---
name: "drumstick-metronome"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "drumstick"
version: "2.11.1-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/drumstick-metronome"
---

# drumstick-metronome(1)

A Drumstick command line utility for playing a metronome pattern.

## NAME

drumstick-metronome - A Drumstick command line utility for playing a metronome pattern.

## SYNOPSIS

**drumstick-metronome** \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

This program is a Drumstick example and utility program. You can use it to play a MIDI metronome pattern.

## ARGUMENTS

The following arguments are required:

**-p\|--port=** client:port

An ALSA client:port specification that will be subscribed in order to send MIDI events to it. The client portion can be a number or a name, like in "20:0" or "KMidimon:0".

The following arguments are optional:

**-b\|--bpm=** BPM

Tempo in beats per minute. Default is 120 BPM.

**-h\|--help**

Prints a summary of the command-line options and exit.

**-v\|--version**

Prints the program version number and exit.

## LICENSE

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation, considering as source code any files used for the production of this manpage.

## SEE ALSO

[**drumstick-dumpmid**(1)](/drumstick-dumpmid/1.md), [**drumstick-playsmf**(1)](/drumstick-playsmf/1.md)

## AUTHOR

**Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas** \<plcl@users.sf.net\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2010-2024 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas\