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"I love this machine and I'm using it as a click track on my next CD.  It will be much better for recording than anything else I have used." (translated from Spanish)

Jose Fernandez Torres (Tomatito)

"An excellent tool for any aspiring and professional musician to perfect the rhythmical qualities in their music. Its compact size and loud volume make it perfect for me to take on tour."

Miguel De La Bastide
Miguel is one of the worlds foremost flamenco guitarists and has several tracks on the excellent Nirada compilation Fire and Grace with Tomatito and others.

"The MundoBeat Metronome is a remarkable teaching and learning device. My students working with MundoBeat have learned to perform difficult flamenco rhythms in a fraction of the time of those left to their own devices. Nothing I've seen — short of a studio filled with mean-spirited flamenco dancers — can impart the complexities of compás as well as the MundoBeat Metronome"

Dennis Koster
author of "The Keys to Flamenco Guitar".

"I had been searching for what seemed like an eternity for a metronome that was easy to use, versatile, with enough volume to be useful for my flamenco studies and composing. Imagine my surprise when I discovered your amazing and valuable tool on the internet. Now I'm addicted... my Mundobeat is always with me for practicing, composing, recording, and touring. In fact, we used the Mondobeat exclusively as the basic click track on our last PolyGram CD, Badi Assad - Chameleon with stellar results! Since we mix rhythms from diverse cultures in our music, the pre-programmed world-beat rhythms feature is especially useful. It's like having a really portable drum machine plus it fits right in my guitar case, so even if we're on a song-writing sabbatical in the Brazilian rainforest, we can still have great rhythms for jammin'. This year, the Mundobeat has really sparked some creativity for Badi and myself as we compose our forthcoming 2000 CD "For the Wild at Heart Kept In Cages." Hey, does this mean we are gonna owe you song writing royalties? All joking aside, thanks for having the foresight and creativity to introduce such a great device. For any musician concerned about rhythm, phrasing, and actually playing in time... the Mundobeat is a bare necessity! Sincerely, Jeff Scott Young."

Jeff Scott Young
Jeff is a guitarist, composer, and producer for Badi Assad Menagerie.

"You have developed an invaluable tool that does two essential services. Tempo Control, usually done with a metronome and AND Phrase illustrator, usually only posseble with a drum machine. Most valuable of all is that anyone can simply program a personal type of phrase shape which enables the player to hear a particular type of articulation exactly and perfectly over and over again - enabling him to grasp the concept and possebilities available to him once this is mastered. The strength of phrase delineating is not in its capability to show you uyour mistakes, but in its powerful illustration of what your idea can REALLY do.

Guillermo Rios
Guillermo is one of the worlds foremost flamenco players who studied under Pepe Habichuela and has available several exellent flamenco Puro CDs. We highly reccomend his teaching videos to anyone wishing to learn flamenco, or improve their flamenco skills.

"The Mundobeat programmable metronome is a wonderful tool for learning and practicing Flamenco or any other complex worldbeat rhythms. It is compact in size and very flexible and I would recommend it to anyone."

Ottmar Liebert
Nouveau Flamenco Guitarist, Producer Luna Negra Music, Inc.

"I am writing to thank you for sending me your wonderful metronome Months ago, having been out late at a juerga, I came home to find your package waiting in my front hall. I was exhausted, having already played all night, but that could not keep me from playing with the mundobeat until dawn. I was so enthralled with this little device that before I realized it, the sun had come up, a new day had begun (the Mundobeat) has been invaluable helping me as I have been writing a fandango for my next album."

Jesse Cook

"The Losada brothers feel this machine is an easy to use, and helpful tool, and an important contribution to the learning of flamenco. "

Tito Losada and his brothers
The Losada brothers have several flamenco CDs, and are currently touring with Paco Peña.

"The MundoBeat Metronome has created a new level of my playing."

K.C. Morris
K.C. Morris has performed and recorded with Brad Gillis of Nightranger as well as Danny Chancey, Mark McGee of Greg Allmans band, Vic Senecola and is currently working with Wayne Wesley Johnson.

"James. The MundoBeat Metronome is too cool."

Wayne Wesley Johnson
Wayne played drums for Les Paul and is currently a flamenco and jazz guitarist.

"The MundoBeat has improved my personal practice by waking up the steady sense of time that occurs inside me, and by enabling me to study and learn new and exciting styles of music. In our world of disposable gadgetry, the MundoBeat is truly a useful tool for serious musicians."

Sue Foley
Sue is a world renowned blues guitar player and singer/songwriter who is currently studying flamenco.

"Once you 'get it' you can quickly and easily program any rhythm you need. Then tap in the tempo, you don't have to know where to set the speed. I feel my timing has improved, even in the few times I've used it. As well, I have internalized complex rhythms much faster. And there's a bonus!, it keeps my 2 year old son entertained for hours."

Tony D.
Tony is a world class blues artist with 4 CDs available over Europe and North america as well several instructional videos. More can be seen at Tony's web site.

"What an exciting innovation, a programmable metronome! VKO's MundoBeat is a real musical aide eliminating the redundancy (click, click, click) of standard metronomes. It's flexible, programmable features can reduce the learning curve of irregular meters and complex world rhythms to a matter of minutes allowing one to feel the pulse in their musical soul. VKO Realtime is to be highly commended. They have even preprogrammed over 50 of the world's most complex rhythms. This amazing device can be used in a multiplicity of ways, for example, Big Band Swing has become the new thing. Programming four beats with the accents used on 2 & 4 (similar to what a drummer plays with his High Hat) allows one to expediate the learning of the Swing Feel. Another example would be to use the device in reading complex 16th note groupings by programming eight beats and doubling the time value, one will simply be able to improve their sight reading skills to a higher proficiency. This technique was used by many great LA Studio musicians (Howard Roberts, Carol Kaye and Tommy Tedesco). The VKO MundoBeat is a must for every practicing musician. MundoBeat puts the music back into the metronome! "

Anthony Smith
Anthony is a noted product specialist/technical advisor with many of today's top guitar and effects manufacturers. He has appeared throughout the world with many of the guitar greats of this generation displaying his knowledge of the instrument and his ability to perform a multitude of musical styles.

"When programmed the MundoBeat has enormous potential."

Juan Martin
Juan is a world-renowned flamenco guitarist, and produces some of the world's best flamenco instructional material.