I finally got a chance to test out the new module tonight.  It’s called the Rotating Clock Divider.  It’s such a simple concept it’s surprising it took so long for the design to come to light.  Basically it does exactly what it says. It takes a clock and divides it.  There are plenty of other clock dividers out there but for some reason the divisions have always gone in multiples of 2.  So no matter how you patch it everything always hits on the beat.  It can make most rhythms feel cold and lifeless.  What the Rotating clock divider does is simply provide an incremental division, so output 1 is /1, output 2 is /2, output 3 is /3 and so on.  So what this allows for is things can be triggered on the offbeat.

I found that I instantly was creating rhythms with eons more life in them then before.  Plus the added bonus is that if you send positive voltages into the rotate input then the outputs rotate down the line. Almost like replacing the drum kit on a drum machine but keeping the pattern. Everything shifts over giving you even more sonic possibilities. This module is a must have for any system.

So, I put together this patch which is too dense to describe.  All I can say is that I filled 7 of the 8 divided outputs of the rotating clock divider.  The pitch is randomly quantized by a sample and hold module.  And I perform some knob functions including pitch changes to the higher frequency sound, filter modulation and rotation of the outputs.  I replaced the clock signal with a clock from volta and recorded it into the computer.  Then I added beats and cut down the performance to a more listenable running time.  It came out pretty good.

I hope you like!