AJ Kerezy
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Description:
Add flexible output options for the metronome: (1) emit MIDI notes to a chosen MIDI destination, and (2) route metronome audio to a user-selected
audio bus
as a dedicated click track—while keeping the current main-output routing available.
Problem:
Right now the metronome can only go to the main hardware outputs (1/2 or 1+2). That limits sound design (you can’t drive an external drum/click instrument), makes it hard to give performers an isolated click mix, and complicates exports to DAWs where a separate, time-aligned click track is essential.
Proposed Solution:
  • MIDI Click Output:
- Enable a “Send MIDI” mode with channel selection, note mapping (accent, beat, subdivision notes), velocity per accent level, and optional CC for accent.
- Destination can be: internal instrument track, AUv3 drum machine, virtual/MIDI out device.
  • Audio Bus Click Output:
- Add “Route to Bus …” in Metronome routing; user picks/creates an audio bus (e.g.,
Bus: Click
).
- Bus behaves like any other—its own level, FX, cue mix, and separate hardware out for in-ears/FOH.
  • Timing & Safety:
- Sample-accurate scheduling; latency compensation/offset (ms or ticks).
- Honors transport, tempo, time signature, and count-in.
- Option “Also send to main outs” (on/off).
  • Export & Stems:
- Include bus click in stem export as a separate file; toggle “Export Click Track”.
  • UI/UX:
- Clear picker in Metronome dialog (Main Outs / Bus / MIDI).
- Presets for common mappings (e.g., GM claves/rimshot).
- Quick toggle widget/action:
Metronome → Output Target
.
Benefits:
  • True
    click track
    on its own bus for monitoring and DAW export.
  • Use any sound (internal AU, hardware drum machine) for the metronome via MIDI.
  • Independent mixes: loud click for the performer, none for the audience.
  • Cleaner sessions and faster post-production with a separate, aligned click stem.
Examples:
  • Route metronome to
    Bus: Click
    → send that bus only to in-ears (Outputs 3–4); audience hears no click.
  • Enable
    MIDI Click
    on Channel 10 to drive a rimshot in an AU drum plugin; accent beats use higher velocity.
  • Export stems after a show with
    Export Click Track
    enabled—DAW import now has perfectly aligned audio + separate click.
This summary was automatically generated by GPT-5 Thinking on 2025-08-25.
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Allow Other Outputs for Metronome
CURRENT STATE: The metronome sound output can only be routed to the 1 or 2 or both 1+2 outputs. PLEASE - allow additional output options:
1) As MIDI notes to a MIDI channel
2) As audio 'clicks' to an audio bus channel
The 1st option lets a user create a MIDI channel to receive the MIDI notes generated by the Metronome, which can then be sent to their drum machine of choice to generate any click sound they want; which can then be further routed to an audio bus. The created MIDI channel (solely created for the Metronome MIDI output) - appears as a routing option in the Metronome routing dialog box.
The 2nd option lets a user, without the need for a drum machine or MIDI, have a unique and separate audio bus channel as a "click track". This option would REQUIRE, that the user create an audio bus channel to receive the metronome clicks. Then again - this audio bus channel appears as an output routing option in the Metronome dialog box.
The 2nd option is critical - if a user exports their recording session for import to another DAW (Logic, Cubase, Pro Tools, etc.). Now they can get both the audio tracks (which LP already provides), and a separate /unique click track that lines up with the audio track. The "lines up" with or is in time with the recorded audio tracks is critical. This makes editing any imported audio much, much, much easier since you have the click track the user recorded with.
Thanks
Bro AJ