Recording Another Track

Now lets add an 8 bar melodic or chordal figure on top of the existing drum and bass tracks:

  1. Within the Transport window, click and drag the MIDI Thru Channel popup to set it to channel 2.

  2. Click the Play button in the Transport window or press the spacebar to start playback. As the sequence plays, select a melodic lead or chordal sound on your General MIDI sound module and work out an 8 bar passage to go along with the drums and bass.

  3. Click the Stop button in the Transport or press the spacebar once you've figured out your part.

  4. From within the Tracks window, click the R column to record enable track 5 for recording.

  5. Click and drag the Output popup on track 5 to assign it to Channel 2 of your General MIDI sound module. Remember, each new sound must be assigned to an unused MIDI channel.

  6. Click the Record button in the Transport or press Option-R to begin recording your MIDI melodic or chordal line to track 5 (remember, the count off is set to 1 bar)

  7. Click the Stop button in the Transport or press the spacebar after you've played in at least 8 bars worth of material.

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  1. Within the Tracks window, click the Loop button to loop track 5 and specify 8 bars for the track's duration.

  2. Choose Save from the File menu. This saves the contents of the active session to the current Metro file.

Congratulations! You've just completed your first piece done with Metro. Continue on with the next tutorial, 'Getting Deeper', to further explore Metro's compositional tools.

Recording Another Track