--- product_id: 83175827 title: "BOSS DB-30 Digital Metronome, Portable, Ruggedly Built, and Packed with fun Play-Along patterns and Reference Tuning" brand: "boss" price: "£185.78" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/83175827-boss-db-30-digital-metronome-portable-ruggedly-built-and-packed store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Wide Rhythm Patterns Memory Function for Tempos Tap Tempo & Stopwatch BOSS DB-30 Digital Metronome, Portable, Ruggedly Built, and Packed with fun Play-Along patterns and Reference Tuning **Brand:** boss **Price:** £185.78 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎶 Stay in the groove, never miss a beat with BOSS DB-30! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** BOSS DB-30 Digital Metronome, Portable, Ruggedly Built, and Packed with fun Play-Along patterns and Reference Tuning by boss - **How much does it cost?** £185.78 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/83175827-boss-db-30-digital-metronome-portable-ruggedly-built-and-packed) ## Best For - boss enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted boss brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Save Your Flow:** Memory function stores independent tempos for each song—never lose your groove. - • **Tune Like a Pro:** Standard Pitch function ensures your instrument is perfectly in tune every time. - • **Create & Customize:** Note-Mixing function lets you craft original rhythms tailored to your style. - • **Master Your Timing:** Tap Tempo, Timer & Stopwatch keep your practice precise and on point. - • **Groove with Variety:** Choose from diverse rhythm patterns like waltz, bossa nova, and 8-beat grooves to elevate your sessions. ## Overview The BOSS DB-30 Digital Metronome is a rugged, portable timekeeper designed for musicians who demand precision and versatility. Featuring a backlit display, a wide variety of play-along rhythm patterns, customizable note-mixing, and memory storage for multiple tempos, it also includes tap tempo, timer, stopwatch, and standard pitch tuning functions. Lightweight and battery-powered, it’s perfect for professional practice sessions and creative rhythm exploration. ## Description The new DB-60 is priced to please, yet it doesn’t disappoint in the feature department. This handy little timekeeper can lay down the click in style. For practicing a particular song, it’s important to set the metronome to match the feel of the song, so along with the basic metronome functions, the DB-60 offers a variety of rhythm patterns such as 8-beat grooves, waltz, bossa nova, and more. Review: A Pianist's Perspective - If you're learning to play the piano, then a decent metronome is something that you cannot do without. Most pianists tend to prefer the classic wooden wind-up variety, and having listened to the sounds that are produced by most of the cheaper electronic metronomes out there, I can understand why. There's nothing that can beat the timeless "donk-donk-donk-ding!" sound of a traditional metronome... or is there? Enter the Boss DB-90 digital metronome, made by Roland. Instead of producing cheap-sounding digital beeps, the DB-90 actually plays back recorded samples of a traditional wooden metronome. The traditional metronome pendulum is also simulated on the LCD screen via a series of lines that give the illusion of a moving pendulum, whilst two red LEDs just above the screen flash in time with the beat. In spite of looking quite complicated, the DB-90 is actually very easy to operate. Press the "Power" button to turn it on, then press the "Beat/Pattern" button (bottom row on the left) and rotate the big orange knob to select the number of beats per bar (displayed on the screen under "STYLE"). Now press "Tempo" and rotate the big orange knob to select the number of beats per minute. Then press the big "Start/Stop" button to start the metronome. Now you can have some fun with the sliders. The first slider controls the volume of the bell; the second slider controls the volume of the beat; and the next three sliders allow you to sound eighth-notes, sixteenth-notes and triplets. You'll probably not want to use these very much, but they're there if you ever need them. The last slider is the overall volume control. This metronome has plenty of volume to it, so if you're playing a digital piano, you'll probably be only using 30% volume. Want to try using a different sound for your metronome? No problem. Pressing "Voice" allows you to use the big orange knob to scroll through the four built-in voices. In addition to the standard "wooden" tone, there is a higher-pitched tone, a lower-pitched tone and a human "counting" voice. The DB-90 includes a backlight for the screen, but pressing the "Light" button only turns it on for 5 seconds. If you want the backlight to remain on, you'll first have to press the "power" button to turn the unit off, then hold down the "light" button whilst pressing the "power" button again to turn the unit back on. The backlight will now remain on until you switch the unit off. You can do this any time you like without worrying about losing your rhythm settings, because everything is saved to memory automatically. In terms of connectivity, the BD-90 has it all. There are two headphone sockets (3.5mm and 6.35mm), a 6.35mm socket for you to connect a start/stop footswitch, a 6.35mm 2-way socket for you to change the rhythm memories (up/down) with your foot via another special footswitch. There are also some input sockets, including a MIDI-in, although this probably goes beyond what most people will actually use. Once you've started using this metronome as part of your daily music practice, you'll probably want to buy a power supply for it, because it chews through batteries quite quickly. Only three small negatives: (1) Roland wired this metronome to switch seamlessly to using battery power in the event of a cable disconnection or a power failure. Whilst I can understand why they have done this, it also means that if you connect your DB-90 to an external power supply, and then you forget to turn your power supply on, the unit will continue to operate normally, but using battery power instead. This feature might result in you going through more batteries than you intended. (2) The metronome has 50 user memories so that you can save and recall your favourite rhythms. However, when you change the battery, all your user memories get reset, and there is no way of backing up your data. (3) The pull-out plastic stand at the back of the unit feels a bit flimsy. When deciding which metronome is right for you, certain challenging questions will need to be asked. Is it really worth paying £105 for a complicated-looking digital metronome that requires its own separate power supply when you can buy a traditional wood-effect wind-up one (complete with bell) for under £30? I wrestled with this dilemma myself, and I chose to go digital. Your choice might be different to mine, but the most important thing is to buy a metronome that you can live with, and which makes your daily music practice a more enjoyable experience. Review: Love it - Nice piece of kit. Have bought electronic metronomes before but don't like the beeps. This has the option of sounding like a standard wind up metronome, which I prefer. The rhythm part of it is awesome. If you want a quality product & can afford it don't hesitate, just buy it, you won't be disappointed. ## Features - Wide variety of rhythm patterns to play along with - Quickly create original rhythm patterns with the Note-Mixing function - Loop Play for calling up memory settings and playing the patterns repeatedly - Memory function for storing independent tempos for each song - Tap Tempo, Timer, and Stopwatch functions - Standard Pitch function for tuning instruments - Backlit display ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B000EMPR16 | | Amperage | 300 Milliamps | | Audio Output Effects | Loop | | Best Sellers Rank | 12,087 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 42 in Metronomes | | Brand | BOSS | | Brand Name | BOSS | | Colour | Black | | Controls Type | Push Button | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 897 Reviews | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00761294086667, 04957054086664 | | Hardware Interface | Headphone | | Item Type Name | Digital Metronome | | Item Weight | 0.15 Kilograms | | Item height | 0.88 inches | | Item weight | 0.15 Kilograms | | Manufacturer | BOSS | | Power Source | Battery Powered | | Product Warranty | 1 year. | | Signal Format | Digital | | Style | DB-30 | | UPC | 750408387424 761294086667 123456833227 333335559999 | | Voltage | 9 Volts | ## Product Details - **Brand:** BOSS - **Style:** DB-60 - **Colour:** Black - **Item weight:** 0.15 Kilograms - **Voltage:** 9 Volts ## Images ![BOSS DB-30 Digital Metronome, Portable, Ruggedly Built, and Packed with fun Play-Along patterns and Reference Tuning - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dYZKpGmDL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Style** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Pianist's Perspective *by M***M on 13 March 2015* If you're learning to play the piano, then a decent metronome is something that you cannot do without. Most pianists tend to prefer the classic wooden wind-up variety, and having listened to the sounds that are produced by most of the cheaper electronic metronomes out there, I can understand why. There's nothing that can beat the timeless "donk-donk-donk-ding!" sound of a traditional metronome... or is there? Enter the Boss DB-90 digital metronome, made by Roland. Instead of producing cheap-sounding digital beeps, the DB-90 actually plays back recorded samples of a traditional wooden metronome. The traditional metronome pendulum is also simulated on the LCD screen via a series of lines that give the illusion of a moving pendulum, whilst two red LEDs just above the screen flash in time with the beat. In spite of looking quite complicated, the DB-90 is actually very easy to operate. Press the "Power" button to turn it on, then press the "Beat/Pattern" button (bottom row on the left) and rotate the big orange knob to select the number of beats per bar (displayed on the screen under "STYLE"). Now press "Tempo" and rotate the big orange knob to select the number of beats per minute. Then press the big "Start/Stop" button to start the metronome. Now you can have some fun with the sliders. The first slider controls the volume of the bell; the second slider controls the volume of the beat; and the next three sliders allow you to sound eighth-notes, sixteenth-notes and triplets. You'll probably not want to use these very much, but they're there if you ever need them. The last slider is the overall volume control. This metronome has plenty of volume to it, so if you're playing a digital piano, you'll probably be only using 30% volume. Want to try using a different sound for your metronome? No problem. Pressing "Voice" allows you to use the big orange knob to scroll through the four built-in voices. In addition to the standard "wooden" tone, there is a higher-pitched tone, a lower-pitched tone and a human "counting" voice. The DB-90 includes a backlight for the screen, but pressing the "Light" button only turns it on for 5 seconds. If you want the backlight to remain on, you'll first have to press the "power" button to turn the unit off, then hold down the "light" button whilst pressing the "power" button again to turn the unit back on. The backlight will now remain on until you switch the unit off. You can do this any time you like without worrying about losing your rhythm settings, because everything is saved to memory automatically. In terms of connectivity, the BD-90 has it all. There are two headphone sockets (3.5mm and 6.35mm), a 6.35mm socket for you to connect a start/stop footswitch, a 6.35mm 2-way socket for you to change the rhythm memories (up/down) with your foot via another special footswitch. There are also some input sockets, including a MIDI-in, although this probably goes beyond what most people will actually use. Once you've started using this metronome as part of your daily music practice, you'll probably want to buy a power supply for it, because it chews through batteries quite quickly. Only three small negatives: (1) Roland wired this metronome to switch seamlessly to using battery power in the event of a cable disconnection or a power failure. Whilst I can understand why they have done this, it also means that if you connect your DB-90 to an external power supply, and then you forget to turn your power supply on, the unit will continue to operate normally, but using battery power instead. This feature might result in you going through more batteries than you intended. (2) The metronome has 50 user memories so that you can save and recall your favourite rhythms. However, when you change the battery, all your user memories get reset, and there is no way of backing up your data. (3) The pull-out plastic stand at the back of the unit feels a bit flimsy. When deciding which metronome is right for you, certain challenging questions will need to be asked. Is it really worth paying £105 for a complicated-looking digital metronome that requires its own separate power supply when you can buy a traditional wood-effect wind-up one (complete with bell) for under £30? I wrestled with this dilemma myself, and I chose to go digital. Your choice might be different to mine, but the most important thing is to buy a metronome that you can live with, and which makes your daily music practice a more enjoyable experience. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love it *by A***R on 17 July 2020* Nice piece of kit. Have bought electronic metronomes before but don't like the beeps. This has the option of sounding like a standard wind up metronome, which I prefer. The rhythm part of it is awesome. If you want a quality product & can afford it don't hesitate, just buy it, you won't be disappointed. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The missing piece *by H***L on 28 September 2024* As someone who practices guitar (electric) a lot this was the missing piece of equipment. To be able to get up at 5.00 am and plug my guitar stright into this metronome , plug the headphones in as well and be practicing in seconds with a fully controlable backing rythm without disturbing anybody is superb. I have a digital studio on my PC (FL Stuio), two really good amplifiers, keyboard controller and a set of drum pads yet I am continually reaching for the BOSS DB-90 for those 10 to 15 minute practibes where you don't want to do a full setup. As is usual these day you have to buy a mains supply adaptor seperately but the battery lasts well so this isn't to much of a hassle. Case and controls are plastic but I am happy with that as they seem robust enough. I am an electronics engineer and I can tell within seconds if a bit of kit is well made or not I will admit I thought twice abou paying the asking price for this but now i've got it I am glad I did. 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