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At this point, we have successfully explained How to Create and Configure a Click Track in Pro Tools. You can now start recording!

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Now we are going to configure how fast this click or metronome will play be setting up the bpm count (beats per minute).

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On the vast majority of recording sessions, especially when working with “commercial” music genres, there is a high probability that you will need to record following a steady tempo. This can be done by using a Metronome or “Click” Track.

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As you can see from the picture, the “Click” option appears to be checked. This means that it is enabled. If by some reason it appears to be un-checked, it will not playback the sound of the click. You can toggle this ON/OFF by simply pressing on this “Click” option. Alternatively you can press the number 7 on your numeric key pad.

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From this window you can type the desired bpm count on the “BPM” field. Also, you can set the resolution from different note values.

From this Click II plugin, we can set the volume of the first beat of each measure (labeled as “Click 1”) and from the remaining beats of the measure (labeled as “Click 2”). This can be done using the associated sliders:

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For the purpose of this tutorial, we will set the click to be “Cowbell 2” with both clicks as quarter notes and same volume. The Click window will look as:

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