Compare Features

Intro - Feature Comparison Chart - Accessibility for blind users

Intro

After you download the program, select the metronome of interest from the drop list in the main window.

You get a free 30 day Test drive - with all the features completely unlocked.

To read more about any of the metronomes included in this program, see the list of metronomes. All these metronomes are part of Bounce Metronome Pro.

Or just download the program and find out for yourself what is included in the program.

To find out which features are included in the Basic metronome choose Basic Metronome in the main window drop list after the download.

Read on for the Feature Comparison Table including a comparison of the features available in the Pro and Basic metronome. It also has details of the features accessible for blind and deaf users.

Feature Comparison Chart

FEATURES	Bounce Metronome	Bounce Metronome Pro	Accessible for blind users	Accessible for deaf users
Any time signature with subdivisions	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Software conductor, drum stick or Bouncing Ball	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Swing and Lilt - Lilt bars - and adjust the pulse for the bar for the swing	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Vary tempo continuously - e.g. to practice smooth and gradual tempo changes, or to practice a rhythm at faster and faster tempi	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Adjust individual beat times	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Adjust individual beat volumes	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Dance rhythms window - an easy way to make rhythms with mixtures of different note sizes such as quarter notes, eighth notes, dotted notes etc.	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Quickly Accent any beat with Right Click on the graphics	Basic	PRO
Skip any beat in the rhythm - e.g. for syncopated rhythms etc.	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Combine Rhythms window to make it easier to play more complex rhythms such as polyrhythms and additive rhythms	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Adjust numbers of beats in each part and number of parts, with up to sixteen parts played simultaneously, each with a different numbers of beats per measure	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Set instruments individually for each part	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Silence any individual part	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Hide the bouncing graphics for any individual part	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Song Car Tunes type Lyrics with the ball bouncing on the words	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Bouncing ball following Conducting style patterns	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Other bounce styles such as bounce inside or outside oval.	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Choice of visuals for the ball as disk or ball, bouncing stars, bouncing beat numbers, bouncing beat number words etc	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Randomised fractal tune to get an idea of what the rhythm sounds like melodically	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Play the randomised tune in any tuning including e.g. Gamelan scales, Indian scales, historical temperaments etc.	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Set amounts of Tremolo, and Modulation (vibrato) for each part	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Set amounts of any midi controller for any of the parts	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Harmonic Metronome	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Play any number of harmonic metronomes in a cycle one after another, each for as many bars as you like	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Advanced pitch options	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Scripted rhythms and tunes	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Windows to easily make additive rhythms with up to 34 measures in the cycle, or with another method, any number of measures.	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Support for "irrational" additive rhythms that vary the measure unit e.g. mix 4/4 with 4/3 or whatever - done via automatically generated scripts	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Truly irrational rhythms such as PI or Phi (golden ratio) beats to a bar - and rhythms with fractional numbers of beats to a bar - so that the beats drift out of sync with the bar line Bounces not implemented for this option if you add swing and play the sound at same time - but if you play the bounces without the sound you can show the bounces.	- -	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Set minimum and maximum pitch for each part separately for the fractal tunes.	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Play on several out devices at once, and choose which of the parts to play on each device	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
All the preset Wave Shape Player Instruments	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Make new instruments for the Wave Shape Player and edit its menu	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Get rhythm from a recording of notes played in that rhythm (e.g. from a recording of a "groove")	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Tap out a new rhythm for the metronome using pc keyboard, mouse, or midi input device.	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Tap out the tempo for the player (similarly) - tempo of the rhythm adjusts to the tempo of your taps	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF
Customise the tempo dial with your own tempo names, and tempo markings for each tempo	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Black on White or White on Black visuals for visually impaired users	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Adjust any of the colours for any of the graphics	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Use any texture or image for the background for the skin - also any colour for the text, and make your own custom skin icons for play, animate, etc.	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Adjust synchronisation of the visuals with audio - this is useful if your soundcard has noticeable latency, you can then add the same amount of latency to the visuals so that both are exactly in time.	Basic	PRO	- -	- -
Customisable Splash effect, shadows and squash effect for the gravity bounce graphics	Basic	PRO	- -	DEAF
Support for the Roland GS and Yamaha XG type extensions of the GM midi instruments list and customise the instruments menu to suit your soundcard, synth or other device	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Support for MTS tuning tables and .Tun type tuning	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Volume remapping, e.g. if your soundcard midi synth has minimum or maximum volumes that it can play	Basic	PRO	BLIND	- -
Vary the beat times and volumes continuously within a bar (this can be applied on top of the swing or lilt or individual time adjustments) - this is most useful for a bar with a large number of beats in it if you would like it to gradually speed up / slow down or increase and decrease in volume through the bar - NO VISUALS AT PRESENT FOR THIS OPTION	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Support for CSound - render to CSound score + orchestra, or to an audio file of the rhythm played on CSound instruments. Also play the rhythms in real time on CSound Instruments using CSoundAV, using the automated CSound Orchestra Builder.	- -	PRO	BLIND	- -
Calculator with cents capabilities e.g. ratios to cents conversions (the cent is a standard musical unit of pitch, with 100 cents to a twelve equal semitone) - THIS IS A FREE FEATURE	Basic	PRO	BLIND	DEAF

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Accessibility for blind users

Bounce Metronome Pro is tested with Window Eyes and Jaws, two of the most popular screen readers.

It is also tested with the free screen reader Thunder, and the lightweight screenreader Narrator that comes with XP and Vista - Narrator in XP and Narrator in Vista.

As the first release, I've focused on accessibility for the main window and core features. More work is planned on accessibility for the rest of the program after this release, particularly, mapping out keyboard shortcuts for the less used options and windows.

You can switch to and from the special interface for blind users via the Show Graphics or Hide Graphics in the Options menu. If you have a screen reader running then this will be done automatically for you when you first run the program. If you use the lightweight Microsoft Narrator then you may have to change manually. The hide graphics button is the first one in the graphics window so it's easy to find.

If you have any questions or suggestions relating to accessibility contact support@bouncemetronome.com. I am very happy to help in any way possible.

To check out the list of accessible features in detail see the Features table above.

For more details see Blind Musician's Metronome.

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