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Setting up a click track

Setting up a click track

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Setting up a click track

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The Click Track, or recording while listening to a metronome in the headphones, has become a fact of life in most recording these days. Not only does playing at an even tempo sound better, but it makes cut and paste editing between different performances in a DAW possible and easy. Here is the best way to set up a Click Track. Many times just providing a metronome in the phones isn't enough. What good is a Click Track if you can't hear it, or worse yet, groove to it? Here are some tricks to make the click not only listenable but cut through the densest mixes and seem like another instrument in the track too. Pick the right sound, something that's more musical than electronic click is better to groove to. Try either a cowbell, sidestick, or even a conga slap. (music playing) Many drummers like two sounds for the click, something like a high go-go bell for the downbeat and a low go-go bell for the other beats, or vice-versa. Pick the right number of clicks per bar. Some players like…

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