Korg TM60BK Tuner Metronome, Black

This tuner and metronome combo works perfectly and is very accurate. The screen is clear, the controls are simple, and it’s a great tool for daily practice.

I wanted a small, decent-quality metronome to help me increase my running cadence (steps per minute). While the Korg TM-60 isn't really designed for this, the good build and sound quality make it very useful for this purpose. You can vary the volume so that you can hear it clearly but it doesn't bother others and you can vary the beat so that the sound is different for every other beat (i.e. left and right foot). It's small enough to hold in one hand while running, though I wouldn't want to hold it all the time during a long run and put it in a fanny pack when I don't need to check my cadence. I also use it to check walking cadence. The build quality is quite decent, even though it's plastic rather than metal. The buttons are rubberized so that they are grippy and have just enough travel to feel satisfying when pressed. Most of the buttons are nicely-sized, though the rocker switches for changing beat and tempo are a bit small and require some concentration to change accurately while running. The rotating serrated plastic wheel for volume control on the side is small but is set in an inset well so that it's easy to turn without protruding. The metronome is heavy enough not to feel cheap or flimsy but light enough to hold for at least 15-20 minutes while running. The downside is that you can't vary the tempo in 1-beat increments. So, for running, you're mostly limited to 168, 176, or 184 beats per minute (plus 192 or 200 or various beats up to 252 if you want to practice a really fast tempo). Unless you are trying to match a particularly tempo, this is not a major problem. I usually set the tempo for 176 (occasionally 184) and try to match that to practice faster cadence. My natural cadence at the moment is under 176, probably around 172, so I just set the metronome at 176 as a goal but don't worry if I don't quite reach it. Some running watches have built-in metronomes, so that might also be worth exploring. I'm planning to try the metronome to track the cadence of other exercises.

I’ve named her Sabrina. She’s much smaller and compact than I anticipated. I tested all of her bells and whistles and she works just fine. What inspired me to actually come on here and type up a review for you people, were the small details that I noticed and appreciated. For starters, there’s a little kickstand in the back, which is a delight to someone whose previous tuner/metronome was a smartphone app which required a pitiful kickstand made of chopsticks. Second, the way it was packaged tells me: if they went through the effort of placing protective film over the LCD screen, their engineers probably aren’t the type to cut corners and it’s a product worth protecting. Plus it was designed/engineered in Japan so it already goes without saying that it’s a high-quality piece of technology. I have a lot of love in my heart for Asians in general, but I’m pulling the favorite card for the Japanese. This metronome also came with a full detailed instructional pamphlet, which I’m sure was very informative. Idk I tossed it to the side. I’m more of a wing-it gal myself but it is comforting knowing I’ll have something to read if ‘Rona lasts until 2021. Sabrina also arrived with batteries in tow! This was probably my favorite part since it saved me the time I would’ve spent rummaging through 37 drawers in my kitchen. Time that I’m sure was wasted on this review, instead. Oh well. Circle of life, folks. Lastly, Sabrina has a Tempo Range chart engraved on her back. I can’t pronounce half of it but we’ll get there. Now brace for impact because here comes the closing statement nobody asked for.. This company didn’t have to add any of these features in order to deliver the product that you asked for: a tuner metronome. Which leads me to believe that they did so because they take pride in their work. Yes, one could argue that they did so as a marketing advantage to justify a steeper price? .....ehh. This isn’t a $1200 iPhone. Paying $24 for a reliable product is a bargain in my book. Especially given that the cheaper option was literally a bell and spoon. In summary, choose this product. Don’t let Sabrina be the one that got away.

EDIT UPDATE: I'm lowering my rating for a slight reason: The microphone tuner part doesn't work as well as I hoped, maybe mine is a little buggy, but it's not nearly sensitive enough for acoustics, so get the additional wired pieze pickup for yours. It works well and I got mine mainly for the metronome which works nicely except for my below comments. I'm just not happy with the acoustic tuner, it's not at all sensitive, it takes real volume from plucking the guitar to work. Following is my original review about the rest: So I just got this. I badly needed a metronome because I'm a learner starting all over after a lifetime of not playing. It's really cool. Make sure you read the manual because some things are not immediately obvious, like how to have a more granular adjustment of tempo setting. It isn't very loud, in fact not nearly loud enough with electric guitar, but no problem, use the headphone out jack and pipe it into powered speakers or your mixer. I haven't really tested the tuner except it can't hear my electric without amplification so it isn't super sensitive to sound. I use a pedal tuner so the metronome is more important to me. Note that there are TWO virtual needles for the display. One indicates tuning and the other indicates metronome swings, if just using one of the two settings the virtual needles "attach" and work as one. One improvement I'd like to see is with the need swing, when it goes all the way to one side it would be nice if the needle image had a different shape so you could see it has swung all the way. No biggie because the button lights up and flashes to tempo too. As far as other things I'd love if they were added is a strobe style readout, I prefer strobe type tuners, when you use one, you will know if it's for you also. With strobes, as the "spin" decelerates you know you are getting closer to being in tune. The old real strobe tuners are still the best there is, some people don't understand how they work so read about them! The display can be dark, illuminated, or increased illuminated, but even at the lower illumination it is fairly bright except maybe in sunlight and illumination isn't needed then! It has a pitch player that some might want, doesn't sound all that fancy but it works. It is supposed to offer improved battery economy, we will see, but if so, that is awesome. It uses 2 AAA batteries which were included. Manual says that the plug-in tuner jack will not work with TRS connectors, only with TS connectors, I've yet to check that out and there may be a justified reason for it. You can get a piezo clip-on pickup for tuning separately or buy the version of this that comes with it. Sold separately they aren't as easy to find and are much more expensive. There are also cases you can purchase for this thing, I may get one, but the nice thing is the on/off buttons are recessed so it is less likely for them to turn on in a pocket for instance. It is compact and yet large enough to have a reasonably sized display but it IS a monochrome display FWIW. Other than not being loud enough and not having a selection of beep tones, I like it, and the beep it does offer doesn't sound all too annoying, is quite tolerable. The headphone jack IS a 3.5mm jack, not a 1/4", so note that in case you need adapters. Two other things: The emphasis beep in the tempo, you cannot set it except for the first beat in a measure, IOW you can't have a deet beep deet beep or deet beep beep deet in your 4/4 time for instance. Also, the led flashes red only, it would be cool if it was a dual-color led, with a green flash for the emphasis beep. As far as the emphasis beeps, there are other tempos available so it won't be an issue except for certain beats. But don't get me wrong, all those added things would not only complicate things but increase the great price and they are all things, except it needing to be louder (I wouldn't let that keep me from getting it necessarily), that one can do without. In truth, it has a pretty complete set of features. I am glad I chose this and expect it to greatly improve my playing. The tuner accuracy is to 1 cent, whereas my strobe is accurate to .4 cents, but unless you are very sensitive or doing recording work, it hardly matters much. If you have a lot more money, of course, there are fancier pro-tools out there, but this will prove adequate for most professionals I would think. Other than the beep not going quite as loud as it should, the one thing is that it's not as sensitive with its mic as I'd like, you need a loud enough sound for it to sense. This is just with whistling so far.

As a professional musician, I've had many tuners and some good metronomes over the decades. My kid wants to play cello, so I bought a low budget branded tuner similar to this for him. It was a bit awkward - had to hold the buttons to change function or power, it did NOT do a metronome and tuner simultaneously (this is huge for string players learning!), and the screen, while it looked nice, had to be looked at directly to read it properly. I returned it and paid 2x for this, knowing 100% Korg is a better brand. This tuner rocks! Metronome and tuner at the same time is a huge feature. Single press buttons, nice volume, screen isn't flashy but it's clear and nice. It's nice the backlight option has a dim and bright option. My only gripe is the LEDs for showing if you're in tune are only one red one on each side of the green in-tune one for sharp or flat. The digital screen with needle is much finer details, but I noticed him looking at the LEDs first. Also the plastic shell is a bit slippery to grasp. Overall, buy this one!

This tuner-metronome combo is incredibly handy to keep in a gig bag. The tuner is accurate and easy to read, with a clear display that works well even in dim light. It picks up notes quickly, making tuning smooth and frustration-free. The built-in metronome is just as reliable, with adjustable tempos and a loud enough click to hear over practice sessions. Having both tools in one device saves space and makes it convenient to switch between tuning and timing on the fly. Battery life is solid, and the compact size makes it easy to take anywhere. A dependable, all-in-one tool for practice and performance.

I've used a lot of different metronomes: Taktells, seiko style, qwiktime, numorous card style metronomes, my teacher's dr beat which I loved (and was a major reason I chose to practice in his studio) and my mother's seth thomas electric metronome when I would come home. Of all of these, my favorite besides the dr beat was the seiko style ones. They were durable with one movable knob only, no display- nothing fancy to break down (the seiko one i used for teaching, I must have dropped a hundred times) - and they were loud! I'd leave one in a practice room or somewhere and it was no big loss. Those card style digital ones in particular were like 10 bucks anywhere 15 years ago! I've always been nervous to get an integrated metronome such as the one above because I figured the more features, the more possibilities for something to stop working. This has been sort of proven to me in my experiences with some of these integrated tuner/metronome combos. The only tuner I've ever owned, on the other hand, was my beloved korg CA-30. I had it for 15 years. Practiced intonation using the tone generator for an hour each day for something like 5-6 of those years. It never failed. In fact, I lost it last year during a move. I bought a few decent looking tone generators to try and replace it (I only use the tuner when setting up instruments, not when practicing), and finally picked this one up. It doesn't have any fancy roll wheels to change tempo (like that dr beat). In fact, on the surface, the design looks pretty clunky: It's a little large. Separate sides for both functions with dedicated buttons, no color display or anything, but i've gotten used to it and i really appreciate its design now. The metronome tap feature I use all the time and is quite accurate. I also like that when i turn it off and on, it returns to the tempo at which I had previously left it. That's a nice touch. There are beat subdivisions and you can set it to a few different meters. I don't really use any of those features much, but some will appreciate them in so portable a unit. It's pretty loud, though I wish it were a little louder and my main gripe on this side is that i can't track the tempo as subtly as i would like.. Sometimes, I'll click it up a hair and the tempo divisions seem to go between 3 and 4 bpm at around 50 bpm to 8 (!) at around 200 bpm. This is a minor inconvenience though. Taktells, for example have this lack of precision borne into the design. The tone generator is great, just like the one in the CA-30. In fact I don't remember that unit having a 3 octave range, which this does. Good strong square wave tone, great for practicing intonation drills. I can't comment on the tuner as I haven't used it yet but i'm sure it's just as fine as the one in my ca-30. It has an adjustable backlight so you can use it in poorly lit conditions, but the controls are so intuitive, you really shouldn't even need it other for just tuning. I haven't needed to change the provided batteries yet, in several weeks of use from an hour or two a day or more so i'd say it doesn't kill batteries quickly. Now, it's strange that this was the last of the metro/tuners that i bought given how well my previous Korg products seem to hold up but I'll just add that of the two other metro/tuners I've bought over the last year, this is the only one that still works. Granted, I've only used it heavily for a few weeks, but the first one i bought (using this forum- you might find my review online, i don't want to mention it here) died several months in. The second one, which i dropped some money on for a few more features failed as well and i was able to return it for store credit. There's, in short, a rash of cheaply made items about that have feature well above their ability to maintain those features. caveat emptor. If it looks too good to be true for the price, it probably is. Get the reliable one instead. Edit: Two years in and everything still works as it should. I think i did get around to changing the batteries but only once so far.. This is about the performance I expected. Good ol' KORG! Edit 2: Four years in and all is well. Looks brand new. Replaced the batteries twice, and I'm using rechargable eneloops (which i use all over the house) with no noticeable loss of performance.

I've had an earlier Korg model, and it lasted nearly 30 years! Finally died so I replaced with this new sleeker version. Still a good, reliable device and a reasonable price. I bought a carrying case for it - the original came with one! It goes with me everywhere - for private teaching, guest conducting, clinics, group sessions, sectionals and rehearsal. At home, it's there if I need it for practicing. I like using it rather than apps on my phone. I'll always vouch for Korg when it comes to portable tuners/metronomes.

Works well

This is a great combination device for the money. Tuner: You can set middle A anywhere you want from 410 to 480 Hz in single steps and it keeps the setting when powered off. I make and play folk instruments so the default 440 is fine for me, but if you play in an orchestra you'll appreciate being able to set middle A to 442 or almost anything else. Tuning is of course standard equal temperament. It responds well to both stringed and wind instruments and I had no trouble getting it to respond correctly to any acoustic instrument, including a cow bell. Resolution is 1 cent which is great at this price range. I make Irish whistles so it's more than I need (a whistle is mostly played by ear at this resolution). I was previously making my instruments with a tuner app but the TM-60 has helped explain some # anomalies I've been having with the bell note. I think the reason is that the tuner handles harmonics much better than phone apps. If you play a major chord on a guitar it will even identify the chord correctly, so really amazing. The one thing I don't like about the tuner is that it does not indicate the octave on the screen, but on the other hand if I can't get the octave right I'm doing something very wrong. In tone generator mode it does indicate the octave (A4, C5 etc) so it does have the display capability for that feature. The tone generator is a square wave, which I don't like much for my application but it keeps the price down, and I don't really need that feature very much. It also has sound back capabilities for electric instruments but I don't need and haven't used that feature. Sound back tone generates the note put into the jack, and does work. It kind of turns the device into an automatic tone generator, but no it does not indicate the octave when you use it that way either (I tried). The tuner always turns on with the tone generator and sound back features turned off. Metronome: When I read other reviews I was concerned that the metronome would not be loud enough. It's fine, I can hear it over a session whistle. It's not going to compete with a 50W guitar amplifier, but if that is your use case you will need to mix the output from the headphone jack into your sound. I think the reason for the strange volume control (from absolutely nothing to full on a log scale) is to match roughly with a wide range of input impedances (mic or line input for example). I will probably try this eventually. The default timing is in steps corresponding to classical music - eg andante is 80 to 108 bpm in steps of 4 bpm. If you want you can change it to single steps if you just have to set 90 bpm or something and the full range is 30 to 252 bpm. There's also a "tap tempo" button which works well, but it's more of a push button than a tap pad as the name would suggest. The tone is electronic (of course) but is more of a "bop" sound rather than the annoying "beep" or "cheep" (I hate those so much) you get with most phone apps. High tone is used for beat 1, low for all other beats. Bar timing is 1 to 9 beats, and rhythm timing is march, triplets, swing(blues), quicktime and swing quicktime. For single timing you can select 1 for high tones or 0 for low tones. The metronome remembers all settings on power off including the setting to adjust for single beats. The metronome has two visual indicators - a sweep needle on the screen with beats on each extreme swing (a mechanical metronome has beat on the centre) and a flashing LED under the tap tempo button which flashes on every beat. Other features: The stated battery life (2 AAA) is 130 hours with carbon zinc batteries, supplied. Using the backlight on low gives you about 55 hours so If you use the backlight a lot you might want to use alkaline batteries. It has an auto off feature when not in use for 20 minutes, which seems reasonable. If you are using it then it won't turn off. The backlight has three settings: off low and high (36 hour carbon battery life on high) but I've found the low setting to be fine in most low light situations. You don't really need the back light in good room lighting. It remembers the backlight setting on power off. The screen has an excellent viewing angle up/down, but a very narrow viewing angle left/right, so wherever you put it should be pointing straight at you if possible. I can see it fine whether it is on the floor or on a music stand. The screen shows all relevant information and settings with the exception of the octave in tuner mode as already stated. Interestingly you can use the tuner and metronome individually or both at the same time. When used together the needle for the metronome splits to have the tuner on the top and the metronome on the bottom. The metronome beat does not interfere with the tuner. Within the limitation of price this is an excellent combo device with great features. Korg did a great job with this and I can recommend it for your gig bag or practice room. If you need a better tuner you would have to pay for a lab grade instrument, and if you want a better metronome you should probably get a drum machine.

Partiamo dall’unica cosa che potrebbe essere migliore: il volume del suono come metronomo. Il volume come metronomo non è altissimo, ma non ne esiste un altro di dimensioni simili che suoni più forte e ne ho provati molti in vendita su amazon. Se cerchi un metronomo con un volume di suono altissimo l’unico è il Tama RW200 che è più grosso di tre volte e costa a memoria più del doppio di questo (ed è solo metronomo). Anche i Tama più piccoli suonano come questo. Come ACCORDATORE (tuner) non ha invece concorrenti per completezza e livello di funzionamento. - Rileva TUTTE le note che sente. In altri accordatori va impostato il tipo di strumento (chitarra, ukulele, ecc) e vengono mostrate solo le note delle corde dello strumento scelto. Questo Korg invece lo puoi tenere acceso mentre canti o suoni (ad esempio un violino) e ti mostrerà ogni nota che produci e ovviamente se è calante o crescente. Non indica la ottava della nota rilevata, ma personalmente la ritengo una funzione che non serve, lo segnalo soltanto. - funzione “Sound Back”. Scoperta per caso dopo tanto tempo dall’acquisto, ma è geniale. Se colleghi le cuffie viene generata e ti fa sentire la nota (intonata ! ) che stai suonando o cantando. Ottimo strumento di training o controllo se canti o suoni uno strumento ad arco. - Volume regolabile con “rotella” per i suoni generati di riferimento, facile e immediato. Vuoi accordare il La ad orecchio ? Fai suonare in un attimo il La (o qualunque altra nota) e accordi. - LCD con retroilluminazione regolabile su due livelli o spento. È un LCD che se c’è luce si vede benissimo anche senza retroilluminazione. - Ingresso Jack per strumenti “elettrici” o microfono. Attenzione che l’uscita cuffia non replica l’ingresso Jack. - Pulsanti fusici SU e GIU dedicati e sempre attivi per scegliere velocemente la nota generata (da C3 a C6) e per scegliere gli Hz di riferimento del LA 440Hz ( “range” da 410 a 480 Hz). - Metronomo e Tuner possono funzionare contemporaneamente. Sono indipendenti uno dall'altro e ognuno con i suoi tasti. Tuner a sinistra e metronomo a destra. - Robusto. Anche se lo tengo in una custodia per portarlo i giro, mi è caduto a terra qualche volta e non ha riportato danni. Certo, mi è andata bene ed è meglio stare attenti, però robusto lo è. In conclusione uno strumento da consigliare assolutamente. Brava Korg !

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Small portable You can tune alot of instrument using it it's priced cheep but great quality for a small tuner it's pretty straight foward to use and really acurate function as is should it even has a metronome and headphone jack it has good quality coming out it too