2/4 time is counted:Įvery down-beat/up-beat pair is the same, while 4/4 time groups each pair of pairs in measures to imply a slightly different phrasing. In fact this is one of the things that distinguishes 4/4 time from 2/4 time. One, two, three, four one, two, three, four, …īeats are organized in pairs, with two pairs per measure. We count out "one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four.", but we usually stress beat 1 and beat 3 slightly to emphasize the down-beat/up-beat pattern.
#Metronome beat series
But while a simple metronome generates a monotonic series of undifferentiated sounds, the metronome track uses not just the tempo (beats per minute) but also the time signature to add accents that represent the way in which beats are organized into measures and sub-groups, much like you would when counting out loud to keep time.įor example, in 4/4 time each measure is conventionally divided into two sub-groups. Like its mechanical equivalent, the metronome track will play a sound at each beat in the appropriate tempo. Set it to 120 beats per minute and you'll hear one click every half second.įATpick's metronome track is a little more sophisticated than that. Set the metronome to 60 beats per minute and you'll hear one click every second.
You might be familiar with a classic mechanical style of metronome - the kind with an upright pendulum that swings back and forth to make a clicking sound the selected tempo.
After you've played a song, FATpick remembers how you configured the audio mix and restores that configuration the next time the song is opened.īoth of these behaviors - the "mute or unumute on first open" and the specific sounds used to accent each beat in the time signature - can be controlled via the metronome track configuration found under Gameplay Settings.
In other words, the metronome audio configuration is "sticky", just like every other track. On subsequent plays the metronome track configuration is restored to the one you used when you last played the song. By default, the metronome will be active the first time you play a song unless the song already includes another drum track, in which case the metronome track is still available but muted (silenced) on open.
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