Korg BTL-1 Beatlab Advanced Digital Metronome

Play along with a ton of great beats with the new Korg BeatLab Digital Metronome. BeatLab will not only make practice more enjoyable, but it’s also designed to help percussionists improve their skills.

BTL-1 Main features

• Training function with 39 basic rhythm patterns (“rudiments”) ideal for practicing.
• Sound and LED indicators let you practice the timing of your right- and left-hand strikes.
• Supports triplets and complex rhythms such as five to nine notes per beat.
• Program mode lets you create and memorize twenty-four different settings of tempo, beat, and rhythm sound volume.
• Chain mode lets you memorize eight chains, each containing up to sixteen programmed patterns.
• Tap Tempo function lets you set the tempo by tapping a button.
• Headphone jack and adjustable volume.
• Operation and settings are made easy by the basic layout of sliders and keys.
• acklight display for good visibility.
• Battery operation (four AAA alkaline batteries) or AC adapter.

Attention drummers: Nail your rhythms with BeatLab

BeatLab makes it easy to practice and perfect a variety of rhythms and styles. You can simply select one of the “rudiments” (basic rhythms), or use the convenient sliders and keys to program your own rhythm for practicing. BeatLab will play the tempo and will flash its two-colored LED to help you feel the beat. The red light indicates the strong beat/left hand while the green light indicates the weak beat/right hand. BeatLab is designed with an extra-loud volume so that it’s easy to hear what’s going on even if you’re wearing headphones.

BeatLab’s Training mode is chock full of a multitude of patterns that will help you practice your snare drum rudiments. Thirty-nine patterns of the well-known standard rudiments such as roll, paradiddle, flam, and ruff are built-in, so it’s easy to practice your snare drum or marching band basics. BeatLab includes cues that help you know which hand’s turn it is. When it’s time for your right hand to play,