CYCLUS 3 Owner`s Manual
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3. Notice that you don t have to record a track before you can do that just turn a track on set the midi channel and tweak exactly like on an analogue sequencer just more advanced You can of course also record tweak any of the other 8 tracks to make a complete pattern If you want to record another track from a keyboard you will have to stop the Cyclus first Recording a song When you have created one or more patterns you might want to organize them for automatic playback and automatic track on off switching This can be done in a song Notice that the Cyclus has no tempo adjustment for a song Every pattern is played back in their own original tempo This makes it easy to make different parts of a song run in different tempos For details on how to record a song see page SONG EDIT Where to find Please note that the following Edit pages refer to the Current Edit Track and Current Edit Pattern If you edit a song it refers to the Current Song Below is a short reference where to find them Current Edit Track Press Track button and turn the left knob in the bottom row Page 5 Cyclus 3 sequencer Current Edit Pattern Press the Pattern button and turn the left knob in the bottom row Current Song Press the Edit Page button and navigate to SONG Press the Edit Page button again and turn the left knob in the bottom row A word about Pattern change Master for the change or loop of a pattern is a
4. on times for step 1 16 of the selected track The values are shown in 1 32 steps Page 16 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Edit page 12 and 13 VELO 1 8 and VELO 9 16 On these edit pages you can view and adjust the velocity values for step 1 16 of the selected track Edit page 14 TRACK ON OFF On this edit page you can view and select which tracks that are playing and which tracks that are muted A H shows that the track is playing and a _ shows that the track is muted Page 17 Cyclus 3 sequencer Edit page 15 SONG EDIT Edit page 16 SONG Step Select song start step and use it for song editing When you selects a step it shows the pattern number assigned to that step If end is displayed no pattern is assigned to the step The song will stop playback or loop when the first end mark arrives Remember to set this to the step where you want the song to start when you have finished your editing Ptrn The pattern number assigned to the selected step Change and assign patterns with the pattern turning knob When you change assign a pattern Cyclus 3 also saves the track on off settings for the pattern at that moment If you want a step to be the end step turn the pattern knob all the way right and the display will show end Loop Define how many times the choosen pattern shall repeat Play Shows what step it is currently playing SONG Songno Choo
5. t have to worry about if your keyboard synthesizer can have different settings for midi in out since the Cyclus will canalize every midi command it receives to the active tracks midi channel You will also have to connect your midi sound sources synthesizers samplers drum machines keyboards modules to the Cyclus midi out Finally you will have to connect the net adaptor between your wall power socket and the Cyclus power input When this is done you can turn your Cyclus on Step record from a keyboard Additional information on page Func gt Rec Record 1 Hit the pattern button select the pattern you want to record and hit the pattern button again 2 Hit the track button select the track you want to record and select the midi channel You can always audition if its the right midi channel by playing the keyboard and hear what instrument plays Turn the func knob knob 8 and select Rec Hit the track button Now when you play a note on the keyboard it will record this note and advance 1 step e OW oe a Hit the Track Edit page or Pattern button when you want to stop recording After recording When you have recorded a track you can of course play it back by hitting the run stop button so it is lit Adjust the tempo by hitting the pattern button and turn the tempo knob knob 8 Experiment with tweaking the knobs on the different edit pages see page Edit page to make your melodic line sound different
6. ANA LOG DIGITAL SEQUENCE R 3 ppl AN NOG SEQUENCE AN SPECTRAL AUDIO cycl s spectral Audio Cyclus OQ Sequencer Introduction Dear valued customer Thank you for purchasing the Spectral Audio Cyclus 3 We hope that you will enjoy this product for a long time The Cyclus 3 is developed by musicians for musicians so we hope that you will find it easy to use It is although a good idea to skim the entire manual to get the most out of your Cyclus since it is not like the usual sequencers Please remove the protection foil of the display before use Cyclus 3 firmware This Manual describe the Cyclus 3 from software version written in the MIDI implementation chart Page 2 Cyclus OQ Sequencer Contents How the Cyclus is organized sessssssssssssseseseennee iia oa paa raa tenente senes ei EEEn resin teres trt A EAA 4 OlearGyclus 3 melmoky 55 ores o tecto toma steterat iba EPIRI tee LII del D ce c iercE 4 Connect the Cyclus reien C 5 Step record from a KeyDoard auci e etri eere re cn eeu eae nr nivea d na ne crx vaca e 5 After recording E 5 R cording a SOng SERE 5 Where t TMA sirane ieee aarin EEEE eine inode eae eee ei nr a ee ae ae ENEAN E AEREA EEA 5 C rrent Edit i o cp LE 5 Current Edit Patteri sviri M 6 Current SONG 2 Aine av lata van Caan aei nei ane va ea ae 6 A WOIrd ir lorte 6
7. Recognized Remas Basic Channel 1 16 1 16 memorized Default Channel 1 Default no modes supported 4 x X Mode Messages X X X X Altered Note Number 0 127 0 127 True Voice 0 127 0 127 Velocity Note On 0 127 0 127 Note Off 0 127 0 127 X D Touch Ch s X Pitch Bender awe o o y O Change Change True X X aai NN NNNM NINE 55075 32775 Bytes Flash dump System Song Pos X x Common Song Sel X x Tune x x System Clock Real Time Commands Local On Off All Notes Off Active Sense Reset Mode 1 Omni On Poly Mode 2 Omni On Mono o Yes Mode 3 Omni Off Poly Mode 4 Omni Off Mono x No Page 21
8. hardware sequencer it would be a good idea to first have a look in that sequencers manual to check out if it is possible to dump that amount of sysex data to it If you want to dump to a pc it will be a good idea to use a dedicated midi interface Many of the soundcard joystick port midi interfaces are not able to handle that amount of data in one piece If you are using Mac there should be no problems When you are sure that the above mentioned is OK connect the Cyclus midi out to the receiving device midi in Make sure that the receiving device will not filter out sysex events Put the receiving device in record mode and start recording Hit the send button on the Cyclus The Cyclus now transmits all its data It will take about 1min and 24 Sec When finished the Cyclus will return to the last edit page Now stop the receiving device and save the sysex data bank How to receive Connect the transmitting device midi out to the Cyclus midi in Load a Cyclus sysex data bank into the transmitting device Start the transmitting device How to exit without sending a dump Hit the quit track button Dump Format RAM Dump recognized and sent Flash Dump recognized FO Sysex start FO Sysex start 00 00 20 20 6A ID of Spectral Audio 6A ID of Spectral Audio 02 Model no 02 Model no 00 Kind of Dump 01 Kind of Dump Bytes of Data Bytes of Data F7 Sysex end F7 Sysex end Page 11 Cyclus OQ Sequencer Edit page
9. locity subtrack that is 5 steps long and a length subtrack that is 11 steps long which will make a sequence that will repeat itself after a lot more than 16 steps Since the Cyclus has both a length and a note off time subtrack you will only need to use 1 step for 1 note no matter how long you want the note on off times to be All of the 8 tracks has their own last step settings If you f ex want to make a 3 step bass track you don t have to record it 6 times to make it fit to f ex a rhythm track Just record it 1 time and adjust the length values if needed to make it fit It is also possible to make 1 track modulate the basic pitch of another track If we again have a 3 step bass track and decides that after running maybe 6 times we want it to transpose 2 notes up we simply makes another track modulate the bass track and adjust the source tracks length and pitch so it fits see chapter Basic pitch modulation Clear Cyclus 3 memory By sending an empty RAM dump it is possible to clear the Cyclus 3 memory The Empty RAM dump can be found on our homepage Page 4 Cyclus 3 sequencer Connect the Cyclus Before you start working with the Cyclus you will have to make some connections If you want to record something you play on a keyboard you will have to connect your midi keyboard to the Cyclus midi in If you are using a keyboard or synthesizer with onboard sounds it is wise to set its local parameter to off You don
10. lways the common last step of Track 1 If the Cyclus 3 reaches this step it will wait for all notes off the current pattern and change the pattern if it is in song mode and reached the quantity of loops It will loop if it didn t reach the quantity of loops yet Notation The Cyclus 3 uses the American notation where C3 is MIDI note 60 Page 6 Cyclus 3 sequencer PATTERN PAGE To enter the pattern page hit the pattern button once so the led is lit TRACK PAGE Pattern number With this knob you selects the pattern you want to create edit playback Sync Int The Cyclus runs in the tempo selected with the rate parameter and transmits midi clocks and the real time commands continue and stop The Cyclus 3 starts and stops also when realtime commands are received Ext The Cyclus receives midi clock and runs in sync with the connected external device In this mode pressing the run stop button set the unit back to step one It must receive run stop commands from the external device BPM Adjust the tempo of the pattern if sync is set to Int This setting is remembered within each pattern In song mode the patterns are also played back in their own original tempo s no destructive song tempo setting To enter the track page hit the track button once so it is lit How to enter Trak Select the track you want to edit record and monitor on the LEDS Outp The selected track on off Chan The selected
11. n are in half notes above the note tracks pitch If the value is 00 no xtra note will sound on that step The Velocity of the Xnote is the same as on the regular note of the current step Page 14 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Edit page 8 and 9 xnt mode chosen on edit page 3 NOTE OFF 1 8 and NOTE OFF 9 16 On these edit pages you can view and adjust the note off times for step 1 16 if the selected track is in xnt mode Edit page 6 and 7 ctr mode chosen on edit page 3 CTRL VALUE 1 8 and CTRL VALUE 9 16 On these edit pages you can view and adjust the controller values of the selected tracks MIDI controller chosen on edit page 3 for step 1 16 if the selected track is in ctr mode Page 15 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Edit page 8 and 9 ctr mode chosen on edit page 3 CTRL GLIDE 1 8 and CTRL GLIDE 9 16 On these edit pages you can view and adjust how long time it shall take to glide from one ctrl value to the next for step 1 16 if the selected track is in ctr mode When the value is 00 it will not glide at all but shift immediately when it reaches the next step When the value is at maximum it will at a low speed glide to the next steps value before it reaches the next step At the values in between the glide effect will be high at low values and slow at high values Edit page 10 and 11 LENGTH 1 8 and LENGTH 9 16 On these edit pages you can view and adjust the note
12. or the active track and what track you want as the modulation destination with the knobs When the source track plays an C3 the destination track will play back in its original pitch When the source track plays back notes above or below C3 the destination track s transpose note will be modified destination track Bo C This way more then one sources can modulate the same Page 9 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Func gt Name Song name oeUo TOOT TOOT Func gt Sprd Spread transform TOUS TOUT TOT Name your current song Turn knob 1 8 to select character 1 8 Change the spread value without changing the note values If you f ex have created a great melodic line and you want one of the notes to be 6 halfnotes higher you select spread transform with a factor of 2 When you hit the track button Cyclus recalculates all the notes of the current edit track with the new spread value based on the transpose note value exactly in the middle and then returns to edit mode Pressing Edit Page or Pattern will leave the Spread mode without change Page 10 Cyclus 3 sequencer Func gt Dump Sysex dump Sysex dump of all pattern and song data to from an external device midi sequencer or pc mac with midi interface and C sequencer or sysex dump software for external storage How to transmit The Cyclus will transmit about 260 kilobyte of data so if you want to make the dump to a
13. p of test for correct sending of 32775 Bytes of Sysex Data ssssssssssssseeee 20 Back up batlery i ene eR Rr e ER eR tede 20 Power Supply UNIT DT C 20 Technical detall 2 niece tae a Dee i aL a ene La te ne EV ai re Le dee ie ee E n ue de aa 20 MIDI Implementation Chart ssessssssssessesseeeeeeeee nennen nennen nnn ne tene ennt set rts rn tnn senes en rns ie tn sentes nennen 21 Page 3 Cyclus 3 sequencer How the Cyclus is organized The Cyclus is a midi sequencer This means that it will playback midi sequences you have created by recording from an external midi device by turning the Cyclus knobs or by making a random note pattern It has 30 songs for automatic playback of patterns and track on off switching in 80 steps and 1 to 32 loops of each step It has 107 patterns with each 8 tracks Each track has 5 subtracks e Note pitch e Length e Velocity e Extra note or midi controller value e Note off time or midi controller glide time Each of these subtracks can have a maximum length of 16 steps The length can be independently set for each of the subtracks referred to as Last Step When a subtrack reaches its last step it will start over from step 1 it will loop On the Cyclus unlike most other sequencers note pitch length and velocity value doesn t have to go along It is possible to f ex make a note subtrack that is 7 steps long a ve
14. s The Cyclus 3 is always in edit mode even when it runs When there are no light above the edit page track and pattern push buttons the display shows an edit page Select an edit page Edit page 1 SEQ MAIN Hit the edit page button 1 time so it is lit Use the Edit Page Select knob to select the desired edit page Hit the edit page button again so it is no longer lit Now the display shows the desired edit page Trpn Track transpose note Sprd Track note spread With these 2 parameters you decide the note range for the selected track If f ex Trpn is set to C4 and Sprd is set to 16 the note range will be from C4 8 notes E3 to C4 7notes G4 Use these knobs to real time transpose a track and to change the note spread of your melodic line Merg Merge on off When on data on the midi input are canalized to the active tracks midi channel and then merged with the Cyclus midi data to the midi output This is a global setting Lstp Common last step This sets a common last step for the subtracks explained on the next page Page 12 Cyclus 3 sequencer Edit page 2 LAST STEP Loop Points A Cyclus track is split up in 4 subtracks 1 for step note pitch value 1 for step length gate time and 1 for step velocity The 4 subtrack can after your choose on edit page 3 be an extra note track or a controller track Here you can set the last step loop point for each of the subtrack
15. s If you set the last steps to different values you will get a new and complex track Edit page 3 XNOTE CTRL Mode Choose if you want a extra note track xnt or a MIDI controller track ctrl The length and note off time for each step are the same as with the note If you choose Ctrl you get the possibility to adjust the controller values and the time it takes to glide from one controller value to another for each step Outp Xnote ctrl track on off Caution If the Xnote value edit page 6 amp 7 is set to 0 it won t be sent With Xnotes Transponse and Modulation are the same applied as on the regular notes Cirl Controller number Tweak Sends out controller Ctrl data with the range 0 127 Page 13 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Edit page 4 and 5 NOTE 1 8 and NOTE 9 16 On this edit page you can view and adjust the note values for step 1 8 of the selected track The range of the potentiometer depends on the Spread value on Edit Page 1 and the entry point refers to the middle of the range This way multible entering the page with the potentiometer full counter clockwise allows to operate in a higher note range and vice versa The same with next Edit page with Notes 9 16 Edit page 6 and 7 xnt mode chosen on edit page 3 XNOTE 1 8 XNOTE 9 16 On these edit pages you can view and adjust the xtra note values for step 1 16 if the selected track is in xnt mode The values show
16. se the song number you want to play back record If the song is named this name will show on the display Mode Play Off will work with and repeat the current Pattern itm will play the song one time Loop will repeat the song until stop is pressed Page 18 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Comparison to a software sequencer Track 1 Track 2 l2 Track 3 3 Track 4 4 Tracks 5s Track 6 le Track 7 10 Track 8 12 The number after the track number indicates the MIDI channel The patterns in italic indicates a repeat loop Overview Func Rndm Rec Copy Mod Name Sprd Dump Quit Send Overview Edit Pages Xnote Contr 1 Seq Main Track 2 Last Step 3 Xnote Contr 4 Note 1 8 5 Note 9 16 6 Xnote 1 8 Contr Value 1 8 7 Xnote 9 16 Contr Value 9 16 8 Note Off 1 8 Contr Glide 1 8 9 Note Off 9 16 Contr Glide 9 16 10 Length 1 8 11 Length 9 16 12 Velo 1 8 13 Velo 9 16 14 Track on off 15 Song Edit 16 Song Pattern Pages Flash Firmware Update For this just send the new firmware it has binary format to the Cyclus 3 It does have 32775 Bytes With some Sysex sending software it is needed to configure some delays between the sysex out buffers It seems not all MIDI interface are able to handle that amount of data However the Cyclus 3 is it does not need any delay If the quantity of received bytes are not 32775 the Cyclus 3 will write Count of Char wrong for abo
17. tracks midi channel Func special functions Select the function you want with the func knob and hit the track button still lid If you don t want to enter any functions select Off and hit the track button 1 time so its no longer lid and you will be back on the edit page you left when you entered the track page Page 7 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Func gt Rndm Randomizer Creates a random sequence o 1 Select subtracks Note Ctrl Xnote depends on the selected xnt ctr mode on edit page 3 and velo on off and C C C C length off maxlength with the knobs Subtracks that is set to off will not be randomized Hit the Track knob so it is no longer lit You will now be back in the edit mode and the subtracks which were not set to off are randomized Func Rec Record Step record a track from an external midi device Can only be selected if the Cyclus is stopped note on Will record Note and Velocity Press Edit Page Track or Pattern to leave the Record mode ee O It step records and advance 1 step every time it receives a Page 8 Cyclus 3 Sequencer Func gt Copy Copy a pattern or track to another pattern or track Select first if you like to copy a hole Pattern or a Track Select in next steps source and destination Pressing Edit Page or Pattern will leave the Copy mode without coping Func gt Mod Basic pitch modulation Select modulation On Off f
18. ut one second after receiving F7h After successful reception of the data it will write Writing Flash Writing of the Flash will take about 31 seconds Page 19 Cyclus OQ Sequencer Test setup of test for correct sending of 32775 Bytes of Sysex Data Because some MIDI interfaces do have problems to send the correct amount of data it is a good idea to test it in the following way Sending PC MIDI Out MIDI In Receiving PC With a MIDI utility software it is possible to count the amount of receiving bytes Back up battery The Cyclus is fitted with an internal back up battery This means that it will hold all the song and pattern data when you shut it off It also means that you will have to get the battery replaced after about 10 years Please see chapter technical details for battery type Replace battery when the Cyclus 3 is powered on This way you won t lose memory Power supply unit Please do only use the enclosed power supply unit Using another one might damage the Cyclus 3 See chapter technical details if you are unsure about your power supply unit Technical details Battery type CR2032 Power supply unit output 6VAC 9VAC 450mA 550mA or 7VDC 10VDC 450mA 550mA Size 154mm x 132mm x 65mm Weight w o ears 625g Shipping weight w box 2 09kg Page 20 Cyclus OQ Sequencer MIDI Implementation Chart Date 11 5 08 Model Spectral Audio Cyclus 3 Version 1 07 Function rransmited
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