Sonar X1 - setting up the metronome/click

In the metronome preferences (right-click one of the metronome icons in the Control Bar), have you chosen Use Audio Metronome?

And have you selected an Output? This can be routed to a bus or directly to a soundcard output. If to a bus, then the bus output needs to go to the soundcard.

Scott

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My suggestion is use the Metronome bus, because then you can get the loudness, etc. like you want for that project, and simply mute the buss when you don't want to hear the metronome.

Route the metronome bus to the master if you change your hardware output choice a lot on your interface and always want everything to go there, or route it directly to the hardware if you want to be able to 1) send it to a cue system independently of the master mix so other folks can adjust to suit or 2)use it even if you route the masterbus to someplace else other than "normal" for some reason.

Don't forget to mute it before you do a final mix... :)

I see you PM'd me this topic , sorry I don't use X1 so not sure of details.