Cyclus 3
Sequencer
How the Cyclus is organized.
The Cyclus is a midi-sequencer. This means, that it will playback midi sequences you have created by
recording from an external midi device, by turning the Cyclus knobs, or by making a random note
pattern.
It has 30 songs for automatic playback of patterns and track on/off switching.
It has 107 patterns with each 8 tracks.
Each track has 5 subtracks:
Note (pitch)
Length
Velocity
Extra note or midi controller value
Note-off time or midi controller glide time
Each of these subtracks can have a maximum length of 16 steps. The length can be independently set
for each of the subtracks (referred to as: ”Last Step”). Each pattern has a last step as well (Lstp.).
When a subtrack reaches its last step it will start over from step 1 (it will loop). On the Cyclus (unlike
most other sequencers), note pitch, length and velocity value doesn’t have to go along. It is possible to
f.ex. make a note subtrack that is 7 steps long, a velocity subtrack that is 5 steps long and a length
subtrack that is 11 steps long, which will make a sequence that will repeat itself after a lot more than
16 steps.
Since the Cyclus has both a length and a note-off time subtrack, you will only need to use 1 step for 1
note, no matter how long you want the note on/off times to be.
All of the 8 tracks has their own last step settings. If you f.ex. want to make a 3-step bass track, you
don't have to record it 6 times, to make it fit to f.ex. a rhythm track. Just record it 1 time, and adjust the
length values (if needed) to make it fit.
It is also possible to make 1 track modulate the basic pitch of another track. If we again have a 3-step
bass track, and decides that after running maybe 6 times, we want it to transpose 2 notes up, we
simply makes another track modulate the bass track, and adjust the source tracks length and pitch, so
it fits (see chapter Basic pitch modulation).
Clear Cyclus 3 memory
By sending an empty RAM dump it is possible to clear the Cyclus 3 memory. The Empty RAM dump
can be found on our homepage. Power cycle is recommended after sending.
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