<![CDATA[Question about what a -tick is in puredata]]>Hi there,

Apologies if this may have already been answered on the forum, but I am trying to use the Cyclone 'seq' MIDI playback module and am wanting to drive the MIDI file via an external clock. The help file says that you can do this by sending the first inlet a 'Start -1' message and then mentions sending the same inlet a '-tick' (which it describes as an external clock, needed after the start -1 message) but I have no idea what this could mean, a bang simply starts the playback and I think the 'metro' only sends bangs so am a bit stuck. Is a tick something different in pd?

Any help massively appreciated thanks!

]]>http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredataRSS for NodeTue, 14 Jul 2026 22:50:18 GMTThu, 03 Apr 2025 15:19:40 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Question about what a -tick is in puredata on Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:19:40 GMT]]>Hi there,

Apologies if this may have already been answered on the forum, but I am trying to use the Cyclone 'seq' MIDI playback module and am wanting to drive the MIDI file via an external clock. The help file says that you can do this by sending the first inlet a 'Start -1' message and then mentions sending the same inlet a '-tick' (which it describes as an external clock, needed after the start -1 message) but I have no idea what this could mean, a bang simply starts the playback and I think the 'metro' only sends bangs so am a bit stuck. Is a tick something different in pd?

Any help massively appreciated thanks!

]]>http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredatahttp://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredataThu, 03 Apr 2025 15:19:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about what a -tick is in puredata on Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:31:26 GMT]]>You have a sample in the start subpatch of the seq-help.pd
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]]>http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/2http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/2Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:31:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about what a -tick is in puredata on Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:45:34 GMT]]>Thanks for pointing this out FFW, I didn't realise that was there, makes perfect sense now! This is going to be so useful in my pd setup, only just discovered the Cyclone 'seq' today! Thanks again!

]]>http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/3http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/3Thu, 03 Apr 2025 15:45:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about what a -tick is in puredata on Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:49:59 GMT]]>@FFW why is the text all messed up and overlapping in your system? I mean, here on my mac (where I wrote it) it renders fine, I thought it was supposed to look the same everywhere. What is your system?

]]>http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/4http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/4Sat, 05 Apr 2025 02:49:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Question about what a -tick is in puredata on Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:18:43 GMT]]>$ uname -a Linux _censored_ 6.12.20-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.20-1 (2025-03-23) x86_64 GNU/Linux $ pd -version … Pd-0.55.2 ("") compiled for Debian (0.55.2+ds-1) on 2024/11/17 at 16:07:58 UTC

The text doesn't overlap when zoomed.

]]>http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/5http://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/15078/question-about-what-a-tick-is-in-puredata/5Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:18:43 GMT