Clock divider

A clock divider, also called a frequency divider, is a module that takes an incoming signal and outputs one or more slower versions of it. For example, if a 440 Hz square wave goes into a clock divider, the divide by 2 output is 220 Hz and the divide by 3 output is about 146.7 Hz. A 1 Hz square wave LFO divided by 2 gives 0.5 Hz. With a clock that shows its rate in BPM, dividing a 120 BPM clock by 2 gives 60 BPM, and if the clock runs at sixteenth notes, dividing by 4 gives quarter notes. Clock dividers are commonly used to create several synchronized rhythms from one clock, or to create lower subharmonics from audio rate signals.