Clock Setup

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The Clock configuration screens are accessed by dual-pressing both UP + DOWN (or A + B) buttons.

The first page provides tempo controls for standalone operation. The multipliers/dividers determine how internally generated (“virtual” or “logical”) clock triggers are fed to the applets. The clock will sync to external pulses on TR1 while it’s running, depending on the Sync= setting. Input Mappings for the applet trigger/gate inputs are also here for convenience.

The Clock Tempo and Swing settings can be modulated with CV via the Metronome applet.

Parameters

  • Play/Stop/Pause (toggle) - indicated by a Clock icon followed by a Pause, Play or Stop icon
    • Can also be cycled with Left Encoder Long-Press on any screen within Hemispheres
    • When Paused, the clock is armed for sync-start - a single pulse on TR1 will immediately start the clock
  • Tempo - Beats Per Minute
    • one “Beat” is also known as a Quarter Note, the unit of measurement for PPQN (Pulses Per Quarter Note)
    • Manual Tap-Tempo - press the encoder button 4 times on this parameter to detect and set the BPM accordingly
  • Swing/Shuffle - delays every other clock pulse within a beat
  • Sync - aka PPQN; expected resolution of external clock pulses on TR1
    • set to 0 to ignore incoming pulses; TR1 will still start the clock when armed/paused.
  • Multipliers/Dividers - virtual triggers generated for each channel in relation to Tempo
    • set to 0 to disable internal clock on that channel; physical triggers will pass thru instead
  • Trigger Input Mapping - reroute physical trigger inputs (or other signals) to the applets
    • only applies when the internal clock is not running, or if multiplier is set to “x0” for that channel
    • to mimic legacy “Clock Forwarding” function, simply set channel 3 to “TR1” instead of “TR3” (saved settings will automatically load like this)

Extra Settings

Scroll a little further to find some additional settings. These aren’t really related to the internal clock, but affect the behavior of the applet outputs. They might be moved in the future.

  • TrigSkip - probability of output triggers to be ignored on each channel
  • OutSlew - Slew amount applied to each output
    • triggers become decay envelopes, everything else is smoothed
    • also available on full-screen applet help/config screen

Notes

  • Outgoing MIDI messages for Start, Stop, & Clock (at 24ppqn) are sent via USB automatically.
  • Incoming MIDI Start/Stop/Clock messages intuitively start the internal clock and feed it sync pulses. Pulses at TR1 are ignored while MIDI Clock is being received.
  • The internal Clock is available in Hemispheres/Quadrants as well as the Calibr8or App. However, Clock settings are only stored in the active Preset in Hemispheres/Quadrants.