Choose the length
Two beats for a pickup, four for a normal start, eight when you need time to find the feel.
A count-in before you play
The bar you miss is usually the first one. Jambox counts you in — two, four or eight beats — on screen and in the click, before the recording starts.
Download freeHow it works
Press play
The beats are counted on screen while the click plays, and the song starts on the beat after the last one.
Keep the count visible
The number is drawn over the workbench, where you are already looking rather than at the transport.
What you get
- A count-in of two, four or eight beats
- The count drawn on screen, not just heard
- The same click as the metronome, at the same level
Where it stops
The count-in marks beats; it does not wait for you. If the opening is free-time, the click is the wrong tool and the recording is better started by ear.
Questions
Does the count-in change the song?
No — it plays before the first bar, and nothing about the recording moves.
Can I turn it off?
Yes; the count-in is a setting per song, and zero beats means no count.
Is it recorded?
No. It is monitoring, so it never reaches a mixdown or an export.
Related
A-B loops
Mark the two bars that keep beating you, and the app plays only those, round and round.
Notes pinned to the timeline
Drop a note at the playhead — “watch the turnaround” — and it is still there next week.
Slow it down, change the key
Loop a hard bar at half speed, or shift the key to fit your voice — tempo and pitch move independently.