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

10. TRACK RELATED PARAMETERS

10.5 GATE

Press [GATE]

to set the envelope to GATE mode. The [GATE] key toggles GATE mode on/o.

• GATE OFF The sound envelope goes directly from being triggered (Note On) to the decay phase and

ignores Note O messages and the LEN parameter setting. (Key unlit)

• GATE ON The sound envelope is held at maximum level after it is triggered (Note On) until the pad is

released (Note O) or until the length speciﬁed by the LEN parameter is reached. Then it continues to

the decay phase. (Key lit red)

TIME

AMPLITUDE

Note On

Decay

Note length

Note O

Decay

Note On Note O

GATE OFF GATE ON

The GATE parameter can be parameter locked. In GRID RECORDING mode, press and hold

a [TRIG] key, and then press [GATE]. For more information, please see “9.12.1 PARAMETER

LOCKS” on page 29.

10.6 LFO MENU

The Low-Frequency Oscillator can be used to modulate the track parameters. Set the low-frequency oscil-

lator shape, speed multiplication, destination and depth on this page. Use the LEVEL/DATA knob to navi-

gate the menu and change the parameter settings.

The LFO SPEED parameter sets the speed of the LFO. For more information, please see “10.3.6 LFO

SPEED” on page 37.

Press [LFO]

to access the LFO menu.

10.6.1 WAV

Waveform sets the LFO waveform. There are seven waveforms: Triangle, Sine, Square, Sawtooth, Enve-

lope, Ramp, and Random.

The Envelope (ENV) waveform makes the LFO behave dierently. If you select ENV, the

LFO starts from the beginning of its cycle every time a note is trigged (The RST parame-

ters setting is ignored), run for one cycle and then stop (one-shot). This makes it very use-

ful as an envelope. The waveform is similar to a sawtooth but with an exponential decay.

The LFO SPEED sets the length of the decay.

10.6.2 MUL

Multiplier multiplies the SPD parameter by the set factor either by multiplying the current tempo (these

settings have an “X” preﬁx before the multiplier numbers), or by multiplying a ﬁxed tempo of 120 BPM

(basically letting the LFO run free and disregard the current tempo of the device).

10.6.3 DST

Destination selects the modulation destination for the LFO. Preview how the LFO modulation aects the

sound by highlighting a destination.