Apple Logic Express 9 - Manual (Page 432)

The Metronome Project Settings window combines all settings for:
• KlopfGeist: This is a software instrument metronome sound source found in the plug-in
menu of Instrument slots. Logic Express automatically creates instrument channel strip
256 (with KlopfGeist inserted) when the Software Click Instrument (KlopfGeist) checkbox
is selected. Deselect the checkbox to turn off the option. Theoretically, any other
Logic Express or third-party instrument could be deployed as a metronome sound
source—using instrument channel strip 256. For more information about the KlopfGeist
instrument, see the Logic Express Instruments manual.
• MIDI Click object: The Environment’s MIDI Click object (see MIDI Click Objects ) is used
to create note events at bar, beat, and division intervals. These can be sent to either a
MIDI port or the internal speaker. To turn off the MIDI metronome output, choose “Off”
in the MIDI Port pop-up menu.
You can use these click sources in isolation or in combination with one another.
To set up the metronome for recording
1 Define when you want to hear the metronome click—on every bar, beat, or division—by
selecting the corresponding Bar, Beat, and Division checkboxes.
2 Turn on the “Click while recording” option. Also set the “Only during count-in” and “Click
while playing” options to meet your needs. It is suggested that you leave the “Polyphonic
Clicks” option enabled, as this allows for overlapping clicks.
3 Click the Recording button at the top of the Project Settings window, to open the
Recording pane.
4 Select the Count-in radio button.
5 Open the pop-up menu and choose the desired count-in period that will precede
recording:
• None: The recording begins with no count-in.
• n Bars: The recording begins after n bars of count-in.
• n/4: The count-in time signature may be set here. These settings are useful when the
count-in—and, presumably, the recording—falls across a bar line.
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