metronome playing countoff only

[Lynn David Newton]

 

I have one more metronome problem, one that should be easy.

I want to hear the metronome countoff when I play back but not during the music so it goes tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, and then nothing more. How do I do that? I've tried several things that don't work right.

This is useful for when I want to play live against what has been recorded and I have to start exactly on the first beat.

Thank you.
 

 

[grumblepig]

I *think* this is what you're looking for... 

 

[Atlas007]

Don’t forget to remove the checkmark next to the Click While Playing option:

Edited April 14 by Atlas007

[Atlas007]

▶️ BTW, there are many options readily available, accessible when right-clicking (or Ctrl-clicking) on the different Logic’s interface buttons …

Edited April 14 by Atlas007

[Lynn David Newton]

I apologize for taking too long to reply to this — not my habit, but I've had complications, one of which is from this forum itself recognizing me. Security procedures are necessary but can bite you in the butt sometimes.

The solution proposed sounds like it should work but doesn't. I'm probably doing something wrong, but as you can see from the attached screenshot, when I uncheck "Clock While Playing" the choice "only during Count-In" is grayed out.

So I still have the problem.

Thanks.

 

[oscwilde]

Take a look here....
 

[Atlas007]

Could you please specify what you would like to have?

Not at the studio to verify same, but if you don’t want to have the count-in the 1234 button could toggle it on/off.

[Lynn David Newton]

I've been asked to clarify what I want.

I do have the count-in button selected because I want to hear 1234 clicks before it starts PLAYING, (not recording anything) and not sound thereafter. It's like a bandleader counting off the tempo before it starts, which is considered acceptable even in public performances (though not so much in classical music).

The help window says it can count-in a measure before recording. On the dropdown menu, the option to click only during count-in is an indented option beneath recording, which suggests that it will not do what I want it to.

There are various reasons to have count-in before playing only. I want to be able to start playing an instrument live on the downbeat. Sometimes I give informal performances that way as with a backing track supporting a live instrument. Sometimes I just want to practice or work on composing a section.

It occurred to me that a possible way to do this is to put up a dummy track, set it to record, enable metronome only during count-in, and press record on the dummy track without actually playing any input. I'm guessing that would work, but it's obviously a workaround, not the ideal solution.

I haven't tried that yet. I'll post further if it does next time I get to my studio.

 

[wonshu]

Everything everybody suggested so far works for recording, but you need it in playback.

I would just bounce 2 measures of click as audio and put that on an audio track.

Or you create a Klopfgeist instrument (or any other sound from sampler that you like!), and play two measures count in on that track.

[David Nahmani]

I agree with Wonshu, the best workaround is to simply create a software instrument track, insert Klopfgeist, create a MIDI region with the count-in notes, and move that region as desired when you start playback from a different position. 

[Lynn David Newton]

I've now got what I want. I don't know exactly where to find Klopfgeist (I know it's what the metronome is called), but I already had a blank software instrument track in my project for experimentation, so I used it to select some percussion set and put the count-in clicks on some sort of kick drum and low tom combination. Sounds cool and works fine, though I'll delete it in the final version.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

[David Nahmani]

1 minute ago, Lynn David Newton said:

I don't know exactly where to find Klopfgeist (I know it's what the metronome is called)

On the instrument slot of a software instrument track, inside the 'Utility' folder: