Enabling the Click

Click tracks must be enabled to be heard during playback or recording.

To enable the click from the MIDI menu:

Select Options > Click.

To enable the 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.

 

Selecting MIDI Controls from the Transport window menu

Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) the Expand/Collapse “+” button 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 controls and the Counters.

 

Expand/Collapse “+” button, Transport Window with MIDI Controls

2 In the Transport, click the Metronome button so it is highlighted.

 

Metronome button, enabled

3 To hear the click count off when recording or playing, click the Count Off button in the Transport so it is highlighted.

 

Count Off button, enabled

Hearing the countoff before recording helps musicians to start playing at the right time and in tempo. The Count Off button in the Transport window displays the number of bars counted before the transport starts.

The countoff is ignored when Pro Tools is online and synchronized to SMPTE timecode.