How Does It Work?#

Clock Div takes an incoming master clock and splits it into several slower rhythmic streams, exposing both short trigger outputs and longer gate outputs for each division.

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Quick Overview#

• It accepts one incoming PPQN clock plus RST.
• It provides paired trigger and gate outputs for /1, /2, /4, /6, /8, /16, and /32.
• Mode switches between raw pulse-count division and musical bar-grid division.
• PPQN tells the musical mode whether the upstream clock is running at 16 or 24 PPQN.

Inputs And Outputs#

Port	Type	What It Does
PPQN	Clock	Incoming master clock. The divider counts rising edges from this signal.
RST	Trigger	Resets all division counters and waits for the next incoming pulse.
/1 T ... /32 T	Clock	Short trigger outputs at the start of each division cycle.
/1 G ... /32 G	Gate	Matching gate outputs for the same divisions.

Controls Reference#

Control	Values	Default	Behavior
Mode	PPQN, MUS	MUS	Chooses raw pulse division or musical bar-grid division.
PPQN	16, 24	24	Sets the reference pulse density used by MUS mode.

PPQN Mode Vs MUS Mode#

PPQN#

In PPQN mode, the division labels mean exactly what they say in pulse counts:

• /2 fires every second incoming pulse
• /4 fires every fourth pulse
• /6 fires every sixth pulse

This is the mode to use when you want strict clock math from a dense master pulse stream.

MUS#

In MUS mode, the same labels are interpreted against a 4/4 bar grid derived from the selected PPQN setting:

• /1 is once per bar
• /2 is twice per bar
• /4 is quarter-note rate
• /8, /16, and /32 move into faster note divisions
• /6 splits the bar into six equal steps

This mode is usually the more musical choice when your source clock is a regular 16 or 24 PPQN transport pulse.

Trigger And Gate Behavior#

• Trigger outputs are short pulses at the start of each cycle.
• Gate outputs stay high for roughly the first half of each division cycle.
• Before the first clock pulse arrives, the outputs remain inactive.
• In raw PPQN mode, the /1 G output follows the incoming clock's high state directly because its division period is one pulse.

Reset And Sync Notes#

• RST is edge-triggered.
• Reset clears every division counter at once.
• After a reset, the module waits for the next incoming pulse and then restarts all divisions from the top of their cycles together.

Panel Layout#

Each row on the panel represents one division:

• left label = division amount
• TRIG jack = short pulse output
• GATE jack = longer gate output
• LED = live activity for that row

That layout makes it easy to patch several rhythmic layers out of the same master clock without guessing which jack belongs to which division.