![]() ![]() Connectivity comes courtesy of four corresponding DIN sockets, fully configurable to transmit MIDI Clock (MIDI), DIN Sync/sync24 (DIN) or analogue clock (Analog) on each channel. multiclock can cleverly shift all four of its output clock channels - conveniently labelled as channel 01, channel 02, channel 03, and channel 04 - back and forth in realtime against each other and also relative to the master clock. Tempo ranges between 30-300 BPM, while time signature settings can be changed from 3/8 to 32/8, so slave machines always start in sync with the downbeat of the next bar. Perfect DAW synchronisation notwithstanding, when acting as a standalone master clock generator for hardware-only setups multiclock means business by coming into its own as a seriously creative tool. Simply said, this thing is tight to within a gnat's whisker of perfection! Whichever route discerning users choose to take, the result remains the same: seamless integration of all external devices with the host computer, courtesy of those celebrated clock signals. ![]() Alternatively, another way of simply synchronising multiclock to a DAW is to load the special sync sample downloadable from the dedicated E-RM Erfindungsburo webpage. multiclock makes such superlative synchronisation possible by providing an audio INPUT (1/4-inch jack socket) to process a special sync track generated from the company's downloadable multiclock AU/VST plug-in (for Mac OS X/Windows) namesake. To put that fanciful figure into its rightful context, consider that jitter here is as low as ☒0 microseconds and that one microsecond is to one second as one second is to 11.574 days! Do the math. Synchronising multiclock to a master DAW relies on a sample-accurate audio clock stream, which, in turn, guarantees gloriously-tight clock signals to within ☑ sample of jitter - jitter being defined as the undesired deviation of a periodic signal from the ideal timing. ![]() The key to multiclock's reliability and innovation is its ability to acquire a variety of sync signals from an Audio Sync track, as opposed to relying on a MIDI Clock signal. Doing this is easier said than done from a technical standpoint, so how has E-RM Erfindungsburo apparently achieved the impossible with something so small and simple to use, then? Put simply, it is built to overcome all of the well-documented problems associated with achieving tight synchronisation of sequencers, drum machines, arpeggiators, and other external equipment with each other and also within the workflow of a DAW. ![]() Multiclock's 'mission impossible' is to therefore act as a one-stop shop for creatively synchronising all kinds of musical equipment to a master DAW with the greatest of ease and, obviously, precision. Here's the full details in their own words. Professional audio synchronisation specialist E-RM Erfindungsburo has announced availability of multiclock, which they describe as an ultra-reliable multi-channel, multi-format sync box that builds a musical bridge between DAWs and external (MIDI, DIN Sync/sync24, and analogue modular) musical gear like no other by converting clock signals for tight integration into digital production workflow without troublesome timing issues, as well as providing helpful and creative realtime shift and shuffle controls to independently compensate for sloppy slave machine delays and also add groove to each creative channel. ![]()
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