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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

12. CONFIG MENU

CHANNELS menu. For more information, please see “12.3.3 OUT CHAN” on page 43.

12.3.2 IN CHAN

Here you ﬁnd the MIDI input channel conﬁguration. Use LEVEL/DATA to browse and change the settings.

T1–6 IN selects the dedicated MIDI channel that is used to receive parameter data to a speciﬁc track. If

conﬁgured as OFF, parameter data are not received via MIDI.

FX IN selects the dedicated MIDI channel for the DELAY and REVERB parameters, If conﬁgured as

OFF, parameter data are not received via MIDI.

AUTO IN selects the MIDI channel for the AUTO channel that gives access to the currently active

track. If an external MIDI keyboard connected to Model:Cycles sends MIDI data on this channel, the

keyboard controls the active track. This is useful when for example quickly changing between the

active audio tracks to play dierent Sounds.

The Model:Cycles uses the Tracks dedicated channels and the AUTO channel to record

to the sequencer tracks from external MIDI keyboards and controllers.

PCH IN selects the MIDI channel that listens for incoming program change messages. An AUTO

setting uses the AUTO channel. Enable Model:Cycles to respond to program change messages in the

SYNC menu. For more information, please see “12.3.1 SYNC” on page 42.

12.3.3 OUT CHAN

This menu handles the MIDI output channel conﬁguration. Use LEVEL/DATA to browse and change the

settings.

T1–6 OUT selects the dedicated MIDI channel that is used to send (by turning the knobs) parameter

data from a speciﬁc track. If conﬁgured as OFF, parameter data are not sent via MIDI.

A track must be set to send MIDI data to send MIDI data using the TRACK PARAMETER

and FX knobs. For more information, please see “9.4.2 MOUT” on page 26.

FX OUT selects the dedicated MIDI channel for the DELAY and REVERB parameters, If conﬁgured as

OFF, parameter data are not sent via MIDI.

PCH OUT selects the MIDI channel that sends program change messages when changing patterns.

Enable Model:Cycles to send program change messages in the SYNC menu. For more information,

please see “12.3.1 SYNC” on page 42.

12.3.4 PORTS

Here you ﬁnd the MIDI port-related settings. Use LEVEL/DATA to browse and change the settings.