How Does It Work?#

Clock Mult listens to an incoming clock, estimates its period, and generates faster synchronized subdivisions at x1, x2, x4, x8, x16, and x32, each with separate trigger and gate outputs.

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Quick Overview#

• It accepts one incoming PPQN clock plus RST.
• It generates six multiplication lanes.
• Every lane has both a trigger output and a gate output.
• There are no user parameters; the module is driven entirely by the incoming clock.

Inputs And Outputs#

Port	Type	What It Does
PPQN	Clock	Incoming master clock used as the timing reference.
RST	Trigger	Clears the module's tempo tracking and phase state.
x1 T ... x32 T	Clock	Trigger outputs for each multiplication lane.
x1 G ... x32 G	Gate	Matching gate outputs for each multiplication lane.

How The Multiplier Locks#

Clock Mult does not just count pulses. It measures the spacing between incoming clock edges and uses that estimate to predict the subdivisions between them.

That has a few practical consequences:

• x1 responds immediately to the incoming clock.
• The faster multiplied lanes need a valid period estimate, so they become reliable after the module has seen enough clock edges to measure the incoming tempo.
• Every new incoming clock edge re-aligns the internal phases so the multiplied outputs stay locked to the master clock.

Trigger And Gate Behavior#

• Trigger outputs are short pulses at each multiplied timing point.
• Gate outputs run at a 50% duty cycle for each multiplication lane.
• If the incoming clock disappears for long enough, the module drops out of its valid locked state and the generated subdivisions stop until it can measure the timing again.

Reset Behavior#

• RST clears the learned tempo and all phase accumulators.
• After a reset, the module has to learn the incoming period again from fresh clock pulses.
• This is useful when you want a hard resync after a transport restart or after changing the upstream clock source.

Patch Ideas#

• Use x2 or x4 to derive faster sequencer clocks from a slower master pulse.
• Feed multiplied triggers into percussion envelopes while keeping slower gates for larger phrase structure.
• Pair Clock Mult with Clock Div to create dense local subdivisions and slower structural resets from the same source clock.