Metronome Setup

You can make settings for the metronome in the Metronome Setup dialog.

Metronome Options Section

In the Use Click section, the following options are available:

In Record: Allows you to activate the metronome click during recording.
In Play: Allows you to activate the metronome click during playback.
In Precount: Allows you to activate a musical count-in that is played when you start recording from stop mode.

In the Precount Options section, the following options are available:

Precount Bars: Allows you to set the number of bars that the metronome counts in before recording starts.
Use Project Count Base: Activate this to let the metronome play one click per beat according to the project count base.
Use Count Base: Activate this to set the rhythm of the metronome. For example, setting this to 1/8, gives you eighth notes (two clicks per beat).
Use Time Sign. at Rec. Start Time: Activate this to let the precount automatically use the time signature and tempo set at the position where recording starts.
Use Time Sign. at Project Time: Activate this to let the precount use the time signature set on the tempo track and apply any tempo changes on the tempo track during the precount.
Use Signature: Allows you to set a time signature for the precount. In this mode, tempo changes on the tempo track do not affect the precount.

In the Click Outputs section, the following options are available:

Activate MIDI Click: Allows you to activate the MIDI click.
MIDI Port/Channel: Allows you to select a MIDI output and channel for the MIDI click. You can also select a VST instrument previously set up in the VST Instruments window.
Hi Note/Velocity: Allows you to set the MIDI note number and velocity value for the first beat in a bar, the high note.
Lo Note/Velocity: Allows you to set the MIDI note number and velocity for the other beats, the low notes.
Activate Audio Click: Allows you to activate the audio click that sounds via the audio hardware.
Beeps: Allows you to activate beeps generated by the program. Adjust the pitch and level of the beeps for the Hi (first) beat and Lo (other) beats using the sliders below.
Sounds: Allows you to load audio files for the Hi and Lo metronome sounds in the Sound fields below. The sliders set the level of the click.