[Benny]

Is this the right area for this question, I don’t know....
Anyway, what is best/easiest/quickest DAW for programming click tracks - multi meter, tempo change type stuff, not just a standard metronome option?
Reaper does it quite well but I like the layout of Logic (trialling it at present).

 

[skeller047]

For use by you or others while recording? What is wrong with the metronome? I don't really understand why that wouldn't be sufficient. Logic's metronome is very configurable, you can have it click on whatever subdivision you want, you can tell it what beats to emphasize, and the clicks can easily be changed.

If you need a permanent click track, for instance if you want to send tracks to someone else who isn't using Logic, you might be able to route the audio from the metronome back to the audio input, either with a cable or an audio driver software thingy (like soundflower). Also I seem to recall you can create a click track in Pro Tools (but I'm not very familiar with that software).

 

[Benny]

For use by you or others while recording? What is wrong with the metronome? I don't really understand why that wouldn't be sufficient. Logic's metronome is very configurable, you can have it click on whatever subdivision you want, you can tell it what beats to emphasize, and the clicks can easily be changed.

If you need a permanent click track, for instance if you want to send tracks to someone else who isn't using Logic, you might be able to route the audio from the metronome back to the audio input, either with a cable or an audio driver software thingy (like soundflower). Also I seem to recall you can create a click track in Pro Tools (but I'm not very familiar with that software).

Both.
Is the metronome Logic capable of changing time signatures, tempi during the track (without having to manually play it in, then quantising it)?
Ie:32 bars of 4/4, 5 bars of 3/8 at a different tempo with a transition between?
So, I'm not looking for a metronome, but a programmable click function I can put in its own track.

 

[skeller047]

The answer to your questions is yes. I just did a track with a few 6/4 bars in it, a sudden tempo change and a ritardando. Logic's metronome follows it perfectly, and clicks stronger on the 1.

As for recording the metronome track so that it can be shared with others, personally I would look for a way to route the audio with a driver. Of course the problem with recording it is that if you decide later to change the tempo, you would have to re-record it.

Investigate the Global Tracks display. There is a tempo and time signature track that you can easily manipulate. An accelerando or ritardando is easily entered, and usually has a nice curve to it, of course you can also do abrupt tempo changes. There is also a key signature track, useful for preparing printed parts, and a marker track.

Logic is both wide and deep, but speaking as a composer/performer, it is for me the (almost) perfect combination of features. It does take time to learn....

 

[Benny]

The answer to your questions is yes. I just did a track with a few 6/4 bars in it, a sudden tempo change and a ritardando. Logic's metronome follows it perfectly, and clicks stronger on the 1.

As for recording the metronome track so that it can be shared with others, personally I would look for a way to route the audio with a driver. Of course the problem with recording it is that if you decide later to change the tempo, you would have to re-record it.

Investigate the Global Tracks display. There is a tempo and time signature track that you can easily manipulate. An accelerando or ritardando is easily entered, and usually has a nice curve to it, of course you can also do abrupt tempo changes. There is also a key signature track, useful for preparing printed parts, and a marker track.

Logic is both wide and deep, but speaking as a composer/performer, it is for me the (almost) perfect combination of features. It does take time to learn....

Excellent, thankyou!

 

[Merlin]

I usually end up doing my tempo maps in Finale, since I'm often putting in bass lines, piano cues and rudimentary drum parts for the MIDI files I then export to Reaper.

If I were just going straight to DAW, I can easily create maps in Reaper.

 

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