if you want the audio metronome to work correctly, contact tech support.  it's email support only for MC, but they should be able to sniff out the problem.

Follow up on 10) Limit of eight entries in the Synth Rack.
 
So hypothetically, this means that -- considering SoundCenter is restricted to one track per instance -- for example, I could only have six CSC instruments/synths in the Rack if I had one TTS and one SI-Drum? In other words, I would have to be more conscientious when choosing my instrument synths: more conservative toward CSC instruments and more generous with TTS instruments (in accordance with that limit) considering TTS can have up to sixteen tracks per output, correct?
 

 
A few more.
17) Why am I unable to copy a selection of notes from one Track and paste them to another?
 
18) How do I reset a controller that's still operating although I've deleted it? Clicking the "Reset Audio" button above seems to do the trick, but it somehow alters the volume of some instruments. Can anyone explain this?
 
19) For some reason, the Take Lane and Automation buttons do not appear for me in Music Creator 6. They're just not there, and I cannot figure out how to enable them. Are they only available on certain track types? I'm sorry, but once again, my available documentation fails to explain this. Screenshot here:

RE#10:It's a matter of discretion, really. How many instruments do you need? Mix and match to suit. The important thing is you are beginning to understand the capabilities and limits of your software.
 
RE#17:Make sure it's the same kind of track. Audio to Audio. MIDI to MIDI. With SIT's I don't know what to expect. I don't like them and I don't use them.
 
RE#18:You'll have to clarify this. It doesn't make sense.
 
RE#19:Where did the "Theirs" image come from? I seriously doubt MC6 supports take lanes.

To get past the 8-synth limit, once you have a synth track where you want it, bounce the synth to audio, delete the synth from the synth rack and archive the MIDI track.
Then you can use another synth.

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RE#10:It's a matter of discretion, really. How many instruments do you need? Mix and match to suit. The important thing is you are beginning to understand the capabilities and limits of your software.
 
RE#17:Make sure it's the same kind of track. Audio to Audio. MIDI to MIDI. With SIT's I don't know what to expect. I don't like them and I don't use them.
 
RE#18:You'll have to clarify this. It doesn't make sense.
 
RE#19:Where did the "Theirs" image come from? I seriously doubt MC6 supports take lanes.
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10: Thanks for the insight. I would imagine if you were to compose entirely of SoundCenter instruments, you could only technically have eight. (Unless a drum kit was included.) Based on this, I've decided pretty much that in my compositions, I may use TTS strictly for strings and bass guitars, considering they all sound quite similar to what CSC offers.
 
I would also imagine that, anyone who has purchased the Instrument Packs would have to be extremely conservative of how many of the instruments they use (unless more TTS or audio). That's just my perspective, anyway. I'm still enjoying some of the TTS instruments.
 
Therefore, I may be likely to still make significant use of TTS over SoundCenter, respecting the 8-synth limit. Bouncing to audio...I would have to be really sure before doing that. LOL. I tend to go back occasionally and George Lucas my work.
 
17: Copying among similar track types -- of course! Never thought of it. :)
 
18: Every once in a while, I apply a controller -- doesn't matter which method -- and I don't like it. I delete the controller but it still sounds. And recently I've discovered the Reset Audio button up on top by the digital time readout, but when I hit that, some instrument volume levels change. I'll have to experiment and report later...
 
19: Here's a link to a MC6 Touch reference pertaining to Take Lanes:
http://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation/default.aspx?Doc=Music%20Creator%206%20Touch&Lang=JP&Req=Arranging.32.html
I use MC6, but not the Touch. I was unable to Google search any specific comparisons between the two MC6 packages.
 
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To get past the 8-synth limit, once you have a synth track where you want it, bounce the synth to audio, delete the synth from the synth rack and archive the MIDI track.
Then you can use another synth.
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Alright! I never thought of that. Audio tracks don't require a place in the synth rack. Now, when you say "archive the MIDI track" -- I'm sorry, is this a technical term? Please be more specific... :)
 

Archiving is a way of removing tracks from processing in the DAW. It is associated with the button to the right of the snowflake with the letter A on it. In the illustrations in post #22, the archive option does not appear in the right-hand image.

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Archiving is a way of removing tracks from processing in the DAW. It is associated with the button to the right of the snowflake with the letter A on it. In the illustrations in post #22, the archive option does not appear in the right-hand image.

That being said, I would assume MC6 doesn't offer the Archive feature. Or it is only available for an Audio track, because I've never seen the A button. Is this the case? (* A Google search apparently indicates that archive is only available for Touch.)
 
How's Archive different from bouncing to Audio, and what happens when a track is archived?

When a track is archived, the plug-ins are removed from memory and the data in the track is not processed. Bouncing a synth creates a new audio track. Freezing is an in-place bounce and archive.

I just checked my X1 Essential, which MC6(non-touch) was derived from. It doesn't have take lanes either.
MC6Touch was derived from X2. There are enough differences that it would have probably been a lot less confusing if they had called it MC7.
As you have noted, the documentation doesn't really help figure out what the differences are.
Your best bet is to refer to the Help files included with your version.
I know it can be frustrating when the documentation is not entirely clear, but keep hammering away at it. You'll get it.

If there is no A (archive) button in the track pane, right-click in a blank area of the track pane and you should be presented with a list. One of them is MSR and under that is Archive. It's been around in MC since at least 2002, and I can't imagine they would take it out.