Mutable Grids modular drum sequence, Part 1 

Glad I could help.

Smells like skateboards and model trains.

4 is too "square" and mechanical sounding for my taste. I tried 8 for a while and it seems useful, especially when using an external master clock .. but 24 is definitely more organic-sounding. Dividing / multiplying by 6 will convert 4ppq to 24ppq and vice versa .. but the 4MS Quad Clock takes a couple of beats to latch on, and tends to start with a noticeable offset which for a while was driving me absolutely nuts. But I finally (duh) figured out how to use the Reset signal to sync everything up to the downbeat and now I can finally construct tight rhythmical patches to my complete satisfaction and it doesn't matter whether Grids or something else is the master clock.

Oh believe me, I tried that first. SV-1 clock multiplication only goes to x3 which is not fast enough to drive Grids to my complete satisfaction. The synced digital LFO does not have a square wave output .. though now that I think about it, I could perhaps use wave #4, the down-sloping saw, as a surrogate clock signal .. but then my LFO would be committed to doing that, and I couldn't use it for something else. (My favorite wave is #2 random stepped, which acts like a sample & hold.) My issue with using external clock is that everything stops when the clock stops .. and my Keystep controller only outputs a clock signal when an arp or a sequence is running. My record deck outputs a MIDI clock but again, only when it is playing or recording - not when it is idling. So that's great for recording but not so great for patch building & rehearsal. Most of the time I want my rhythm section running constantly while I play "live" over top of it, so I need a constant clock - and I need my controller free instead of locked in an arpeggiator sequence. I got a 4MS Quad Clock Distributor and it solved all of the clocking problems for me while adding some unexpectedly interesting functionality to my rig. I probably should do more vids about the modules I've added since .. jeez .. this was only January. It seems a lot longer ago than that.

Since posting this video I've added a few clockable devices to my system (a clock divider & a sequencer). In theory I know a Grids trigger output can be used to advance these devices by uneven steps but I haven't delved into it yet. I want to gain a bit more competency before demonstrating the technique. This video moves too slow; it's obvious I'm still a newb with modular.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 did you learn how to do this?

@@CarlsbadSGP2007 Yes, it's very simple with an analog sequencer that advances one step per clock pulse (and doesn't care when those pulses come.) I have a Befaco Muxlicer which is digitally clocked, and it does not like to receive irregular clocks. It tries to average them, and the results are weird.

Nope, that case is long gone.

@@JoshuaKennedy321 don't you wish sometimes you can go back to this simple setup? lol...Sort of like start all over again......Already i have a urge to deal my NI Maschine +....Someone wants to trade for a ER-301..................argggh....when will it end Josh..

@@rhampton1914 It will never end. Human nature is to want what we don't have, and modern consumer culture is built around pandering to that urge. You have to be a saint or a madman to free yourself from the constant wanting.

I did fiddle with that before deciding to get a clock multiplier. The lower clock settings on Grids are 8ppqn and 4ppqn (why not a 16 I have no clue). When I tried them, it sounded too mechanical .. very quantized & robotic without the subtle shuffle of the high-resolution setting.