Metronome Goes Out Of Time (X1 and X2)

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2012/10/15 04:56:32 (permalink)

Metronome Goes Out Of Time (X1 and X2)

I write and record a lot of progressive rock and metal with lots of bar to bar time sig changes. I find that after a while the metronome simply gets lost. This has always happened in X1 and is happening in X2.  Its not a massive problem but seems like something which shouldn't happen.
For example if I have a section of say
11/16 - 9/8 - 11/16 - 4/4
then by the time I get to the 4/4 the metronome is lost and will often strike on the offbeat or similar. Is it something I'm doing wrong, or just the computer getting confused?

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    robert_e_bone
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    Re:Metronome Goes Out Of Time (X1 and X2) 2012/10/15 05:05:13 (permalink)
    Hi - I also am into progressive rock and fusion (keyboard player), and I do a LOT of odd-meter stuff, with lots of switching of the meter from song section to section.

    I do not ever have this issue on my system.

    I will try to send you a private message with my email.

    Can you then send me a zipped up project folder (try not to make it too big from lots of audio tracks).  I mainly need to have just a couple of tracks and then I will see what happens to the metronome on MY system when running through the meter changes in your project.

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    Re:Metronome Goes Out Of Time (X1 and X2) 2012/10/15 06:57:42 (permalink)
    You're using the Audio Metronome? I've noticed it may get lost if there are time signature changes in the project and if
    - I move now cursor by mouse during playback
    - record using loop mode so that loop ends are not exactly at measure starts.
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    Re:Metronome Goes Out Of Time (X1 and X2) 2012/10/15 07:11:00 (permalink)
    I would suspect loop mode might do that for you.

    I have had zero issues, and I do meter switches all the time, as I am working on tunes with cycles of differing meters, like

    4/4, 7/4, 4/4, 5/4, 4/4. 7/4. 4/4, 5/4

    I LOVE making drummers heads explode.

    Bob Bone


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