Delaying a clock trigger by an eighth note places an extra hat on the off-beat without a separate sequence

A clock running at the main tempo produces a trigger on every beat. Passing it through a fixed delay of one eighth note (half a beat interval) shifts the trigger stream by that offset, placing the resulting hits exactly between the beats. This adds off-beat hat hits to any patch without programming a separate pattern. Combined with a short VCA envelope (e.g. SPANK), the result is a standard hi-hat off-beat pulse. Resetting after patching the delay ensures all clock sources align from the same downbeat.

Examples

VCV Rack: third clock output -> Delay control (set to 1/8) -> SPANK VCA envelope -> high-pass filtered noise (Tangents from A-Volt). Result: off-beat hat accents.

Assessment

In VCV Rack, patch a clock -> delay -> drum module and verify the offset is exactly a half-beat by listening against the kick; adjust delay time until the hat falls precisely between kicks.