Multiple Clocks ?

[SplinterPsyche]

Hi,

i just started programming my first supercollider-composition and would like to know if and how it's possible to have different clocks for different Patterns ?
so let's say i have defined two clocks like this (using the crucial lib):

t = Tempo.new;
t.bpm = 27;
u = Tempo.new;
u.bpm = 300;

and for example two patterns like:

p = Pbind(\instrument, \plong,
\midinote, Pseq([36, 38, 27, 42, 67, 38, 22, 45, 39], inf)).play;
q = Pbind(bla bla bla ....).play;

Now, how can i assign clock "t" to pattern "p" and clock "u" to pattern "q" ? And after that change the tempo of one clock during playback dynamically (i.e. u.bpm = u.bpm +1 sort of thing) ?
Is this possible or am i totally on the wrong track here ?

Thanks alot

SP

p.s. sorry if this is a totally stupid question, but i am a total newbie to sc

[dewdrop_world]

First thing is, a Tempo object is not a clock by itself, so you can't run patterns on a Tempo.

I would suggest using TempoClock directly. TempoClock doesn't have a bpm method but it's very easy to do

t = TempoClock(myBpm / 60);

Then, "play" is implemented for patterns with the following arguments:

aPattern.play(clock, protoEvent, quant)

So you need only to use the appropriate clock as the first argument to play, e.g.,

myPattern.play(t);
myOtherPattern.play(u);

hjh

[dewdrop_world]

Forgot the bit about tempo changing - you can change a TempoClock's tempo at any time like this:

t.tempo = myNewBpm / 60;

or

// the bpm+1 example you gave
t.tempo = t.tempo + (1 / 60);

James