CV Trig/Gate Tool

A trigger is a moment. A gate is a decision. A ratchet is motion.

CV Trig/Gate Tool is built to sit between clocks/logic and the things you want to play. It cleans up event streams, turns them into repeatable gate lengths, and adds tight repeat bursts when you want more detail. Four identical channels make it easy to stack rhythms without complexity.

Part of the CV Tool Kit Bundle (12 CV Tools for a great price!)

WHAT IT IS (PER CHANNEL)

Trig In → Trig Out: converts any “edge” into a short, consistent trigger pulse.
Gate Out: generates a new fixed-length gate from the incoming event stream.
Ratchet Out: outputs a 50% duty repeat gate while enabled, at a chosen rate (free or tempo-synced).

All outputs are unipolar gates (0…1). Inputs accept both 0…1 gates and bipolar CV-style gates (edge detection uses hysteresis).

NORMALLED ROUTING (PER CHANNEL)

Trig In is normalled to Gate In (only if Gate In is unpatched).
Gate Out is normalled to Ratchet In (only if Ratchet In is unpatched).
Trig Out fires a short trigger pulse (~10 ms) on any rising edge at Trig In and Gate In. When both Trig In and Gate In are patched, Trig Out acts like a trigger merger.

FRONT PANEL CONTROLS

Length sets the duration of Gate Out. At the very end of every generated gate, the device inserts a very short forced LOW dip (2 DSP batches). This guarantees a clean retrigger edge for downstream modules.
Rate sets the Ratchet Out speed. Ratchet phase is reset on transport discontinuities (rewind / jump), for repeatable starts.
Sync both Length and Rate use the same synced division rates, from very slow 16/1 to very fast 1/64.
• Sync Off: Gate Length: 0.01s → 10s Ratchet rate: 0.05 Hz → 50 Hz
• Sync On: Tempo divisions Range: 1/64 to 16/1