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

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!

The Metronome is small and easy to use.

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.

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.

This is a great metronome and does everything that it claims that it does. There is no problem with batteries as a previous reviewer mentioned. There is also no hiss as other previous reviewers mentioned. I really wish people would be truthful in their reviews. My guess is that these bad reviews are competitors ... which is really sad and also infuriating. It really makes it difficult for the rest of us to accurately determine whether a product is great or not. Korg has made a great product here that does everything that it is supposed to do. I would 100% recommend this product to anyone looking for a metronome. It has several different beat option, several different sound options, and best of all it is just a metronome! It doesn't have a built in tuner to complicate the screen and make the controls 100 times more difficult. It just does what it was made for. I don't work for Korg nor have I ever purchased one of their products. I just want people to know that I actually purchased this product, it is great, and the bad reviews for this product are completely and totally false. Feel free to contact me with any questions as I would love to answer them.

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.