[sdiy] best method for clocking modular to DAW?

[Jason Proctor]

>Care to relate the tale? Or is it too painful to tell?

oh it's not that bad. some of the PIC functions didn't behave 
themselves and had to be synthesized using external logic, the 
divider chips suggested in the circuits have 100% wrong timing or 
have other unsuitable behaviour, it goes crazy every now and again, 
etc.

it *can* be made to work, but IMHO putting a circuit around an 
Arduino or similar is less effort, can be easily customised, and 
there is plenty of help around.

>Rolling your own is definitely an option. I also like the suggestion 
>of using some MIDI note rather than MIDI sync so that you can easily 
>sequence rhythms rather than just a clock rate.

exactly. design a module that fits *your* needs. with 6 analogue 
inputs and 10 or so digital outputs on even an Arduino, the 
possibilities just for clock misbehaviour are quite extensive.