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Page 1: ...cyclone Pei i x MIDI Perfonnance Effects g Oberheim f i 8 732 Kevin Court Oakland CA 94621...

Page 2: ...ecorded Rhythm Arp ggiation 8 Program 14 Live Rhythm Playback 8 Program 15 rylotechnics 8 2 5 Global Perfonnance Effects 8 TenlJX Tap 8 Sustain 8 Tenlpo 1odulation 8 Duration Modulation 9 Chapter 3 Un...

Page 3: ...ces I Uestinations 33 8 1 Sources 33 8 2 Destinations 33 8 3 Zone Limits 34 Chapter 9 Cloning Rhythm Orders l 1ode 35 9 1 Vhats in a clone 35 9 2 Rhytlll11 36 9 3 Mode 36 9 4 Order 37 9 5 Cloning The...

Page 4: ...te t 1odulalions 58 n L Note Loudness Velocity 58 t A Tempo t 1ndulation A llount 59 t C Tempo Modulation Controller Numher 59 d A Duralion Modulalion Amounl 59 d C Duration r 1oclulalion Controller 6...

Page 5: ...positions tempi MIDI assignments and many other parameters The arpeggiation section is without precedent allowing for not one but two independent keyboard ranges as well as recorded information There...

Page 6: ...IN MIIJI MIIJI IN CUT C fC Q ilt11 1 Connect the MIDI Out from your Master controller to the MIDI In of the Cyclone The Mastercontroller can be a MIDI keyboard a MIDI guitar controller a sequencer a...

Page 7: ...d Reset hold the switch on t1le front panel of the C c1one labelled Enablc while turning on power 7 On the Slave s select sound patches with a short attack and a medium release such as an organ piano...

Page 8: ...flash Any notes you now play will be latched fie wamed that although the chord is still held in the Cyclone s memory with some patches the sound may fade away Press the Manual Control switch causing b...

Page 9: ...igh cnd Qf the keyboard and play low C Qn the keyboard You will hear the chord arpeggiated If you play anot11er note in t11e bottom octave YQU will hear anothcr copy Qf your pattern playing at the sam...

Page 10: ...ding up to 32 notes Connect the Pedal t jack to one of the audio inputs on your mixer for a meU onome click Press the Record I lold switch causing its LED to flash at the current tempo Press the Clone...

Page 11: ...as program 03 with only three parameters changed After selecting this program press and hold the Record hold button then press the Store button This erases the current recording and prepares for reco...

Page 12: ...ing a more staccato feel with increasing mod wheel position This is also called Gate Time on other instruments These factory presets are designec110 give you just a navor for what the C clone is capab...

Page 13: ...nother MIDI keyboard a keyboard synthesizer or sampler or a MIDI voice module rack mount or table top or the aster controller keyboard itself If a second Slave instrulllcnt is available conncct the MI...

Page 14: ...llows you to use the Cyclone to arpeggiate the same keyboard you are using as a Master Cwdon Oul In On I Internal Voices I Olf Local Control Keyboard Under normal conditions synths operate in Local co...

Page 15: ...ed above only happens when the master and slave are the same unit RescUing the CJclolle The C c1one can be initialized to the condition it left the factory by performing the Hard Reset function This i...

Page 16: ...in its most basic sense is The playing of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously This is exactly what is performed by a typical electronic arpeggiator You play the chord...

Page 17: ...ow long it should play For example if you wanled to have new notes be generated on quarter notes the clone function would be waiting for the clock to reach the first beat then the second beat then the...

Page 18: ...start at the left side of the picture The first thing to see is that the clock generator has a couple of new options The internal clock is still there and the Tempo control still controls how fast it...

Page 19: ...s set to the Pulse Rhythm generator mode is set to exactly one note per gate and order is set to UP the result is a very basic arpeggio where the notes play steadily one at a time starting with the lo...

Page 20: ...peggio could result in 8n eight note chord being played We hope that this has given you some insight into the overall layout of the C clone We ve just scratchcd the surface but when you understand the...

Page 21: ...modes The Mode switch also doubles as a cancel switch that aborts any action which would nonnally require pressing the Enter button to complete PLAY Mode PLAY mode is used to select programs and to en...

Page 22: ...e adds 68 more User Programs for a total of 100 Programs The two types of Programs are described as follows USER Programs User Programs are completely programmable and consist of two types of data I a...

Page 23: ...f Keyboard Zones 1 and 2 Chain Program Number Intclllal Pedal 3 and 4 Definitions Extcmal Pedal 3 and 4 Dcfinitions The Current Program The cun cnt program includcs all the programmable data which is...

Page 24: ...disabled The display also contains two decimal points that indicate a particular status while in PLAY mode Irthe right decimal point is off the display is reading a cUITently selected internal Progra...

Page 25: ...clone you will notice that several layers of nested looping is possible depending on the Program But in this case Cycle as it is referred to here is the outermost repetition I lanual Control Manual Co...

Page 26: ...nation Program location But note that Factory Programs can only be stored to the same location or to a User Program location Also if any of the Factory Program constants have been changed then you can...

Page 27: ...nel simply renames these keys in EDIT because of the way they are used in that Mode The Options buttons select parameters within a Page or the values of a parameter The Enter key confinn any selection...

Page 28: ...selector or Mode or may happen automatically in the case of a Function For Example to change the DURATION of each note to 18 slightly more than 100 for a slight legato effect do the following Press M...

Page 29: ...the scale C D E F G A and B in the left character and the Octave number in the right character C3 Middle C MIDI Note 60 The c below CO is displayed as C and the c below that is shown as C MIDI Note 0...

Page 30: ...ible at all Your Slave instruments are considered the Destinations of the Cyclone s MIDI output The way that the unit identifies which Destination it is transniitting to is by MIDI Channel Number The...

Page 31: ...ed in section 7 2 Display Conventions Shortcuts Note that within a Zone the Hi note must be above the low note and that Zones 1 and 2 are completely independent allowing them to be placed anywhere on...

Page 32: ...re next in line in your customizing of the Cyclone s playback and are discussed in the next three sub sections of this Chapter following this one For the purposes of the Cyclone a Clone is basically a...

Page 33: ...multiple simultaneously held notes played in the Control Zone LP refers to Live Poly Trigger in which a trigger is generated for every note played in the Control Zone with overlapping allowed Once a...

Page 34: ...ves them from the Master is ignored It will then transmit them as follows UP dn Ud dU Up Down Up Down Down Up by note ascending only by note descending only by note initially ascending alternating by...

Page 35: ...d in the Pedals section Note the Cyclone ships from the factory with Pedal 4 already set for Tempo Tap This section describes how to actually use that Pedal for Tempo Tap in real time Assuming that su...

Page 36: ...th is available for editing in the ReclHold Options Page as the End Beat Eb parameter Thus in Tuplet mode the time of each iteration thru the Source note list is a constant equal to the End Beat Setti...

Page 37: ...ource notes in a single direction in the selected Order 2 The next layer of Cycling is called the Basic Cycle and is comprised of either one Scan as in the case of Up order or two Scans as in Up and D...

Page 38: ...o that a Pulse occurs immediately and notes are generated or Order In addition to the processing described above for Clock all Sources are forced to begin the next Scan CY Cycle All Sources are forced...

Page 39: ...to Transpose Stages operate A single Scan in the initial direction fOnTIS the Basic Cycle for each Repetition and each Stage then the Scan direction is inverted to form a new Basic Cycle for the Repet...

Page 40: ...ved during the Record in Progress state of the Recording process If Recording only notes only notes are replaced If Recording rhythm data then both rhythm and note data are replaced The old data is no...

Page 41: ...ence not divisible by 2 it should be noted that auto correction by these values will result in skewed timings If utmost accuracy is important these settings should be avoided by increasing the Tempo a...

Page 42: ...matically disabled in Clone Pause mode Cycle may be turned on and off at will Turning Manual Control on with Clone off will abort Recording and go directly to the Chord Hold mode described in Control...

Page 43: ...he Record Duffer are erased and the End Beat Eb is set to the maximum Value of 64 Zones 1 and 2 are deactivated for the duration of the Recording session If Zone 1 is on the same Destination channel a...

Page 44: ...ng to the Auto correct AC setting when recorded the actual note on time is not recorded A Recording may be up to 64 beats long and contain up to 32 events Any events past this maximum are not recorded...

Page 45: ...IDI Clock is set to Receive see Chapter 15 The action which is nonnally associated with the event causing Record to Stop also occurs and has the same result as if the RecordlHold LED were off except T...

Page 46: ...never Recording in Live Trigger Rhythms Step Advances are never echoed regardless Manual doubling and transposition is enabled in PLAY Mode through the Manual Control switch The particular function is...

Page 47: ...steps between the doubling note within the Control Zone and the Base Note on the same MIDI Channel as the Held Cloning notes If no notes are held there is no output at all form the Cloning Holding fu...

Page 48: ...or 2 and 2 MIDI Echo is On If it is also in Zone 1 or 2 then 1 it is treated as normal input to that Zone 2 any Control function in effect is invoked as if there were no overlap and 3 no echo on the B...

Page 49: ...epeat Inversions may proceed either up or down and do not alternate direction automatically A note added to a Source after the beginning of the second Repeat of a Stage is inserted into the note list...

Page 50: ...hru its own Auto Transposition normally with each Repeat containing exactly one Basic Cycle For the Synced Sources the Auto Transpose Repeat is de coupled from the Basic Cycle which proceeds continuou...

Page 51: ...are not counted when processing the Mode parameter and are generated at the same velocity as the Cloned Source note n d Number of Doubles The Number of Doubles n d parameter specifies how many of the...

Page 52: ...te on velocity is often used in the voicing instrument to control loudness Ever try to get a V in a 7 segment display Display Meaning rC As Received Pr Pressure bn Bender t C 7 Fixed Description The n...

Page 53: ...essure bn Bender 0 97 Controller Description Keyboard Channel Pressure will control Tempo Modulation The Bender will control Tempo Modulation Negative Bender values reverse the sense of the modulation...

Page 54: ...ulation Controller Display Meaning Pr Pressure bn Bender 0 97 Controller Description Keyboard Channel Pressure will control Duration Modulation The Bender will control Duration Modulation Negative Ben...

Page 55: ...while Pedals 1 2 are accessed through the Pedals 1 2 Page in the MASTER section In addition the assignment of MIDI controllers to External Pedals is done in the MID Page In the Control Options Page th...

Page 56: ...the Cyclone s front panel as though the button is tapped when the pedal is pressed Nothing occurs when pedal is released Used to control any button on the Cyclone s front panel Similar to Single Switc...

Page 57: ...g on Pedal 1 now Use the button to choose Pedal 3 displayed as P 3 Press ENTER button For this example use or to select HE in the display This means we are setting pedal 3 to be a held edit type pedal...

Page 58: ...til yOll reach MID Use the or buttons until you reach P 2 Press ENTER Use the or buttons to select ell in the display Press ENTER Pedal 2 is now assigned to CHAIN SELECT Return to the first program in...

Page 59: ...ode MIDI Echo E C On or orr MIDI Clock C L On or Orf I llDI Pedal 1 E I 00 97 MIDI Pedal 2 E 2 00 97 MIDI Pedal 3 E 3 00 97 MIDI Pedal 4 E 4 00 97 As with other Cyclone functions when the desired para...

Page 60: ...t jack to act as if it were a Thru port when the Cyclone is transmitting data from its own memory This way playing your Master in real time while the Cyclone is running will be sent out the MIDI Out j...

Page 61: ...e Clone function Selecting External Sync 24 48 96 for Pedal 2 ovelTides this selection and vice versa De selecting this option will re enable External Sync if it is programmed otherwise the Cyclone de...

Page 62: ...he MASTER button four times to enter DUMPILOAD mode Use the the or buttons to select the desired memory sub function Press ENTER The display will switch to read Go with a flashing dot Press ENTER agai...

Page 63: ...an Octave one up a fifth Same as 00 plus Control Zone in lower octave and a half provides continuous manual transpose relative to C2 01 Four chromatic recursions Same as 01 with Replace Gated Same as...

Page 64: ...grams If any other parameters are modified in a factory program the user will be required to store the resulting program in one of the user program locations Current state of all play mode flags Clone...

Page 65: ...en l l2 rn Random Mode Mode rC As Recorded in Rec Buffer of Source Notes FI F8 Fixed per Trigger AL All Chord Cluster P2 P8 Proportional r2 r8 Random Tempo Tempo 2 05 J9 10 398 Beats per Minute EC MID...

Page 66: ...Auto Mutate nL Note Loudnessl rC As Received Recorded Velocity Pr From Channel Pressure bn From Bender WheeVLever 01 C7 Fixed tA Tempo Mod Amount 00 32 Mod Amount 16 no Mod tC Tempo Mod Controller Pr...

Page 67: ...nctions CP ChainlMap Program 00 31 Program to Chain Map to 99 P3 Local Pedal 3 P4 Local Pedal 4 E3 External Pedal 3 E4 External Pedal CII Chain Program SS Single Switch dS Double Switch in Increment d...

Page 68: ...unction El Ext Pedal 1 Function E2 Ext Pedal 2 Function CH Program Chain SS Single Switch dS Double Switch in Increment dE Decrement oE One Shot Edit LE Latched Edit liE Held Edit SU Sustain So Sosten...

Page 69: ...c I 1 8th note of I 64th note triplet 12 118th note triplet Control Options Corllrol oM CI Manual Control Function IG Transpose Gated Ie Transpose Continuous dC Double Continuous dG Double Gated LR Co...

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