Actually, I just realized that the guide doesn't mention clocks at all, not even in the API reference section.

On 30.04.2021 15:51, Christof Ressi wrote:

It could go to the examples in https://github.com/pure-data/externals-howto. Also, there should be an example or note about using a clock to send messages from the perform routine. I'll make a PR.

On 30.04.2021 14:55, Dan Wilcox wrote:
Maybe this is a good example to add somewhere?

On Apr 30, 2021, at 12:00 PM, pd-dev-request@lists.iem.at wrote:

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Here's how:

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