.TH JACK_METRO "1" "July 2019" "0-125-0rc1"
.SH NAME
jack_metro \- JACK toolkit metronome
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBjack_metro\fR [ \fI-n\fR name ] [ \fI-f\fR hz ] [ \fI-D\fR msecs ] [\fI-a\fR % ] [ \fI-d\fR % ] \fI-b\fR bpm 
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBjack_metro\fR is a simple metronome for JACK. It generates a
synthetic "tick" sound for every beat. Note that is does \fBnot\fR
connect its output port by default - to hear the sound it makes you must
connect them using some other tool.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB-n\fR, \fB--name\fR
.br
Specify a name for this instance of the metronome.
.TP
\fB-f\fR, \fB--frequency\fR Hz
.br
Define the frequency of the "tick" in Hz.
.TP
\fB-D\fR, \fB--duration\fR msecs
.br
Define the duration of the "tick" in milliseconds.
.TP
\fB-a\fR, \fB--attack\fR %-age
.br
Define the duration of the attack phase of the "tick" as a percentage
of the duration.
.TP
\fB-d\fR, \fB--decay\fR %-age
.br
Define the duration of the decay phase of the "tick" as a percentage
of the duration.
.TP
\fB--b\fR, \fB--bpm\fR bpm
.br
Define the number of beats per minute.
.SH AUTHOR
Anthony Van Groningen