Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Create And Enable a Click Track - Pro Tools

By TOM BOWSER

How to create a click track:

  1. Left click on "Track" then "Create Click Track" on the Pro Tools menu bar.

Create a Click Track In Avid Pro Tools

A Click track will be created in the current open session.

A Click Track In Avid Pro Tools

  1. Enable the click track by left clicking on "Options" then "Click" at the top of the Pro Tools menu bar. You know the click track is enabled when it has a checkmark to the left of the word "Click". See image below.

Enable a Click Track In Avid Pro Tools

You can also press the number 7 on your keyboards numeric keypad to either enable or disable the click track.

  1. Left click on the Click tracks solo button to hear only the click track. The solo button turns yellow when enabled.
Solo a Click Track in Avid Pro Tools
  1. Press your keyboards Space bar to listen to the click track.

If you don't hear the click track when you start playback:

  • Verify you have enabled the click track as described in step 2 above.
  • Solo the click track as described in step 3 above.
  • Increase the level of the click track volume fader.