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92 lines
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<p>
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The metronome helps performing in correct tempo and time signature
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when recording. Musicians hear the metronome clicking with an optional
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emphasis on the first beat.
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<p>
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The button switching the metronome on and off is located to the left
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from the transport panel:
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</p>
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<p>
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<img width="25%" src="/images/metronome-toggle.png" alt="Metronome toggle"/>
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</p>
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<h2 id="launching-and-stopping">Launching and stopping the metronome</h2>
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There are several ways to toggle the metronome:
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<ul>
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<li>
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You can click the button to the left of the transport panel.
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</li>
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<li>
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You can press the <kbd>`</kbd> shortcut.
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</li>
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<li>
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For some control surfaces, you can press either the designated button
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or any button that is mapped to the metronome via
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a <a href="/using-control-surfaces/generic-midi/midi-binding-maps/">MIDI map</a>.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="setting-up">Setting up the metronome</h2>
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<p>
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You can right-click on the metronome icon in the toolbar to open
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the Preferences dialog on the Metronome page. This gives you
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the following options:
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<ul>
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<li>
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<strong>Emphasis on the first beat</strong>: when enabled, the metronome
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will make a louder click on the first beat to help musicians with the
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time signature.
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Use built-in default sounds</strong>: when this optiion is disabled,
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you can load your preferred audio files for the metronome. Otherwise, Ardour
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will use built-in audio files.
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Gain level</strong>: you can set here how loud you want metronome
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clicks to be. You can also adjust this setting by hovering the metronome
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toggle button in the main window and scrolling the mouse wheel up or down.
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As you change the value, the tooltip will update to show the new gain level.
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</li>
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<li>
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<strong>Enable metronome only while recording</strong>: when enabled,
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you will only hear metronome clicks while recording; there will be no
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metronome clicks while playing back the takes.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2 id="routing-metronome">Routing metronome clicks</h2>
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The metronome has separate outputs in Ardour, so you can route that signal
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in the Audio Connections dialog (<kbd class="menu">Window > Audio Connections</kbd>)
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however you like, e.g. to
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a <a href="/ardours-interface/foldback-strip/">foldback bus</a> for each
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performer in the studio or on stage.
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</p>
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<p>
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The Click Out port with L and R channels is located on the Ardour Misc tab
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on the left:
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<img width="50%" src="/images/metronome-click-out-ports.png" alt="Click out ports"/>
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</p>
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<p>
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By default, the metronome omits the master bus entirely and connects
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directly to the first pair of hardware outputs in the output device you
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selected. This way the clicks don't get processed in the master bus and don't
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show up in the exported mix.
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