Yesterday I posted a video on how to create a click track in Pro Tools. Today I want to show you how to take a click track and assign it to whatever sound you want using Xpand!, a virtual instrument that ships with Pro Tools.
What other click track tricks do you use? Leave a comment!
Thanks for this great idea. I just started recording and am currently using GarageBand for my DAW but am considering something else so any recommendation for something reasonably priced would be great. That said, GB has a metronome but it does not get inserted as a track. I was thinking about creating a MIDI instrument track and using the kick for a few measures and then copying and pasting for the length of the full song. I am going to give it a try tomorrow.
Thanks again for the great tips.
You’re welcome. Thanks John!
Just and update to confirm that you can create GB click track by the method above. I “played” 2 measures of 1/4 notes with the Midi and adjusted them to ensure the timing was correct. I was then able to save them as a loop so that they can be added to other projects. The nice part is that it takes only a few seconds to change to another sound.
Hi Joe – It had been awhile since I used this trick that I learned from you, but I figured I could find it again on your website. I did, and you rescued me from trying to play against a plain old click track. I find it much easier to play against drums – thanks!
Terry
Love it! This is one of first things any recording engineer should know how to do. Those default click sounds are terrible. Good stuff!
This is gold. Plan to use this this weekend, thanks.