Specifications
Chapter 93: TL Metro 521
Importing Custom Samples to
TL Metro
TL Metro supports up to 50 different samples for
metronome click sounds. TL Metro includes fac-
tory samples in the first 40 slots, the remaining
slots are marked as “<Unassigned>.”
TL Metro supports import of WAV and AIFF
sound files for specific beat sounds. Sounds can
be loaded into any one of the 50 available slots.
Typically, user samples are loaded into the un-
assigned slots in order to avoid overwriting the
factory samples. However, any of the 50 slots
can be replaced by user imported samples if de-
sired.
For best results, imported sounds should have
the following characteristics.
• The sound should start in the very first
sample of the file, and have a sharp attack
to ensure proper timing.
• The sample should be normalized before
importing.
• Sound length should be limited to approxi-
mately one second to avoid playback prob-
lems.
To import a sound:
1 Click the Sound Library button to display the
sample menu.
2 Select an unassigned slot.
3 In the resulting File dialog, select the WAV or
AIFF file you want to import.
4 Click OK.
The name of the selected file is displayed in each
sample menu. To use the imported sample, se-
lect it from the sample menu for the appropriate
beat.
Factory and imported samples are stored in a
preferences file named “TL Metro Plug-In” lo-
cated in your system preferences folder. On
Windows, it’s located in <system drive let-
ter>:\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Application Data\Trillium Lane\TL
Metro PlugIn.rsr. On Macintosh, it’s located in
Users\<user name>\Library\Preferences\TL
Metro Plug-In.
If you want to use the particular samples you im-
ported into TL Metro on a different Pro Tools
system, copy this preferences file between sys-
tems. If the TL Metro preferences file is deleted,
all factory and user samples will be deleted. To
restore TL Metro to the factory samples only,
quit Pro Tools and delete this preferences file.
The next time you use TL Metro, it will recreate
the preferences file with only the factory sam-
ples.