Trigger Counter

Counts incoming triggers, rolling back to zero each time it hits a set ceiling. Use it as a clock divider, a staircase CV source, or a cycle marker that signals when a phrase has come around.

How it works

Every rising edge at CLK adds one to the count. When the count reaches Max it wraps to zero and fires a brief pulse on WRAP — so WRAP is your clock divided by Max. CNT reports the count as a rising voltage staircase, one volt per step, before it resets.

Controls

• Max — how high the count climbs (1–64) before wrapping to zero. This sets the cycle length and therefore how often WRAP fires.

Inputs & outputs

• CLK — the triggers to count; each rising edge advances the count by one.
• RST — zeroes the count. A reset landing on the same edge as a clock wins, so the count holds rather than advancing.
• CNT — the live count as a stepped voltage (0, 1, 2 …) — patch it to pitch, a wavetable index, or any parameter you want to walk upward.
• WRAP — a short trigger the instant the count rolls over, once every Max clocks. A ready-made clock divider for fills, bar markers, or chained counters.

Tips

• Chain one counter's WRAP into another's CLK to build long, nested cycles — two counters set to 4 give a 16-step loop that flags every bar.
• Feed CNT to a quantizer for rising arpeggios whose length you dial in with Max.