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+# SC Refactor Lot C — Clock unification — design
+
+**Date:** 2026-06-28
+**Status:** Approved scope (single clock), design for review
+**Parent:** `2026-06-28-sc-harmonize-refactor-design.md` (Lot C). Reordered ahead
+of Lot B per user decision.
+
+## Goal
+
+Collapse the four independent SC clocks into ONE (`TempoClock.default`) and
+route every runtime tempo change through a single coordinated `~setTempo.(bpm)`,
+so changing the tempo from any controller stays globally consistent and the
+concert/launchpad/body-play layers no longer drift from the live tempo.
+
+## Current state (from audit)
+
+Four clocks, none synchronized:
+- `TempoClock.default` — all LIVE Pdefs; 11+ uncoordinated writers.
+- `~lp[\clock]` — `launchpad.scd:94`, `TempoClock(126/60).permanent_(true)`,
+  launchpad Pdefs / `~lpArm`.
+- `~concert[\clock]` — `scene_concert.scd:140`, `TempoClock(126/60)…`, concert
+  Routine + morceaux build-ups (138/145/156 then reset 126).
+- `~bpEngine[\clock]` — `scene_pose_play.scd:89`, `TempoClock(100/60)…`,
+  body-play Routine.
+
+sclang is single-threaded → no data race, but last-writer-wins and the layers
+never follow each other (web tempo change leaves launchpad/concert at 126;
+`/launch/tempo` leaves the live Pdefs unchanged).
+
+## Design — one clock via aliasing + a single setter
+
+### 1. Single clock by aliasing (minimal churn)
+The three secondary clock SLOTS become aliases of `TempoClock.default` instead
+of separate `TempoClock` instances. Every existing `.play(~lp[\clock])`,
+`.play(~concert[\clock])`, `.play(~bpEngine[\clock])`, and every
+`~xxx[\clock].tempo = …` keeps compiling and now operates on the single clock —
+no call-site rewrites needed.
+- `launchpad.scd:94`   → `~lp[\clock]      = ~lp[\clock]      ? TempoClock.default;`
+- `scene_concert.scd:140` → `~concert[\clock] = TempoClock.default;`
+- `scene_pose_play.scd:89` → `~bpEngine[\clock] = TempoClock.default;`
+
+### 2. Single coordinated setter
+In `engine.scd` (where `~bpm` lives), add:
+```supercollider
+~setTempo = { |bpm|
+    ~bpm = bpm.clip(20, 300);
+    TempoClock.default.tempo = ~bpm / 60;
+    ("[tempo] " ++ ~bpm ++ " BPM").postln;
+};
+```
+One clock → setting `TempoClock.default.tempo` IS setting every layer.
+
+### 3. Route runtime tempo writers through `~setTempo`
+Replace direct `~bpm = …; TempoClock.default.tempo = …` (and the
+`~lp[\clock].tempo`/`~concert[\clock].tempo` writes) with `~setTempo.(bpm)` in
+the runtime CONTROLLER paths:
+- `web_bridge.scd:176-177` (`/control/bpm`)
+- `control/web_bridge.scd:97-99` (`~applyTempo`)
+- `pd/bridge.scd:51, 102` (`/play`, `/tweak/bpm`)
+- `control/vdmx_send.scd:93` (`/ctl/bpm`)
+- `live/midi_init.scd:94` (CC 36)
+- `data_only/launchpad.scd:333-337` (`/launch/tempo` — both writes collapse to
+  one `~setTempo`)
+- `control/finger_piano.scd` (`/control/fp bpm`)
+- `live/scenes.scd:61` (`~loadScene` tempo recall)
+- `data_only/morceaux/*.scd` (build-up `update`/`stop` tempo writes — now drive
+  the global tempo, which is the intended "the whole track speeds up")
+
+### 4. Per-scene initial tempo (explicit)
+Clocks no longer carry their own 126/100 init. Each mode sets its base tempo
+once, via `~setTempo`, on entry:
+- data-only concert/launchpad boot → `~setTempo.(126)`.
+- body-play scene entry → `~setTempo.(100)`.
+- LIVE boot (`live/_load.scd:111`, already sets default) → `~setTempo.(~bpm ? 132)`.
+
+### 5. Intentional exceptions (NOT routed through `~setTempo`)
+- **Tape-stop ramps** (`live/live.scd:766-796`): progressive `TempoClock.default.tempo`
+  glissando is an AUDIO EFFECT that ramps then restores; it must write the clock
+  directly and must NOT touch `~bpm`. Left as direct clock writes (documented).
+- **Track-init** (`tracks/*.scd`): each track sets `TempoClock.default.tempo =
+  ~bpm/60` at start; with one clock this already works and rewriting ~345 files
+  is out of scope. Left as-is.
+- **Manual dev preset blocks** (`live/tweaks.scd`, `live/live_fx_panel.scd`,
+  `00_load.scd`, `01_live.scd`): IDE Cmd+Enter helpers; left as-is.
+
+## Behavior changes (called out)
+- Concert, launchpad, and body-play now share the global tempo. A tempo change
+  from any controller moves every layer together (the fix).
+- Morceaux build-ups now change the GLOBAL tempo (whole track speeds up), not a
+  separate concert clock. Intended.
+- The separate 126/100 default tempos are gone; each scene sets its base via
+  `~setTempo` on entry. If a scene's entry tempo call is missing, that scene
+  inherits the current global tempo (must verify each entry sets it).
+
+## Components / files
+- New: `~setTempo` in `sound_algo/engine.scd` AND `sound_algo/data_only/engine.scd`
+  (both engines, since the two boot universes load different engine files).
+- Edit (alias clocks): `data_only/launchpad.scd`, `data_only/scene_concert.scd`,
+  `data_only/scene_pose_play.scd`.
+- Edit (route writers): the controller files listed in §3.
+- Edit (per-scene init): boot/scene-entry points in §4.
+
+## Testing
+- New headless `sound_algo/tests/test_tempo.scd`: define a stub
+  `TempoClock.default`, call `~setTempo.(140)`, assert `~bpm == 140` and
+  `TempoClock.default.tempo == 140/60`; assert that after the alias lines run,
+  `~lp[\clock] === TempoClock.default` and `~concert[\clock] === TempoClock.default`.
+- Balance `P:0 B:0` on every edited modular `.scd`.
+- Boot smoke (LIVE + data-only) reaches READY; `run_all.sh` at merge.
+- Live smoke at merge: change tempo from one controller, confirm launchpad +
+  concert + live patterns all follow.
+
+## Out of scope
+Track-init files, tape-stop ramp internals, dev preset blocks (see §5). Lot B
+(namespace rename) deferred. No sound-design changes.