Blog
Notes from the bandstand.
Practical writing for working musicians, from the people who build the tools.
- Why Your Metronome Stops When Your Phone Locks (and the App That Keeps Playing)
A plain explanation of why metronome apps die at the lock screen, what to check in your current app, and one that keeps clicking through phone calls.
- Haptic Metronome on Apple Watch: What Works and What Vibrates Wrong
Why so many Apple Watch metronomes feel broken, what a good haptic click actually requires, and how to test one before you trust it on a gig.
- The Best Metronome App for Guitarists Is the One That Survives the Gig
Feature lists will not tell you which metronome app to trust. These are the tests that will, plus what guitar practice actually needs from a click, a tuner and a chord tool.
- MIDI Clock From Your iPhone: Sync Your Synths Without a Computer
How MIDI clock sync works from an iPhone, what to check before you trust it live, and the tempo tools that make a phone a real part of your rig.