ProTools/Software Synth question

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How do I create an audible click track in Pro Tools Free for Mac?


In order to produce a click, Pro Tools Free can use a sound module with
proper configuration of the OMS Setup application. You have the ability
to route the click from Pro Tools Free to trigger any device provided
it has been defined in OMS. If you do not have any external sound
modules, you still have the option to use the QuickTime Musical
Instruments software synthesizer. This is a General MIDI, multitimbral
sound module which is included with the Macintosh Operating System. In
order to take advantage of this "virtual synthesizer," you need to
enable its operation through OMS.

- Launch the OMS setup application.

- In the studio setup window, double click the QuickTime Musical
Instrument icon and click the radio button next to the word "on". Click
"Use Rock Drum Kit" checkbox .

- Click the "OK" button, choose "save" from the file menu and quit OMS
Setup.

- In Pro Tools Free, select Click Options from the MIDI pull-down menu
or double click on either the count-off or metronome button in the
transport MIDI controls window.

- Click and hold on the "Output" pop-up menu and select your
destination device and channel. If using a General MIDI compatible
synthesizer (such as QuickTime Musical Instruments) use channel 10, for
this is the channel that contains all drum and non-pitched percussion
sounds.

- Select a note for the accented and unaccented beats via your MIDI
controller or by typing in a note name with the Macintosh keyboard.

- Once you have configured the parameters of the Click options window
to your liking, enable the click by choosing "click" in the MIDI
pull-down menu or highlighting the metronome button in the MIDI
controls transport window.


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