I am trying to record myself playing drums. I want 2 Bars of PreCount prior to the song starting. This allows me to know the tempo and start playing as soon as the track starts. I don’t want the click to continue after the song starts.
This is the equivalent to the band looking at each other saying “One…Two…Three…Four…” then starting the song.
I"m sure this is easy to setup but i need help. I’m using Cubase Artist 6.
That sounds like how it should work but i’ve tried it. If i turn the click off and just leave the lead in selected i don’t hear any sound at all. I’m stumped.
Hmmm ok let me try it again. Maybe i wasn’t holding my mouth correct. I’ll try creating a new project and see if somehow my project is corrupted. I’ll report back.
The first reply of the thread already gave the correct answer.
With precount [II*] activated and metronome [Click] deactivated the click is only heard for the amount of bars set in the “precount” section of the metronome setup window, the precount sounds before the transport starts to move and the recording begins.
Precount works with recording only. If you want precount click on play, record your own, thats limited to one or several fixed positions in the project though.
Thanks for all the replies. Its working. The one piece that i didn’t realize is the PreCount ONLY works when you are recording. If you are just playing it doesn’t work like i thought it did.