3.3.1
2023-09-10
• Fixed some minor UI glitches.
3.3
2020-06-15
• Reinstated UI for creating and editing rehearsal marks for quick sequence navigation.
• Improvements to automatic beaming.
• Improvements to template entry.
• Various bug fixes.
• Some UI improvements.
3.2.1
2020-06-01
• Sequences can now be reordered
• Several potential crashes were fixed
• Several fixes for issues particular to iOS 12 and/or 13
• Other cosmetic and functional fixes and enhancements
3.2
2020-03-17
This update adds a new feature and fixes a number of outstanding issues:
• The front panel will now display the current time signature during playback, and update it as needed, if and when it changes throughout a sequence.
• A link to a Metron tutorials page on the SintraWorks website was added to the info screen.
• On some devices pulse indicators would not flash on the front panel, hence, visual feedback was missing.
• A crash might occur, under very specific circumstances, when trying to add a note in the score editor, and afterwards Metron might crash on startup.
• Tuplet creation/editing and rendering have been improved.
• A number of UI glitches, including issues specific to iOS 13 have been resolved, and dark-mode support has been improved.
• Some playback glitches involving nested tuplets were resolved.
• An issue with the sharing dialog on iPads with iOS 13 was resolved.
• An issue with multi-voice score rendering was resolved.
• Some beaming issues in the score editor were resolved.
3.1
2019-09-30
• Full support for Dark Mode on iOS 13.
• You can now start and stop the metronome using a remote control.
• Partial implementation of dynamic font sizes (mostly the backside of the metronome).
• Better support for devices without a home button.
• Bug fixes and cosmetic fixes.
3.0.1
2017-11-02
Fixes an issue where legacy sequences were sometimes not saved after the first run of 3.0.
3.0
2017-10-27
Metron 3.0 was rewritten from the ground up.
• Completely revamped and modernised user interface.
• Two voices: Hear three against two, or any other polyrhythm you like.
• Improved score editor: you are no longer limited to single beats.
• SamplePerfect precision.
• Modernised media sharing (share both sequences and recordings).
2.7.1
2012-10-11
• Fixed: (in version 2.7 only) switching to the front panel from the settings tab would cause a lock-up when switching back from the front panel to the back panel.
2.7
2012-09-25
• New: Share sequences via email and iTunes file sharing.
• New: You can now manage documents in the documents directory directly within Metron.
• New: 'Rehearsal Numbers': Jump directly to specific bars in the sequence.
• New: The sliders on the front panel can now be reset to default values by double tapping the thumb.
• New: iPhone 5 and iOS 6 ready.
• New: Improved usage tips.
• Fixed: A new tempo in the score would not reset an ongoing tempo variance. Henceforth it will.
• Fixed: Some tempo variance settings would not be honoured when repeating a sequence.
• Fixed: Corrected an issue in the pitch pipe player where changing pitch by holding down the + or - buttons while rotating the device, would cause the frequency to keep changing, even after lifting the finger.
• Fixed: Tapping the plus button at the bottom of the sequences list when in edit mode would result in a crash.
• Fixed: Importing sequences with bars that had a mix of customized and standard beats would get the beats in the wrong order.
2.6.1
2012-04-24
• Corrects a bug that would cause Metron 2.6 not to run on iOS 4.x devices.
2.6
2012-04-17
New:
• Custom sounds: You can now load your own sounds into Metron.
• Improved user feedback section under the Info tab.
Changed:
• Changed the default setting for Background Playback to YES. If you don't want Metron to keep playing when the screen is locked, or when it moves to the background, set this to NO in the Settings.
• When playback is stopped, changing the tempo in a multi-bar sequence now makes the new tempo stick for that bar (unless the bar has a hard-coded tempo setting).
Fixed:
• Corrected several errors in the drawing of complicated beaming patterns.
• Minor other bug fixes.
2.5.3
2012-03-01
New:
• You can now access some score properties by tapping long on score items (notes, time sigs, tempo marks).
Fixed:
• Under iOS 5 some controllers in the preferences tab could crash.
• Fixed: Corrected playback for some advanced tempo settings.
• Fixed: The tempo base (note) would not show on the front panel before starting the metronome.
2.5.2
2011-07-20
Fixed:
• Corrects changes to the variance functionality in 2.5.1, which broke some aspects of the variance slider function on the front panel.
2.5.1
2011-07-13
Changed:
• A tempo variance that is applied per sequence is no longer overridden by more granular tempo variances set elsewhere in the score. Its value is added to the bpm upon each iteration through the score. This allows more flexibility when practicing complex sequences where you want to steadily increase the tempo of the whole sequence, without needing to manually increase the tempo factor on the front panel.
• The rhythm template related buttons in the score view are now only visible when one or more notes or rests are selected.
Fixed:
• Eliminated a crash that could occur when selecting a new sequence in the sequence list.
• A variance per bar or per beat will no longer increase the bpm upon repeat of the sequence. (After all, it is only valid from wherever it appears in the score.)
• The "Set Variance" switch in the tempo section for a sequence would not always reflect the correct state when entering sequence editing.
• Changing the tempo base of a tempo mark was not always possible.
• The LCD could show a sequence wide variance setting at the start of the sequence, even though one wasn't active.
• Eliminated some issues with the tempo variance type controls in the score editor.
2.5
2011-06-05
New:
• Score view for defining sequences and rhythm patterns, greatly simplifying their creation. (No more drilling down into bars and time signatures, etc.)
• Record sequence and setlist playback sessions.
• iTunes access to Metron files (for accessing and managing recorded sessions).
• Precision sliders: move your finger away from the slider while dragging the slider thumb, to gain more fine-grained control over sliding speed.
• Updated graphics for iPhone 4 Retina display.
• Change tempo by tapping during playback.
• Minimum beats per minute lowered to 1. (Effective minimum 1/4 BPM.)
• Maximum beats per minute increased to 500. (Effective maximum 1000 BPM.)
• Option to keep playback running in background.
• Back panel is now fully orientation savvy.
• New back-panel interface skin.
Changed:
• Replaced the Bars editor (and its sub editors) with a single score editor.
• Front panel tempo and variance sliders now access the full range of their settings. Use precision sliding (or the plus and minus buttons) to easily change values.
• Various cosmetic improvements.
• Requires iOS 4.0 or greater.
Fixed:
• Navigation buttons are now always correctly updated when playing and navigating setlists.
• During playback a new tempo mark will now reset a tempo variance, if one is active.
• Tempo variance setting is remembered between sessions.
• Tempo factor setting is remembered between sessions.
2.1
2010-05-12
New:
• Setlists: You can now create, edit and easily navigate setlists.
• Enhanced tuplets. Create any type of tuplet.
• Rhythm pattern templates to speed up entry of commonly used rhythm patterns (use the built-in templates or create your own).
• Pitch pipe base frequency can now be adjusted (in addition to the individual pitch adjustments).
• Pitch pipe remembers settings between sessions.
Changed:
• Background music mixing and the ability to prevent the screen from locking are now independent.
• Updated the integrated user guide to document the new features.
Fixed:
• Some tuplets had incorrect timing when played back.
• Changing volume or pitch in the pitch pipe could result in audible pops.
• Corrected the application icon shown in the web page when sharing sequences.
• In landscape orientation, with the metronome paused, the time signature would not be correctly updated when navigating a sequence.
• Corrected some memory leaks.
2.0.2
2010-04-01
Changed:
• Creating or editing a sequence now makes that sequence the active one.
• Refined the look of the LCD frame.
Fixed:
• Corrected an issue between screen lock and mixed audio mode: Audio no longer fades when the screen is locked during playback, and audio is no longer garbled when the screen is unlocked again.
2.0.1
2010-03-12
Fixed:
• Version 2.0 was mistakenly shipped with wrong color settings for the LCD area. This update reverts the colors.
• A glitch that could sometimes occur when pasting sequences was corrected.
2.0
2010-03-10
New:
• Rhythm patterns. Subdivide beats to create almost any rhythmic pattern in the beat editor, using standard music notation.
• Copy/paste sequences.
• Copy/paste bars.
• Completely redesigned Metron icon.
• Completely redesigned front panel.
• Integrated user guide.
Changed:
• When pausing playback, if a tempo variance of type "per beat" is active, then the tempo is reset to the tempo at the start of the current bar, since playback will, by default, resume at the beginning of the current bar.
Fixed:
• Under certain conditions the tempo could be set incorrectly when stopping playback.
• Under certain conditions the tempo variance could be set incorrectly when stopping playback.
1.3
2009-12-10
• Multi-bar sequences can be navigated (forward, rewind and rewind to start).
• An ample collection of percussive pulse sounds has been added. (Snare, high-hats, bongo's, etc.)
• Silence as a beat sound option was also added.
• Beat sounds are played back when selected.
• It is now possible to specify a note duration upon which to base a bar's tempo. (Example: you can set a dotted quarter as the base for the tempo of a 6/8 bar.)
• Sequences, bars and time signatures can now be created without needing to enter edit mode.
• Sequences can now be backed up and shared with other Metron users, through a web-browser interface.
• Some cosmetic changes to the front panel, to account for the new functionality.
• Various bug fixes.
1.2
2009-10-07
New:
- Option to disable screen lock prevention during playback. (Playback remains steady when screen is locked on OS 3.1)
- Volume control now available from the front panels.
- The Pitch Pipe now defaults to adjustments per Hertz (per cent can still be chosen in the preference settings).
- Metron now has a preference setting to allow the screen to sleep during playback.
Changed:
- Renamed the "Tuner" to "Pitch Pipe".
Fixed:
- On some hardware the playback engine could run a bit under 1/4 second per minute slow. Timing is now always correct.
- In version 1.1 changing the traditional tempo increments preference setting would also affect screen locking during playback. It no longer does.
1.1
2009-09-11
New:
• Option (in application settings) to use traditional tempo increments with the metronome front slider.
• Accellerando and ritardando can now be set to adjust tempo until the next absolute tempo mark (through the "Mark" tempo variance type setting in the bar editor.)
Changed:
• When a sequence is created the tempo variance type now defaults to "per sequence", instead of "per bar".
• The tempo variance type of a sequence can now be changed even if a sequence is not set to alter tempo variance (since this still affects how a sequence may react to user tempo variance changes at the front of the metronome during playback).
• Toggling a bar to set a tempo on or off no longer resets the bar's tempo variance.
• The bar editor now shows the number of times a bar is to be played, rather than the number of times it is to be repeated (which is one less than the number of times played). This is more intuitive when programming sequences.
• A bar can now be played up to a 110 times (was 101).
• Minor layout tweaks in sequence and bar editor.
Fixed:
• Resolved a crash that could occur when reordering bars in the sequence editor.
• Resolved a crash that could occur when reordering time signatures in the bar editor.
• If repeat countdown was on and a tempo variance per sequence was set, the tempo would not be correctly adjusted at each repeat of the sequence.
• Bars and time signatures can no longer be dragged to inappropriate sections of the table view.
• Implemented workaround for system bug that could cause a crash if scrolling a table view while editing text.
• Removed the last row from the pulse sounds chooser. (Selecting it would cause a crash since the sound file does not exist.)