KORGKDM-3 Digital Metronome w/ Memory Backup and Auto Power-Off Function - Black

This is a must have in your music gear. Great tool for my practice routine.

Absolutely excellent metronome. I did quite a bit of research to find the perfect metronome for my guitar playing and this is what I found. It has a really nice premium feel/look and doesn't look out of place at all on my piano or on my coffee table in my music room. It's a bit more expensive than most electronic metronomes but completely worth it. I couldn't find a mechanical one that was any good so this is the next best thing.

Excellent product and great quality!

I like everything about this metronome except for the visibility of the LCD. I'm not using it in an incredibly well-lit room and without a backlit LCD, it's difficult to see. I love the rest of the functionality of this metronome but I'm gonna replace it with something with a lit display.

The Metronome is small and easy to use.

I only post reviews if a product is terrible or if it is really excellent. This metronome is perfect. I have purchased several others over the years, including a small digital one recently that makes the most annoying beep sound. I have a Seiko metronome that makes a nice click sound, but the numbers on the dial are difficult to read, and the on-off switch is very small and awkward to use. It means that you pretty much leave the metronome going between practice songs, clicking away, driving you crazy. The Korg KDM-3 is well-designed in every way. You turn it on in standby mode with a little button on the side, and then you can make all your adjustments. One large button on top makes it start keeping time, and you touch that button again to stop it. The light that flashes at the set tempo is inside that large button, which makes it easy to click it off in a darkened room. The digital readout on the front is large and easy to read, and yet the metronome is not large overall. It is about half the size of an old wood wind-up metronome. There is a choice of different click sounds, excellent volume range, and tempo adjustment by single numbers instead of larger steps. This metronome is pricey compared to many others, but it is an excellent example of how you usually do get what you pay for. I recommend it without reservations. It is the perfect metronome.

I received this 7/19/2018 to add to my other Korg KDM-2 which I bought in September 2010. Using it the first time I like this Metronome as it is simple to use, you don't really need to read the directions it is that simple to use.It is a good quality With batteries the Korg KDM-2 weights 196 grams, 6.9oz and the KDM-3 is 160 grams 5.65oz which really doesn't make any difference. KDM-3 is 4 3/8" high and 2 1/8" wide.It is plenty loud enough for general use. The face does not light up. The batteries are a little hard to remove but you can get them out. It is a little smaller than what I thought it was going to be. No hissing noises.NOTE: Just as with the KDM-2 the KDM-3 will not work if you use Duracell Quantum aaa batteries. For some reason, they just won't work. I don't know what other ones won't either. I wonder how many people put new batteries in their Korg and it would not work so they threw it out? I just about did that.The only thing so far that I don't care for is the flashing light on top. I use mine with just the light flashing at times and the light is not as big, lower profile, as the one on the KDM-2 but it still usable.Update: 08/21/2022 I am still using this and it is working as it should and I still like this metronome. I still give it a five star rating.

We used this for less than 5 months and it died. Thought it was the batteries, but no--it died. Since it is sold via Amazon, Amazon says past the return window. Trying to contact vendor. UPDATE: Contacted the seller via their website and they promptly sent out a replacement. Will update when received. This has gone from a 1 star to a 3 star and will be at 5 star if the item arrives and is usable.