I'm putting together a bunch of backing tracks, and I have just about all that I need (25 years of Cakewalk experience helps here), but I'm trying to make it easier to use with the rest of the band - specifically letting the drummer "get" the tempo, then move into the countoff of the tune.
Here's what I'd like to do
Bar 1 - a click (audio, not the project or MIDI metronome) loops continuously until the drummer triggers moving on to bar 2 so we can get the tempo
Bar 2 and 3 - Countoff (1, 2, 1,2,3,4)
Bar 4 on - The rest of the tune.
This allows us to have the tempo known to the drummer (and whoever wants to listen in), but the countoff won't
Why? Because there's nothing like:
- Htting start and the backing track jumping halfway into the countoff
- The drummer missing beat 1 of the countoff
- Coming from another very different tempo and feel, and not having enough time to "lock in" to the new tempo
- Someone introducing the song and prattling on, only to have the tune start while they're still talking and miss their cue
Has anyone ever encountered this? And/or found a solution that works?
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Patrick Azzarello
I'm putting together a bunch of backing tracks, and I have just about all that I need (25 years of Cakewalk experience helps here), but I'm trying to make it easier to use with the rest of the band - specifically letting the drummer "get" the tempo, then move into the countoff of the tune.
Here's what I'd like to do
Bar 1 - a click (audio, not the project or MIDI metronome) loops continuously until the drummer triggers moving on to bar 2 so we can get the tempo
Bar 2 and 3 - Countoff (1, 2, 1,2,3,4)
Bar 4 on - The rest of the tune.
This allows us to have the tempo known to the drummer (and whoever wants to listen in), but the countoff won't
Why? Because there's nothing like:
- Htting start and the backing track jumping halfway into the countoff
- The drummer missing beat 1 of the countoff
- Coming from another very different tempo and feel, and not having enough time to "lock in" to the new tempo
- Someone introducing the song and prattling on, only to have the tune start while they're still talking and miss their cue
Has anyone ever encountered this? And/or found a solution that works?
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