Hi I am trying to use a Abstract Data Octocontroller with my A4 using the clock out to sync with my modular but the Octo needs a 1 PPQ to get stable external clock , what does the A4 run at as its not working properly with the Octo.
does anyone have any idea what PPQ the clock is giving out .Thanks
Your questions are a bit ambiguous/unclear if you do not know that product - anyway - clearly it’s not midi - so for CV the A4 is highly configurable for clock driving - and I don’t quite follow your query, the clock from the A4 is user variable - so what exactly is the issue, have you left the clock resolution too slow, maybe it defaults to 1 pulse per bar, try increasing that value - but there are a number of ways to generate a steady CV ‘clock’
Your questions are a bit ambiguous/unclear if you do not know that product - anyway - clearly it’s not midi - so for CV the A4 is highly configurable for clock driving - and I don’t quite follow your query, the clock from the A4 is user variable - so what exactly is the issue, have you left the clock resolution too slow, maybe it defaults to 1 pulse per bar, try increasing that value - but there are a number of ways to generate a steady CV ‘clock’ [/quote]
Its not midi the Octo has a external clock input and I am trying to use the a4 as the clock , I have it set to 1 in the cv setup page so I am getting the full clock output , this works with everything else I use it with perfectly but not the Octo . I have contacted there support and they said it needs a 1PPQ input to get a stable clock . So my question was what is if I set the A4 clock to 1 is this 1ppq ? I know its a bit of a stupid question but just looking for some clarification to see if my Octo is working or not .Thanks
i hate to agree - i told you that your questioning was hard to follow - i don’t get your reply - i had to go look, i already saw it was needing CV - I told you that the rate at which the CV clock was being spat out was adjustable
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The step sequencer has 64 steps straddling 4 bars (or 16 notes)
1 page is 1 bar is 4 notes
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Clock value is one way to crack this, there are many
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A value of 1 equates to 1 pulse per trig (i.e. 4 ppqn)
Change that value to adjust the clock rate -the value is expressed in trigs - try 4 !
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Depending on how sensitive the receiving clock device is there are a few ways to go about this - that seems a coarse way to grab clock and it would prevent you applying swing to the clock (e.g. the way you can controlling volca/monotribe)
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the internal sequencer runs at 96ppqn (i.e. 24 times as fine as the cv clock output at finest resolution) - if you want faster clock for another task, use another method
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it defaults too fast for your usage case evidently, try adjusting it (plus obviously set the required voltage level) 
fwiw - if you want to experiment - set the cv output level to under 1v and feed it back into the input - then you can listen to the clicks and see how the values vary the output !
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if you have a spare CV track (or FX track) use Trigs and adjust the gate length - now you could half or double the sent clock rate during play by laying down extra trigs (more/fewer than 4 per page)