The Purpose Of The Multiclock - E-RM Multiclock User Manual

The Purpose of the Multiclock

The multiclock is a multi-format sync box which is built to overcome
all well known problems with tight synchronization of external
sequencers, drummachines, arpeggiators and other external gear
with each other and especially in the workflow with a DAW.
The key feature of the multiclock is it's ability to derive a variety
of sync signals from a special Audio Sync track instead of using for
example a MIDI Clock signal.
With this technique, the multiclock is able to generate MIDI
Clock, DIN/sync24 and analog modular clock signals to sync your
slaves with a jitter as low as ±20 μs. This finally ensures seamless
integration of all of your external instruments with your computer.
The second important feature of the multiclock is it's ability to
shift all output clock channels against each other and relative to
the master clock back and forth in realtime. Up to ±300 ms of shift
range ensure easy compensation of machine delay, audio buffer
latencies and leave more than enough headroom to shift just to
get the groove.
The multiclock is not built to be syncronized by a master DAW using
MIDI or USB MIDI, nor does it correct your MIDI Note timing; it
probably also can not fly to the moon.
But instead you can finally start bending time, play with the
phase of your sounds and adjust microtiming of your arrange-
ments. Let's start today, it's a lot of fun!
20.83 μs is the length of one sample at
an audio sampling frequency of 48 kHz