Click Track Builder
Arrange a song out of sections — each with its own tempo, meter, feel, swing and click voice — then play the whole thing through. Block width = real duration.
Mouse
- Click a section block to select it. While the track is playing, clicking a block seeks there instantly and playback continues from that section.
- Click the small ▶ badge on a block (or double-click the block) to start playback from that section.
- Play / Stop runs the whole arrangement from the first section. Play from here in the editor starts at the selected section.
- The strip scrolls sideways when the arrangement is longer than the panel; it follows the playhead automatically.
Song templates
- One tap fills the whole timeline with a ready-made map. Every template loads real bar counts, meters and feels:
- Pop song — Intro 4, Verse 8, Chorus 8, Verse 8, Chorus 8, Bridge 4, Chorus 8, Outro 4 (52 bars of 4/4 at 104).
- 12-bar blues — I(4) IV(2) I(2) V(1) IV(1) I turnaround(2) = 12 bars at 92 with full shuffle swing on a rimshot.
- Jazz AABA — A 8 bars ×2, Bridge 8, Last A 8 = 32 bars at 160, swung eighths accented on 2 & 4.
- Waltz — 3/4 throughout: Intro 4, Waltz A 8 ×2, Trio 8 ×2, Coda 8 = 44 bars on a woodblock.
- Prog — mixed meters: 7/8, 5/4, 6/8, 7/8 ×2 and a half-time 4/4 coda, each at its own tempo.
- Loading a template stops playback and rebuilds the timeline; the loaded template stays highlighted until you add, delete or move a section.
Per-section feel
- Voice — Beep, Woodblock, Rimshot or Cowbell. Each section can use a different one, so a chorus is audibly a chorus. Tapping a voice previews it when stopped.
- Level — per-section volume, on top of the master Volume slider. Drop the intro, lift the chorus.
- Subdivision — Off, 8ths, Triplets or 16ths. Sub-beats sound as quieter ghost clicks between the main beats; they never move the beat grid.
- Swing — 0 = dead straight, 100 = full triplet shuffle. It delays the off-beat subdivision (and the double-time click). Pushing swing above 0 while subdivision is Off turns 8ths on for you.
- Feel — Half-time sounds only every other beat (a 4/4 bar clicks on 1 and 3); Double-time adds a full-strength click on every off-beat. Neither changes the bar length, so the arrangement stays the same duration.
- Accent pattern — one button per beat of the bar. Tap a beat to cycle accent → normal → rest. Rests are real silence, so you can build clave-style patterns. The preset buttons (1, All, 1 & 3, 2 & 4, None) rewrite the whole bar, and the pattern follows the live beat while playing.
- Repeats — play the section 1–8 times before moving on ("Chorus ×3"). Total bars, total time and the block width all include the repeats.
Count-in and rehearsal loop
- Count-in cycles off → 1 bar → 2 bars. The count uses the tempo, meter and voice of the section you are about to start.
- Loop cycles off → song → rehearse. Song repeats the whole arrangement; Rehearse loops the selected section only, with a fresh count-in before every pass so you can drill one part hands-free.
- Turning Rehearse on switches Count-in to 1 bar if it was off. While rehearsing, Play starts at the selected section, and clicking another block moves the drill to that section.
- Everything is scheduled against the audio clock, so the seam between passes is exact — no gap and no doubled hit.
Touch
- Tap a block to select it (or to seek, while playing). Tap the ▶ badge to play from that section.
- Swipe the timeline strip left and right to scroll through long arrangements.
- Every template, voice, subdivision, feel and beat button is at least 40px and wraps onto as many rows as it needs — nothing is hidden in a side-scroller.
Keyboard
- Space start / stop playback Enter play from the selected section
- ← → select the previous / next section
- Shift+←/→ move the selected section left / right
- - + nudge the selected section's tempo by 1 BPM (hold Shift for 5)
- [ ] fewer / more repeats on the selected section
- V next click voice S next subdivision F next feel
- C cycle the count-in R cycle loop off / song / rehearse
- A add a section D duplicate Delete remove the selected section
- Esc stop playback (and leaves a text field first)
- Shortcuts only fire while the focus is inside this widget, and letters / arrows / Space are never stolen from a text box, number box, slider or dropdown.
Conventions
- Section length = bars × repeats × beats per bar × (60 / BPM) seconds. Block width is exactly proportional to that length, so a slow 4-bar intro really is wider than a fast one.
- BPM always counts the beat unit you pick, so 6/8 at 120 means 120 eighth notes per minute.
- Subdivisions, swing and double-time clicks all sit inside the beat — they never shift a beat, a bar line or a section seam.
- Tempo and meter switch exactly on the bar line between sections — no gap, no doubled click.
- The readout names the live section and shows the bar within the section, the pass number, and the bar number across the whole arrangement.
Tips
- Start from a template, then re-name the sections and fix the tempos — edits apply live while the track runs.
- Give the chorus a cowbell at level 100 and the verse a soft woodblock at 60: you will hear the form without looking.
- To drill a hard bar, select it, set Loop to Rehearse and Count-in to 2 bars, then leave your hands on the instrument.
Arrangements live in this page only — they are not saved between visits. Reset restores the five-section default.
This interactive click track builder allows you to build custom metronome based off the structure of your song. Instead of having just one static beat, it enables you to create dynamic timeline that chains together sections in various time signatures and tempos.
Clicking the play button plays the entire arrangement. Your computer keyboard then become the controller for navigating around and controlling playback with precision. Designed to be used either via touch screen or desktop the interface is intuitive.
How to Use the Click Track Builder
Firstly you will notice your arrangement represented by a horizontal strip. Within this strip are blocks for each section of your song: A chorus, a verse, a bridge etc. Each block is same size as actual length of the section. For example, a slow, drawn out section is longer then a fast, short section.
Clicking on any block selects it (highlighted) and brings through the relevant detail into editor below. As the track plays, clicking on a block makes it jump immediately to that point in the song so you can jump around easy.
To create your arrangement, you work in the editor panel located at the bottom. In this panel you can alter the section’s name. At a glance, you’ll be able to see what part of your song you’re looking at.
How many bar are there? This will define length of the section. What should the tempo be? This can be changed using a slider or by typing in number. Fine tune the tempo from fast rockers to slow ballads. Choose the beat unit and beats per bar to accommodate complicated time signatures like 7/4 or 6/8 just as easy as conventional 4/4.
You can set an accent on each section. Accent means that first beat of each bar will be clicked out bright and loud whilst all other beats is quieter and duller. It helps you find your way inside the bar. Turning it off makes every beat sound the same, making it perfect for when you want to practice playing in free time or playing subdivisions.
The change take immediate effect too, meaning you get to hear the change as you’re editing.
The top controls let you fully control how you play back your arrangement. The volume slider lets you adjust the master output so you can hear the click but it won’t overpower you. The count-in button allow you to add an extra bar of clicks before first section starts, allowing you time to get locked into rhythm. And if there’s a certain part you’d like to practice on repeat, the loop button will continue playing the arrangement over and over again starting at very beginning.
For longer arrangements, you can even go into full screen mode to increase the size of the timeline for a better look at big picture.
It’s quicker to create and edit your songs using the keyboard. For example, pressing the spacebar will begin playing the track or pause it as if it was a media player. The arrow keys allows you to jump from section to section in song. To re-arrange your song, simply select the section you want to move, hold down shift, and press the arrow keys to jump it to the left or right. The A key adds another section, D duplicates current section and the delete key removes the section. All these shortcuts mean that your hands never leave keyboard which speeds up your workflow.
As it plays through you can see beat highlighted. It will show you precisely what beat you’re on. A line of dots lights up one after another. If you enable accent, the first dot becomes bigger and bolder to match louder click sound. If you want to get a feel for how the piece is phrased as you learn it then this little visual clue is a bonus. Because it updates in real-time you stay in synch with what’s playing through.
Here’s a couple of practical tips for getting best from it. Make an initial rough map of your song using estimated bar counts. Then, play it through from beginning to end to see where it feels too long or too short. The track will continue to run while you tweak the tempos or change the bar counts on the fly, so you would of had to stop to fine tune the feel. When rehearsing with a band use the count-in as a clear signal of when to start for everybody. Remember that arrangement is only in your active session, so if you want to clear the board and start again, hit the reset button.
Created as an all-purpose practice companion for musicians, this widget eliminates any uncertainty about tempo changes and transitions so you can concentrate on playing. Click Track will adjust to the demands of running through a whole set list or drilling a difficult bridge. Give it a try by adding a section or two and see what your arrangement sounds like.