@blavatsky another version of bashfest worked fine with midi sync i believe, but bash_bastard lost that capability. I’ve managed to put C&G’s master_metronome patch into @shreeswifty 's morphagene patch as I mention here:
I think that the master_metronome patch is a proven concept, it allows knobs to adjust tempo as long as it isn’t receiving anything via midi.
All I did with morphagene was break the link between the bpm number box and one of the knob inputs, then stick a send object in master_metronome and a receive object in the main.pd linked to the aforementioned bpm number box.