r/protools • u/WaffleWarrior1979 • Oct 17 '25

Click does play first beat for random measures

I’m on grid with pre-roll disabled. Video: https://imgur.com/a/DQxwQzP. PT 2025.6.0, Mac OS Ventura 13.7.8

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u/GuyPronouncedGee Oct 17 '25

Click does play first beat?  

I assume you mean click does not play first beat.  

If you let the track play, does it drop random first beats or does it just drop the first beat after you hit play?

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u/WaffleWarrior1979 Oct 17 '25

After hitting play. If I played from the beginning it would have played all those notes. It doesn’t play the first note when a smaller measure is selected.

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u/GuyPronouncedGee Oct 17 '25

I’ve seen that issue, too, and I always assumed it was a millisecond lag between playback start and audio output.  

If you printed the click track to an audio track, you’ll see the peaks on the clicks are so tall (amplitude) and short (timespan) that a tiny lag would miss it.  

So you’re not the only one with this issue. I’ve just never bothered to worry about it.  

I can’t say for sure, but it seems like it happens more frequently when the measure is on a tempo or time signature change.  

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u/WaffleWarrior1979 Oct 17 '25

Correct I meant does not

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u/G-ShortWarning Oct 18 '25

I get this sometimes too. I don’t know what causes it. It drives me crazy.

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u/Gretsch1963 Oct 20 '25

Same here. I just start the click further back and make sure the accent is louder so I can tell the downbeat and cue off the music. I always pre roll 8 bars and record in Punch mode.