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

14. KEY SHORTCUTS

You can use these key shortcuts to quickly perform certain tasks.

GENERAL

[FUNC] + [RECORD] performs a copy command. Action depends on the currently active page or mode.

[FUNC] + [PLAY] performs a clear command. Action depends on the currently active page or mode.

[FUNC] + [STOP] performs a paste command. Action depends on the content that was copied.

[FUNC] + [RETURN] (hold for a second) toggles ﬁxed velocity ON/OFF

TRACK/PATTERN/BANK SELECT

[TRACK] + [T1-6] keys to select a track without triggering the track’s preset.

[T1-6] to select a track and trigger the track’s preset.

[PATTERN] + [TRIG 1-16] keys to select a pattern.

[PATTERN] + [T1-6] keys to select a bank.

PRESETS

[TRACK] + [RECORD] to copy a track preset.

[TRACK] + [STOP] to paste a track preset

[TRACK] + [PLAY] to clear a track preset

NAMING MENU

[FUNC] + turn LEVEL/DATA to choose a letter.

[FUNC] + press LEVEL/DATA to toggle between upper and lower case characters.

SAVING AND RELOADING

[FUNC] + [SETTINGS] temporary saves the active Pattern.

[FUNC] + [PATTERN] temporary reloads the active Pattern.

[FUNC] + [SETTINGS] (long press) saves Pattern to Project.

[FUNC] + [PATTERN] (long press) reloads Pattern from Project.

MENU ACCESS

[FUNC] + [PUNCH] opens the QUANTIZE menu.

[FUNC] + [GATE] opens the CLICK menu.

[FUNC] + [RETURN] opens the PAD SETUP menu.

[FUNC] + [LFO] opens the LFO SETUP menu.

[FUNC] + [TRACK] opens the TRACK SETUP menu.

[FUNC] + [RETRIG] opens the RETRIG SETUP menu.

[FUNC] + [PAGE] opens the pattern/track SCALE menu.

SEQUENCER SETTINGS

[FUNC] + [TEMPO] to tap tempo.

[TRACK] + turn LEVEL/DATA to move all trigs a whole step, left or right (when in GRID RECORDING mode).

[TRIG] key (hold) + [RETRIG], opens the TRIG REPEAT menu and turns retrig on for the trig (when in GRID

RECORDING mode).

[FUNC] + [GATE] (long press) toggles Click on/o.

SEQUENCER RECORDING

[RECORD] + [PLAY] starts LIVE RECORDING.

[RECORD] + [PLAY twice] toggles quantized LIVE RECORDING on/o.