User Manual

ManualsBrandsElektron ManualsDJ productsModel: Cycles - GROOVEBOX FM 6 TRACKS

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

8. PRESETS

RENAME PRESET Here you can rename the selected preset. Opens a NAMING menu.

DELETE PRESET Deletes the selected preset. Opens a conﬁrmation window.

SEND AS SYSEX Sends the selected preset as sysex data.

COPY TO LOCKS Copies the selected preset to the LOCKS folder from where it can be preset locked.

For more information, please see “9.12.2 PRESET LOCKS” on page 30.

8.4.2 PRESET FOLDER MENU

In this menu you can perform a number of actions on the folders in the +Drive. Use the LEVEL/DATA

knob to navigate the folder structure to the folder you wish to interact with, and then press and hold

LEVEL/DATA for a second to open the PRESET FOLDER menu.

LOAD FOLDER Loads six presets from the selected folder to the pattern’s six tracks.

This function checks all ﬁles in the folder for a sux of 1-6 and loads the ﬁles matching

this criteria to the respective track. If no matching ﬁle is found for a track, it ﬁlls the blank

tracks with the ﬁrst other not-yet-loaded presets in the folder. So if you have the presets

BD01, SD03, MYPRESET999, CHORDY and HIHAT6 in a directory, it would load T1=BD01,

T2=CHORDY, T3=SD03, T4=MYPRESET999 and T6=HIHAT6. T5 will be blank (if it did not

previously contain a preset).

RENAME FOLDER Here you can rename the selected folder. Opens a NAMING menu.

DELETE FOLDER Deletes the selected preset. Opens a conﬁrmation window.

SEND AS SYSEX Sends the presets in the selected folder as sysex data.

8.4.3 PRESET SAVE MENU

In this menu you can save presets and kits, and here you can also create folders. Use the LEVEL/DATA

knob to navigate the folder structure to where you want to save the preset or create the folder, and then,

press [FUNC] to open the SAVE PRESET menu.

SAVE PRESET Saves the preset from the active track. Opens a NAMING menu.

SAVE KIT Saves all the six presets from the current pattern in a separate folder. Opens a NAMING menu.

CREATE FOLDER Creates a folder at the current position in the folder hierarchy. Opens a NAMING menu.

8.4.4 LOADING A PRESET TO A TRACK FROM THE +DRIVE

You can load a any preset from the +Drive to any of the tracks.

1. Press [TRACK] + [T1–6] to select the track to which you want to load a preset.

2. Press [FUNC] + [MACHINES] to open the PRESET menu.