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#1670990 - 07/15/20 03:19 AM Metronome to Direct Path -- possible?
aanon aanon Space Cadet Registered: 10/05/18 Posts: 19	In the manual (pg.208) it say "You can send the VS-2000CD's metronome output as a click track to a drummer's headphone amp using a Direct path." I'd like to be able to do this, but I can't see how to route the metronome to a Direct path. Is it really possible? If so, any tips would be much appreciated. All the best, VS people Edited by aanon (07/15/20 11:20 AM)
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#1671479 - 07/17/20 05:39 PM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: aanon]
Liquidirt Liquidirt Planet Dirtball Planeteer Registered: 11/08/04 Posts: 18693 Loc: Albuquerque, NM	The headphone output is all you need if I recall correctly. Haven't had my VS for a while now. Hope that helps. _________________________ My wife just left me. Probably because I'm so insecure... Wait, she's back. She just went for a coffee, my bad...
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#1671524 - 07/18/20 04:27 AM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: Liquidirt]
aanon aanon Space Cadet Registered: 10/05/18 Posts: 19	Thanks for the response. I'm familiar with sending the metronome to the headphone outs but I was particularly interested in the manual's comment about sending it to a direct path. The underlying reason I'm interested is that if I can get the metronome on a direct path, I should be able to record it to a track easily (without a messy workaround like sending it out of the desk and back in again to record).
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#1671538 - 07/18/20 01:17 PM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: aanon]
gyorpb gyorpb Planeteer Registered: 05/11/19 Posts: 298	Switch on Rythm Track and your metronome is on tracks 17&18. Bounce to any two tracks to print. (See pp. 305-308.)
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#1672263 - 07/21/20 06:55 AM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: gyorpb]
aanon aanon Space Cadet Registered: 10/05/18 Posts: 19	Ah. I had not thought of that as I normally have Rhythm Track turned off. Thank you, I'll try it next time I have a chance.
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#1673749 - 07/31/20 07:35 AM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: aanon]
aanon aanon Space Cadet Registered: 10/05/18 Posts: 19	I gave this a test today. From what I could tell, the metronome does not go to tracks 17/18 even when rhythm track is turned on. Edit: I just found something weird that might be related to this. When I have Rhythm Track turned on and go into the Metronome page, the display I see is not the same as shown on page 308 of the User Manual. Rather, I always see a Metronome settings page that includes an OUTPUT SELECT field. I am guessing this is related somehow to the fact that my metronome is not going to the Rhythm Track. --- As a workaround I can create a simple user drum pattern that replicates a metronome and that does appear on tracks 17/18, so works ok for my purposes. Although I've had the VS2000 for a long time, this was the first time I've dug into making user drum patterns and I was pleasantly surprised to find a pretty decent step sequencer lurking within. Man, these Roland machines are very mature and deep designs! Edited by aanon (08/01/20 12:05 PM)
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#1674441 - 08/06/20 02:31 PM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: aanon]
eutak eutak Planeteer Registered: 01/21/09 Posts: 154 Loc: UK	aanon, I think you're right, the internal basic metronome doesn't go through the Rhythm track. I believe the manual info is misleading. (pg.208) "You can send the VS-2000CD's metronome output as a click track to a drummer's headphone amp using a Direct path." This means that rather than using the basic metronome you can set up a 'click track' by using patterns and sounds in the Rhythm track, and for example send that to a direct path. Re the metronome OUTPUT SELECT field. That was added in version 2. Previously the metronome went only into the monitor output. You can still download the version 2 addendum from Roland: https://www.roland.com/uk/support/by_pro...3-24296ff586e7/
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#1674667 - 08/08/20 05:59 AM Re: Metronome to Direct Path -- possible? [Re: eutak]
aanon aanon Space Cadet Registered: 10/05/18 Posts: 19	Thanks for the clarification. For now, I think I'll do it the "messy" way by sending the metronome out by aux and back in on a spare input. At least this lets me add a little reverb and I can directly control its volume with a grouped fader. The tiny bit of roundtrip latency is nothing, really. Back to making music!
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