Continuing from my first iteration on a visual metronome, this is an improvement to simplify things while providing greater control in the UI for: tempo, cycles (bars), beats, and emphasis highlighting (n^th). My intention is for this to evolve toward a metric modulation visualization.

I moved from the traditional European music notation of left to right / top to bottom, and used a more abstract top to bottom / left to right orientation. Most often I work with more bars than beats, so this worked nicely for laptop screen dimensions. Also, I enjoy nudging the musician away from the usual way we visually experience music.

Thanks to James Edwards article on javascript timing, and of course the jQuery team.

Listen to “nomad”

Multitrack mandolins, nylon guitars, and percusion.

Listen to “Django Tango”

Listen to “Point”