Beat Scribe

A metronome you can compose.

A metronome gives you a click. Beat Scribe gives you the whole rhythm — written on a staff, looping back, in real note values you can actually read.

Hear a rhythm in your head? Tap it in and hear it back in seconds — quarters, eighths, sixteenths, triplets, dotted notes and rests, not abstract grid squares. That link between the symbol and the sound is the point: practise reading what you play, or sketch a groove without picking up the instrument.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Tap a rhythm live on the pads, or place notes on the staff for exact notation
• Drop in beamed rhythm cells — two eighths, four sixteenths, dotted figures and more
• Hit play and loop it back instantly
• Layer parts across tracks — ride, snare, hi-hat, bass drum, toms and cymbals
• Shape the feel of each track — swing or shuffle (8th- or 16th-note), or nudge a part ahead of or behind the beat for a human push and pull
• Work in any meter — 4/4, 3/4, 5/4 and beyond
• Keep time with the built-in metronome
• Share any groove as a playable link — free, and it plays in any browser
• New here? A short guided tour walks you through it, replayable any time
• Made for iPhone and iPad

MADE FOR
Drummers, musicians, students and teachers — reading practice, building a groove, or catching an idea before it disappears.

FREE & PRO
The free version gives you snare and hi-hat across two tracks, plus sharing — enough to build and play a real rhythm. Beat Scribe Pro (one-time purchase) unlocks the full kit, more tracks, save / load, and importing your own sounds.