The price of this might lead you to think it’s worth a try..but XP users be aware that it does not work -brings up an error screen right at the outset..I’ve tried it on two machines. If you read the reviews for the version 2, which I have just got, then I would say one star is a little harsh, but then again… the metronome/count in on mine is highly erratic to the extent that it’s more of an offputting hindrance than a help – it seems to play an almost random selection of the beats but never the full number for whatever is indicated by the time signiature.. sounds like a 70′s jazz rock drummer most of the time! Because of this it’s quite difficult/impossible to do the rhythm tests. Also the way the staves are presented on screen could develop bad eye-tracking habits that pass over into your paper copy reading..because it only presents two lines of measures at any one time once the upper line has played through it refreshs the screen with the measures following the bottom on the top.. as a result if your developing the habit of reading ahead as you should be you end up reading above your current position which never happens in the real world.
Rating: 3 / 5
The price of this might lead you to think it’s worth a try..but XP users be aware that it does not work -brings up an error screen right at the outset..I’ve tried it on two machines. If you read the reviews for the version 2, which I have just got, then I would say one star is a little harsh, but then again… the metronome/count in on mine is highly erratic to the extent that it’s more of an offputting hindrance than a help – it seems to play an almost random selection of the beats but never the full number for whatever is indicated by the time signiature.. sounds like a 70′s jazz rock drummer most of the time! Because of this it’s quite difficult/impossible to do the rhythm tests. Also the way the staves are presented on screen could develop bad eye-tracking habits that pass over into your paper copy reading..because it only presents two lines of measures at any one time once the upper line has played through it refreshs the screen with the measures following the bottom on the top.. as a result if your developing the habit of reading ahead as you should be you end up reading above your current position which never happens in the real world.
Rating: 3 / 5