What's a Click Track?

A click track is a series of audio cues used to synchronize sound recordings, sometimes for synchronization to a moving image. The click track originated in early sound movies, where optical marks were made on the film to indicate precise timings for musical accompaniment.

What is the purpose of a click track?

What Is the Purpose of a Click Track? Click tracks exist to keep both recorded and live performances in perfect time so that all musicians sound synced-up throughout an entire song. Click tracks are used throughout the music industry to enable both precision and efficiency.

Is a click track cheating?

Whenever the discussion turns to click tracks, drummers like to cry foul (usually accompanied by a sour face). For many drummers, the use of a click track is unnatural, cheating, insulting, or all three.