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-as of [4 SEPTEMBER 2024]–
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-for [music recordings], it is better to measure [time] in [‘bars’ / ‘beats’] rather than [‘minutes / ‘seconds’]–
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*’EDIT WINDOW’ TOP ROW* –>

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(when you use ‘bars/beats’, you can record to a ‘click track’)
(go to the ‘track dropdown menu’ and select ‘create click track’)
(all the way at the bottom)
(and no KS)
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(youโve created a new ‘auxiliary input track’ with the ‘click II’ plug-in on the first track insert)
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*open ‘transport panel’*
(hold down [COMMAND] on your computer keyboard)
(then press ‘1’ on your ‘numeric keypad’)
(the floating ‘transport panel’ opens)
(hit KS again to close ‘transport panel’)
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*the 4 bottom buttons are…*
*WAIT FOR NOTE*
*METRONOME*
*MIDI MERGE*
*CONDUCTOR*
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(you need to have ‘count off’ + ‘metronome’ buttons on)
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*count off* ON –>

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*count off* OFF –>

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*metronome* ON –>

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*metronome* OFF –>

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(if you turn on ‘conductor track’, the click will follow the project tempo on the ‘timeline’)

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(if you turn off ‘conductor track’, you can adjust the tempo manually)

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(press ‘space bar’ to hear playback w/ ‘click track’)
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*SELECT “CLICK/COUNT-OFF”*
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*you can customize the ‘click sound’ with the ‘output’ dropdown menu* –>

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(in ‘xpand!2’, choose a ‘big drum sound’ for a stronger click)
(i’m using “big drum 1″…)

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*to mute tracks* –>
(click ‘M button’ to turn it red)

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*in ‘transport panel’, you can turn off ‘click-track’ by de-selecting ‘mute button’)
(you can also turn off ‘count off’ by clicking ‘count off’ button)
(the ‘yellow background’ is replaced with ‘black background’)
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*set meter* –>

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*double-click ‘meter button’ to navigate to ‘meter change’ window* –>

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(click on the ‘music note’ button to set the ‘beat unit’…)

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(when playing in standard 4:4, the ‘beat unit’ i s a ‘1/4 note’)
(aka ‘quarter note’)
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*’TEMPO DEFAULT’ IS ‘120 BPM’*
*to change tempo, go to ‘edit window’)
(at the top is the ‘song start marker’)

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(click on the tiny ‘+ button’ to right of ‘tempo heading’ to ‘add tempo change’)

(make sure ‘location’ is set to ‘1|1|000| so that your ‘custom tempo’ starts from the beginning of the track)
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*to set tempo manually* –>
(turn off ‘conductor button’ in ‘transport panel’)

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๐๐๐โ*-CLICK TRAX-* โ ๐๐๐
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*๐โจ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* โจ๐ท*
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