perMUbeat

perMUbeat is a lightweight application that can be used to create sounds beats and generally, music.

perMUbeat is an essential tool for any drummer, percussionist, music educator, and others interested in making and hearing beats. It is the perfect product to develop coordination between the hands and feet. By utilizing an intuitive beat entry interface, drumset beats are easily entered.

Designed to expand your rhythmic creativity, the app creates beat patterns derived from ALL mathematical possibilities based upon the beat you enter. Enter a beat, listen to it played for you, and then select (i.e., create a permutation) of that beat to hear and see a variation of your original beat. As a side benefit, the beats are also displayed in musical notation.

The interface is playful and full of color, but it should strictly to the art itself by respecting the methodical process, without deviation. So don't be fooled by the UI's style, as you have to produce notes and determine the tempo, permutations, etc.

To sum it up, perMUbeat is a neat tool that can come in handy for drummers especially, due to its capabilities of producing beats while improving the hand-feet coordination.