draft: False
Name: COMET
short-description: Clocked lo-fi reverb and delay
summary: Clocked lo-fi reverb and delay
Language: C++ (Pico SDK + ComputerCard)
Creator: EME
Version: 1.0
Status: Released
License: MIT
date-created: 2026-07-12
date-updated: 2026-07-12

tags:
  - effect
  - reverb
  - delay
  - lo-fi
  - clock

panel:
  inputs:
    - id: AudioIn1
      name: Audio In Left
      description: Stereo audio input, left
    - id: AudioIn2
      name: Audio In Right
      description: Stereo audio input, right (normalled to In 1 for mono sources)
    - id: CVIn1
      name: X CV
      description: Adds to the X knob (reverb smear / delay feedback, LFO shape)
    - id: CVIn2
      name: Y CV
      description: Adds to the Y knob (reverb decay / delay division, LFO phase)
    - id: PulseIn1
      name: Clock In
      description: External clock; auto-detected, Main knob becomes mult/div
    - id: PulseIn2
      name: Unused
      description: Not used
  outputs:
    - id: AudioOut1
      name: Audio Out Left
      description: Stereo output, fixed 50/50 dry/wet
    - id: AudioOut2
      name: Audio Out Right
      description: Stereo output, fixed 50/50 dry/wet
    - id: CVOut1
      name: Weird Envelope
      description: Envelope follower of the wet signal with level-dependent release and random wobble (unipolar)
    - id: CVOut2
      name: Clocked LFO
      description: One cycle per clock, hard-synced; shape from X, phase from Y (bipolar)
    - id: PulseOut1
      name: Clock Thru
      description: Mirrors external clock, otherwise internal clock ticks
    - id: PulseOut2
      name: Activity Gate
      description: "Reverb: gate while tail is audible. Delay: trigger on each repeat."

controls:
  switch:
    up:
      name: Reverb
      description: Selects the reverb engine (tails crossfade on change)
    middle:
      name: Delay
      description: Selects the delay engine (200ms commit; spring-return from down never selects it)
    down:
      name: Freeze (momentary)
      description: Hold to cut input and recirculate the active engine at exact unity; release to decay
  knobs:
    - when: { z: any }
      main:
        name: Clock
        description: CW fast/clean, CCW slow/crushed. Sets tempo and the wet engine's virtual sample rate. Mult/div of external clock when Pulse In 1 is patched.
      x:
        name: MOD-W
        description: Reverb smear / delay feedback; also morphs the CV Out 2 LFO shape
      y:
        name: Time
        description: Reverb decay / delay clock-division ladder; also CV Out 2 LFO phase