Creating a Click Track

Pro Tools lets you create a Click track using the Click plug-in. You can also create a click track using the TL Metro plug-in (included with Pro Tools) or using a MIDI instrument.

For more information on the Click or the TL Metro plug-in, see the Audio Plug-Ins Guide.

To create a click track using the Click plug-in:

Choose Track > Create Click Track.

Pro Tools creates a new Auxiliary Input track named “Click” with the Click plug-in already inserted. In the Edit window, the click track’s Track Height is set to Mini. You can create more than one click track and each subsequent click track is named in sequence. For example, Click 1, Click 2, and Click 3.

To hear the click during playback and recording, configure the Click Options (see Click Options) and ensure that Click is enabled (see Enabling the Click).

To create a click track using MIDI:

1 Create a new (mono) Auxiliary Input or Instrument track.

2 Do one of the following:

From the track’s Input selector, select the path to which the MIDI device is connected.

– or – 

Insert an instrument plug-in on the track (such as TL Metro or Xpand2).

3 Configure the Click/Countoff options, and be sure to select the port for the MIDI device or instrument plug-in from the Output pop-up menu (see Click Options).

4 Enable Click (see Enabling the Click).