The Mother 32's assign output can be set to send clock out, optionally divided /2 or /4. It defaults to outputting a gate for accented steps. The different modes for the output are described on page 44 of the manual and the process for choosing a mode is on page 50.
-- mrjorts
you're right, I totally forgot about this. That's definitely a good backup, but I'd kinda hate losing the option to output gate on accented steps. Do you think what I proposed would work as well?