Synchronising a modular synth with the outside world isn’t always straightforward. Workarounds do exist — for example, using a gate sample on an audio track — but it’s still a bit of a hack, and “zeroing” things out is rarely handled properly.
The most practical solution, in my view, is to rely on MIDI clock. It’s a reliable standard, supported by most sequencers, and it carries the information you need to generate analogue pulses at different divisions — along with proper resets.
It’s from that observation that TIMEBASE was born: a MIDI clock converter that provides four analogue clock outputs — each with three selectable divisions — three reset outputs, and a RUN output that goes high (+5V) during playback.
In this video, TIMEBASE drives a sequencer, a sequential switch, and a filter envelope within a bassline patch.
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