BOSS DB-90 Dr. Beat Metronome

It does everything you need from a metronome and probably more. The feature I love is plugging my bass directly into the unit and playing through headphones without an amp. Silent practice studio that is as portable as possible. My headphones take up more space than this unit! It will run this way powering my headphones and bass with just the nine volt battery, but I use an AC adapter at home to save battery life. #sweepstakes

Not much else to say, this is the gold standard. It might almost too much as it has many features most won't need or use and the lower priced/less featured DB-30/60 are good choices as well. However the DB-90 has best volume of the three not to mention all the advanced features, so imo it's worth the price for that alone.

Love it! I'm in my third year of learning to play piano, and was having problems keeping track of the count (not the pulse). The voice feature on the DB-90 was just what I needed. I was able to practice at a very slow tempo and with the voice calling out "1 and two and" etc, I could focus on what I needed to play instead of trying to count along in my head and read the sheet music. This metronome has a lot of features, but is really easy to use. I think it would be a great teachers aide for helping students count, feel different beats and pulses. It may be old school and seems a bit out-dated nowadays, but I found the form factor a refreshing break from all the menu-diving app based stuff. If you're looking for the ultimate metronome, this is it!

We've used this with our church band for rehearsals and performances. We play piano, drums and guitar and this has the ability to be used with all instruments. It could be louder as we play acoustically and with more than one instrument it is a little shy. Overall very versitile and helpful

It does what it needs to do, tempos and time signatures. My only real problem is the volume..If you're just plugging headphones in and playing with a drum set, its definitely not as loud as you'd want, even with In Ears. If you have it routed through a board where you can add extra volume, then its fine. For the price, you would assume it would come with a wall adapter, but it doesn't...ok not a huge deal but just nice if it did. Easy to use, sliders work just fine, fast to get to a tempo you want with using the dial, for switching between songs at a show. The light option is nice for when you're in the dark and nice that it turns off so it doesn't distract you. If you happen to not change or touch it for a bit, it will turn off..so beware if you're about 15-20mins into a set and haven't adjusted it.

I took it back. the only people who need a metronome to be this powerful are band and marching instructors. Unless you really want a metronome that you can program tempo changes into you don't need it. I thought for the price it was a drum machine but no its just a really smart metronome that costs as much as a drum machine. lol. I still give it 5 stars but I don't need one.