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Re: Metronome issues

2002-04-11 by mikexl7

ya i often use a wood block or even just lay down my bass drum first.
hope it works for you.

mike.

--- In xl7@y..., "Andre Lewis" <andrel@s...> wrote:
> You mean recording a part to act as if it were the metronome?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikexl7 [mailto:mikexl7@y...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:09 PM
> To: xl7@y...
> Subject: [xl7] Re: Metronome issues
> 
> 
> first thing I want to say is I almost always just replace the 
> metronome a more musical sound in one of my presets.  By dooing 
this 
> you can change the volume and the type of sound so you can hear it 
> in whatever situation you are in.
> 
> --- In xl7@y..., Roger Powell <forneau@y...> wrote:
> > Anybody run into these metronome issues?
> > 
> > 1) Metronome sound is passed through FX, making it
> > hard to use if a delay effect is engaged. Where's the
> > metronome sound coming from? Do I need to assign it to
> > an empty SEND somehow?
> 
> I don't think I have ever had this happen.
> > 
> > 2) What's the point of being able to turn the
> > metronome sound off, but still have the now-silent
> > count-in occur? In other machines, there is a mode
> > where the metronome can be assigned to playback and/or
> > record, or off. When "off" or "playback", any count-in
> > is typically skipped.
> 
> I just don't see this as a issue. But that is just me.
> > 
> > 3) Why do you need to go into pattern RECORD in order
> > to access the metronome? Doesn't arming record cause
> > the machine to think the pattern needs to be saved? I
> > know you can get to the metronome in Pattern Edit, but
> > that's clumsy when you're recording pattern tracks and
> > just want to quickly enable/disable it.
> 
> If you are recording patterns are you not going into record mode?
> 
> > 
> > 4) How do I control the volume of the metronome sound?
> 
> I dont think you can but i could be wrong.
> > 
> > I apologize if there's something I'm missing here and
> > there's an obvious answer to any of these.
> > 
> > Forneau
> > 
> > 
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