i have not followed this thread carefully...that said... john blacet has a midi clock chip that he sells that converts midi clock into gate pulses. with a simple divide by x circut, and with a simple pulse/short circut (1 diode, 1 resistor, 1 transistor...like the v-trig to s-trig converter), you could do this (for around, i would guess, $25-30). www.blacet.com deknow