[SOLVED] Rendering a Metronome

[pozzio]

Basically I needed to send a click track with a project.  
I followed this procedure from a video in you tube titled  "How to make and export a click track in cakewalk by bandlab"  

Trying this in Sonar was a bust.
I went back to Cakewalk by Bandlab and it worked like a charm
Is there a way to do this in the new Sonar?  
Got me a bit spooked

[Helios.G]

14 minutes ago, pozzio said:

Basically I needed to send a click track with a project.  
I followed this procedure from a video in you tube titled  "How to make and export a click track in cakewalk by bandlab"  

Trying this in Sonar was a bust.
I went back to Cakewalk by Bandlab and it worked like a charm
Is there a way to do this in the new Sonar?  
Got me a bit spooked

I just did it in sonar, works exactly the same.

[mark skinner]

Set the metronome output to an Aux track instead of the metronome  bus.  Arm the aux and record it like you would do any other audio track.   If that doesn't work you sure have a problem ..

[Chaps]

An alternate method, though more cumbersome, is to use actual samples in an audio track, or using a drum synth, instead of recording the metronome (which should work as noted above). a few years ago I tried experimenting with loop recording with take lanes using the audio metronome, which led to some serious timing issues. I tried using a drum synth to create a click track and it worked fine. You can also import drum samples to create a click track on an audio track, either using the same sounds the metronome uses or sounds of your choice. The samples that my free tier Sonar metronome is using are located at

 C:\Users\****\AppData\Roaming\Cakewalk\Sonar\Metronome 

Others metronome samples are at C:\Cakewalk Content\Sonar\Metronome

I copied that first folder to C:\Cakewalk Content\Audio Library so I can use the Sonar browser to insert those samples into a track if desired for whatever reason.

I'm not recommending that you should do it that way, just offering a different way to do it that might give you more options as to what sounds the click track uses, or as a way to kill time if you get bored.

[wise duncan]

I also frequently need to send click tracks to my projects in Cakewalk by BandLab. The method you found on YouTube is a very popular and effective way to do this.

[Wookiee]

@pozzioThe method suggested by @mark skinner is the recommended method.

[David Baay]

51 minutes ago, Wookiee said:

The method suggested by @mark skinner is the recommended method.

My preference is  to leave the metronome ouput assignment and bus as they are, and put a Send on the Metronome bus to an Aux track that I name 'Click'. I disable the Input Echo on the aux so it doesn't double the Metronome during recording, and you'll probably want to remove the send, change the Click track input to None and mute the track until you're ready to export.

If the project has a fixed tempo and meter, you can save a little recording time by just punch-recording a single measure, converting to a Groove Clip with Ctrl+L, and rolling the clip it out to the end of the project.

 

[pozzio]

I am using the free version of Sonar.   Would this be Why I couldn't get it to work in Sonar?

Edited Wednesday at 04:19 PM by pozzio

[Chaps]

22 minutes ago, pozzio said:

I am using the free version of Sonar.   Would this be Why I couldn't get it to work in Sonar?

I'm using the free tier of Sonar and using the method in the video I had no problem recording the metronome. 

[Wookiee]

28 minutes ago, pozzio said:

I am using the free version of Sonar.   Would this be Why I couldn't get it to work in Sonar?

No, Aux tracks appear to be available in the Free tier. 

@David Baay that works, it's how I would do it. What I was trying to point out is using an Aux track is the preferred method,  then directing the metronometo it. 

[Noel Borthwick]

Im not sure what you are doing wrong but the operation as shown in the video works perfectly in Sonar here.
New empty project
Go to Metronome bus and assign output to New Aux track
Arm aux track and start recording

Metronome records fine here.

[pozzio]

I retried it with a new project.  No problem
I tried it with the project that was giving me problems .  No problem
Thanks for the help all.