Synchronize with an External Clock
There are three different musical clocks that you can use with bitbox:
Name
Description
Priority
Clock In
Bitbox gets the CV Clock signal from an input to the Clock
jack on the front panel of the module. Bitbox expects a
clock pulse signal with 4 pulses per quarter (PPQs), or a
pulse per 16th note.
1
MIDI Input
When a MIDI signal is connected to the MIDI In TRS jack,
bitbox will follow MIDI Start, Stop and Clock messages
2
Bitbox Internal
Clock
When no other clock input is provided, bitbox will use its
own internal clock fixed at 120 BPM.
3
Bitbox displays the current clock time in the top left corner of most screens in the format
<measure>: <beat>. If more than one clock input is available, the highest priority clock
signal (lowest priority number) will be used. Bitbox can delay the timing of the playback
of a Clip pad to synchronize it with a specified unit of musical clock time. To synchronize
the playback of Clip pads with the clock, configure a pad in Clip mode and set the value
for Quant to something other than None. Bitbox only synchronizes pads with a pad
mode of Clip, and only when Quant is set to something other than None, such as Quant:
1 bar. Bitbox will then delay the playback of the pad if needed to quantize it to the
selected quantization unit.
Note:
► The Clock input must use 4 pulses per quarter (PPQs), or a pulse per 16th note.
► If MIDI and CLOCK inputs are both used, Bitbox will select the highest priority
clock based on the following order of priority: 1.) CLOCK Input; 2.) MIDI Input; 3.)
Internal Clock.
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