Korg BTL-1

Drum Metronome

Korg BeatLab - The Percussion Metronome Loaded with Great Beats!
Play along with a ton of great beats with the new Korg BeatLab Digital Metronome. This drum metronome will not only make practice more enjoyable, but will also help percussionists improve their musical skills.

Features:

• Training function with 39 basic rhythm patterns ("rudiments"), ideal for practicing



• Sound and LED indicators let you practice the timing of your right and left-hand strikes



• Drum metronome supports triplets and complex rhythms such as five to nine notes per beat



• Program mode alllows you create and memorize twenty-four different settings of tempos, beats, and rhythm sound volume



• Chain mode lets you memorize eight chains, each one containing up to sixteen programmed patterns



• Tap Tempo function lets you set the tempo by tapping a button



• Headphone jack and adjustable volume controls



• Operation and settings are made easy by the basic layout of sliders and keys



• Backlight display for clear visibility



• Battery operation (four AAA alkaline batteries) or AC adapter

Attention drummers: Nail your rhythms with Korg BeatLab
The Korg BeatLab makes it easy to practice and perfect a variety of rhythms and styles. You can simply select one of the "rudiments" (basic rhythms), or use the convenient sliders and keys to program your own rhythm for practicing. This percussion metronome will play the tempo and flash its two-colored LED to help you feel the beat. The red light indicates the strong beat/left hand while the green light indicates the weak beat/right hand. This drum metronome from Korg is designed with an extra-loud volume so that it's easy to hear the beats, even if you're wearing headphones.

Get compliments on your rudiments
The Training mode of this drum metronome is chock full of a multitude of patterns that will help you practice your snare drum rudiments. Thirty-nine patterns of the well-known standard rudiments such as roll, paradiddle, flam, and ruff, are built in, so it's easy to practice your snare drum or marching band basics. The Korg BeatLab also includes cues that help you know which hand to use, and when to use it. When it's time for your right hand to play, you'll hear the right-hand sound and see the green LED light. Alternatively, when it's your left hand's turn, you'll hear the left-hand sound and see the red LED light. You can also choose whether the pattern starts on the right or left hand.

Create your own ideal practice patterns
BeatLab isn't just great for drummers, and any player will find it indispensable for brushing up on their performance technique. For just the right feel, try out BeatLab's Program mode. Use it to build your own simple or complex practice patterns and combine up to nine types of rhythms and accents at the beat or tempo you specify. Use quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, as well as triplets -even choose five to nine strikes per beat. Adjust the rhythm and accent volume of this drum metronome using BeatLab's five sliders to create an original pattern that's just right. The Korg BeatLab can store twenty-four programs in internal memory, with a Chain mode that can memorize eight chains, each one containing up to sixteen programmed patterns. You can also make the tempo speed up or slow down gradually, and switch the rhythm between eighth notes, triplets and sixteenth notes while you practice.

Tap Tempo function
The Tap Tempo function lets you specify the tempo by simply striking the Tap key. Use the up/down keys to make detailed adjustments to the tempo.

Designed for easy operation and great visibility
BeatLab is a drum metronome designed for quick and convenient access to the functions you need. The controls include independent keys for each mode, convenient sliders for adjusting the volume of each rhythm sound, numeric keys for setting the tempo as a numeric value, up/down keys, and parameter select keys conveniently placed below the display and used for selecting the parameters shown in the display. The display is also backlit for clear visibility even in dim locations.

Battery power or AC adapter
BeatLab can be operated on either four AAA batteries or an AC adapter.