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The pendulum clicks. The counter tallies.

Metronome beat gate into Counter.up. A clock you can see. Drop it on a board when you want bars to become a number.

Component Group product shot: The pendulum clicks. The counter tallies.

What's wired

Metronome.gate → Counter.up. Each pendulum beat adds one. The metronome also clicks from audio out if you want to hear it.

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How to use it

Import and start the metronome if it is stopped. Watch the tally. Patch Counter.value into a CV jack (BeatPad tempo, Knob) if you want the number to drive something.

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What you can add

Metronome.gate → Divider.clock, Divider.gate → Counter.up if you want every Nth beat. A Button on Counter.reset zeros the tally.

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What’s wired

  • metro.gatecount.up

Questions

Is this audio?
The click is audio. The tally is a gate count. Two different jobs.
Will it run forever?
Yes, until you stop the metronome or reset the counter.
Can I count down?
Patch a second pulse into Counter.down, or press − on the clicker.

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