Not only am I an absolute beginner acoustic ukulele player, but I know almost nothing about music, having never studied it or played another instrument. Choosing to remedy that, I ordered a Pono tenor ukulele from TheUkuleleSite.com. Having read dozens of ukulele articles, books, and blogs, I knew I’d also need a metronome and digital tuner. So, after a bit of online research, and after reading the Amazon reviews, I ordered the black Kliq Metropitch Digital Tuner Metronome from Amazon.com It arrived about a week before my ukulele arrived, so I first tested it against the Online Ukulele Tuner at Get-Tuned.com. Based on that test, the Kliq Metropitch tuner is dead on.
I’ve now had both my ukulele and the Kliq Metropitch for several days. As a beginning ukulele player, I’m learning the basics at my computer via the wealth of free online ukulele lessons. To begin, I place the Metropitch on my mouse pad within easy reach. It lies back on its wire kickstand, facing me and the ukulele. I first use it to tune the ukulele (using the Metropitch’s built-in mic), and then I switch to metronome mode when practicing strumming.
The Metropitch has several nice or useful features that may not be evident from the online reviews. For example, all of its edges are nicely rounded, so there are no sharp edges. The Metropitch also has a sturdy, wire kickstand. When not being used, the kickstand folds into a U-shaped groove on the back of the Metropitch. This allows the Metropitch to lie flat, without wobble.
But....what about that kickstand? Is it really useful? Honestly, when I first saw it, I thought it would be useless. Not so! I don’t use a ukulele strap, so at least one of my hands is holding the ukelele. And that makes doing smartphone thumb gymnastics on the Metropitch a bit clumsy. This is when the kickstand shines. With the kickstand extended, the Metropitch reclines at a fixed angle that is ideal both for viewing the LCD readout and for one-handed operation of any of the five rubberized buttons [Power, Mode, Function, Tap In, and Mute].
With the kickstand extended, the back of the Metropitch also is raised just enough to permit single-handed [right hand] operation of the Jog Dial. Placing your right middle finger on the back of the Metropitch in the upper right corner, and placing your right index finger along the upper right top edge allows you to place your right thumb in the concave circle of the Jog Dial and then securely hold the Metropitch while your thumb easily and quickly turns the Jog Dial in either direction to make a selection, such as increasing or decreasing the tempo in Metronome mode or running through the various pitch selections in the Tone Generator mode.
In use, the kickstand also is stable. For example, with the Metropitch on my mouse pad with the kickstand extended, pressing the Power button on the far left does not send the Metropitch flying across the room. The Kliq development team designed the kickstand so that it is offset to the left of center, nicely accommodating one-handed, off-center button presses.
From online reviews, it was not clear to me that the digital LCD screen was high resolution. In some of the videos it seemed slightly fuzzy. In person, however, the LCD screen is bright and very easy to read. The numbers, letters, words and graphs are all sharp and perfectly legible—no fuzziness at all.
A nice feature of the digital tuner is that not only does the needle-type display turn from red to green when a string is in tune, but the entire face of the LCD display turns green and holds for a few seconds. That’s a nice feature for those who misplace their reading glasses—you don’t have to be able to see that the “G,” “C,” “E,” or “A” center needle is green because the entire screen tells you that.
If you don’t input anything or use the metronome, tuner, or tone generator for about 3 minutes, to save the lives of its two AAA batteries, the Metropitch turns itself off. But, it has a memory, and when you turn it back on, it will be in the same mode and have the same settings you were using when you turned it off, or it turned itself off.
Although my ukulele didn’t come with a mute button, the Kliq Metropitch has one. Also, using headphones via the 1/8 inch mini-headphone jack serves to mute the metronome and tone generator from other people while you continue to enjoy them.
On the left side, next to the headphone input jack, is a small thumbwheel that controls the Metropitch’s sound volume. With the thumbwheel, you can decrease the volume almost to a mute, and you can increase it to as loud as a person with normal hearing should need—even while playing. If you need it louder, using headphones should work.
For those with either extremely good eyesight or a magnifying glass, embossed into the back of the Metropitch is the following Tempo Range chart:
LARGO----------------40-----60
LARGHETTO--------60-----66
ADAGIO--------------66-----76
ANDANTE-----------76-----108
MODERATO--------108----120
ALLEGRO-----------120----168
PRESTO-------------168-----200
PRESTISSIMO-----200-----208
For a good hands-on video review that allows you to see the Kliq Metropitch close up and in good lighting, see guitarlancer’s “Kliq Metronome Tuner Review and demonstration” on youtube.
After you order the Metropitch, you may receive an email from Kliq Music Gear with an attached pdf file of the User’s Manual. This is a nice touch. Having the User’s Manual available on the computer during its first few uses was quite helpful.
Because I’m just beginning, and because my ukulele is acoustic only, I did not use the electric input and output jacks, or the advanced features such as transposition settings. For my needs, the Kliq Metropitch is perfect. I can think of nothing I would recommend changing.
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KLIQ MetroPitch - Metronome Tuner
Great little tuner. Comes with batteries, nice bright display. Has input and output jacks so you can run this inline if you wanted to. Also has a little spring loaded stand on the back that snaps down to be out of the way or can be lifted when you need it. Lots of features, great little tuner...would recommend it
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Not easy to find the pitch in KLIQ if you're a vocalist
Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2024Size: MetroPitch-ProColor: BlackVerified Purchase
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Metrónomo preciso
Reviewed in Mexico on June 28, 2022Size: MetroPitchColor: BlueVerified Purchase
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Produit nickel mais emballage ouvert !! Merci le vendeur ou le voleur !!
Reviewed in France on April 9, 2024Size: MetroPitchColor: BlackVerified Purchase
Li clemence
Reviewed in France on April 9, 2024
J’ai reçu le produit l’emballage Amazon était intact mais le produit d’origine a été déchiré !! Il y a heureusement la housse et l’accordeur mais il n’y a pas de fiche d’explication… première achat déçu
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Necessita di pratica
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Reviewed in Italy on March 24, 2024
La custodia risulta molto stretta , di difficoltosa estrazione dello dello strumento .
l' app del cell mi dà notizie più complete ...
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