Korg KDM-3 Digital Metronome w/ Memory Backup and Auto Power-Off Function - Black

I received this 7/19/2018 to add to my other Korg KDM-2 which I bought in September 2010. Using it the first time I like this Metronome as it is simple to use, you don't really need to read the directions it is that simple to use.It is a good quality With batteries the Korg KDM-2 weights 196 grams, 6.9oz and the KDM-3 is 160 grams 5.65oz which really doesn't make any difference. KDM-3 is 4 3/8" high and 2 1/8" wide.It is plenty loud enough for general use. The face does not light up. The batteries are a little hard to remove but you can get them out. It is a little smaller than what I thought it was going to be. No hissing noises. NOTE: Just as with the KDM-2 the KDM-3 will not work if you use Duracell Quantum aaa batteries. For some reason, they just won't work. I don't know what other ones won't either. I wonder how many people put new batteries in their Korg and it would not work so they threw it out? I just about did that. The only thing so far that I don't care for is the flashing light on top. I use mine with just the light flashing at times and the light is not as big, lower profile, as the one on the KDM-2 but it still usable. Update: 08/21/2022 I am still using this and it is working as it should and I still like this metronome. I still give it a five star rating.

I only post reviews if a product is terrible or if it is really excellent. This metronome is perfect. I have purchased several others over the years, including a small digital one recently that makes the most annoying beep sound. I have a Seiko metronome that makes a nice click sound, but the numbers on the dial are difficult to read, and the on-off switch is very small and awkward to use. It means that you pretty much leave the metronome going between practice songs, clicking away, driving you crazy. The Korg KDM-3 is well-designed in every way. You turn it on in standby mode with a little button on the side, and then you can make all your adjustments. One large button on top makes it start keeping time, and you touch that button again to stop it. The light that flashes at the set tempo is inside that large button, which makes it easy to click it off in a darkened room. The digital readout on the front is large and easy to read, and yet the metronome is not large overall. It is about half the size of an old wood wind-up metronome. There is a choice of different click sounds, excellent volume range, and tempo adjustment by single numbers instead of larger steps. This metronome is pricey compared to many others, but it is an excellent example of how you usually do get what you pay for. I recommend it without reservations. It is the perfect metronome.

Like the choice of sounds, the rotary speed dial and choices. It's loud enough to hear when playing an instrument. Does not come with batteries.

This is the best metronome I've ever had (minus 1 phone app), but for the price I'm somewhat disappointed. I really feel like they went out of their way to make a few of the features on this irritating and with a few tweaks could have the perfect metronome. Pros: - Very loud on fresh batteries. Using its own speaker or going aux out, very loud. See con #1 though. - Keeps time - Headphone/aux out - Very handy stop/start button location - Very easy rotate the dial and press play operation Cons: - Battery only and you start losing volume after about 12 hours and start really losing significant volume after 15-20 hours. On 4 AAA batteries is that bad? Objectively, probably not. This is the #1 and most major con though because the fix is put a 9v plug on and now you have the perfect tool. Insane to me that they didn't include this. I won't listen to the size argument, the thing is already huge. You're only drawing 6 volts from the AAA's. There's literally no argument against this feature other than being cheap. - Huge. Yes, I understand it's supposed to mimic a real metronome. But Korg didn't take advantage of all of the extra space and that is hard to understand. - Not immediately obvious how to get rid of the accented beat. Answer for everyone wondering - you can go down to 1 beat and then there's no accent. Annoying when you're trying to do specific patterns and would love to have a 3/4 beat with no accent. 1 simple button on the huge body of this thing fixes this. - Max of 252 bpm has been an issue a couple of times. There are valid uses for needing or wanting up to 380 bpm when trying to learn 8th and 16th note patterns on down and up beats and you want to be in time. It just clicks, let it click faster.

It is small with a more or less traditional shape, doesn't take up a lot of room. The volume is more than adequate (actually very loud) for a moderately quiet room (and you wouldn't be using it in a really noisy environment). I like the traditional bell "ding" on the first beet - sounds nearly real. Batteries seem to last a ling time (it's been months, but I don't use it every day).

Very nice and easy to use.

I love this metronome -- it does everything you could want and it's plenty loud. My only beef is that they moved the light to the top of the metronome, so if you put it on your stand or on a table, you don't see the light flashing as well as it did on the previous models. This isn't too bad a problem for me because I have a music stand with a deep shelf, so I can lay them metronome on its side with the light facing me. But I would have preferred the light to be in front. On the plus side, the metronome now turns off on its own if you forget and leave it on. (Also, some people had problems turning the dial to change the tempos: I'm not sure why this would be a problem--it seemed fine to me. Maybe they had really big fingers or calluses?)

Using it for tuning my flute. Also digital tik tik for songs. Excellent reliable product

Enormément de fonctionnalités, simple d'usage, résistant. Régularité optimale, énormément d'options très utiles. Je le préfère à mon ancien métronome traditionnel, plus sexy mais plus limité.

Superó mis expectativas, es un metrónomo de uso muy sencillo el volumen es ajustable y se escucha perfectamente. Es más pequeño de lo que parece en fotos, pero los diales y los botones se manejan cómodamente, es una cucada, me hubiera gustado poder elegir más colores, aunque el color negro esta bien, temía que no fuera lo suficientemente potente con el volumen, por que en ocasiones toco con auriculares y aún así se oye perfectamente. Se puede ajustar el tempo de 30-252 tiempos por minuto, el compás de cero a nueve tiempos, dorsillos, tresillos, tresillos sin el tiempo central, cuatrillos, cuatrillos sin los tiempos centrales, clave de son (2-3)(3-2), clave de rumba (2-3)(3-2) y en sus especificaciones consta una exactitud de tempo de más o menos un 0,2%. Tiene 8 sonidos diferentes, el clásico sonido mecánico, pulso, cencerro, claves, palmadas, baquetas, aro de caja y mi favorito que es una voz femenina que va contando el número de compás. El último sonido me resulta muy útil ya que estoy aún verde con el solfeo y ayuda bastante el despreocuparse de llevar la cuenta cuando tocas notas largas. Trae un modo de afinación que emite un sonido de referencia o un bip continuo para afinar el instrumento, aunque mi piano es digital, y no lo uso. Trae además un temporizador ajustable que permite que se apague pasado un tiempo ajustable de un minuto a dos horas. Incorpora además una salida de auriculares por si necesitas usarlo sin molestar a los que te rodean. Funciona con cuatro pilas del tipo AAA, que según el manual tienen una duración aproximada de 120h, yo lo estoy usando desde el 25 de febrero una media de una a dos horas al día y de momento perfecto no he necesitado cambiarlas todavía.

Ottimo metronomo digitale, molto carino esteticamente e si intona perfettamente con un pianoforte acustico o digitale nero. Il migliore in commercio per questa fascia di prezzo. Ha tutte le ritmiche indispensabili e piu' voci compresa quella numerica (one-two-three-four,etc,) importante se si solfeggia o si vuole assimilare meglio il ritmo di un pezzo al pianoforte. La voce meccanica e' uguale a quella di un metronomo classico con la possibilita' in piu' di regolare il volume che di solito e' fastidioso in quello meccanico. Per video e immagini consiglio di vedere Youtube. Assolutamente consigliato!

It’s perfect. Love that you can adjust to whatever you need and adjust volume as necessary