The grid comes from the song
Beat tracking runs with the analysis, so the click already knows where bar one is before you press play.
A metronome that follows the song
Most metronomes keep their own time; a song does not. Jambox’s click is locked to the grid the analysis found, so it marks the beat of the recording you are playing along with — at whatever speed you practise at.
Download freeHow it works
Set its level apart
The metronome has its own fader, separate from the stems and from your own recordings.
Count in, then play
Two, four or eight beats are counted on screen before the song starts, so the first bar is played rather than guessed.
What you get
- A click aligned to the recording, not to a fixed BPM
- Its own level in the mix
- A count-in of two, four or eight beats
Where it stops
The click follows the grid the analysis detected. A recording with no steady pulse gives a grid that wanders with it, and rubato playing is usually better practised without a click at all.
Questions
Can I change the tempo?
Slowing the song moves the grid and the click with it, so the two stay together.
Does the click appear in the export?
No. The mixdown carries the stems and your takes; the metronome is a monitoring tool.
Can I mute the click quickly?
Yes, with one control, and its level is remembered per song.
Related
A count-in before you play
Choose two, four or eight beats and the click counts them on screen before the song starts.
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.