Preparing to use a click

…The first question to ask yourself about using Click is do you even need it.…Some drummers for…example always want to play with click, so the input was never in question.…Some singers never want to hear any click because, let's face it,…it can be pretty annoying.…Sometimes you may not have much of a choice.…If there's any element in the music that requires the computer to be in sync with…the band.…Click could be the only way to achieve that.…Some example would be time defects, arpeggiators,…most kinds of pre recorded audio if you're using it, and patch change automation.…

Maybe one day, computers will learn to interpret musically time reliably,…by listening to us humans.…But until then we have to stay on the grid in order to play together.…Ableton has a built in metronome feature.…You can turn it on by clicking on this button with two dots here.…It's useful when recording and in some basic live situations, but…for a more complex show, a dedicated click track offers much more control.…For example, I can automate the volume of the click.…