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Key Features
The SND ACME4 Advanced Clock Management Engine is one of the only devices to generate a MIDI master clock that is completely jitter free. The SND ACME4 allows you to manipulate clock signals in various ways. It is ideal for syncing up your equipment with the most accuracy that any clock management engine has delivered. It features 4 clock channels that allows synchronisation of several devices, each which can be edited individually. Swing or shuffle factor can be set individually or together for each clock stream, resulting in natural grooves when playing. Made with the highest-grade components, the SND AMCE4 delivers lightning-fast reaction times, superb accuracy, and decades of reliable operation.
Product Ref: 95487
The ACME4 uses a special 'catch 22', which allows it to generate the internal clock completely free from jitter, providing you with the most accurate clock management device on the market. The internal clock generator is started by pressing the dedicated button. Upon startup the default speed is set to 120 BPM, but can be turned using the 'measure' rotary control knob.
The ACME4 allows you to slightly time-shift clock streams, adding swing and shuffle to create musically useful grooves. Each channel can be time shifted together, or individually in very small increments, as well as in 16th steps. The fine shift follows tempo changes too. The swing pattern rotary is used to select the global and individual swing patterns. Using the free software editor that is included, you can design your own swing patterns. You can also save and recall your own presets on the ACME4. 12 swing patterns are already available for you to use. Swing control can be applied in both directions. Turning it will either delay all the 16th steps, or play them earlier, depending on which way the rotary control in turned. It is also possible to use a different swing pattern for each clock channel resulting in multiple grooves.
Each clock channel features individual controls for swing, shuffle and shift, allowing you to slightly adjust timing settings for each channel. Light settings are best used here for musically useful results, otherwise you can use high settings to completely mangle and manipulate your sounds and clock signals. Each clock stream has its own individual MIDI output, allowing you to connect several devices at once. 2 streams provide clock and reset signals for analog sequencers and arpeggiators, whilst the other 3 also generate 24-ppq signals ('Roland sync'). These outputs can be assigned to one port of the ACME's USB MIDI interface, allowing for the merging of computer-generated MIDI commands into the clock streams generated by the ACME4. Additionally, there is an analog clock input that is used to sync the AMCE4 to an external analog clock such as a special audio signal, clocks from analog sequencers, or waveforms from LFOs.
The SND ACME4 can use 3 different sources as its clock reference. There are 2 external clock sources (analog and USB-MIDI clock), as well as in internal clock generator. The internal clock generator is the most accurate of the clock sources, as it is able to generate the internal clock without any jitter at all. The clock can also come from an analog sequencer or a square wave LFO.