Hi Leonard,

BIAB will only give a maximum of two bars as a count-in.

If you want to use BIAB, what I'd do in your situation is set up a song that has a pre-intro of 7 or 8 bars that has just the rhythm playing and all other instruments resting. I'd also set the metronome to be visible so that I could see the counting of the bars. In the last bar of the pre-intro, immediately before the song starts, I'd rest all instruments and just use visible metronome to give me the count-in I need.

Personally, I'd use Reaper and the "Big Clock" feature in your situation. Provided you've set the tempo in Reaper, the Big Clock this will give you all the information you need about bar numbers.

When in Reaper ...

1. Click on the "View" (1) menu and then select "Big Clock"(2).



2. Now right-click on the face of the Big Clock and set it to show "Measures.Beats".



Regards,
Noel

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