Use the Gesture Synth Metronome

Choose a BPM or Use Tap Tempo

Enter a BPM between 30 and 300 when you already know the target speed. For a song you can feel but cannot name, press Tap at least twice in time. Gesture Synth averages the intervals between the most recent taps that occurred within roughly 2.5 seconds and converts that timing into BPM.

Use four or five even taps for a steadier estimate, then read the resulting BPM field. Large accidental gaps are dropped after the short tap window. Tap Tempo changes the transport speed; it does not record keyboard audio or analyze a song playing in another tab.

See the keyboard Tap Tempo shortcut →

Select the Click Sound and Volume

Enable Metronome to hear a pulse during loop playback. Choose click, wood, beep or hihat from the Sound menu and set its dedicated volume with the Click control. The metronome level is separate from track volume, although your device output and master audio still determine the final loudness.

Each sound uses a higher accented voice on the first beat of a bar. Pick the timbre that remains clear beside your current synth patch without becoming distracting. Start quietly, especially with headphones, and raise the click only until the beat is distinguishable.

Record after the One-Measure Count-In

Select Record and watch the countdown begin at the number of beats in the chosen meter. A 4/4 loop counts four beats, while 5/4 counts five. The first count is accented and the remaining beats use the selected metronome sound and level.

When the count reaches zero, the playhead starts at the beginning and gesture events are quantized into the active track. Press Record again, use Space or choose the visible cancel action to stop a mistaken count-in before any events are written.

Choose a time signature for the count-in →

Practise Stable Gestures before Raising the Tempo

Begin slowly enough to form the left-hand degree and right-hand quality before the next beat. Increase BPM only when the displayed chord stays stable and each event lands near the intended step. Faster clicks cannot correct poor lighting, hand overlap or an overloaded device.

Learn mode has its own song metronome tied to each arrangement's stored BPM. The loop metronome on this page is for the four-track sequencer. Use the song picker when you want guided targets, or remain here when you want to build an original timed loop.

Build a tempo ladder with one bar of I and one bar of V. Start at 60 BPM, keep the click quiet enough to hear the chord attack and complete three clean loop cycles. Raise the tempo by eight BPM only when both gestures are recognized before their intended beats and the first-beat accent still feels like the boundary. If either chord arrives late twice, return to the previous tempo and inspect whether finger shape or camera framing changed. Keep meter, bar count, click sound and hand height fixed throughout the ladder so BPM is the only variable. Record the highest repeatable tempo in your own notes; the site does not create a permanent practice history or cloud profile. When changing from 4/4 to another meter, begin a new ladder at the original slow tempo. A different count-in and bar boundary can make a familiar hand change feel early even when its recognition speed has not changed.

Practise public-domain songs → · Reduce tracking and audio lag →