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Sequencing and Clock

Throughline beta focuses on DAW-hosted timing. Use your DAW for piano-roll patterns, clips, and Euclidean or step sequencing. Inside Throughline, use clocks to keep modulation and arpeggiation aligned with the host.

The basic beta chain is:

The Clock

Clock is the timing source for clock-driven patches. Its Clock output carries musical beat phase from the clock origin. Downstream nodes use that shared phase to derive their own subdivisions, dotted timing, and swing without needing separate clocks for different rates.

Source: Host vs Internal

The Clock's Source param selects where timing comes from:

Source	Tempo comes from	Starts / stops with	Use when
Host	Your DAW's tempo	Your DAW's transport (play/stop)	Running inside a DAW and you want everything locked to the project
Internal	The Clock's BPM	The Clock's Transport button	Sketching timing independent of the host transport

With Source = Host, the Clock tracks the host playhead. If the host transport is stopped, the Clock idles; when playback starts, it aligns to the project timeline. When no host playhead is available, the Host Unavailable param decides what happens: Idle stays idle, Use Internal Tempo falls back to the Clock's own BPM.

With Source = Internal, the Clock ignores the host playhead and runs from its own BPM, started and stopped by its Transport button.

Clock Controls

Source selects Host or Internal timing.
Transport runs the Clock when Source = Internal.
Host Unavailable chooses the fallback when host timing is selected but no host playhead is present.
BPM is the tempo used under internal timing.
Run is an optional gate input. While connected, the clock advances only when this gate is high.
Reset is an optional trigger input. A rising edge restarts the clock's phase.

Clock Divider fans one clock out into fixed musical divisions. Patch its outputs into clockable Rate or Time inputs, such as LFO Rate or Delay Time, when several nodes should share the same clock at different divisions.

Arpeggiation

MIDI Arpeggiator takes held notes on its MIDI In and arpeggiates them. Set Direction, Subdivision, and Octaves. A wired Clock input is optional; with no clock, or when the clock is idle, it advances from ambient tempo while notes are held.

Use a Clock when the arpeggiator should lock to a shared phase. Set the arpeggiator's own Subdivision to choose the rate.

Sending Notes Somewhere

Because the arpeggiator emits MIDI, route MIDI Out to:

MIDI Decode to split MIDI into pitch and gate for a monophonic Oscillator and ADSR.
MIDI Output to send the pattern back to the host or another track.

Beta Scope

Step sequencing, Euclidean sequencing, audio clips, MIDI clips, and authored polyphony zones are disabled in the beta. Build clip and piano-roll content in the DAW, then route MIDI or audio into Throughline.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Likely cause	Fix
Nothing plays in the DAW until you hit play	Clock Source is `Host`	This is correct when the patch follows host transport. Set Source to `Internal` for DAW-independent playback.
Patch is silent with no DAW running	Clock Source is `Host` with no host playhead, and Host Unavailable is `Idle`	Set Source to `Internal`, or set Host Unavailable to `Use Internal Tempo`.
Internal clock will not run	Clock Transport is stopped	Press the Clock's Transport Start button.
Arpeggiator does not move	No held MIDI notes, or host clock is idle	Hold notes from the DAW or MIDI controller, then start the host transport or use internal clock timing.

Rules of Thumb

A clock provides musical phase; the arpeggiator turns held notes into timed MIDI output.
The Clock's Source decides where time comes from.
Set the Clock's Source to Host to lock clock-driven patches to your DAW.
Use your DAW for clip, piano-roll, step, and Euclidean sequencing during the beta.