Hi Folks,
 
Is there any way to record the metronome in Sonar internally? I work with other musicians via the internet from time to time and some have asked me to send them a click track. It's a PITA because I have to mic one of my monitors and record it in realtime. I know there has to be a way but I've yet to figure out how to do it.
 
Thanks...

If you have a soundcard with several ins/outs and options in the soundcard mixer to routing, you can route your click to some outputs > route that to another input > record that input to a track.
I don't know if there is a smarter way around it in the X-series, I'm on 8. Reaper actually have a neat function to capture click directly to a track.

I usually add an extra midi track, assign it to my drum synth, and create a simple midi clip of usually pedal hi-hats on the beat, and if need sub-division of the beats, I will either mod it to 2 steps or 4 steps and add closed hi-hats for the eighth notes or 16th notes.  I then just copy/paste and specify however many repetitions I need for the song.
 
I control its presence of absence through simple muting, and it can be transferred to somebody else as either a midi track or bounced to audio.  I generally prefer sending it as a midi track, because then they can control tempo easily if need be, and they can always bounce to audio if they want.
 
Hope that helps, 
 
Bob Bone
 

I do basically what Bob does.
I assign a different synth, though, to keep the click track from blending into the drum tracks. I also use a different sound, usually wood blocks. The MIDI track will follow tempo changes, provided you tell it to.
It's very easy and flexible.

But if you do want the metronome in a mix you can change it's output to master bus. It's normal default is to the direct output of your interface Stereo 1/2. 
 
I did a song once where the metronome became a part of the song somehow.. 
 
The metronome has input and output configurations like any Bus. 
With my interface I can route it back to an audio track using Scarletts mix control. 

Thanks for the great tips everyone.
 
Cactus Music I have the Scarlett 18i20 with mix control. Can you explain in brief how to set up the routing? Thanks

Hi George.  I think what Johnny (Cactus Music) is referring to is the loop back channel in Mix Control.  I have a Saffire unit, but I would think it has the same software (Mix Control).  You can find it in the Routing section (when right clicking on the Effects button or whichever is the one on the far left atop the bottom section).  There where you can route Mixes and outputs, you can pick Loop 1 and Loop 2 (left and right for stereo, respectively).  If you don't have that option available, I guess the hard wire loop Bob described will work.
 
Kind regards,
 
Living Room Rocker

I have ZERO idea as to whether or not how I do a click track is the best way to go.  It takes me next to nothing for time to set it up, so that's why I use my approach.  It's quick, can be exported/bounced/muted, and follows tempo changes (though not meter changes).
 
So please, feel free to explore any and all options.  :)
 
Bob Bone
 

What the rocker just said, Sorry I'm away from home so cannot look, but It's in the nice well written manual as that is why I know it exists. Ha ha,, I actually read manuals!!! 

To include previously-recorded DAW tracks, or audio from other computer applications into the mix,
select the two relevant DAW inputs as a stereo input track. These may typically be DAW 1 and DAW 2,
but this will depend how the outputs of the DAW or other computer application are routed.