How to export click track in ableton

How do I record the internal metronome in Ableton Live 9 as a single track? I want a export a track with music but also have the click in the mix as well.

Any help is appreciated, thank you!

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This isn't going to work for time signature and tempo changes. Even if it could, it's not as simple as dragging out a line of MIDI.

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I would upvote this twice if I could.

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Download soundflower. Send your Live output to soundflower, and then select soundflower as an input. Then record with the metronome on.

Or use a microphone. Or I'm sure the audio file for the metronome sound is availble in the macOS .app package or somewhere on a Windows machine.

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Audacity can record stereo mix even if you don't have that option via WASAPI

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Re: Recording Metronome

Post by AceLuby » Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:43 pm

Soundscapemusic wrote:How would you record the metronome onto a new track so that you could export it or use it for tracking?

I create a MIDI track, throw a drum rack in there and then draw the click in. We do this so I can sound a REALLY LOUD click to my drummer.

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Re: Recording Metronome

Post by Soundscapemusic » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:18 pm

Hmm, thats a good idea, but it could use up unnecessary amounts of CPU (although insignificant, every little bit counts).

Im sure theres a way you can route lives metronome to a channel.

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Re: Recording Metronome

Post by Tone Deft » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:25 pm

what happens if you set a track to 'resample' and then sent the CUE output to the same outs as the Master? can you send the CUE out to a track? I don't recall, don't think you can.

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Re: Recording Metronome

Post by Soundscapemusic » Wed Mar 10, 2010 10:29 pm

Tone Deft wrote:what happens if you set a track to 'resample' and then sent the CUE output to the same outs as the Master? can you send the CUE out to a track? I don't recall, don't think you can.

That might work, will have to try it out later. I know that ive done this before, but i cant remember :S and i think it was the improper way of doing it i.e routing it out the soundcard then back in.

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Re: Recording Metronome

Post by buzby » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:47 am

on a mac, dont know for pc

you can find the the metronome audio files by going into applications and right clicking on your live icon and choose "show package contents"

then contents/app-resources/misc/metronome/samples

copy these into a different file location, drag and drop into live

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Post by onslaught » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:00 pm

Copy the metronome samples from the Live 'package', put in your favourite sampler, place one on each beat in a midi clip 1 bar long, loop it.

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Post by abletoff » Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:16 pm

quicker maybe, do an impulse track and play one click measure

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Post by mercyplease » Wed Oct 18, 2006 1:34 pm

or just render as normal with the metronome switched on. Mine does this if I want it to or it used to.

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How do I export a metronome track in Ableton?