User Manual

Chapter 21: Record Setup 427
Enabling Click
Click tracks must be enabled to be heard during
playback or recording.
To enable click from the MIDI menu:
 Select Options > Click.
To enable click in the Transport:
1 Display the MIDI controls in the Transport by
doing one of the following:
• Select View > Transport > MIDI Controls.
• From the Transport window menu, select
MIDI Controls.
• Control-click (Windows) or Command-
click (Mac) the Expand/Collapse “+” but-
ton in the Transport window to display the
MIDI controls.
• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac)
the Expand/Collapse “+” button in the
Transport window to display the MIDI con-
trols and the Counters.
2 In the Transport, click the Metronome button
so it is highlighted.
3 To hear the click count off when recording or
playing, click the Count Off button in the Trans-
port so it is highlighted.
Hearing the countoff before recording helps mu-
sicians to start playing at the right time and in
tempo. The Count Off button in the Transport
window displays the number of bars counted be-
fore the transport starts.
Click Options
Pro Tools provides options and controls for driv-
ing a click. The following steps are for configur-
ing and enabling a click using the DigiRack
Click plug-in or MIDI.
Selecting MIDI Controls from the Transport window
menu
Expand/Collapse “+” button, Transport Window with
MIDI Controls
Metronome button, enabled
Count Off button, enabled
The countoff is ignored when Pro Tools is
online and synchronized to SMPTE time
code.