Click Track Creation
I have completed a song, which I now wish to share with some of my musical friends so they can learn it, and we can all record ourselves and compile a video of it for our church's livestream service. I would like to provide everyone with a clicktrack, but I do not know how to do this. Even with the metronome turned on while exporting the mp3 file, it did not export with the metronome clicks. Does MuseScore have a function for creating clicktracks, and, if not, is there another way I can make one?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Comments
I'd add a woodblock instrument to your score, notate a single measure in the "click" rhythm you want select it and press and hold R to replicate it throughout the score. Then possibly hide it.
In reply to I'd add a woodblock… by jeetee
That's a good idea! Thanks, I'll try it.
In reply to I'd add a woodblock… by jeetee
As the wooden blocks have to sounds, I was able to use one for the downbeat and the other for the rest of the beats. It worked perfectly.
Hi,
I'm trying to do something similar - add a woodblock for a click to go along with a simple melody line.
What I'd like to do is add the click to the same staff that the melody is on and make it invisible.
Is that possible?
Thanks,
DS
In reply to Hi, I'm trying to do… by Duke Sharp
One staff can only have on sound font, so I'm afraid that isn't possible. What I do is create a copy of my piece and add the wood blocks, leaving them there.
In reply to One staff can only have on… by William Halsted
Ah - thanks, won't work for this particular thing, but maybe somewhere else.
DS
In reply to Hi, I'm trying to do… by Duke Sharp
No need to put it on the same staff, or to copy the score. Just add a new instrument, fill it with the desired sound, and make the instrument invisible, in Edit / Instruments.
In reply to No need to put it on the… by Marc Sabatella
I'll try it, sounds like it should work, thanks :-)
DS
In reply to No need to put it on the… by Marc Sabatella
Of course; I just made a copy since I was adding measures to make a pause before the score starts for the click track. My biggest complaint with click tracks is that they never give you enough time to get ready once you start it, so I gave my quartet the whole of six seconds and then some to pick up their instruments. I also added two measures pickup for the click track before the song started.
In reply to Hi, I'm trying to do… by Duke Sharp
Yes, you can!
Use chords, but give them a ‘click’ sound, such as Claves or Woodblocks. Only set them to ‘Play’ for the measures on which you need them.
Method:
At each click position that you want, add a chord . Any chord, but to be really flexible you should set it to the actual harmony. Then you can change the chord sound later if you wish, to add an accompaniment.
Select them all and set them all to ‘Play’:
Right-click on a chord, select ‘all similar elements in the same stave.’
Open the Inspector.
Tick ‘Play ‘ (i.e. turn them on).
You can later select the measures that you do not want to hear , and clear the “Play’ flag.
Set the chords to play only for the length of the beat
Close the Inspector.
Assign a ‘click’ sound to the chords.
Open the Mixer by pressing F10.
Select the instrument corresponding to your chosen stave.
Click on the arrow at the top its channel (that contains a slider). This opens two new channels: the first one for the stave’s instrument instrument, and the next one for your chords.
Select the Chords channel.
In the instrument pull-down bow, choose ‘Claves,’ ‘Wood Block’, or something more exciting like a staccato cello / picollo.
As you play back, you can experiment with different voices for the metronome sound.
Close the Mixer and save your file. QED!