Tickers

Tickers are looping trigger generators.

They send timed “tick” pulses to Samplers, Emitters, Logic Boxes, and even other Tickers, turning Audiocube into a clock-driven sequencer.

What Devices Tickers Can Drive

Samplers – plays the loaded sample on every tick.
Emitters – spawns one Node per tick.
Logic Boxes - Sends a pulse to the Logic, triggering sequential sequencing.
Other Tickers – toggles a target Ticker on the first tick, off on the next, creating chained clocks.

Action	Gesture
Select	Click the Ticker.
Move	Click-drag anywhere in 3-D space.
Clone	Hold C + left-click.
Delete	Hold Backspace + click (irreversible for now).
Open / Close UI	Right-click the Ticker.
Tick On / Off	Click-hold the Ticker → press Spacebar.
Connect / Disconnect	Select a Ticker → Ctrl + click another device. A green line shows an active link; repeat to break it.

A ticker connected to two samplers.

Control	Purpose
Connected	Lists every linked device.
Tick Length	Interval between ticks (seconds).
Pre-Tick	One-shot delay before the first tick.
Start / Stop	Run or halt the loop.
D/C All	Disconnect all devices at once.

Loop begins (Start pressed or tick toggled on).
Pre-Tick wait – idle for Pre-Tick seconds.
Pulse – fire the main action on every connection:
- Sampler → plays.
- Emitter → emits a Node.
- Target Ticker → toggles (on → off → on…).
Tick-Length wait – pause for Tick Length seconds.
Repeat – return to step 3 until stopped.

Use a master Ticker to clock several Split- and Cycle-mode Logic Boxes for generative rhythms.
Set Pre-Tick offsets on multiple Tickers to create polyrhythms without changing BPM.
When building nested Ticker networks, colour-code or label them in the Scene for sanity.

Master Tickers and you gain precise, clock-based control over every timed element in Audiocube.