DaCapo is a metronome application conforming to classical metronome layout and its settings. This makes it very usable for classical training, classroom situations and any flavor of modern music. It painstakingly reproduces the range of the classical metronome, but also offers settings by tempo in Italian, e.g. moderato. Since this application runs on a handheld device with a touchscreen, much attention has been paid to one-handed usability, as a player might have a bow or plectrum in the other hand. Big buttons and a very simple main screen are the result. Easily available from the main screen are a start/stop button, a tuning pitch button and five fully configurable presets.
On devices with image support (i.e. Treos) the background for the application can now show a user defined graphic like a band logo. To graphically better support this the interface is color neutral.
Under the surface DaCapo offers many very advanced possibilities that are implemented using technology not available to the classical gravity driven metronome or even the quartz metronomes that appeared in the late 80s.
DaCapo can play sampled sounds on most current devices. These are actual drum samples that can be configured in different ways like song forms. Song forms are important for the musician practicing current music forms like Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Folk, Rap and many more. With DaCapo one has the ability to not only mark the beat, but also the measure and the form of a particular piece of music and the application includes a song form wizard that can pre-select common song forms like the Blues Form, ABA, AABA, etc. This can be done for each of the presets individually and if the wizard doesn’t provide what is needed, one can customize a song form to his or her needs.
Another nice touch is the tap input capability. This allows for tapping along with a song and determining the bpm (beats per measure) the song is played in. One can then decide to load a preset with that information and utilize it for practicing.
DaCapo has been adopted by lots of musicians, music students, high schools, universities and just plain music enthusiasts as the best choice of a metronome that you can carry with you.

We hope you enjoy this program and find it useful. If you have suggestions or find anything wrong you can always email us.

DaCapo is also available at a great price as part of

Music Bundle or Music Bundle Gold.