record manual clock for follow a recorded live session

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Hi. I’m having fun learning VCV, and i have some questions.

  1. There’s a module for trigger a clock manually? I want, for example, each time i press the low C key in my midi controller (using midi map for example), trigger a change in a sequencer, that would be a clock click.

  2. I want to use this for record a series of clicks (like 5mins) for follow a live recording and make my modules work in sync with the song. (this is way better for me than quantize the song to a stable click). There’s a module for that?

  3. i wonder if this can be achieved also with an envelope follower, but i think that’s another topic.

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@joopvanderlinden :point_up: :wink:

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I think Antonio is referring to me, because, if I understand your question correctly, this is what the combination of Jooper and Janneker does. There’s a manual you can have a look at here Although, if I understand correctly, you want to create a manual sync, which is a bit different.

feel free to ask any questions, and I (and Antonio) will be happy to answer them, if I can.

Joop

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  1. just bypass the internal clock of the sequencer and record the output on a .wav file (right click on the REC module before start recording to set it up). in the following image I’m using a simple button (Little Utils Button, but you can use a mapped midi CC of course) to switch to the next step on the sequencer. I don’t think you will need this, you may need something simpler, like using only the LU Button to send a TRIG message directly to the REC module’s input, it will be recorded.

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  1. you can play this .wav file with any .wav player inside VCV Rack. the output of the player can trig the modules you want to be trigged.

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> BE SURE NOT TO PLAY THIS FILE ON YOUR SPEAKER / HEADPHONES

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  1. it depends on the genre. on some kinda truzzo-core music it could work, I doubt it will on classical. btw you will need some logical modules as well to make it work.

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my 2 cents: I would not quantize the song to a stable click, maybe an old Pro Tools Dinosaur User would do that, trying to lose all his hair. in 2023 on planet earth there is something called Reaper, with out-of-this-world tools. I would do this job inside a DAW, stretching the tempo envelope, having everything on a grid…you know, we never know

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