can't hear the METRONOME in Sonar?!

[antagony]

I cannot hear my metronome at all in SONAR. I guess I need a MIDI device huh? But the Inca 88 has none? How can I get to hear the metronome in SONAR?

Keep in mind, I have XP Pro with no MIDI devices available and my Inca 88 is the only sound card. I use SONAR XL 2.1

thanks

 

[dachay2tnr]

Yeah, the metronome in Sonar requires a MIDI device. However, there's no reason you can't use a DXi as a metronome.

You should have gotten the Virtual Sound Canvas (VSC) free with Sonar. So use that. Create one measure of a click track on a MIDI track and copy and paste it for the entire length of the song. Then patch the VSC onto an audio track and route the output of the MIDI track to the VSC. Voila, instant click track. Should take you less than 3 minutes to do the whole thing. You also can choose to use whatever sound you want - cross stick, cowbell, finger snaps, etc. etc.

 

[sonusman]

You don't need a midi device to hear a click track in Sonar. You can enable the click track in the:

Options>Midi menu.

It will play a click track to the tempo that you setup in the main view.

Good luck.

Ed

p.s. By the way, I don't have any midi equipment hooked up to my system at all, and my Lynx One audio card does not contain any soundfonts or any of that stuff. The click track is played back as I suppose a .wav sound.

 

[moskus]

p.s. By the way, I don't have any midi equipment hooked up to my system at all, and my Lynx One audio card does not contain any soundfonts or any of that stuff. The click track is played back as I suppose a .wav sound.

Could it be the PC-speaker? ... Never heard that Sonar have wave-metronome.

 

[dachay2tnr]

You don't need a midi device to hear a click track in Sonar.

What version of Sonar is this? 3.0?

I haven't encountered a version yet that uses a wave for the metronome. It uses MIDI for playback. This is from the Sonar 2 help file.

You can customize the metronome sound to use your PC speaker or any note on a MIDI instrument. By default, SONAR uses a hi-hat cymbal sound from a General MIDI drum kit for the metronome, but you can change this setting to anything you like by changing the MIDI output, MIDI channel, and duration

You certainly can use a wave by setting up a loop of a percussion sound and using that for the click. But his question was specific to the metronome.

 

[sonusman]

moskus, you could be right! I never use the metronome in Sonar, usually after install I just have to turn the damn thing off because it defaults to having it on.

So, I guess you maybe need one of those tiny speakers inside your box for it.

Ed

 

[Marcel]

Metronome??? Try this:

Set the tempo to 100 (or whatever)
Set the meter (4/4. 3/4, 6/8, etc.)
Do a 1 measure midi sequence.
Record the hi-hat (Virtual Sound Canvas) on each beat.
Quantize to quarter note.
Save the song as something like 'default'.
Now you've got a 1 measure metronome.

Then, simply copy the measure and paste it with however many repetitions you will need for the song. This, of course, assumes you are doing 4/4. If not, then you'll have to set a different meter before sequencing. This works well for me. It is an extra couple of steps to take before actually starting work on a project but it's a small price to pay for such an excellent program. Whe the project is done, I will delete the metronome tracks to conserve space (but you don't really have to do this as the track takes up little hard drive space. When mixing down, don't forget to mute the metronome track or bring the volume down.

PS: It would be great if Cakewalk would set up a mertonome a-la Cubase, though.

 

[James Argo]

I guess I need a MIDI device huh? But the Inca 88 has none?

In case you you wanna upgrade it's MIDI capability, try Miditrak 2120. 2in/2Out Optional MIDI interface for Inca 88. Cheap and cool. But you'll need external MIDI device then...