Can't hear the High-Hat metronome whilst recording

[melodic-minor]

I have CW Pro-Audio 9 and b4 when i just had a soundblaster i would arm a track and set it to count in 4 beats b4 it starts recording and boom the high-hat was there to help me keep in time.

I currently set up A FrontierDesigns system with the Dakota and Tango24 and when i reinstalled CW -9 i can't hear the metronome anymore?!?!? I have it set up to play in cakewalk but when i plug my outputs to my mixer for playback with my headphones (in the mixer) i cant hear anything!!! no metronome!!!

THis is really frusterating becuz i cant lay down tracks if i have no metronome....

Could it be i dont have my Midi Outputs configureD? becuz when i launch cakewalk i alwasy go to continue with no midi ports selected becuz im not using MIDI at this time.....
any help would be GREAT!!
thx in advance!

[AlChuck]

The metronome is a MIDI feature. So if you have no MIDI devices connected, you'll get nothing.

I believe you can set it to use the PC speaker, but this might not be loud enough for you. Check the help system, it should tell you how to do this.

A suggestion -- when you post questions, spell things out. Don't use abbreviations like "B4" for "before," "U" for "you," "4" for "four," "cuz" for "cause," etc. Might look cool on a Prince record but it makes your questions more difficult to read. I thought you were talking about a Hammond organ for a minute, then said "wait, I though it was a B4," then I got it...

[melodic-minor]

By MIDI devices do u mean something external?


Thanks!

[brzilian]

You have to make sure you are sending the metronome to the right MIDI port. Your ports may have changed with the new hardware.

If your new sound cards do not have a built in MIDI synth of some sort like the Sound Blaster cards, you will get nothing. You will need some kind of external sound module that can be triggered by your MIDI port.

[AlChuck]

melodic-minor,

By "MIDI device" I mean something that will respond to MIDI messages, either external (sound module, keyboard, drum machine, etc.) OR internal (soundcard with synth, software synth, etc.)... as brzilian says...

[gidman]

Originally posted by AlChuck


A suggestion -- when you post questions, spell things out. Don't use abbreviations like "B4" for "before," "U" for "you," "4" for "four," "cuz" for "cause," etc. Might look cool on a Prince record but it makes your questions more difficult to read. I thought you were talking about a Hammond organ for a minute, then said "wait, I though it was a B4," then I got it...

Al,
You crack me up. I read more than I post...I find you a very colorful person...and no I am not gay...

Gidman

[AlChuck]

I'm colorful when enough light shines on me...

[melodic-minor]

Thanks for the info brzilian, I am certain that my new soundcard does not have that feature built in as the soundblasters did...and i dont want to use my roland gr-33 as the module (if thats possible :P), do you know the name of any software synths?