There are wearables that measure your heart speed, your sleep patterns and your blood oxygen levelsBut then there is a wearable that will let it go you know if you are in a hurry or drag on “Caravan, ”Which in itself could be a life saver.
The $ 329 Soundbrenner Core Steel is ddesigned primarily for musicians. Soundbrenner’s wearable is a metronome and tuner that you can wear like a regular watch. When you’re ready to play, select the metronome function, set your time signature, and have it ripped. The watch lights up and vibrates in time and can even tell you when you are at a certain point in the bar. You can even tap the watch and it will match your desired pace a very smart way to slow down or speed things up in flight.
You can wear the watch on your wrist or easily snap it off strap and attach it to a strap around your chest or thigh, a clever little feature that hides the watch when you don’t want a blinking, buzzing thing on stage.
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The watch also has a built-in contact tuner, which allows you to click it onto your guitar with a removable magnet. To use it, simply pull the watch off the strap and click it onto the magnet.
Finally, the Core Steel has a built-in decibel sensor that detects when the ambient noise is too loud. It’s a great feature for musicians concerned about hearing loss (and they all should be).
Keeping time is essential in music and I see this product, which is arguably quite expensive for a metronome (which Seth Thomas to the left cost me $ 50 on eBay). That said, the whole system is aimed at mid-level to early gigging musicians who might need a little help to keep up with time. I’m learning jazz guitar and this watch certainly kept me to the beat as I explored different tempos and styles. That said, a mechanican app-based metronome will probably do much the same.
The real benefit of this wearable is the double threat of a metronome and tuner in one.
The kit includes a small disc with adhesive tape on one side and a magnet on the other. You can place the Core Steel on the disc and it detects the vibrations in the instrument to tune the strings. It works with and will work with violins, guitars and basses ukulele soon.
The biggest question is: How does this work like a watch? If you’re not using the tuner or metronome, the watch wakes up with a single tap to display the time and battery level. To go from function to function, turn the ring, which rotates freely around the screen. The case is made of PVDcoated steel and very robust, although I wouldn’t wear this thing while surfing or snowboarding.
The Soundbrenner app rounds out the package. The app allows you to set the pace right from the phone and it also includes a 3-month subscription to Soundbrenner’s “Plus” service, which contains music instruction from some of the company’s musicians.
But the real question is: H.how much are you going to use this product?
If you are a musician and you always need a metronome then this thing is perfect. You put it on, wear it and charge it every few days with the included cable. If you are not a full-time musician or music student, this may be an exaggeration. The Soundbrenner app may be sufficient for most aspiring musicians. But if music is your life you probably need a wearable that fits that obsession. Spending $ 329 on a tuner and metronome is hard. Spending $ 329 on a unique wearable that really connects you to your music is easy.