select by volume?

[Roddey Phipps]

Hi, long time on and off user here with a question about selecting bits of clips.

I've got these click tracks, with a loud click on the 1 beat and three quieter clicks on 2,3, and 4.

The drummer doesnt want to hear 4 clicks - he only wants to hear it on the 1.

Is there anyway to run some sort of selection process where it selects audio by volume? That way I could select only the quieter clicks on 2,3, and 4.

Or does anybody else have a different idea? I've been manually going thru the entire track, using the erase tool to get of the clicks on 2,3,4....

 

[Roddey Phipps]

oh, forgot to mention, the metronome doesnt work here - these are imported karaoke tracks I'm using and the metronome is never quite right with them

[Xoo]

MIDI?

[John Vere]

You can drag the audio tracks to the time line and that should create a tempo map of the song. Then make a midi drum track with whatever sound you want on the down beat. 

[Roddey Phipps]

click tracks are audio, not midi - dragging the audio from the click to create a tempo map - how do I create midi from a tempo map? Never used one. Anybody know if there is a tutorial anywhere?

 

thanks for the replies

 

 

[John Vere]

Once you have a tempo map the metronome will play in time to the audio. 
But if all you need is one click on the downbeat of each measure then a drum VST and a midi note assigned to the hi hat or a side stick placed on that downbeat will do the trick. 

[Roddey Phipps]

I cant drag a clip into the timeline. All I get is the O with a diagonal line thru it. I

I'm using SONARX3 with the 2016 patch. Is this too old of a version?

[Xoo]

An alternative might be to use Drum Replacer, and set the threshold so that only the loud 1st beat triggers the replacement, and then set the mix to 100%.

[Roddey Phipps]

rats, drum replacer only works in Platinum, good idea tho!

[John Vere]

Cakewalk is free. Why don't you download it and install it. You have nothing to loose and a lot to gain.  The automatic tempo extraction is just one example of many new features your missing out on. And Not to mention the zillion bug fixes. 

Edited November 11, 2021 by John Vere

[scook]

Drum Replacer is bundled with CbB too.

[Roddey Phipps]

You're right - I already had Cakewalk and I opened the SONAR file in it and it worked!

Thanks! Now to try all the other stuff you guys mentioned - 

[Roddey Phipps]

Did all that - had to update Cakewalk and get the add ons - used drum replacer - set threshold to only effect the one beats (which were louder than those at 2 or 3 so it made it easy) - BOOM done.

 

You guys are great, thanks so much, a huge help!