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Google Metronome
- deleted 11y ago[deleted]
- _lce0 11y agoI guess this only works on desktop?
- piyush_soni 11y agoWorks on mobile for me, even with screen turned off.
- mdergosits 11y agodoesn't seem to work on safari on OSX
- giarc 11y agoThe opposite - it appears to only work on mobile. I'm guessing they envision people setting their phone on piano (or other instrument). You wouldn't necessarily do this with a desktop.
- an_account 11y agoProbably A/B testing.
- ljk 11y agothis might be it. Not seeing it on desktop with Firefox
- neves 11y agoWhat should have happened? Didn't see anything. Is it just an American thing? Or my ad blocker blocked it?
- dc2 11y agoFor those who don't see it, it's a small widget above the search results that lets you set a simple metronome.
- frogpelt 11y agoIt only goes up to 208. Is there some significance to that tempo? The metronome apps on my phone go up to 240 or 250. EDIT: Nevermind. Wiki has the answer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronome#Usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metronome#Usage
- raldi 11y agoNot much of an answer. It just says that 208 is a typical max; it doesn't explain why.
- spiralganglion 11y agoYou'd never* encounter a piece of classical music set to a faster tempo than that, which also contained tempos slower than (say) 40, where you'd want to denote both extremes using quarter notes. Ultimately, it has to do with useful ranges of human ability and perception. By the same token, you can reasonably expect an article on clothing sizes to say something to the effect of "XXXS to XXXL", without needing to explain why the range doesn't go further. * Excepting, of course, the handful of joke scores or works of postmodern classical that would surely be summoned to this thread if I neglected to include this caveat.
- IvyMike 11y agoThere's a word for tempos of 200bpm and more: Prestissimo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Basic_tempo_markings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempo#Basic_tempo_markings Obviously physical metronomes have to have a limited scale. If you wanted to just get into that territory, 208 lets you get there but not give up too much of your dial. I assume if you want to go faster you just set it to 104+ and beat double. Edit: I guess this is an example of a faster tempo. "Quarter note equals 215" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAsABdkWSc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAsABdkWSc
- rotub 11y agoI find this very unsettling to listen to...
- laxatives 11y agoI'm not a serious musician but it seems like it has a really wide impulse. Not like a click track or striking a wood block, but more like something a lot more squishy or rubbing something abrasive.
- kintamanimatt 11y agoPossibly because the clicking sound sounds like a failed hard drive?
- emmab 11y agoFor everyone who's not seeing it, it's possible it's being AB tested or something.
- kevincoughlin 11y agoBing as well http://www.bing.com/?q=metronome http://www.bing.com/?q=metronome
- codq 11y agoFar better, too.
- ocdtrekkie 11y agoLooks like Bing's will do a larger range, and has some more flexibility/options as well. Nice!
- ethana 11y agoOther tool I use frequently is the speed test. https://www.bing.com/search?q=speed+test https://www.bing.com/search?q=speed+test
- gitah 11y agoNice widget. If Google Search can have an obscure widget like this, they should also do a calendar widget. It pains me every time I search for calendar to do a quick look up and having to click through a link.
- WWKong 11y agoGoogle "date"
- shuri 11y agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=timer https://www.google.com/search?q=timer too
- Handwash 11y agoI cannot imagine a scenario of how this will be used. Any specific needs that Google tries to cover? I like their converter widget.
- rtpg 11y agoYou want to practice violin and have your laptop but no metronome? I love the whole "Google as a search interface to a bunch of microapps" thing. Now if only people other than Google could add things into these...
- marvy 11y ago>if only people other than Google could add things into these I think that's DuckDuckGo's approach.
- timothya 11y agoThere's another interactive widget when you search for "bubble level" (only on mobile). Handy! If you're not on mobile, this article has some screenshots of the widget: http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/12/23/searching-bubble-level-in-google-on-your-phone-gives-you-an-interactive-bubble-indicator/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/12/23/searching-bubble-lev...
- estomagordo 11y agoThat's amazing.
- andreyf 11y agoAny idea why it changes in jumps of 4bpm?
- pqhwan 11y agoThis effectively replaces all top search results for the keyword "metronome". Wonder how the sites' owners feel about this. For customers it's just one less click, I guess.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoI'm sure they'll get over it just like the online calculator site owners got over it. /s
- agumonkey 11y agoPasses the tab unfocus test. Many HTML metronome goes out of sync if you change tab. I still you http://www.metronomeonline.com/legacy http://www.metronomeonline.com/legacy (flash based) because of reasons.