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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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

8.3 COPYING A PRESET ....................................................................... 21

8.4 THE PRESET MENU ........................................................................ 21

8.4.1 PRESET FILE MENU ....................................................................... 21

8.4.2 PRESET FOLDER MENU ..................................................................22

8.4.3 PRESET SAVE MENU .....................................................................22

8.4.4 LOADING A PRESET TO A TRACK FROM THE +DRIVE .....................................22

8.4.5 SAVING A PRESET TO THE +DRIVE .......................................................23

8.5 THE LOCKS FOLDER .......................................................................23

9. THE SEQUENCER ............................................................ 24

9.1 ABOUT PATTERNS .........................................................................24

9.2 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS .............................................................24

9.2.1 SELECTING BANK AND PATTERN .........................................................24

9.2.2 PATTERN CONTROL .....................................................................24

9.2.3 PATTERN TEMPO ........................................................................25

9.3 EDITING A PATTERN .......................................................................25

9.3.1 TRIG TYPES ..............................................................................25

9.3.2 GRID RECORDING MODE .................................................................25

9.3.3 LIVE RECORDING MODE .................................................................25

9.4 TRACK SETUP MENU ......................................................................26

9.4.1 KBT .......................................................................................26

9.4.2 MOUT ....................................................................................26

9.4.3 PAD ......................................................................................26

9.5 TRIG NUDGE MENU ........................................................................26

9.6 RETRIG SETUP MENU ...................................................................... 27

9.7 TRIG REPEAT MENU .......................................................................27

9.7.1 PLACING A RETRIG ON AN INDIVIDUAL SEQUENCER STEP ................................28

9.8 TRIG NOTE MENU. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

9.9 QUANTIZE MENU ..........................................................................28

9.9.1 GLOBAL ..................................................................................28

9.9.2 TRACK 1–6 ...............................................................................28

9.9.3 APPLY ....................................................................................28

9.9.4 LIVE-REC ................................................................................28

9.10 CLICK MENU ..............................................................................28

9.11 SCALE MENU ..............................................................................29

9.12 SEQUENCER FEATURES ..................................................................29

9.12.1 PARAMETER LOCKS .....................................................................29

9.12.2 PRESET LOCKS .........................................................................30

9.12.3 MACHINE LOCKS ........................................................................31

9.12.4 CONDITIONAL LOCKS ...................................................................31

9.12.5 FILL MODE ..............................................................................32

9.12.6 COPY, PASTE, AND CLEAR OPERATIONS .................................................32

9.12.7 TEMPORARY SAVE AND RELOAD PATTERN COMMANDS .................................33

9.13 CHAINS ...................................................................................33

10. TRACK RELATED PARAMETERS ............................................. 35

10.1 PARAMETER EDITING .....................................................................35

10.1.1 PARAMETER VALUE JUMP ................................................................35

10.1.2 PARAMETER REVERT FUNCTION ........................................................35

10.1.3 CONTROL ALL ...........................................................................35

10.2 MACHINES ...............................................................................35

10.3 TRACK PARAMETERS ....................................................................37

10.3.1 PITCH ....................................................................................37