Ten drill engines that
each fix a specific timing problem.

A metronome keeps time. It will never tell you what to work on. These ten do — each engine aims the click at one timing skill and trains it with progressive difficulty, from internal clock to polyrhythm independence. All ten free.

DrumShed drill catalog on iPad

03 · Harness the click

Every drill, explained

Pick an engine and go. The drill runs itself while you keep your eyes on the kit — and every setting on these screens is yours to change.

Basic metronome configuration
Basic Metronome

The foundation. Clean click with subdivision control, accent patterns, and tempo ramping.

Internal clock drill configuration
Internal Clock

The metronome drops out for bars at a time. You keep playing. It comes back — were you still in time?

Click displacement drill configuration
Click Displacement

The click shifts off the downbeat — to the &, e, or a. Forces you to feel the pulse, not just follow it.

Polyrhythm drill configuration
Polyrhythm

Two independent rhythms stacked. Eight preset ratios like 3:2, 4:3, 5:4 — or dial in anything from 1–16 against 1–16.

Time signature builder configuration
Time Signature Builder

Odd meters up to 13/8 — 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 11/8 — with your own 2s-and-3s groupings.

Tempo builder configuration
Tempo Builder

Start slow, end fast. Automatic tempo ramps with configurable increments and target BPM.

Accent placement drill configuration
Accent Placement

Practice placing accents on specific beats and subdivisions. Essential for musicality.

Dynamic control drill configuration
Dynamic Control

Play at different volume levels on cue. Build control over your dynamic range.

Feel transitions drill configuration
Feel Transitions

Switch between straight, swing, and shuffle feels mid-drill. Master the transitions that trip up most drummers.

Pocket drill configuration
Pocket

The click drags or rushes the backbeat — or everything around an anchored back beat — in discrete steps. Sit against a click that grooves instead of one that sits dead on the grid.

All ten are free — no card, not a timed trial.

Drill configurations

A glimpse of the knobs — for the full tour of what each engine can be bent into, see custom drum drills.

Internal clock drill configuration
Internal Clock
Click displacement drill configuration
Click Displacement
Polyrhythm drill configuration
Polyrhythm
Tempo builder configuration
Tempo Builder
Basic metronome configuration
Basic Metronome

All ten timing drills are free.

Not a trial, not a preview. The metronome underneath is complete — no limits, nothing held back — and all ten drills that aim it ship in the free app, with hands-free sessions and your full drill history, stats and streaks. No ads, no card, not a timed trial. A subscription only comes in when you want to build your own beats and fills, publish them, or use the AI co-pilot.

Every drummer needs
a home base.

Fix your timing one drill at a time.