Hello all,
I'm trying out a few DAWs for the moment.
I have a very specific need that is.
I need always to record a metronome track in the music I record. Mostly there are a lot of meter changes and tempo changes.
How do I do it.
- First I install a virtual midi cable. (I use the one from http://www.marblesound.com/Maple_driver.html )
- Then I set the output device for the click track to the Virtual output "Maple midi out: port 1"
- Then I record a new track from "Maple midi in:port 1"
This works but the recording is a bit late. I do the same with Magix Midi Studio and there the recording is not late.
I found I can set a pre-delay on the outputs and a time adjust on the midi input. I did not expect I would need to adjust so much.
Can somebody do the same as I do and report how much you need to adjust?
Thank you all and sory for poor language.
Joenco
Recording metronome
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Why not just create a bar of MIDI clicks and copy it for the length of the piece? Surely thats much easier?
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Actually, I don't understand at all: the Tracktion metronome will follow any tempo changes in the edit won't it? 
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 158 posts since 12 Jan, 2004
I do understand your questions
But I can not find a better way to get what I want.
I need the click track as a midi track because I want to create a midi file with a click track in it so my students have the metronome also when they play it with
another midi player.
I know creating a midi track by hand is not difficult but is is a boring job and not so easy with meter changes. For instances go from 3/4 to 2/4 to 3/4 to 5/8
etc.
I hope someone will do the test and tell me why the recorded midi track is so late in tracktion while it is not in Magix Midi studio.
Thank you,
But I can not find a better way to get what I want.
I need the click track as a midi track because I want to create a midi file with a click track in it so my students have the metronome also when they play it with
another midi player.
I know creating a midi track by hand is not difficult but is is a boring job and not so easy with meter changes. For instances go from 3/4 to 2/4 to 3/4 to 5/8
etc.
I hope someone will do the test and tell me why the recorded midi track is so late in tracktion while it is not in Magix Midi studio.
Thank you,
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Is the delay consistent? Perhaps you could select all the notes and move the first one to the first bar start manually, or even just quantise them..?
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- KVRist
- Topic Starter
- 158 posts since 12 Jan, 2004
It is consitent and I can quantise it.
I can make it work but I really would like to understand the use of the output and input midi latency.
Who does use it and how much?
Thank you
I can make it work but I really would like to understand the use of the output and input midi latency.
Who does use it and how much?
Thank you
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
I set mine to be early by double my latency setting: ie: I usually use a buffer size of 384 samples giving 8.7 ms of latency at 44.1KHz, so I set my time adjust parameter to -17.4 ms. It seems to do the job, although I'm a guitarist so I tend to need to quantise everything anyway!
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- KVRAF
- 6740 posts since 25 Mar, 2002 from sheffield, england
Seems to be: I just tried setting my card to its maximum buffer size, and MIDI recordings are way off. I can't remember where I heard the "double the latency" tip, but it seems to work here.. 