ClickSmith

ClickSmith turns a song into a click track. Drop in an MP3, WAV, OGG or M4A, let it find the tempo, nudge the click onto the downbeat, shape the sound, add cues, and export a stereo WAV with the song on the left and the click on the right — the way bands run in-ears. A DAW does this in twenty minutes; ClickSmith does it in a browser tab, and the file never leaves your machine.

Who it is for

• Bands playing to click who need an IEM click per song, fast.
• Musical directors and worship teams preparing a whole set's clicks between rehearsals, with spoken cues in the click ear.
• Drummers who want the click that actually matches the recording, including songs that speed up.
• Depping and cover musicians learning a set with a click over the reference track and a loop on the hard bars.

What makes it different

• Nothing is uploaded. The song is decoded and rendered on your own machine.
• Tempo maps. A song that moves gets tempo changes at the cursor, not a single average BPM.
• Per-beat accents — tap each beat through ghost, normal and accent — and a different sound per beat if you want one.
• Named cues and audio markers on the click side, plus a rehearsal loop.
• Exports for real rigs: one WAV or MP3 with click left and song (or spoken cues) right, or a zip of separate files with a MIDI tempo map — 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz, 16 or 24-bit, with an optional count-in, pre-roll and tail.

Pages in this guide

• Getting started — from a file to a click track in five minutes.
• Check the grid, fix it, and handle tempo changes — songs that change tempo.
• Add named cues, audio markers and a rehearsal loop — cue markers, spoken cues and the rehearsal loop.
• Export the click track — layouts, formats, count-in and the MIDI tempo map.
• Prepare a whole set — a whole set from SetlistForge, one zip, and Show Clock.
• FAQ and Troubleshooting.