Short Review in Sound On Sound Magazine

“Have you ever found it difficult to play along with a standard click track? Bounce Metronome Pro is a PC application supporting all time signatures, swing, and lots of clever stuff like paradiddles, polyrhythms and gradual tempo changes. Its secret is incorporating various visual options such as 3D bouncing balls, animated drumsticks and conductor’s baton graphics. Rather like those used in karaoke machines, their rise and fall incorporates a ‘gravity bounce’ that feels like having your own conductor to help you keep in time. I found it reliable enough to abandon audio clicks altogether and use as a silent metronome, which also makes it useful for deaf musicians. Studio owners could display it on screen in their live rooms to keep players in time without them requiring headphones, while a special screen reader is available to blind musicians too. It’s a shame the current version can’t sync to a sequencer, but I suspect that may come later. It’s impossible to judge how well it works from from a static screenshot, but animations and demos are available on the web site, and the full version costs just $14.99.” (btw now $26.99 with discounts available)

Martin Walker, “PC Notes”, Sound on Sound p180, January 2010

For the on-line copy of the article: PC Notes for January 2010 - article title is “32-bit / 64-bit in Windows 7” with the piece about Bounce Metronome Pro as last paragraph. You need to buy the article to read it (until July 2010 when it should be unlocked for public view).

Here is his short summary:

"Bounce Metronome Pro - mini-review of a clever PC metronome utility with visual options such as 3D bouncing balls, animated drumsticks and conductor’s baton graphics."

You can read this short summary on the Sound on Sound website here (doesn't require purchase):

Sound On Sound - PC Music FAQ - JANUARY 2010 PC NOTES

Scroll down to the fourth paragraph of his post.