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5. OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL:CYCLES

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5.2.2 SEND MIDI

All sequencer tracks on the Model:Cycles can also be set to send its sequencer data through the MIDI 

OUT or USB ports to control external, MIDI equipped, gear. Each track sends note, note length and ve-

locity data over MIDI. For more information, please see “9.4.2 MOUT” on page 26. 
Any MIDI channel can be assigned to a track and several tracks can share the same channel. If several 

tracks are assigned to the same MIDI channel the track with the lowest number has priority regarding 

parameter conflicts.

5.3 SOUND ARCHITECTURE

The illustrations below show the Model:Cycles sound architecture, with its six audio voices and two send  

effects (delay and reverb).

5.3.1 AUDIO VOICES

FM

Machine

Engine

Overdrive

Amp

Envelope

Delay

Send

Reverb

Send

Mixer

Outputs

L/R

Reverb

Return

Delay

Return

From 

Audio

Voices

Amp

Pa

n

Mixer

5.3.2 EFFECTS

FM

Machine

Engine

Overdrive

Amp

Envelope

Delay

Send

Reverb

Send

Mixer

Outputs

L/R

Reverb

Return

Delay

Return

From 

Audio

Voices

Amp

Pa

n

Mixer

 

 

Summary of Contents for Cycles

Page 1: ...Model Cycles User Manual...

Page 2: ...the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help European Union regulation compliance statement This product has been tested to comply with the Low Voltage...

Page 3: ...g storms or when it is not used for long periods of time 12 To prolong the life span of the device and to save energy do not leave the device switched on while unused for an extended period of time 13...

Page 4: ...CLES 15 5 1 DATA STRUCTURE 15 5 1 1 DRIVE 15 5 1 2 PROJECT 15 5 1 3 PATTERNS 15 5 1 4 PRESETS 15 5 2 ABOUT THE SEQUENCER TRACKS 15 5 2 1 TRIGGER PRESETS 15 5 2 2 SEND MIDI 16 5 3 SOUND ARCHITECTURE 16...

Page 5: ...MOUT 26 9 4 3 PAD 26 9 5 TRIG NUDGE MENU 26 9 6 RETRIG SETUP MENU 27 9 7 TRIG REPEAT MENU 27 9 7 1 PLACING A RETRIG ON AN INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCER STEP 28 9 8 TRIG NOTE MENU 28 9 9 QUANTIZE MENU 28 9 9 1...

Page 6: ...40 11 1 2 REV TONE 40 11 2 DELAY 40 11 2 1 DELAY TIME 40 11 2 2 DEL FEEDBACK 40 12 CONFIG MENU 41 12 1 PATTERN 41 12 1 1 RENAME 41 12 1 2 SAVE 41 12 1 3 RELOAD 41 12 1 4 CLEAR 41 12 2 PROJECT 42 12 3...

Page 7: ...4 OS UPGRADE 47 13 4 1 UPGRADING OS FROM STARTUP MENU 47 14 KEY SHORTCUTS 48 15 TECHNICAL INFORMATION 50 16 CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION 50 APPENDIX A MIDI SPECIFICATIONS 51 A 1 TRACK PARAMETERS 5...

Page 8: ...b Level Data is called LEVEL DATA LED INDICATORS Uppercase letters with angle brackets For instance the Pattern page LEDs are called PATTERN PAGE MENU NAMES Uppercase letters The SETTINGS menu is an e...

Page 9: ...tely re arrange it to form six different machines Kick Snare Metal Perc Tone and Chord Each machine is a unique mapping of the engine and we have spent countless hours tweaking their four available ma...

Page 10: ...nd then turn the knobs to change values in larger increments 8 MAIN VOLUME sets the volume for the main outputs and the headphones output Press and hold MAIN VOLUME to turn the unit on Press and hold...

Page 11: ...on reloads the active pattern 16 RETRIG Press and hold RETRIG T1 T6 to retrig the track s preset The secondary function opens the RETRIG SETUP menu TRIG RETRIG opens the TRIG REPEAT menu 17 FUNC key P...

Page 12: ...CYCLES Make sure you place the Model Cycles on a stable support such as a sturdy table with sufficient space for the cables Make sure to switch off all devices before you connect the Model Cycles to...

Page 13: ...DE on page 25 and 9 3 3 LIVE RECORDING MODE on page 25 2 Press TRACK one of the T1 6 pads to select the audio track to play chromatically 3 Play the TRIG keys The active track preset is pitched differ...

Page 14: ...DER Press YES to load up to six presets from that folder to Model Cycles six tracks For more information please see 8 4 2 PRESET FOLDER MENU on page 22 It checks all files in the directory for a suffi...

Page 15: ...16 patterns are available for each of the 6 banks which means that 96 patterns are available for each project A pattern contains up to 70 presets one for each of the six tracks and then additionally...

Page 16: ...channel If several tracks are assigned to the same MIDI channel the track with the lowest number has priority regarding parameter conflicts 5 3 SOUND ARCHITECTURE The illustrations below show the Mode...

Page 17: ...S COMBINATIONS The standard way to use the FUNC key in combination with other keys is to press and hold FUNC and then make a short press on the second key in the combination 6 5 COPY CLEAR AND PASTE C...

Page 18: ...ition FUNC BACK deletes the character before the highlighted position Press and hold FUNC and then press LEVEL DATA to toggle between upper and lower case character Once you are done editing the name...

Page 19: ...he velocity modula tion affects the sound by highlighting a destination DDEP Destination depth sets the depth and polarity of the velocity modulation Both negative invert ed and positive modulation de...

Page 20: ...ch The range from TRIG 1 key to TRIG 16 key is 16 semi tones The TRIG 9 key trigs the presets s root note If KBT is set to 0 see below 4 You can also transpose the note range that the TRIG keys cover...

Page 21: ...RACK PARAMETER knob to affect its corresponding parameter To change for example the presets tune turn the knob labeled PITCH to change the parameter value and listen to how the sound changes For more...

Page 22: ...if you have the presets BD01 SD03 MYPRESET999 CHORDY and HIHAT6 in a directory it would load T1 BD01 T2 CHORDY T3 SD03 T4 MYPRESET999 and T6 HIHAT6 T5 will be blank if it did not previously contain a...

Page 23: ...the LEVEL DATA knob to navigate the folder structure to the folder to where you want to save the preset Press BACK to navigate up one level in the folder hierarchy if needed 4 Press FUNC to open the...

Page 24: ...ank select When a pattern is playing and a new pattern is selected the new pattern position is shown flashing on the screen Once the pattern is finished the new pattern starts and the pattern position...

Page 25: ...repare the trig for editing rather than removing it 4 Select another track and add note trigs Repeat the procedure for all the tracks you want to use 5 Press PLAY to listen to the sequence Press one o...

Page 26: ...ets the transpose value of the note range that the TRIG keys cover when you use them to play the presers chromatically The transpose range is 24 24 semi tones 9 4 2 MOUT Will when checked send the tra...

Page 27: ...nteger multiples of a step 0 125 INF 1 16 is the nominal length of one step This setting affects the behavior of the velocity curve by defining the boundaries of its envelope A ON Always On sets toggl...

Page 28: ...th This parameter only applies if GATE is set to ON or when sending trig length data over MIDI 0 125 128 INF 9 9 QUANTIZE MENU Press FUNC PUNCH to access this menu Use LEVEL DATA to browse and change...

Page 29: ...ge controls for how long the active pattern plays before it loops or a cued the next select ed pattern begins to play If CHG is set to 64 the pattern behaves like a pattern consisting of 64 steps rega...

Page 30: ...the TRIG key that contains a NOTE VEL or LEN parameter lock to open the TRIG NOTE menu Press PLAY to clear the parameter lock for these parameters Removing all parameter locks on a trig in GRID RECOR...

Page 31: ...CHINES to open the MACHINES menu 3 Press and hold a TRIG key and then press the LEVEL DATA knob to remove the machine lock 9 12 4 CONDITIONAL LOCKS In GRID RECORDING mode press and hold a TRIG key and...

Page 32: ...enth and so on The sequencer needs to be in FILL mode to activate the conditional lock called FILL For more information please see 9 12 5 FILL MODE on page 32 Conditional parameter locks are a great w...

Page 33: ...temporary reload of the active pattern press FUNC PATTERN It will reload the pattern from when you last used the temporary save command If you have not done any temporary save then the pattern reload...

Page 34: ...messages from an external device to change patterns on the Model Cycles For more information please see 12 3 1 SYNC on page 42 Please note that the chain are lost when you create a new chain or when...

Page 35: ...ng parameter locks are revertible as long as you keep the TRIG key pressed 10 1 3 CONTROL ALL If you press and hold TRACK and use the TRACK PARAMETER knobs to change a parameter setting this change af...

Page 36: ...DIX C UNISON AND CHORD SETTINGS on page 52 The MACHINES parameter can be parameter locked In GRID RECORDING mode press and hold a TRIG key and then press MACHINES twice to open the MACHINES menu Use t...

Page 37: ...FO Try settings of 8 16 or 32 to sync the LFO to straight beats The knob is bipolar The LFO cycle can be played backward by using negative values You find more LFO settings in the LFO and LFO SETUP me...

Page 38: ...LEVEL DATA knob to navi gate the menu and change the parameter settings The LFO SPEED parameter sets the speed of the LFO For more information please see 10 3 6 LFO SPEED on page 37 Press LFO to acce...

Page 39: ...1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 8 16 8 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 1 128 16 8 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 1 128 1 256 32 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 1 64 1 128 1 256 1 512 64 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 8 1...

Page 40: ...the low frequen cies Negative values dampen the high frequencies Press FUNC and then turn REVERB SIZE to access the REV TONE parameter 64 63 11 2 DELAY The Delay send effect takes the input signal de...

Page 41: ...OAD You must have saved the pattern at least once before you can reload pattern information Reloads the active pattern s sequence data and sound data from the Drive A prompt appears when you select th...

Page 42: ...Press LEVEL DATA to execute To create a new project select NEW at the top of the project list The new project is empty This opera tion overwrites the active project If you load a project or create a n...

Page 43: ...s and controllers PCH IN selects the MIDI channel that listens for incoming program change messages An AUTO setting uses the AUTO channel Enable Model Cycles to respond to program change messages in t...

Page 44: ...rce Sleeve shield INV Inverted Type B Tip current source Ring current sink Sleeve shield OUT THRU sets if the MIDI OUT THRU port should function as an OUT or THRU port 12 3 5 FILTER Here you find the...

Page 45: ...HONES OUT and USB or not 12 4 6 USB GAIN Sets the gain level of the audio sent from the USB audio host to the Model Cycles This setting only affects the audio sent from the USB audio host to the analo...

Page 46: ...pport OS upgrade in STANDARD mode you are automatically redirected to the LEGACY mode If so jump to step 4 in the procedure below The LEGACY OS UP GRADE mode is also used when you upgrade your OS from...

Page 47: ...y the Drive of all your pre sets and patterns and reset it to the factory content only To reformat the Drive and make a factory reset press PATTERN TRACK TRIG 3 13 4 OS UPGRADE Press the TRIG 4 key to...

Page 48: ...EL DATA to choose a letter FUNC press LEVEL DATA to toggle between upper and lower case characters SAVING AND RELOADING FUNC SETTINGS temporary saves the active Pattern FUNC PATTERN temporary reloads...

Page 49: ...ss and hold PAGE to activate FILL mode for as long as PAGE is held Press TRACK PAGE to latch FILL mode Press TRACK PAGE again to unlatch FILL mode CLEAR TRACK CLEAR PATTERN CLEAR PRESET FUNC PLAY whil...

Page 50: ...ns W270 D180 H39 mm 10 7 7 1 1 6 including knobs and feet Weight approximately 0 8 kg 1 8 lbs Maximum recommended ambient operating temperature 40 C 104 F 16 CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION CREDITS PR...

Page 51: ...RAMETERS PLAYBACK PARAMETERS Parameter CC MSB Punch 66 Gate 67 A 3 LFO PARAMETERS LFO PARAMETERS Parameter CC MSB Speed 102 Multiplier 103 Fade In Out 104 Destination 105 Waveform 106 Start Phase 107...

Page 52: ...istortion Pan Punch Gate LFO Speed LFO Mult LFO Fade LFO Wave LFO Start Phase LFO Trig Mode LFO Depth APPENDIX C UNISON AND CHORD SETTINGS These are the unison and chord settings you can choose with t...

Page 53: ...7 P PAD CONFIGURATION MENU 19 PADS 19 PANEL LAYOUT 10 PARAMETER EDITING 35 PARAMETER LOCKS 29 PARAMETER REVERT 35 PATTERNS Description 15 Grid recording mode 25 Live recording mode 25 Parameter locks...

Page 54: ...27 SETTINGS MENU 41 Audio 44 Backup 45 Device 46 MIDI configuration 42 Project 42 Upgrade 46 SETTING UP AND STARTING 12 SOUND ARCHITECTURE 16 STARTUP MENU 47 SWING 37 SYSEX DUMP 45 T TECHNICAL INFORMA...

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