That Dotcom Gate Math looks very nice, and is one of the closest things I’ve seen to what Pulsar Buddy does.
Currently, Pulsar Buddy is a clock follower, clock multiplier, and clock divider… But rather than express those functions in raw terms, it does so in metrical time terms - which I feel is easier to work with - especially live.
The follower takes the input clock - you can set ¼ pulses, or 1/16th note, or 1/32 like the Pulsar-23, or 24ppqn like DIN sync - and internally generates a locked beat clock (further subdivided into 10,080 ticks!).
Then there are two sections:
- The meter section divides the beat down to one trigger per measure and one per sequence (n measures).
- The tuplet section divides a multiple of the beat down to achieve two outputs, an n:m tuplet.
I say “currently”, as the software is open, and I do have other ideas for add ons:
- Another tuplet generator swapping a n₂:m output for the measure.
- An alternate beat output mode, putting out some common 4-part beat patterns, in 4/4, 6/8 and other meters - with perhaps some flexibility (not a full fledged sequencer I think…)
- A follow loop mode where the 2nd pulse input marks the loop repeat, and the BPM is inferred from that.
