Cyclus 3
Sequencer
Connect the Cyclus
Before you start working with the Cyclus, you will have to make some connections. If you want to
record something you play on a keyboard, you will have to connect your midi keyboard to the Cyclus
midi-in. If you are using a keyboard or synthesizer with onboard sounds, it is wise to set its local
parameter to ”off”. You don't have to worry about if your keyboard/synthesizer can have different
settings for midi in/out since the Cyclus will canalize every midi command it receives to the active
tracks midi channel.
You will also have to connect your midi sound sources (synthesizers, samplers, drum machines,
keyboards, modules) to the Cyclus midi-out.
Finally you will have to connect the net adapter between your wall power socket and the Cyclus power
input.
When this is done, you can turn your Cyclus on.
Step record from a keyboard
(Additional information on page Func > Rec – Record).
1. Hit the pattern button, select the pattern you want to record and hit the pattern button again.
2. Hit the track button, select the track you want to record, and select the midi channel. You can
always audition if its the right midi channel by playing the keyboard, and hear what instrument
plays.
3. Turn the func knob (knob 8) and select ”Rec”.
4. Hit the track button.
5. Now, when you play a note on the keyboard, it will record this note and advance 1 step.
6. Hit the Track, Edit page or Pattern button, when you want to stop recording.
After recording
When you have recorded a track, you can of course play it back, by hitting the run/stop button, so it is
lit. Adjust the tempo by hitting the pattern button, and turn the tempo knob (knob 8). Experiment with
tweaking the knobs on the different edit pages (see page Edit page), to make your melodic line sound
different – notice that you don't have to record a track before you can do that, just turn a track on, set
the midi channel and tweak (exactly like on an analogue sequencer – just more advanced).
You can of course also record/tweak any of the other 8 tracks to make a complete pattern.
If you want to record another track from a keyboard, you will have to stop the Cyclus first.
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