def step_multiple(singleSpikePattern, step, multiple):
  """ Given a single instance of the spike pattern, 
      plus the step distance between patterns and a multiple count,
      copy the pattern to the 'multple' number of
      places, separated by 'step' indices.
  """
  fullSpikePattern = []
  for i in range(multiple):
    offset = i * step
    for spikePattern in singleSpikePattern:
      fullSpikePattern.append([spikePattern[0], spikePattern[1] + offset])

  print(fullSpikePattern)
  return fullSpikePattern