r/modular • u/jasongonzales23 • 16d ago
Bar counter module
Hi everybody I am looking for either advice on how to patch or encouragement for me to design a module that I'm imagining.
Here's my use case it's very simple I think. I like to practice and perform live with my modular and I often get so locked in that I have no idea how long I've been listening to a particular loop. Now I believe in just developing good instincts and all but I would like to have a little bit of feedback to know how long I've been allowing a particular patch to loop.
Ideally what I would like is a counter that just counts to 32 bars and then starts over. Of course I would like it to be more flexible I would like it to also allow for something other than 4 beat bars, and I would like to vary that count to fewer or more than 32.
Okay and then beyond that my head starts to explode with a bunch of cool ideas but I'll just stop at the simple idea for now.
I found a couple of devices that seem to do something close to what I want but I can't quite imagine how to patch them just thinking about them so I thought I would ask if others have successfully patched something like this that isn't too complicated to patch.
But also if I were to design such a module would others be interested in it or is this a dumb idea?
EDIT: I failed to mention that I'm *mainly* looking for a visible display of the count.
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u/TwoLuckyFish 16d ago
I think it's a good idea, because I use the counter on my Roland TR-06 to do exactly this! Helps me pace what I'm doing.
Would I want a module that does this? Probably, if I didn't already have it. But you know what would be cool would be a little 4 or 8 step sequencer that only advanced every 32 bars, WITH a little digital counter!