Metronome & tap tempo
The metronome is the heartbeat of Skratch Attach: loop recording, loop playback sync, and Follow Mode all key off it. There is no separate "sync" switch — if the click is running, everything follows it.
Turning it on and off
Long-press the on-screen TAP button (about half a second):
- The button gets an amber outline — the metronome is armed: silent and ready.
- Your next tap starts the click on that exact beat — tap on the "1" and the click drops in on the one.
- Long-press again to turn it off.
While running, the TAP button flashes red on the "1" and orange on beats 2–4.
If you've recalled a tempo from the Tempo Library, that first tap starts the click at the saved BPM — no counting taps needed. See Tempo Library & record analysis.
Where you hear it
The click goes to your cue (headphone) output, never the master mix.
On the MK1 hardware, the metronome lives on the deck 2 browse knob (printed SCROLL / LOAD, top-left corner of the right deck): press it to arm the click, press again to turn it off. In DVS mode, hold SHIFT while pressing. Set the click volume with Metro Gain in Settings → Audio.
Tap tempo
Tap the TAP button (on screen, or the hardware button printed TAP) on the beat to set the BPM. The tempo tightens as you keep tapping — the app averages your taps and quietly discards the odd mis-tap. Pause for a couple of seconds and the next tap starts a fresh tempo.
With the metronome running, a full five-tap count (1-2-3-4-1) does more than set a number — it locks the grid to a playing record. That's Follow Mode.
The beat division row
Directly under the BPM display sits a three-button row:
- Left pill — the current FX beats division (for example
1/16) - AUTO — toggles automatic BPM detection, which reads the tempo from the live audio. Also reachable by holding the hardware TAP button for three seconds.
- Right pill — the current Pad FX beats division (for example
1/4)
The two pills display the beat divisions your FX are running at; the BPM between them is what everything is divided from.