User Manual

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Table Of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
2. THE MODEL:CYCLES
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 3.1 FRONT PANEL
- 3.2 REAR CONNECTORS
- 3.3 SIDE CONNECTOR
- 3.4 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE MODEL:CYCLES
4. QUICK START
- 4.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PATTERNS
- 4.2 PLAYING A PRESET CHROMATICALLY
- 4.3 MUTING THE TRACKS
- 4.4 SETTING THE TEMPO
- 4.5 LOADING A PRESET TO A TRACK
- 4.6 EDITING PARAMETERS
5. OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL:CYCLES
- 5.1 DATA STRUCTURE
- 5.2 ABOUT THE SEQUENCER TRACKS
  - 5.2.1 TRIGGER PRESETS
  - 5.2.2 SEND MIDI
- 5.3 SOUND ARCHITECTURE
  - 5.3.1 AUDIO VOICES
  - 5.3.2 EFFECTS
6. THE USER INTERFACE
- 6.1 MAIN SCREEN
- 6.2 NAVIGATION
- 6.3 PARAMETER EDITING
- 6.4 [FUNC] KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS
- 6.5 COPY, CLEAR, AND PASTE
- 6.6 NAMING MENU
7. MODEL:CYCLES CONTROLS
- 7.1 TRIG KEYS
- 7.2 ROTARY ENCODERS
- 7.3 PADS
  - 7.3.1 PAD MENU
- 7.4 KEY BEHAVIOR
- 7.5 EXTERNAL MIDI
- 7.6 CHROMATIC MODE
8. PRESETS
- 8.1 PLAYING A PRESET
  - 8.1.1 PLAYING A PRESET WITH AN EXTERNAL MIDI UNIT
- 8.2 EDITING A PRESET
- 8.3 COPYING A PRESET
- 8.4 THE PRESET MENU
- 8.5 THE LOCKS FOLDER
9. THE SEQUENCER
- 9.1 ABOUT PATTERNS
- 9.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- 9.3 EDITING A PATTERN
- 9.4 TRACK SETUP MENU
- 9.5 TRIG NUDGE MENU
- 9.6 RETRIG SETUP MENU
- 9.7 TRIG REPEAT MENU
  - 9.7.1 PLACING A RETRIG ON AN INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCER STEP
- 9.8 TRIG NOTE MENU
- 9.9 QUANTIZE MENU
- 9.10 CLICK MENU
- 9.11 SCALE MENU
- 9.12 SEQUENCER FEATURES
- 9.13 CHAINS
10. TRACK RELATED PARAMETERS
- 10.1 PARAMETER EDITING
- 10.2 MACHINES
- 10.3 TRACK PARAMETERS
- 10.4 PUNCH
- 10.5 GATE
- 10.6 LFO MENU
- 10.7 LFO SETUP MENU
11. FX PARAMETERS
- 11.1 REVERB
  - 11.1.1 REVERB SIZE
  - 11.1.2 REV TONE
- 11.2 DELAY
  - 11.2.1 DELAY TIME
  - 11.2.2 DEL FEEDBACK
12. CONFIG MENU
- 12.1 PATTERN
- 12.2 PROJECT
- 12.3 MIDI
- 12.4 AUDIO
- 12.5 BACKUP
  - 12.5.1 SENDING BACKUP PROJECT/PATTERN DATA
  - 12.5.2 RECEIVING BACKUP DATA
- 12.6 UPGRADE
  - 12.6.1 UPGRADING OS IN STANDARD MODE
  - 12.6.2 UPGRADING OS IN LEGACY MODE
- 12.7 DEVICE
13. STARTUP MENU
- 13.1 EXIT
- 13.2 EMPTY RESET
- 13.3 FACTORY RESET
- 13.4 OS UPGRADE
  - 13.4.1 UPGRADING OS FROM STARTUP MENU
14. KEY SHORTCUTS
15. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
16. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
APPENDIX A: MIDI SPECIFICATIONS
- A.1 TRACK PARAMETERS
- A.2 PLAYBACK PARAMETERS
- A.3 LFO PARAMETERS
- A.4 FX PARAMETERS
APPENDIX B: MODULATION DESTINATIONS
APPENDIX C: UNISON AND CHORD SETTINGS
INDEX

9. THE SEQUENCER

9.7.1 PLACING A RETRIG ON AN INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCER STEP

1. In GRID RECORDING mode, press and hold one or several [TRIG] keys and then press [RETRIG]

to access the TRIG REPEAT menu that shows the retrig actions for the chosen sequencer step(s)

on the active track.

2. Use the LEVEL/DATA knob to navigate the menu and change the retrig parameter settings. Set

retrig to ON.

3. Release the [TRIG] key(s) to exit the TRIG REPEAT menu. The retrig settings are stored together

with the active pattern.

9.8 TRIG NOTE MENU

IN GRID RECORDING mode, Press and hold one or more [TRIG] keys to access the TRIG NOTE menu. Use

LEVEL/DATA to change the settings. Press LEVEL/DATA to toggle between NOTE, VEL, and LEN.

NOTE sets the pitch of the note when trigged. (C0–G10)

VEL sets the velocity of the sequencer’s note trigs. (0–127)

LEN Trig Length sets the duration of the notes. When a note has ﬁnished playing a NOTE OFF command

is sent. The INF setting equals inﬁnite note length. 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 the settings.

9.9.1 GLOBAL

Aects all unquantized trigs of all tracks in real time. The higher the parameter value, the more all un-

quantized trigs are corrected towards the grid.

9.9.2 TRACK 1–6

Aects all unquantized trigs of the active track in real time. The higher the parameter value, the more all

unquantized trigs are corrected towards the grid. Press [T1–6] to select the track to quantize.

9.9.3 APPLY

Permanently applies the settings made in the GLOBAL and TRACK 1–6 parameters and resets the

GLOBAL and TRACK 1–6 settings to 0. Press “YES” to apply the quantization operation, or “CANCEL”

to cancel.

9.9.4 LIVE-REC

Applies quantization to the trigs that you record in LIVE RECORDING mode. (ON, OFF).

Press and hold [RECORD], and then quickly press [PLAY] twice to toggle the LIVE RE-

CORDING quantization on and o.

9.10 CLICK MENU

The CLICK menu controls the internal metronome. Press [FUNC] + [GATE] to open the CLICK menu. Use

LEVEL/DATA to browse and change the settings.