Getting Started

Tempo Tapper opens with a large tapping surface, manual tempo controls, delay-time calculations, and—when enabled—a MIDI Clock panel. The main screen never scrolls, so a swipe or moving finger cannot accidentally shift the interface while you tap.

Your first measurement

1. Tap the large center surface along with the beat.
2. Continue for several steady taps. The first estimate appears quickly, then becomes smoother as more regular intervals are available.
3. Watch the stability dots below the BPM.
4. When Tempo Tapper is confident, the BPM changes color and the display shows Locked.

Once locked, additional touches do not change the tempo. Tap Clear in the top-left corner to unlock the display and begin a new measurement.

Main-screen controls

• Clear: discards the current tap sequence and unlocks the BPM.
• Minus and Plus: adjust the result by one BPM before it locks. Touch and hold either control for a 0.1 BPM adjustment.
• Set Exact: enter a known tempo from 20 to 400 BPM.
• Delay Times: shows common musical note values in milliseconds.
• MIDI Clock: starts or stops clock output to selected CoreMIDI destinations.
• Settings: opens appearance, tapping, session, MIDI, help, support, privacy, and version options.

The visual walkthrough

The walkthrough appears once on a new installation and can be skipped immediately. To see it again, open Settings > Getting Started. Replaying it does not reset your BPM or change any settings.

Next, read Measuring and Locking Tempo for details about the confidence system.