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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

INP FROM selects the source Model:Cycles receives MIDI data from.

• OFF makes Model:Cycles disregard any incoming MIDI data.

• MID makes Model:Cycles listen only to MIDI data sent to the MIDI IN port.

• USB makes Model:Cycles listen only to MIDI data sent to the USB port.

• M+U makes Model:Cycles listen to MIDI data sent to both the MIDI IN and USB ports.

OUT TO selects the destination to which Model:Cycles will send MIDI data.

• OFF stops Model:Cycles from sending out any MIDI data.

• MID makes Model:Cycles send MIDI data to the MIDI OUT port only.

• USB makes Model:Cycles send MIDI data to the USB port only.

• M+U makes Model:Cycles send MIDI data to both the MIDI OUT and USB ports. This setting will slow

the data transfer over USB down to the max speed for data transfer over MIDI.

OUT POL OUT Output polarity sets the polarity of the MIDI OUT port to accommodate the two dierent

versions of 3.5 mm (Tip/Ring/Sleeve) to female 5 pin DIN cable wiring. The MIDI IN port accepts any

polarity and does not need to be conﬁgured.

• STD Standard (“Type A”, Tip: current sink, Ring: current source, Sleeve: shield)

• INV Inverted (“Type B”, Tip: current source, Ring: current sink, Sleeve: shield)

OUT/THRU sets if the MIDI OUT/THRU port should function as an OUT or THRU port.

12.3.5 FILTER

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

RCV NOTE will when active, make it possible to play Model:Cycles using an external MIDI keyboard or

controller.

RCV CC will when active make it possible to control Model:Cycles parameters from an external MIDI

device sending CC/NRPN data.

ENCS controls whether the TRACK PARAMETER, FX PARAMETER and LEVEL/DATA knobs sends

MIDI data or not.

• INT The knobs only aect the Model:Cycles and does not send any MIDI data.

• I+E The knobs aect the Model:Cycles and also send MIDI data to external devices.

If ENCS is set to INT, the encoders will not send MIDI to external devices even if the

track is set to send MIDI out. For more information, please see “9.4.2 MOUT” on page

26.

12.4 AUDIO

In this menu, you specify audio-related settings for the Model:Cycles. Use LEVEL/DATA to browse and

change the settings.

12.4.1 HP MAX

The parameter sets the limit of the Headphones volume. This setting is useful if you want to have dier-

ent volume settings for MAIN out and HEADPHONES OUT, for example to protect your ears and your