[PD] Clock Division

Christof Ressi christof.ressi at gmx.at
Sun Jan 10 19:02:12 CET 2016


I was not aware that the new tempo method would affect metro times between bangs. Thanks a lot!

> Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. Januar 2016 um 13:01 Uhr
> Von: "Roman Haefeli" <reduzent at gmail.com>
> An: pd-list at lists.iem.at
> Betreff: Re: [PD] Clock Division
>
> 
> On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 15:07 -0500, Peter van Haaften wrote:
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I am trying to find a simple and efficient way to divide quarter notes
> > in Pd.
> > 
> > The patch I am constructing is a kind of ostinato sequencer. There are
> > four quarter notes, which should each by divided into 1-16 ticks (user
> > definable). So, QT1 could be divided into 5 ticks, QT2 into 10, QT3
> > into 1, and QT4 into 16. On the GUI, a series of 16 toggles allow the
> > user to sequence and trigger a sample at each outputted tick.
> > 
> > I was originally using the [timing.tempo] pdmtl patch as my clock. It
> > largely works well, but there is a second component to this project,
> > where a variable master tempo can change across time. With quickly
> > shifting tempos, [timing.tempo] stumbles and occasionally counts
> > incorrectly.
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend a simple way to divide a clock in the fashion
> > described above? Perhaps there is already a stable abstraction out
> > there I can take advantage of?
> > 
> 
> As I understand you, you want to be able to smoothly change the master
> tempo while maintaining synchronicity among all subdivision. All
> suggestions posted yet fail at that, since they simply send an updated
> interval to the [metro]. However, [metro] takes the new interval into
> account only _after_ it has finished the current interval. When having
> many subdivisions, the tempo change takes effect at a different moment
> in time for every subdivision and thus you get shift.
> 
> I tried to tackle that problem in netpd in the [master] instrument (the
> master clock of all sequencers). It uses [rh_metro] internally, which is
> a [metro] replacement that does take into account tempo changes during
> intervals. There is also a [master-poly] abstraction that generates any
> integer subdivision tempo that stays in sync with the master. 
> 
> Check https://github.com/reduzent/netpd-instruments
> 
> I was working on those things before [metro] was updated in Pd 0.45. It
> now supports setting time intervals in many different units. There is
> newly introduced 'tempo' method that let's change tempo _during_
> intervals (which makes [rh_metro] from above obsolete). Checkout the
> help of [delay], it covers all the details of specifying units and
> tempo. I think using [metro] and changing tempo with 'tempo' is what
> you're looking for.
> 
> Roman
> 
> 
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