BOSS DB-90 Dr. Beat Portable Metronome (DB-90), BLACK

Works as expected. Perfect for Marching Band practice.

I have been using the Boss DB-88 metronome previously. I used that model since 1999 when I was in my high school drum line. It was a great metronome to use in a drum line as well as playing a drum set. I eventually bought my own in 2003. The DB-90 has been out for a while now - I remember wanting to get it as soon as it came out, but I figured I'd wait until my good old DB-88 stopped working. Unfortunately, that time as come (after using my own for nearly 9 years!!!) The DB-90 is packed with SO MANY more features compared to the DB-88. I won't get into them all here since you can find them in the production description. I'll just say that the biggest upgrade for me going from the DB-88 to the DB-90 is the amount of memory slots you get. I have been used to only having 8 slots for so long. I was always struggling to figure out which times to delete from the metronome when I needed more room. Luckily, the DB-90 comes with 50 memory slots! I no longer need to decide which times to get rid of, because I have WAY more than enough room to save all of the times that I need! All-in-all, this metronome is a great replacement for the DB-88. I am extremely satisfied. To anyone who is looking for a metronome that will help you grow your skills, this is definitely the one. It has a great range of features that can help basic to the even most advanced players progress with playing to a click. I don't think any other metronome is as good as this... Boss knows has to produce perhaps one of the (if not, best) metronomes in the industry. I have been playing drums for 19 years to date, and I cannot recommend any other metronome as much as this one. My vote: BUY IT - You will not be disappointed!

The best metronome for developing a sense of pulse and also allowing you to decipher many rhythmic combinations; I recommend purchasing it along with the charger.

He was super happy with this purchase

I play guitar and I bought this for groove training purposes. It has four voices for the metronome and several drum beats to choose from. The first three metronome voices are various clicks, the fourth is a voice counting out the beats. The click sounds are all fine and are loud enough for playing an acoustic or turned down electric to. If I want to crank it up there's a headphone out that I can run into the amp. The voice count seemed a bit hokey to me at first, until I was trying to learn a solo with a long break before coming back in on an off beat. The voice count was super helpful for coming back in at the right place. It has an accent beat that comes in at the top of a measure, a quarter note beat, an eight note beat, a sixteenth note beat, and a triplet. The volume for each can be set with the sliders on the front panel. You can use those volumes to dial in exactly what you need for training. Things I do with it are turn up the accent and the quarter note beat full and the eighth note to half for most practices. I turn the accent and the eighth notes on (leaving the quarter note mute) so that only the up beat is audible, which is great for practicing improvisational soloing and improving your groove. The triplet beat is very handy for practicing music that shuffles or swings. There are quite a few drum beats you can use as well. The drum sounds are not great, suitable for practice only or jamming with friends. Most of them are strait four (or eight or sixteen) beat and there are several shuffle beats. The only three four beat is Waltz, would be nice to have a few more options than that. It has onboard memory and you can store settings. If you set the metronome up for a specific song, it can be recalled easily. The kick stand leaves a bit to be desired. It's made of very thin plastic and feels fragile. I feel like I have to be very careful not to break it, having the metronome up at an angle is important to me when practicing. All in all I would recommend this to any guitar player who's looking for a metronome that goes up and above the standard quarter note clicking. It's extra features have come in very handy in practicing various songs and working on specific techniques. It has become a staple in my practicing.

It works for what I need it to do.

My piano teacher owns this metronome, and everytime we use this in my lessons I was blown away by what it does. When I asked my teacher about it he told me there was a cheaper one that would probably suit my needs just fine. Well, I looked at all of them and just felt intuitively to buy this one regardless of price. Yes, there is one cheaper then this, but I am so glad I purchased this particular product. I love the way it looks, I love that it does all kinds of subdivisions and rhythms because being a pianist, there are so many ways to practice using a metronome and this one just simply rocks!!!! If I ever need to do really crazy mixed up beats this will do it. Period. I felt like I spluged a tiny bit because there is another one a bit cheaper, but you know, you ALWAYS get what you pay for and I am glad I went with this metronome! It really can do just about everything. Oh, and you will have to buy a cord if you don't want to use batteries.

I teach marching percussion with a world class DCI group. We use these metronomes all of the time, as they are the industry standard. The only problem is, DB-90's break all of the time. I purchased one and used it in snare sectionals with a megavox somewhat regularly over the summer. I always kept it in the case, and in a plastic bag to keep it from getting wet. It was babied. I spend $125 on this metronome, only to have it stop working for no reason, when we were warming up for a show. It didn't even last me two full seasons of use. The group I teach with had four other DB-90's stop working, all because of their poor manufacturing. We were soldering these things up on our tour bus for goodness sake! This is a good time keeping device for sure, but I'll be damned if it is anywhere close to reliable. BOSS needs to figure out a way to make these things more resilient, or at least provide a better warranty. One year for the most expensive metronome on the market is pretty pathetic. Other fun facts: No odd time signatures. Eats 9 volts like a killer whale eats walruses (Get rechargeables). Doesn't hold memory functions when batteries die.

Honestamente me gusta mucho y me funciona muy bien, aunque hace apenas un par de meses que lo tengo. Dicen que tiende a descomponerse pronto y me parece un tanto desactualizado (me habría gustado una pantalla cromática), pero si no falla, es ideal para los músicos que queremos escapar de los metrónomos de app. Muy buena herramienta... mientras no falle.

Surement le meilleur métronome sur le marché. Une infinité de réglages....

Habe das Metronom jetzt einige Zeit im Einsatz und bin wirklich begeistert. Verwende es zum Üben auf dem Practice-Pad. Nutze dabei die eingebauten Drum Rhythmen. Damit macht das Üben von Rudiments viel mehr Freude weil es nach Musik klingt. Natürlich sind auch die "normalen" Metronom Modi und die Übungsfunktionen (Time Check usw.) optimal. Klang ist auch gut. Auch auf Dauer auszuhalten. Wie schon in der Überschrift gesagt - teuer aber sehr gut und damit "preiswert".

ce bidule a l'air vraiment génial. Sur certaines videos, on avait l'air à dire que ce n'était pas très solide, mais au contraire, il est lourd et solide. Je comprends qu'il soit un peu dispendieux, mais je pense qu'il en vaut le prix. Je n'ai pas encore lu les instructions mais je l'ai utilisé au mieux de ma compréhension pour l'instant, et franchement c'est vraiment intéressant ! A moins qu'il se brise ou qu'il cesse de bien fonctionner, j'ai l'intention de le garder. Il y a une housse avec et une pile 9 volts fournie aussi. Je suis impressionnée par la qualité de l'appareil. Une seule petite chose que j'aime moins c'est la pile, on aurait pu utiliser une pile rechargeable sur USB. Mais j'adore !

Uno è portato a pensare: "tutti questi soldi per un metronomo?". E' vero costa tanto, ma vale tutti i soldi spesi.