How to get the metronome NOT to be recorded in my track

[Giorgio Musso]

Hi guys,

first of all let me tell you that I am completely new to home recording and DAW, but profiting from the Covid quarantine I decided to start learning to use Cakewalk.

My main problem at the moment is that I want to do some recording of vocals and acoustic guitar, and I want to hear the metronome while I am playing, at least the first track.

However the metronome click is being recorded into the track and that's obviously horrible.

Now, I understand there must be some routing issue somewhere in my signal chain but I have tried a million solutions and they haven't worked out.

My interface is a humble Roland Quad-Capture. 

It has a "Input/Playback" knob on the front.

The signal chain is very simple: Microphone --- interface (connected to laptop via USB) ---- Headphone out of the interface connected with CLOSED headphones (I'm sure that the problem is not one of leakage from the headphones).

Now, if I arm the track and record with the Input/playback knob at noon, I can hear both the metronome and my voice while recording but the metrnome gets regorded into the track (if I stay silent I can see the wave peaking at every click);

If I turn the knob all the way to "Input" I can record a "clean" track but I cannot hear my voice and the metronome while I am recording, so I easily go out of rythm;

If I turn the knob all the way to "Playback" I can hear the metronome while I am  recording but not my voice, and my voice isn't recorded. I end up having a track which consists only of the metronome click.

Now, I have tried almost all the settings in the Cakewalk "metronome" tab. Of course I keep the metronome engaged only for recording and not playback. I have also tried to change the metronome output but, with all the different options, I always end up having the same problem.

Can anyone suggest me a way to resolve this problem? 

I only want to record my tracks and hear the metronome while I am recording, but without its click being recorded into the track.

All the best!

[HIBI]

Sounds like, main output of audio interface is set as the input on a track to record.
Make sure the input on a track to record is set to "Left QUAD-CAPTURE 1-2" or "Right QUAD-CAPTURE 1-2", not "Stereo (or Left, Right) QUAD-CAPTURE MAIN".

Edited March 26, 2020 by HIBI

[Giorgio Musso]

Ok, thanks, it worked. 

[Melissa]

pls explain how i can adjust this settings? i am having metronome playback as well even though i only selected recording thanks