How to keep time(metronome)?

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Hi all,

I am trying to create a metronome/tuner app(first app btw), working on the metronome part first. I have some Java experience and am new to Swift. I have gone through the how to build an app series on Youtube.

I’ve read through this: https://codewithchris.com/avaudioplayer-tutorial/ so I understand how to play a sound, just not how to play it repetitively and be able to change the bpm.

So I looked online and found this page: https://musicalogic.wordpress.com/2016/01/17/a-very-accurate-ios-metronome-based-on-the-amazing-audio-engine-and-pure-data/.

Once I got here, I just got confused. What are The Amazing Audio Engine (TAAE), Pure Data (PD), and libPD? Do I need to learn these in order to create a metronome? If not, what would be the best way?

Thanks for any help anybody can give.

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Those look like 3rd papery libraries you can import into your app. Rather than build it from scratch