User Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................8
1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL .............................................................8
2. THE MODEL:CYCLES ...........................................................9
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS ...........................................10
3.1 FRONT PANEL .............................................................................10
3.2 REAR CONNECTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.3 SIDE CONNECTOR ......................................................................... 12
3.4 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE MODEL:CYCLES ......................................... 12
4. QUICK START .................................................................13
4.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PATTERNS ........................................................ 13
4.2 PLAYING A PRESET CHROMATICALLY ..................................................... 13
4.3 MUTING THE TRACKS ..................................................................... 13
4.4 SETTING THE TEMPO ..................................................................... 13
4.5 LOADING A PRESET TO A TRACK .......................................................... 14
4.6 EDITING PARAMETERS .................................................................... 14
5. OVERVIEW OF THE MODEL:CYCLES ...........................................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
5.3.1 AUDIO VOICES ............................................................................ 16
5.3.2 EFFECTS .................................................................................16
6. THE USER INTERFACE ........................................................17
6.1 MAIN SCREEN ............................................................................. 17
6.2 NAVIGATION ............................................................................... 17
6.3 PARAMETER EDITING ..................................................................... 17
6.4 [FUNC] KEY PRESS COMBINATIONS ....................................................... 17
6.5 COPY, CLEAR, AND PASTE ................................................................. 17
6.6 NAMING MENU ............................................................................ 17
7. MODEL:CYCLES CONTROLS ...................................................19
7.1 TRIG KEYS ................................................................................. 19
7.2 ROTARY ENCODERS ....................................................................... 19
7.3 PADS ...................................................................................... 19
7.3.1 PAD MENU ................................................................................19
7.4 KEY BEHAVIOR ............................................................................ 19
7.5 EXTERNAL MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7.6 CHROMATIC MODE ........................................................................20
8. PRESETS .....................................................................21
8.1 PLAYING A PRESET ........................................................................ 21
8.1.1 PLAYING A PRESET WITH AN EXTERNAL MIDI UNIT .......................................21
8.2 EDITING A PRESET ........................................................................ 21