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Clock Quantize

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Clock Quantize module panel in Bitwig Grid
Clock Quantize in Bitwig Grid 6.0.6.

Holds an incoming trigger request until the next clock pulse so the event starts on the clock grid.

What it does

Clock Quantize records that a trigger has arrived and releases it at the next clock event. Trigger mode ends the resulting high state when that clock pulse returns low; Gate mode keeps it high until the following clock event.

Controls and ports

Control Label Official description
trigger_in Trigger In Trigger to pass a gate signal on the next clock pulse
mode Output Mode [T(rigger) or G(ate)] Ends each output gate either when the clock signal returns to zero (trigger) or when the next clock signal arrives (gate)

Practical uses

  • Align a manual or asynchronous trigger to a beat or bar clock.
  • Quantize the start of a sequencer, envelope, or switching event without moving the source itself.
  • Choose Trigger mode for a clock-shaped pulse or Gate mode for a clock-interval gate.

Things to know

  • The event is delayed forward to the next clock; this is not nearest-grid rounding.
  • The clock waveform and the selected mode determine when the output returns low.
  • It is not yet known whether several requests before one clock are queued or collapsed into one pending event.
  • A trigger arriving exactly with the clock may depend on internal event priority.

Technical details

No Nitro implementation has been confirmed for this visible module. The behavior is described conservatively from module metadata and editorial research.

The visible behavior is a small state machine: an input event sets a pending flag, the next clock event clears that flag and raises the output, and the mode chooses whether the falling clock edge or the next clock event clears the output. No trustworthy dedicated Nitro mapping has yet been identified, so simultaneous-event ordering remains an observed-behavior question.

Open questions

  • Measure whether multiple pending triggers collapse or queue, confirm the precise Trigger and Gate end conditions, and test a trigger coincident with the clock edge.

Version and sources

Checked against Bitwig Studio 6.0.6. This page combines Bitwig's module metadata, the existing Grid course and guides, and Nitro analysis where the mapping is strong enough to support a technical statement.

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Also matches: Bitwig Clock Quantize module, Bitwig Grid Clock Quantize, Clock Quantize Grid module