The metronome provides a count for each beat in a measure, helping you stay in sync with your project's tempo. You can choose to have the metronome sound during recording, playback, or both, or you can turn it off entirely.
Enabling/Disabling the Metronome
To enable/disable the metronome, click the Metronome button or press K on your keyboard.
Configuring Metronome Settings
To configure the metronome, click the drop-down menu next to the Metronome button to access the metronome settings panel.
- Click specifies when the metronome should be enabled:
- Recording turns on the metronome during recording. The metronome button will be red when enabled.
- Playback turns on the metronome during playback. The metronome button will be green when enabled.
- Both enables the metronome for both recording and playback. The metronome button will be blue when enabled.
- Levels adjust the click levels for strong and weak beats:
- Strong: Set the gain for the first beat of each measure.
- Weak: Set the gain for all other beats.
- Sound choose the metronome sound from the available options:
- Metronome: The classic metronome sound.
- Hi Hat: A hi-hat cymbal sound for a sharper click.
- Rock Beat: A solid rock-style beat for a more driving rhythm.
- 4 on the Floor: A four-on-the-floor kick drum sound.
- More Cowbell: A cowbell sound that adds some extra flair.
- Output Level: adjusts the metronome's volume.
- Output: select the output bus or hardware device for the metronome.
- TAP: Click the TAP button to tap the desired tempo. Then press Apply to set the tapped tempo, or press ESC to cancel.
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