Hi Chris, I have a slightly different suggestion that might work well for you. There's a musician's app called GigBabyFree! by ioMetrics LLC that is quite accessible, and that has a built in metronome: • GigBabyFree! (free) by ioMetrics LLC https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gigbabyfree!/id306833575?mt=8 I have the paid version of their GigDaddy MultiTrack Mixer app which is also accessible, and this is a cut down version. This is actually better than a straight metronome, because it comes with a list if backing rhythm tracks that you can play at the tempo that you set up on the first screen. So let's say you open the app at the "tempo" screen (the selected first of four tabs at the bottom of the screen). Flick right to the text field for the tempo, double tap, and then use the on-screen keyboard to change that value and type in the number of beats per minute you want to use (e.g., 100.0), and double tap "return" at the bottom right corner of the keyboard to enter the value. There's also a slider, but it works in percentages, so just use the text box. Now you could just flick to and double tap the "start" button that is just above the "Tempo" tab at the bottom left of the screen to start the beat, and double tap again to stop it, but let's make this more interesting.
Double tap the "Rhythms" tab that is the 4th tab at the bottom right corner of the screen -- also the last element in the screen, so you can navigate there with a four finger tap on the bottom half of the screen. On the "GigBaby! Rhythms" screen there's an alphabetical listing of rhythm tracks with a table index along the right side. Let's sample the track "Funk 1". Flick to it and double tap. On the screen that comes up, flick the "Listen" button and double tap. Double tap again to stop the sample playing, then move back to the previous screen of rhythms. Double tap the "Tempo" tab to get back to the Tempo screen. Now when you double tap the "Start" button you'll hear the rhythm track you selected playing at the specified tempo. If you navigate to the first element of the screen with a four finger tap in the top half of the screen, you'll hear VO announce the name of the track that is playing, "Funk 1". Flicking right will give you the bar number, and them the beat number. (In this free version of the app, the tracks are on a 4/4 count.) So you can easily work out how many minutes you've been playing the track by counting the number of bars, multiplying this by 4 for the total number of beats and dividing by the beats per minute you used for the tempo. If you want to reset the beat and bar counters, after double tapping the "Stop" button, flick right to the "Restart" button and double tap. The other thing you could do is simply identify songs in your iTunes music library according to their beats per minute (BPM). That's actually one of the fields you can fill in for each track. Then you can make workout smart playlists where you choose your music according to the BPM, and for a total playing time up to some fixed total. Or you could simply loop the playback of some of your favorite songs with the correct BPM. There are some famous examples of songs with certain BPM values. When people are trained to administer CPR to heart attack victims, they should optimally press at a rate of about 100 BPM. The common way of getting people to remember the correct tempo is to get them to keep the pace of "Stayin' Alive" - the song the Bee Gees sang for the John Travolta movie, Saturday Night Fever. (It's actually about 104 BPM). You could use the metronome feature to identify songs in your music collection that are close to the BPM rates you want to train with. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Dec 3, 2013, at 12:40 PM, Chris Goodwin wrote: > Hi all, > > I do a lot of cycle training on a static bike and my coach sets me sessions > where I need to cycle at 70 revs per minute, 80 rpm, 90 rpm, 100 rpm and so > on. I therefore want an app that beeps at these kinds of rates. > > I've looked at about 4 or 5 musicians metronome apps where all but one wasn't > usable with voice over. the one that I could just about use though wouldn't > let me set the rpm as I wanted - it kept to 4 bpm intervals. > > I've googled the topic without luck. > > Can anyone suggest an app where I can set the beeps per minute so I can then > cycle along at that speed for up to about 6 minutes at a time? > > Many thanks all, > > Chris > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
