Setting a Port to the Record Track

Let's start our tutorial by creating a new Metro file:

  • From the File menu, choose New.

A new Metro document appears.

Notice the selector dot in the Record ('R') columnMet90000.gifMetro automatically record-enables Track 1 in a new document.

Now let's set a port to the record track:

  1. Make sure the Output on the record-enabled track is a Port and that port is set up as the Record From device in the Setup menu's MIDI Setup dialog box.

  2. If the Output is not set to “Port,' click in the Outputs column, hold down the mouse to display a popup menu, and choose a Port on the appropriate device. If the Port is not set to the correct device, select Edit Port from the popup menu.

The Edit Track Output Port dialog box appears.

  1. Choose the correct device from the dialog box and click OK. For the purposesof this tutorial, do not select an audio device.

  2. Adjust your MIDI device to send whatever Program Change (sound) that you wantto record (be sure that Program Changes are enabled in the Record Criteria dialog under the Setup menu).

Now that we've set a port to the record track, let's move on to Enabling the Metronome Click.
Setting a Port to the Record Track