KMetronome

KMetronome project is a MIDI based metronome using the ALSA sequencer.

The intended audience are musicians and music students. Like the solid, real metronomes it is a tool to keep the rithm while playing musical instruments.

It uses MIDI for sound generation instead of digital audio, allowing low CPU usage and very accurate timing thanks to the ALSA sequencer.

Features:

• Easy to use KDE graphic user interface.
• MIDI only. Can be used with software- or external MIDI synthesizers.
• Based on ALSA sequencer. Provides input and output ports. Very accurate timing.
• Highly customizable parameters.
• Built-in connection manager, can be used with external connection managers.
• External control: play/stop/continue commands, can be controlled using DCOP or MIDI Realtime System messages.
• GPL licensed

What is new in this release:

• Turkish translation by Server Acim
• docbook version update. Fixes bugs #3529410 and #3118766
• Drumstick 0.5 required
• Optional realtime priority for the MIDI input thread

What is new in version 0.9.3:

• Build system adapted to the changes in Drumstick-0.3
• Bundled Drumstick-0.3.1 library sources

What is new in version 0.9.2:

• Czech translation. Thanks to Pavel Fric
• French translation. Thanks to Julien Richard-Foy
• GUI improvements, by Julien Richard-Foy
• Build system improvements and assorted fixes

What is new in version 0.9.1:

• new configuration option: Styled Knobs
• enabled dialog: Configure Shortcuts
• feature Request #2792930 - new toggle action "play/stop"
• fix for bug #2795019 - wrong button focused after "play/stop"

What is new in version 0.9.0:

• Migrated to KDE4
• New library providing ALSA sequencer services

Requirements:

• In order to successfully use KMetronome, you need KDE 3.X. and ALSA drivers and library.