A lot of sequencers come with internal clocks to them. I’m gonna have a crack at my own module, and I am wondering if I should put an internal clock into it or just have an external one.
Personally I never use them, as I may want to sync it later with other things, or make a tempo swing, so I always use an LFO anyway. But there would be people who prefer internal ones. If you do, why do you prefer it, is it annoying to not have one?
I think it’s handy to have internal clocks but not if it makes the user interface more complicated to change configurations.
in other words, if a module can auto-detect if a clock signal is being sent IN and in normal mode reverts back to the internal without messing around too much.
one of the modules I’m always loadin’ is a clock. even when using the beatstep pro for instance. It’s a must have - just the same as an audio i/o.
there’s other great sequencers that choose not to have an internal clock. I’d assume this was done for a reason. Could be a performance optimization thing too but that’s just speculation from me.