@@CatabductionsAnoymNo it's a good thing broh, also just think about it, it makes sense that If you're just playing a straight 4/4 beat for example the click just sounds like extra attack on the kick and snare hits if you're 100% dead on top of it. But the thing about that is, nobody can play 100% dead on top of it for an entire song. You can maybe for a measure or two, but then it starts to drift, and when it does there's some cognitive dissonance, kinda like when you have your blinker on in your car and it syncs up with the radio for a measure or so, it's REALLY satisfying then when it starts to drift iout of sync it gets really bothersome, same thing when you're playing with one. That discomfort you feel when it starts to drift out of sync with your playing will subconsciously keep you on top of it because it feels really extra satisfying when you successfully play with it. Also I've noticed playing with one that EVERY drummer rushes the fills. So keep that in mind when you're practicing with it, if ever you're going to get off, it'll probably be because you rushed a fill.

This actually makes sense, i always Made a mistake on the tempo when i use click track (i was the drummer) just because i barely hear the click when i actually played in right tempo. When i can hear it, my friend interupted me like "bro your tempo is changing". It took my confidence away 😭

Get a headphone amplifier. Helps you hear the click over all the loud equipment on stage. I’ve always heard the click just fine and in time.

The thing is that to get groove, snare and kick must not be played exactly on the click. That's why it's advised to have the click on 2 and 4 beats.

The same what I have also noticed 😉😂

The first click is especailly annoying to my ears, but timbre is adjustable no?

Sean Hooks Is there a good free app for this ?

I think Nick did mention that in the video above

"Claps, congas and sub kicks tone samples help drive the groove. also they can be played thru the PA live to enhance your bands performance." Precisely why I don't like it. I prefer a true live performance.

At 3 in the morning, a few beers in, getting ready for the show in a couple days this guy is the best. Took the words out of my mouth! Cheers.

Jwalk Entertainment It’s over there 👉

use a tambourine over the click! the coldplay band uses a click+tambourine cause they struggle with only a click. its fine to have trouble:)

Every drummer should practice to a metronome a significant amount of their practice time. Keeping time is literally your fundamental job! It’s the most important skill you need to practice on. If you can’t play to a click, you’re not a good drummer…yet. Keep working on it!!!

Hey there! As long as you’re running the click and the audio from the same source (in the case of the video, you’d be running from your DAW), then everything will sync up perfectly. From there, the band will all essentially be directed from the drummer, who’s receiving the click and audio in their mix. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to further discuss some methods for running backing tracks. Thanks! Nick Pasquino, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 3230, nick_pasquino@sweetwater.com

Jake Groves Tama Starclassic Exotic Maple. Cant beat starclassics ;)

FanaticalDrummer got one myself :)

Hi Joshua, Yes, there was just two overheads and a kick drum mic. EV ND66 for over-heads and an EV ND 68 on the kick drum Take care, Nick

Hi Pepe, I have not done a video on the personally but I do have experience with Ableton Live as the hub for running a whole show. It is an amazing DAW for that kind of application. I would check into that. Take care, Nick

Thank you. I´ll try it. Let me know if you make a video with that stuff. Regards from Ecuador

EXACTLY.THOSE IDIOTS

Pro tools?

The players use in-ear monitors. The lighting and special FX is done by other people. And it's all rehearsed through soundchecks

I'll explain, that's a 💩 take on music

Thanks for the question. The best way to do that with the most flexibility would be to use Ableton Live and have clicks setup (1/4 note and 1/8 note) where you can trigger them in real time with a MIDI pad controller. Ableton will do that with ease, just need to have computer to the software on. Let me know if I can be of further help. Derek Senestraro, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1243, derek_senestraro@sweetwater.com

James Ford if you want your band to sound sloppy and annoy the audience by rushing and slowing down the songs they love then go ahead and play without a click track.

how many times have you done it? you'll adjust, it's not supposed to constrain you, it's just supposed to gently adjust your (presumably) already good time.

Every professional drummer I play with love it!! It takes time for you to get use to it. It actually will make your timing better when you get use to it and playing without it will make you better time wise. I understand your frustration in the beginning though. You gotta stick with it if you plan on being a versatile industry player.

In my opinion, the people who are "anti click" are the people who haven't played with one enough for it to become natural feeling. The metronome only feels robotic if you're not used to playing with it, and it will "gum" you up. I hated it at first, but I've been playing in bands for the past few years with some of the best musicians I've ever met and had the chance to play with, and they all love it. Keep in mind, I'm not saying that I ONLY play to a click, ever. But because we have all gotten used to playing with a click, we can take it out of the equation and we're all equally as tight as we were with it. It builds your internal metronome. Once you get over the roboticness of playing with it at first, it will become your best friend. :)

@@asgdrums Excuse me I am not a musician, but I thought that the whole idea of being a good drummer was that you had practiced so much that you could keep time without a gadget to help you. Now that I am aware of what a clicktrack is, how can I tell if a live band is using it?

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The one Nick is playing in the video is a "Starclassic " not a Superstar Classic, I'm interested in the one in this video....

arjb2000 They sell expensive laptop tripod stands on eBay and Amazon. I bought a book stand off eBay for $20 and used that instead. Added a bit of rubber grip mat to it to stop any accidental slides. Works a treat.

I need to know the answer!

Think, i found it....

@@wernerhutter663 what click tracker u recommend?

CR7TheGunner Starclassic Maple Exotix with an outer pacific northwestern walnut veneer

And? He also plays to click, what’s your point?

in that case yes, it would be an it

music on "it" mono??

poly nome??

"ki ki ki ki"...???

Scar tissue in major key 😏...

thx bud! I would have never guessed!

@@bobbobbinson1841 plz don't take what I said seriously 😂

@@probathroomsingeryx haha ya I went to listen to it. and it did not make sense. I do not get the joke you pulled but... ok?

I need to know the answer!

Overheads just out of camera range.

@@CCCBeaumont The snare sounds super clean though, is that really from an overhead?

@@bobbob123ful It appears to be. I don't see a snare mic otherwise, do you?

@@CCCBeaumont I don't either, I just don't believe what I'm hearing haha

Use earphones or a speaker silly

I'm using in ears with a mix of the drums (with effects) and the click along with whatever I need from the rest of the band. I like the mix to sound like a record almost - with the mix on top.

i believe it's a TAMA Starclassic

Gabriel De Leon polynome metronome

PolyNome

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Thank you

Man, usually the kit is mic'd and that mix is fed into your IEMs. If not, I use 2 XLR channels from my mixer to run mics to my kick and an overhead condenser. That way I can hear my kit.

It must really suck to be bothered by such trivialities.

That's not what he said.

Idk man - greats learn to groove with the click and sometimes even prefere it . That's like saying all songs ever recorded in the studio have lost the feel because they used a click track

Guaranteed some of your favourite music played with 'feel' were recorded to a click.

"I AM THE CLICK TRACK" - Ringo.

Are you an actual musician?

Gear Zen you couldn't be more wrong.

Michael Dallara A bit hyperbolic, don't you think? Musicians never needed a click track in their ear for all time up until a few years ago, but they suddenly do now? Ain't buying it. For recording and practice, fine, but for live it's just silly.

Gear Zen virtually every song that has received any traction in the past thirty years has been recorded and performed to a click. Personally, I disagree with the automated takeover of music, but a metronome has nothing to do with that. Synchronicity, choreography, lighting, all these things require or are made monumentally easier because of the metronome. As for killing the soul, a click track in someone's ear over the top of the mix isn't going to magically make him/her a robot. Human error still exists and is required. A metronome is simply a tool to make recording and performances more organized and on track. Yes, you definitely could be more wrong, but on this particular point, I stand by my original comment.

Michael Dallara I like being able to go off script when playing liive. Every drummer I have performed with has been rock solid, so maybe I am spoiled.Also, in addition to rock and pop, I have a background performing jazz and classical music, where a click track would never be used. Different strokes......

Or don't use one and drag and rush through out your gig. Not everyone has perfect beat and not everyone with changing beats sound good too. They sound like amateurs who didn't oractice