How to record a click track in X1

I typicall just click on the metronone to here a click, but I would like to record the click to a track, midi or audi. what is the easiest way to record an actual click track

Surely everything is possible. Lol
How about set up a mic in front of your monitor? (Or its' line out?)

Its very possible. Just select the drum soft synth of your choice and you can enter your hits in the PRV view or just use your midi controller to enter the hits.

You can make any kind of custom click track your brain can come up with. There are no limitations!!!

Cj

You can, if you use audio as your source. If you use midi, you record the midi data. UIf you use audi, you record the audio.

Also I remember years ago when somehow my click was recording in my audio track and I could not turn it off. It was to long ago to remeber what was up with that.

Thats user error, not Sonar.

I guessed what you wanted so that is why I said its not possible to record the metronome or send it to a track. If you want a click track find the midi file in sonar that the metronome uses and drag to a track. You can also find midi or audio clicks online.

It's definitely possible but it depends on your set up.

All I do is set the metronome to use one of my external drum machines and then record the audio from that. Simple.

I remember about a year ago i looked like a fool on here swearing up and down that it was possible to just route the metrodone to a track or bus and record it.
from then on out i am out of conversations concerning recording the metrodone sorry,i forward all my calls to fbb.
if anyone can figure a way to do it he can.

C:\Cakewalk Content\SONAR X1 Producer\Metronome Thats on a 64 bit machine

Ok, here is my method:
1) Insert a synth which gives you the click sound you prefer;
2) Place note in the PRV or Piano roll at the desired pitch and at the desired intervals, e.g., quarter notes, eights..., for a duration of a measure or two;
3) Bounce your clip to track;
 (3a) Convert your new clip into a groove clip (make sure to edit the length accordingly), name it and export or drag it into the Browser (where desired) for future use);
4) Drag your new 'click' clip into the Matrix View (or "MV");
5)  Create a new audio track or use the new audio "bounced" track (make sure to delete the original synth track and the new audio 'click' clip);
6) Set clip in the Matrix to the above audio track; set MV to follow transport and activate loop;
7) Arm your audio track.
Now you can record your click track into SONAR's Track View from the Matrix.  As mentioned in Step 3a, I suggest that you keep a groove clip of your click loop so that you may use it in the future.  Since it is a groove clip it will automatically sync to any tempo.

The above seems like a lot to do, but it is much easier than it seems and once it's done you will only need to do steps 4 - 7 next time.  This also eliminates any physical routing or any loop-back limitations from your sound card/audio interface.

Kind regards,

Living Room Rocker

one more thing I always do is I allow the first 2 measures in every project to be blank measures. 

I use them for the count in. 

Every song starts at measure 3 beat 1 (not counting any lead in notes) 


When I get to the point I don't want the count in, I simply use a volume envelope to silence that track for the count in. 

After exporting to my wave editor, I simply trim the silence or count in out of the project. Done!

Here's some metronome MP3's

http://nicklane.edublogs.org/2010/03/25/drum-loops-metronomes/

Mike