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| KORG Digital Metronome MA-30 | 
 enlarge | Brand: KORG
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $32.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (39 reviews)
Sales Rank: 2
Color: blue
Media: Unknown Binding
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Special Features: The MA-30 has an adjustable volume control and features a tempo range of 40-208 beats per minute. Thirteen different rhythm patterns, such as duplets, triplets, triplets with inner beats omitted, quadruplets, and quadruplets with inner beats omitted, are provided for practicing a variety of musical styles. Twelve reference pitches (C4-B4) and a wide calibration range (413Hz-420Hz, 438Hz-445Hz in 1Hz units) are also included, allowing for easy pitch adjustment to suit the type of music being play
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 6 x 1 x 3
MPN: MA-30
Model: MA-30
UPC: 603384023124
EAN: 0603384023124
ASIN: B0002E2O2Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Pretty nice. January 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For the price, it's actually very good. Two negatives (listed at the end of this review), but a number of nice surprises about it:
- You can quickly make large tempo changes (automatically starts jumps of 20 BPM every half-second) by holding down the up or down button, instead of having to press it many times to change it by 1 BPM at at time.
- The reference-pitch feature lets you calibrate as much as a half-step flat of standard tuning (down to 413 Hz, in increments of 1 Hz), and as much as 5 Hz sharp (up to 445 Hz, in increments of 1 Hz). This is much better than the range the Amazon description claims.
- The metronome display graphic of a swinging stick (simulating the motion of a mechanical metronome arm) is just high enough resolution to be useful to let your eye predict when the beat is about to come. (As opposed to the image of the arm being so jerky that it's not helpful).
- There is a little plastic flap on the back which swings out to let the metronome stand on its own.
- Changing the battery requires no tools to open it up (it takes 2 AAA batteries).
Two negatives:
- The visual beat display has a large dot flash at the end of each "arm" swing, in time with the audible beep. Unfortunately the large dot is drawn above the swinging arm in a place that doesn't make sense, as if it's not quite in sync with the arm. In other words, where the dot flashes doesn't make sense with the idea of an actual mechanical swinging arm, so you feel like either the dot flashes too early, or the arm is slow.
- There is only one high-pitched beep sound. It would be better to have the option of another sound, like the "knock" sound my other electronic metronome has.
 It's ok January 8, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
It's ok in that maybe I'm the one that doesn't understand how to use it that well..,so I guess I can say that it's a little bit complicated. It was cheap and maybe if you are a professional musician it wouldn't be for you but for someone who is just starting to learn music it'll do the job.
Simple and compact December 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This unit is much smaller than you think from the photos. It easily fits in your hand or shirt pocket. It takes about a minute by experimenting to figure out how to operate it, save the instructions for another time.
 A Fair Deal for the Price December 17, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The plastic case is so poorly made that I thought it would break before I got the batteries installed. However, once that was done, it really works pretty well and is a good value for a beginner on the piano. The piece of plastic on the back that is supposed to hold it upright is poorly designed, so just lay it down on a flat surface.
 Clever little device! November 15, 2007
I purchased this product for use in my piano course. I would highly recommend it to music makers at any skill level. It can count in different meters, you can tap in your rhythm to match something you're listening to, and it does tuning as well. Volume on the turn wheel ranges from silent to audible over the piano. I haven't tried the earphone jack because I haven't had to. Great features, great value!
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