sonar 3 producer edition metronote question

[punksoholics]

anyone know how to hear the metronote on the headphones, my laptop is playing it on the pc speaker and im trying to record a mic'd up acoustic but you can hear the metronote on the pc speaker.

[bfoundation81]

Get rid of sonar heheheh lol no just kiding um i had same problem i got rid of sonar but let me try and remeber i will get back to you its something real simple too i wish i had it still i could find it quick!!

[dachay2tnr]

Originally Posted by punksoholics

anyone know how to hear the metronote on the headphones, my laptop is playing it on the pc speaker and im trying to record a mic'd up acoustic but you can hear the metronote on the pc speaker.

Ah, might you mean "metronome?"

I'm at work, but IIRC in the Metronome menu there is a choice of selecting outputs for PC Speaker or MIDI. Choose MIDI (assuming you have a sound card with with an onboard midi synth, or an external midi source you can use).

[minofifa]

ya, as cool as Sonar is, if you don't have the right setup, the metroNOME is junk. The best way to do it, i find, is to open a MIDI track and insert 4 1/4 notes, then groove clip it and drag it out. Then assign that midi track to the edirol softsynth and use a drum beat that sounds good to you. Finally save this as a template so you don't ahve to set it up again.

[Qwerty]

The only other thing I would add to Minofifa's advice would be to NOT use a cymbal or hi-hat hit for the metronome. These types of hit are very high-pitched and are more likely to bleed from your headphones and end up recorded on the acoustic track. Try getting that out without effecting the guitar's tone!

Instead, do what I should have done, and use a low-pitched percussive tone instead - something like a claves hit.

Ciao,

Q.

[James Argo]

Originally Posted by Qwerty

Instead, do what I should have done, and use a low-pitched percussive tone instead - something like a claves hit...

...actualy, it's more cowbell that you need, budy.


Jaymz

[Qwerty]

Originally Posted by James Argo

...actualy, it's more cowbell that you need, budy.


Jaymz

Actually, I got too much bleed with the cowbell at levels the drummer could play against. It was the claves hit that did the trick.

Q.

[RyantFromHC]

add a DXi synth, use the included Edirol one, set the thing to a standard drum kit, and create the metronome with a midi track, the synth has metronome sounds. then SAVE THE THING AS A TEMPLATE or go though that every time

[dachay2tnr]

Originally Posted by RyantFromHC

add a DXi synth, use the included Edirol one, set the thing to a standard drum kit, and create the metronome with a midi track, the synth has metronome sounds. then SAVE THE THING AS A TEMPLATE or go though that every time

Ah, that's great... but didn't Minofifa say that about 5 posts earlier???