#13 - Count-In & Metronome Settings & Tips (Newbie to Ninja - Beginner's Guide to Logic Pro)

Welcome to day 13 of "Newbie to Ninja” here on Why Logic Pro Rules! This series will be dropping daily (Mondays - Fridays) for the next few weeks. If you’re brand new to Logic Pro, this series will help you go from feeling like a beginner to complete comfort in Apple’s amazing DAW.

Logic's Count-In & Metronome functions are critical tools for staying on time with your Project's Tempo. But besides simply turning the Metronome "on" or "off," did you know you can customize the Metronome's tone, volume, output, and more? Here's how to get the most out of Logic's Click Track.

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00:00 - Intro
3:23 - Customizing Metronome Behavior
6:20 - Customizing Count-In Behavior
7:21 - Customize Tone, Volume, Output & More
12:09 - Metronome/Klopfgeist Channel Strip in Mixer

[gloryrow]

Thank you...I really appreciate your straight forward style of teaching..!

[grahamleathwood]

Thank you kindly, this has become my 'go to' site for Logic help and support. Much appreciated. 👍

[gloryrow]

in ear bluetooth ear bud monitoring helps avoid click bleed through

[jfbmusic]

In this one, I especially liked that you showed the Klopfgeist (can we hear a ghost when it knocks?) instrument and I got to thinking that I could save a few variations of the metronome and call them up from there when needed! Looking forward to W3E14-W3E18.

[shelookssad]

Hi, thanks for the guide! Esp for showing how to switch off metronome after counting in

[kevinmakesnoise]

Another cool trick is that you can use the Click track as a side chain source in plug-ins, allowing you to do interesting things like making reverb tails duck and swell in time with your track.

[chucksaeger]

Excellent video! I had no idea about this at all.

[jfbmusic]

Chris, congrats on another week of 'Newbie to Ninja' videos!! Love the series. How you get to relax a bit this weekend. :-)

[Tan-emnl]

Usually I can't bare the sound of the metronome - a genuine challenge whilst using Logic. This completely changed the game. Altering the tone and velocity of the bar, beat and divisions, so my brain wasn't getting slammed with the same tone took it from hellish to quite pleasant! Odd question now: is there a way to record the metronome? Opening it up via the mixer and playing with the detuner knob etc made some very interesting sounds!

[ravinaidu]

Thank you. when using click only during count in and if all my tracks all starts in Bar 10 for example instead of Bar 1, how do I get the count in to stop before Bar 10 rather than Bar 1?

[joeyf]

Hi Chris, quick question, is there a way to set a pre-roll during playback? It works perfectly during recording, can’t seem to find it for playback. I use this when doing vocal punch-ins, so when I playback it pre-rolls the desired amount of bars and not playback on the punch-in.