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Using the metronome

GarageBand includes a metronome, which plays a steady beat at the project’s tempo to help you play and record in time. By default, the metronome plays when you record a Real or Software Instrument.

You can turn the metronome on or off, and change whether it plays only during recording. You can also set the metronome to play a one-measure “count-in” before recording starts.

To change the metronome settings:

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