Using Metronome |
Accelerator |
Tempo Finder |
Saving Settings |
Preferences |
Preferences![]() AcceleratorThe Accelerator Preferences allow you to set whether Metronome plays a sound whenever the tempo changes (the System "Glass" sound) or when the maximum speed has been reached (the System "Purr" sound). Below those checkboxes is where you can set the bar length for the special case of using the Accelerator without a bell sound. If the bell is set to zero (off) when the Accelerator is on, the Accelerator still needs to count bars. You can set that bar length to whatever you like by typing a number in the text box. Panel behaviourHere you can set whether the Accelerator and Tempo Finder panels follow the main Metronome window as you move it around your screen. Unchecking them allows you to move them wherever you like and they will remember their positions between launches of Metronome. You can have the Tempo Finder always open whenever Metronome starts up. If you set this, you can also set whether the Tempo Finder will be the active window at startup, allowing you to tap in a tempo immediately. OtherThe language popup allows you to set which language to use when Metronome shows the name of the current tempo. The choices are Italian (the default), English, French, German, or None. Choosing None will leave the language name area in Metronome's main window empty. Tick the checkbox to override your computer's sleep and screen saver timer settings. This setting only applies while Metronome is actually playing. The button below the checkbox will reset any alerts you have disabled by clicking "Don't show this again" on the alert panel. The button at the bottom of the window changes all the user settable settings to the factory defaults, except for the sounds. This just means that the tempo, bell, and Accelerator will be set to the settings they had the first time you started Metronome, and that all the checkboxes which remember their state will revert to whatever they were at first run. You won't lose any settings you've added to the Load Settings window. |