Importing Custom Samples to TL Metro

TL Metro supports up to 50 different samples for metronome click sounds. TL Metro includes factory 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 unassigned slots in order to avoid overwriting the factory samples. However, any of the 50 slots can be replaced by user imported samples if desired.

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 approximately one second to avoid playback problems.

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, select it from the sample menu for the appropriate beat.

Factory and imported samples are stored in a preferences file named “TL Metro Plug-In” located in your system preferences folder. On Windows, it’s located in <system drive letter>:\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 imported into TL Metro on a different Pro Tools system, copy this preferences file between systems. 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 samples.