic ideas
• Konnakol Entry!
Playlists
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• Create band setlists with count-offs and song notes
• If you enter the lengths of the songs, PolyNome calculates the set length as you add them!
• Email or AirPrint perfectly formatted band set-lists right from PolyNome
• Create songs/clicks with multiple tempos or time signatures
• Create a "Cue Track" by turning on Auto Announce. This will announce each new item when it starts (or 1 bar before if you prefer)
• Create practice routines
• Auto tempo change options for creating quick warm-up/cool-down routines
• Tempo Boundaries allow you to automatically increase/decrease bpm between set tempos
Voice Counting
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• Advanced voice counting helps you when working on odd-time signatures
• Subdivision counting for 16th notes, triplets, or 8th notes
Practice Log
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• PolyNome logs each preset you play, how long you played it for, and the tempo at which you played it
• View statistics and graphs showing you what you need to work on the most
• Add notes to the Daily Practice Log to help you remember how a practice session went
Random Muting
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• Test your timing with random muting of notes or bars
PolyNome is used by the world's top musicians including Peter Erskine, Virgil Donati, Chris Coleman, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Dennis Chambers and Will Lee.
What people are saying about PolyNome:
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Peter Erskine (Steely Dan, Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Kate Bush):
“PolyNome is great for teaching, practicing and rehearsing. Tempo input by way of the number pad is a terrific feature, and the subdivision possibilities are endless. Plus, this is the only metronome I’ve used that you can actually LEARN from. Simple and brilliant: simply brilliant.”
Will Lee says...
"Wow! Polynome is a brilliant tool for drummers and any musician! It allows you to understand precisely what subdivisions among bars of time feel like, teaches you the drum rudiments, and so much more. I love "time check" where it'll leave bars of silence in between bars of click to see if your groove stays in time. One of the best apps for your toolkit!"
Reviews
A little over my head, but excellent...
Jamaica Blue
I‘m not a drummer & therefore this is beyond my skillset. However this is feature rich & a marvelously designed app.
Worth it!!
wetdog158
Worth every penny! I’m only scratching the surface with what this app can do. Keep up the great work folks!!
Paradigm Shifting Metronome & Metronomic Learning Tool
estranged1
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.
Love this app
Art seeing
This is a wonderful helpful app. Best support if you have questions. This app has helped me grow as a working drummer.
Best tool ever to practice with
DrumrAl
I was introduced to this tool by a professional drummer friend. Once I started using the tool I could believe I didn’t know about it earlier. My practice has become much better and my playing is getting better. Amazing tool for practice!
Amazing
Rudee
I’m a music teacher and working musician. I have downloaded just about all the App Store metronomes. This metronome is by far the best. The sounds are great. It’s full of features. Although it is designed by a drummer for drummers, other musicians can benefit as well. I’ve had it since it’s infancy and was more than happy to upgrade to the Pro version. Just when you think it can’t possibly get any better, he updates it with even more features! Get it!!
fun surprise during pandemic
Hulu Frog
edit May 2020: as much as i love using this app now, i’m RLLY wishing i could just tap and drag each note individually and vertically drag each volume than have to scroll & scavenge thru a sea faders & if the notes somehow show some kind of feedback that the volume change is taking place, that would be cool. ‘Either shown via the SHADE or transparency for each NOTE VELOCITY itself and or the background of each character. That visual representation would be cool because as reading the notes, we have an even finer tuned representation of the beat were focusing on Im trying to look further into this onomatopoeic tiktaktok type language on percussion, but to the average person (who isnt a hardcore musician), again the visual representation would really help universalize the experience for all users This app’s sick nonetheless _____________________________ Edit april 2020 I feel like im learning more about percussion than i thought i knew, but in a lot of funner a way digging around the guts of what patterns are screwing around practicing alien beats lol Im more the synth player, but this app sticks out in a weird liberating way imo Like ive bought drum apps before and they seemed like “just whatever”, but this is giving me a more imaginative yet tangible perspective. My only update suggestion is to somehow make the faders feel more organized, maybe by giving them a flatter gui/shape? That and a “Custom Color Themes” option in settings WikiLinks the app specifically lets u customize all colors and i wish all apps had that function, but the “Dark High Contrast” theme in PolyNome would suffice & would be useful to many being easier on the eyes. v glad i’ve found this randomly and got it? Ive really just wanted a simple metronome for my iwatch at first hah
Best I have seen on the market
Grandpa Scorpion
Huge range of features. I have never heard it fumble. Extremely well-crafted app.
