Snark SM-1 Touch Screen Metronome

I love this little metronome. It is loud enough to practice a mandolin, banjo, fiddle, guitar, whistle, etc. Usually on it's lowest volume. On it's highest volume a band of acoustic musicians can all hear it while jamming. It has the old fashioned (0) rhythm setting that mimics the old pendulum metronomes. It also offers many other timings like swing, and 9/4. I especially enjoy the eighth note setting for playing bluegrass quickies.

Having used an older metronome in the past I was very pleasantly surprised with this metronome's ease of use. I'm now totally spoiled!
Multiple sound choice is a huge plus, as is the touch screen. Kudos to Strings By Mail for offering the Snark Touch, and even including an extra cover to add to the pure fun of owning this metronome.

Even at the lowest volume level, the sound was too hot. Also bad is the volume level adjust must step through it's highest level before going back to minimum. I wanted this metronome for classical guitar practice but those in the house can hear it click through the walls. I love my Snark tuner but this device is a major disappointment. I give a star for having a nice graphic menu. (Yes I've tried putting tape over the speaker. It is ok from under a pillow).

Overall, a very good product and inexpensive too / it can get loud enough for the band to hear and I like the 'tap-tap' feature to get within range of a desired tempo and then use the plus-minus to fine tune it / only negative is that the volume cannot go from mute-to-low and directly back-to-mute without first climbing all the way up through the steps to max volume (quite loud, as mentioned) and then descending back down all of the volume steps to mute / would be better to have a plus-minus volume control (like the fine tempo control) or have a physical thumb-wheel instead of being touch-screen for this one feature