Recording click track??

Hi, I have been trying unsuccesfully to record a click track onto my arrangements in Logic (panned to the left so that only I can hear it, other tracks panned to the right to go through p.a.) to use in Mainstage - cannot manage to record a click - have resorted to making my own through a percussion or similar instrument in Logic, which sort of works. But wondered if there is a way of simply recording a click...?
Thanks in advance.

Several ways to do this:
1. In logic, create a new software instrument track and use Ultrabeat. I like a hi-hat sound from ultrabeat but you can select whatever fits your purpose. You can then create a midi region and insert the notes yourself. Or you can use the Ultrabeat sequencer to do it.
2.When I use Mainstage, I have created a track at the concert level. There, I put an instance of Ultrabeat. On the ultrabeat sequencer I create a simple step sequence on the 1 2 3 and 4 (as I said previously, you can choose whatever sound fits your purpose). Then, I have a button on my keyboard mapped to the "play" on the Ultrabeat sequencer and I can turn it on or off as I please. Better, the speed changes as I pass from patch to patch because it's at concert level. Just make sure to change the bpm for each patch under the attributes tab.
Hope that helps,

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