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1. Rests can be inserted into a Source note list instead of a note number by setting up an inaudible Control Zone which overlaps the input keyboard Zone and then playing or holding notes in the overlap region The available Control Zone functions along with their corresponding display mnemonics are listed below Manual Control Low Note High Note Base Note Audible Control Manual Transpose Priority Chain Program Local Pedal 3 Local Pedal 4 MIDI Pedal 3 MIDI Pedal 4 ME DUOQUS OMA aWAW PIED SS Control Options Page 51 C t Manual Control The Manual Control C t parameter determines which of four functions is enabled by the Manual Control switch Display Meaning tG Transpose Gated tC Transpose Continuous dG Double Gated dC Double Continuous L n and H n Zone Limits Description The Holding or Cloning notes are transposed by the interval defined by the number of steps between the transposing note within the Control Zone and the Base Note defined below If more than one note is held in the Control Zone the Transpose Priority parameter is used to determine which note to use as the transposing note If no notes are held there is no output at all from the Cloning Holding function thus gating the playback Same as Transpose Gated except that the Cloning Holding function continues as it would normally evenwhen notes in the Control Zone are released The Holding or Cloning notes are d
2. Same as Program 01 except the function initiated by the Manual Control switch allows real time definition of doubles to be used with the arpeggiation Play a chord at the high end of the keyboard and play low C on the keyboard You will hear the chord arpeggiated 1f you play another note in the bottom octave you will hear another copy of your pattern playing at the same time that is transposed from the original Program 06 Inversion Transpose Arpeggiation Same as Program 01 but with automatic transposition by inversions like you would invert a C chord C E G E G C G C E etc at the beginning of each scan of the held notes Three inversions occur at each octave after playing once without inversion Program 07 Chromatic Recursion Arpeggiation Same as Program 01 but with chromatic half step transpositions at the beginning of each scan of the held notes The original plus three chromatic transpositions are played at each octave Program 08 Auto Record Arpeggiation Same as Program 01 except the Cyclone automatically replaces the previous contents of the Record Buffer when new notes are played and just playing back when no keys are held s With the Clone LED lit play a chord and release it The Cyclone will continue to arpeggiate that chord Page 6 Cyclone Owner s Manual Program 09 Pressure Mod Arpeggiation Same as Program 00 but with tempo and duration controlled by keyboard pressure Play
3. Single Switch Double Switch Increment Decrement One Shot Edit Latched Edit Held Edit Sustain Sostenuto Tempo Tap Click Out P1 only 24 ppq Ext Sync P2 only 48 ppq Ext Sync P2 only 96 ppa Ext Sync P2 only Send MIDI SysEx Send Current Program Send Globals Master Send All Send Edit Rec Buffer Go Prompt press Enter Er Error RAM Card Dump All Load All Format Card Go Prompt press Enter Er Error Cyclone Owner s Manual VSD AR ul PEN wy41340 Aq X J TAJ Joug 43 421u3 ssaud dwog 05 nyng sgopa pues AS SW pues VS 9isejA SIEGON pues DS urejdoig juaum puas os TANS iGIW Pvos Aquo za ouXg 1x3 bdd 96 Auo Zd ou amp gs 1x3 bdd gp Kuo z4 2uKs ma bdd pz pz Kuo Jd mo PND 712 del odway n omus og ywq ap wams NS WIwWalsu uj pd PRH AH mS 31qnoq sp P3 peyney AT yung ABUS ss Pd wys 2uQ qo wey ueldoud H2 uonoun 7 epad xJ 4 uonoun4 epad xq I3 uonoun Z epad 890 Zd uonoun eped 201 Id TI Teed lejjonuo p pad 1X4 a sjonuo ped DA TaHONUOD Z ped 1x3 74 7yonuo 1 Pad xd 1A pues us 941294 DM HO qo wort 1D uU uo HO do ou O3 rueq musuer vo uwo uo puueyo oy puueyp oiseg Da RIR 4939uI amp Jeq JPA AAISEIN it 1030 IAIN 600 ON 82D X 9ENIHZ UOZ ZH 430N 89722 SION OT ZeuoZ 7I 9 N 825779 ON HI2uez IH 30N 89 2 NoTI UZ IT Simun 2u07 pavogkay ouuetiD paxtd 9 7T puueyp seg 24 p rqesiq IMOS A
4. Out or External Sync see Pedals 1 amp 2 and Pedals 3 amp 4 The End Beat is set to the length of the recording when recording rhythm events and not in Loop in Record Release of the last note on the keyboard when in Replace Gated Record Hold Mode Receipt of a MIDI Program Change on the Basic Channel see Chapter 15 Receipt of a MIDI Start or Stop Command if MIDI Clock is set to Receive see Chapter 15 The action which is normally associated with the event causing Record to Stop also occurs and has the same result as if the Record Hold LED were off except The Record Hold switch simply stops Recording All other functions continue in effect The Manual Control switch causes a change to the Chord Hold mode if not Cloning Release of the last note on the keyboard in Replace Gated Record Hold Mode causes the Cyclone to return to the Record Ready state waiting for a new keyboard note to re start Recording For all events if recording rhythm events in Replace or Replace Gated Record Hold Mode then the End Beat is set equal to the closest whole beat to the current Recording time Page 50 Cyclone Owner s Manual Chapter 12 Control Options In addition to the two keyboard Zones 1 and 2 the Cyclone provides another Zone called the Control Zone This Zone is not a source Zone although it exists on the Master controller as a section of its keyboard What the Control Zone does is provi
5. lt is best defined using the Notes shortcut edit defined in Edit Mode The note does not have to be in the Control Zone A U Audible Control l The Audible Control A U parameter determines whether notes played within the Control Zone are heard as well as providing control data from the Master to the Cyclone OF Off A note played in the Control Zone will not be echoed out MIDI If the note is also in Zone 1 or 2 it is s treated as a Rest On On A note played in the Control Zone will be echoed out on the Basic Channel if 1 not also in Zone 1 or 2 and 2 MIDI Echo is On If it is also in Zone 1 or 2 then 1 it is treated as normal input to that Zone 2 any Control function in effect is invoked as if there were no overlap and 3 no echo on the Basic Channel is performed P r Transpose Priority The Transpose Priority P r parameter provides the four standard keyboard priority schemes for choosing between multiple notes in the Control Zone when manually transposing In the following table the transpose interval is determined by Display Meaning Description LO Lowest Note The lowest note in the Control Zone Hi Highest Note The highest note in the Control Zone OL Oldest Note The oldest note being held in the Control Zone nE Newest Note The latest note played in the Control Zone P 3 Local Pedal 3 P 4 Local Pedal 4 E 3 MIDI Pedal 3 E 4 MIDI Pedal 4 These parameters are used to set up pedals 3 and 4 For a complete desc
6. still happening here there are a few extra things to see And of course this is where things start to get complicated First is that the current time is still updated by the clock but now there are two different rhythm sources The Pulse Rhythm source provides nice evenly Unpacking amp Hookup Page 17 spaced gates with fixed durations while the Rhythm part of the Record Buffer uses the rhythm you have recorded including chords and rests In either case clone generates gates based on these rhythms These gates still don t have pitches they just indicate that something should happen and for how long Another way to indicate when something Should be played and for how long is to use the keyboard A range of notes can be set up on the keyboard from which you can play the rhythm live The rhythm function decides which source to use for these gates The Pulse Rhythm source the Record Buffer or the Live Gates The next step is the mode This basically decides how many notes should be played for each gate coming from the rhythm function In a traditional arpeggiator mode simply Says play one note for each gate coming from rhythm That is what happens when you are playing in traditional arpeggiator mode or in sequencer mode When you choose other combinations of rhythm and mode settings mode can either play more than one note per incoming gate or it can ignore some of the incoming gates if too many start at the same time We ll get into
7. Cyclone will process notes chords in the exact order it receives them from the Master It will then transmit them as follows rF Received Forward chronologically forward only rb Received Backward chronologically backward only Fb Forward Backward chronologically initially forward alternating bF Backward Forward chronologically initially backward alternating By Note the Cyclone will process notes chords by Note Number The chronological order it receives them from the Master is ignored It will then transmit them as follows UP Up by note ascending only dn Down by note descending only Ud Up Down by note initially ascending alternating dU Down Up by note initially descending alternating Random the Cyclone will process notes chords randomly The note number or chronological order it receives them from the Master are agnor It will then transmit them as follows rn Random Random order repeats of the same note allowed 9 5 CLONING THE GENERAL CASE With a little thought it is possible to understand how these Cloning parameters in conjunction with the Source Destination parameters can be defined to implement the traditional performance techniques Classical arpeggiation is really just the combination of a keyboard Zone a Pulse Rhythm Fixed 1 Mode and Up Down Order while sequencing would result from activating the Record Buffer using Recorded Rhythm As Recorded Mode and Received Forward Order However al
8. Ln Control Zone Lo Note Cz G8 Note Clamped 2 Hn Hn Control Zone Hi Note Cz G8 Note Clamped Ln bn Base Note C G8 Note for zero tranpose AU Audible Control Zone oF Off on On Pr Manual Transpose Lo Lowest Control Note Priority Hi Highest Control Note oL Oldest Control Note nE Newest Control Note Pedal Functions CP Chain Map Program 00 31 Program to Chain Map to 99 P3 Local Pedal 3 P4 Local Pedal 4 E3 External Pedal 3 E4 External Pedal CH Chain Program Single Switch Double Switch Increment Decrement One shot Edit Latched Edit Held Edit Sustain Sostenuto Tempo Tap Destinations Record Buffer Keyboard Zone 1 Keyboard Zone 2 Off Source Disabled Basic Channel Fixed Channel Keyboard Zone Limits Zone 1 Lo Note Note Clamped H1 Zone 1 Hi Note Note Clamped L1 Zone 2 Lo Note Note Clamped H2 Zone 2 Hi Note Note Clamped L2 Reference Data Page 73 Master Edit Block Page MIDI Pedal 1 amp 2 Dump Load Page 74 Parameter Function Value Display Meaning Displa Meaning Channel Omni On Transmit Chan 1 Basic Channel Echo Off On Clock Off Send Receive Ext Ped 1 Controller Ext Ped 2 Controller Ext Ped 3 Controller Ext Ped 4 Controller MIDI Controller P1 Local Pedal 1 Function P2 Local Pedal 2 Function El Ext Pedal 1 Function E2 Ext Pedal 2 Function Program Chain
9. Play mode 2 4 THE FACTORY PROGRAMS Program 00 Traditional Arpeggiator 1 Classic Arpeggiation This is a basic arpeggio without any frills Held notes are played repetitively in an eighth note pulse rhythm in up down note order one at a time This is also a good starting place to demonstrate some of the other features of the Cyclone Play and hold using the Sustain pedal if desired any number of notes Tap Pedal 4 in quarter notes to set the Tempo To change the order in which the held notes are played a Press the Mode switch to enter Edit Mode b Press the Clone switch until the LED to the left of Order is lit c Use the lt and gt keys to select er orders and press the Enter switch d Press the Mode switch to return to Play Mode 2 Chord Hold Turn off thc Clone function by pressing the associated switch Press the Record Hold switch causing the associated LED to flash Any notes you now play will be latched Be warned that although the chord is still held in the Cyclone s memory with some patches the sound may fade away Press the Manual Control switch causing both its LED and the Record Hold LED to come on steady Play notes in the Jower octave of the keyboard This will cause the Cyclone to gate and transpose the held chord accordingly 3 Arpeggiating Gating and Transposing a Held Chord From Chord Hold mode press the Clone switch causing both its LED t
10. Xpose Auto Double Auto Mutate Rec Hold Options Page 72 At Auto Transpose Mode oF on iU id SY Auto Transpose Sync oF on ri Recursion Interval C G8 Et Current Edit Stage 01 08 in Transpose Interval C G8 rE Stage Repetitions 01 C8 nd Number of Doubles Ed Current Edit Double in Double Interval CH Double MIDI Channel nL Note Loudness Velocity tA Tempo Mod Amount tC Tempo Mod Controller dA Duration Mod Amount dC Duration Mod Cntrir Eb End Beat rH Record Hold Mode AC Auto comecVStep Size Cyclone Owner s Manual off On Norma Inversions Up Inversions Down off On Note C3 no transpose Stage for in and rE Note C3 no transpose of Repeats 0 No Doubles Double for in and CH Note C3 same note Fixed Channel Same as Source Dest Chan As Received Recorded From Channel Pressure From Bender Wheel Lever Fixed Mod Amount 16 no Mod Channel Pressure Bender Wheel l ever MIDI Controller Mod Amount 16 no Mod Channel Pressure Bender Wheel Lever MIDI Controller Timing Pattern Size 1 4th notes Replace Replace Gated Add 1 4th note 1 8th note 1 8th note triplet 1 16th note 1 16th note triplet 1 32nd note 1 32nd note triplet 1 64th note triplet Control Options Source Dest Control Zone Ct Manual Control tG Transpose Gated Function tC Transpose Continuous dG Double Gated dC Double Continuous
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13. eyclone Perf x MIDI Performance Effects by Oberheim 732 Kevin Court Oakland CA 94621 Contents Chapter 1 dC GL 1 o echo te en en GE EE 1 Chapter 2 Quick Start Ge Ge Ee GE EG N ated 3 DAN n TRECE TREES 3 22 Selecufip Protams soo etre erepto Se eo Ue e Er IE se edet Vaso nea an 4 2 3 Plasing th Cyclones c CES 4 2 4 Ehe Factory PFOBE3UIS notiserna xir pk Died vk eU e Po equ ee Ee dun ee ee ee iaa 5 Program 00 Traditional Ampeg piator c cc ccsessceessessesessssseeseseesssssessesescenes 5 Program 01 Octave Transpose Arpepgiation cccccccesecececesccceseesssceseuevessesess 5 Program 02 Two Notes at a Time ArpeggiatOM iss see sees ER Re ee reete 6 Program 03 Dual ArmpepgiatiON ese esse esse de ee ee Ge de ee ge Re ee ee Re ee ee ee 6 Program 04 Auto Doubled ArpeggiatiOM sesse sesse se es se se Re eere ee ee ee 6 Program 05 Manually Doubled Arpegpiation ss esse ss sesse ee Re ee eerte 6 Program 06 Inversion Transpose ArpeggimiOM sesse sesse ee ee ee ee Re ee 6 Program 07 Chromatic Recursion ArpegpiatiON ese ss iese se se see ee ee ee ee Rg ee 6 Program 08 Auto Record ArpeppiatiOM esse sesse esse ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 6 Program 09 Pressure Mod Arpeggiation sesse ee sees esse se eed EE EE 7 Program 10 EMErSOMC sesse ses sees ees ee Ge Se ER Ge Ee ee sat etnia ee ee ee ee ea 7 Program 11 Random NOS ees es ee ee GE ee RE EE ed ee e
14. factory program the user will be required to store the resulting program in one of the user program locations Current state of all play mode flags Clone On Off Cycle On Off Manual Cu On Off Record Ready Pause Off Hold Tempo Tempo Modulation Source Duration Modulation Source Destination of Record Buffer Destination of Keyboard Zones 1 and 2 Chain Program Number Internal Pedal 3 and 4 Definitions External Pedal 3 and 4 Definitions Page 70 Cyclone Owner s Manual 16 4 Front Panel Mnemonics Program Edit Block Page Rhythm Order Mode Tempo Timing Cycling Parameter Function Value Displa Meaning Display Meaning Rhythm Trigger Source rC Recorded Record Buffer Pulse see Timing page Live Single Trigger Live Poly Trigger Order Which Notes Received Forward Received Backward Forward then Backward Backward then Forward Up Increasing Note Down Decreasing Note Up then Down Down then Up Random Mode As Recorded in Rec Buffer of Source Notes Fixed per Trigger All Chord Cluster Proportional Random EE EE MIDI External Sync 1 4th note 1 8th note 1 8th note triplet 1 16th note 1 16th note triplet 1 32nd note 1 32nd note triplet 1 64th note triplet Tuplet proportional dU Duration 16ths of Pn 16 100 Li Link Off On SY Sync to Trigger rS Mode Reset iA Invert Alternate Reference Data Page 71 Auto
15. hold the button you want the pedal to simulate Release the pedal display will show SS or DS depending on which one you selected Release the button Pedal is now assigned to the button Page 64 Cyclone Owner s Manual Chapter 15 MASTER Parameters amp Functions The Master Parameters define the detailed behavior to expect from the Master Functions The following sections are organized to present information according to the general layout and functional breakdown of the Edit Mode Pages on the Front Panel allowing quick access to the function of interest 15 1 MIDI The MIDI parameters permit you to customize the Cyclone s MIDI functions for both transmit and receive operations to best suit your MIDI requirements When MIDI is selected pressing the and keys accesses the unit s seven MIDI parameters In this Page you are able to set the Cyclone s Parameter Displayed as Value Range Status Basic Channel b C 116 plus OMNI Mode MIDI Echo E C On or Off MIDI Clock C L On or Off MIDI Pedal 1 E 1 00 97 MIDI Peda 2 E 2 00 97 MIDI Pedal 3 E 3 00 97 MIDI Pedal 4 E 4 00 97 As with other Cyclone functions when the desired parameter is selected pressing Enter gets you into the Value Status mode Then pressing the or keys lets you select the desired numeric Value or Status When the desired Value or Status is displayed pressing Enter again exits the mode and returns the display to the
16. its original value Depressing the pedal causes the selected parameter to change to a new value while releasing the pedal causes the parameter to change back to its original value Used to simulate any button on the Cyclone s front panel as though the button is tapped when the pedal is pressed Nothing occurs when pedal is released Used to control any button on the Cyclone s front panel Similar to Single Switch except when a pedal is depressed simulation of the button being pressed occurs and when the pedal is released simulation of the button being released occurs Every SETUP in the Cyclone has an alternate SETUP We designed this feature to allow the flexibility of being able to switch around to different SETUP instead of having to program all your SETUP in order of which you want to use Holds the notes in all zones by deferring Note Offs until the pedal is released Holds any notes in all zones which are already gated when the pedal is depressed Notes played while the pedal is pressed are played normally When the pedal is released the held notes are released Accepts taps at quarter notes to set the tempo See chapter 10 for more information Cyclone Owner s Manual 2 4 24 ppq Ext Sync 48 48 ppq Ext Sync 9 6 96 ppq Ext Sync Pedal 2 Only These functions allow the use of pedal 2 as a sync input for sychronizing to the high resolution clocks of certain sequencers and drum machines The inp
17. more detail about this later in the manual when mode is discussed The last step in the clone function is to take the gates from mode and give them pitches This is what the order function does The pitches can come from either what is currently being held on the keyboard or from what is stored in memory Order simply picks the next pitch to give to each gate A couple of examples To see how these functions relate to things we are familiar with consider these two examples When rhythm is set to the Pulse Rhythm generator mode is set to exactly one note per gate and order is set to UP the result is a very basic arpeggio where the notes play steadily one at a time starting with the lowest pitch and continuing up When rhythm is set to Recorded Rhythm mode is set to one note for each gate also known as the recorded mode and order is set to use the pitches from the memory buffer in the order in which they were recorded the result sounds like a sequencer When the clock comes to each recorded note s start time a gate is generated Since one note is played for each gate the corresponding pitch from the record buffer is played for the duration of the gate In short for every note you recorded one note comes out at the right time with the same pitch and lasts for the same length of time Auto Transpose The auto transpose function now processes the notes coming from clone according to the transpose list The main difference from a typi
18. playing your Master in real time while the Cyclone is running will be sent out the MIDI Out jack to your Slaves all at the same time The Echo parameter displayed as E C controls whether MIDI Channel data received by the Cyclone is re transmitted automatically out the Cyclone s MIDI Out port OF Of Channel Data received at the MIDI Input is not echoed to the MIDI Output On On Channel Data received at the MIDI Input is echoed if 1 itis not on the Basic Channel or 2 itis not a note message which falls within the Zone Limits of Zonel1 or Zone 2 MIDI Echo is not a time delay function 1t is simply the ability of the unit to combine incoming received MIDI data with internally generated data Please also note that MIDI System data is always echoed whether this function is turned on or off And like all other Cyclone functions the Echo function or the lack thereof is defeated when the Cyclone is disabled display shows Page 66 Cyclone Owner s Manual CL MIDI Clock If the Cyclone is being mastered by a Sequencer or Drum Machine it very likely will be receiving MIDI Timing Clock as well as Notes and Controller information In other cases the Cyclone may be transmitting MIDI Timing Clock to another device like a MIDI Sequencer or Drum Macine In many MIDI setups this is very useful since the Cyclone generates its own Clock data see Chapter 10 on Tempo in addition to being able to respond to incoming MIDI Clock f
19. provides both an introductory tutorial and a complete reference to the information for use once you are familiar with the overall operation of the Cyclone We hope that you enjoy this extraordinary instrument and recommend as always that you read this manual in it s entirety Thank you for your investment in the State of the Art It just got better Welcome Page 1 Chapter 2 Liftoff A Quick Start Guide to the Cyclone This section explains how to get up and running without getting into serious programming or edi ting by taking advantage of the 16 Factory Programs shipped with the Cyclone Each Factory Program behaves in a different way which provides the ability to try out many 2 1 of the Performance Effects available with the Cyclone in a short time SETUP Before you turn anything on do the following 1 2 Master Controller Channel 1 Master Controller Channel 1 Local Ctl OFF MIDI MID MIDI MIDI IN THRU Slave Channel 1 Cyclone Cyclone Connect the MIDI Out from your Master controller to the MIDI In of the Cyclone The Master controller can be a MIDI keyboard a MIDI guitar controller a sequencer a computer with sequencing software a drum machine or any other source of MIDI information Connect MIDI Out from the Cyclone to MIDI In of the slave instrument you want to control and set the slave s Basic Channel to 1 If you want to use a sy
20. 17 The real memory bulfer sesse se se ee RR ER ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ppl 17 The real clone funCHOR sees sesse see ee RR ER OE EE OE bn 17 A couple of example MM 18 Auto TRANS POSE EE 18 PU DOUDIE TEES 18 Chapter 5 General Organization 21 5 1 Front Panel Organization ss sees ee ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ee ee ee etas erase ctae tb ee 21 PROGRAM Parameters vs MASTER ParaMEIErS sesse eerte treten 21 PLAY Made vs EDIT Mode PLAY Made EDIT Mode 5 2 Memory USER Sunt RE EE 22 FACTORY Programs scccessccssscccssccccecescececessscccsnccsssersccesessscensesseoseosers 22 Chapter 6 PLAY MO oae ER EE de Se RE ES re d DA ens 25 6 1 Introd ctioi 11 221 OR N EE EE EE EE 25 6 2 Selector Keys Select and Enable ssssssse esse see AGE EE Ee SE Oe sena enhn n GE AE EE RE EO ER seen re ee 25 63 PLAY Mode ee EE ec EO EE 26 CHO EE RA N EO EE N EN ME RE 26 Mi RE EE EE EE EE EE OE 26 Manual Control RE N esee E EO dao De Rae E Feo n s EE 26 Rezord Hold is Ge EE Ee cc facies e epa se ean DR beg ge se Pon tay vean gute Ded e e EY ede ee GEN De 26 6 4 Store and Hold to mute esse sesse see se AE ee eene Ee Rek See OER stes Ee easet Pe ee ee 27 AT SEE ER EE EE EE OE EE ER TEE Ee 27 ER tO MUNG EE OE N EE AE ER ER ER 27 Chapter 7 EDIT Mode Se ees ere aint asa nannies 29 EDIT Options Select and Enter 1 eee eee e
21. AY Mode simply allows you to access previously stored Programs for performance EDIT Mode provides access to the Program Parameters and is indicated whenever any of the row LEDs associated with the EDIT section of the Parameter select matrix are lit In this Mode the same keys used to access the Program parameters in PLAY Mode Clone Cycle Manual Control and Record Hold are used instead as row column selectors for the EDIT parameters Note that all of the PLAY and MASTER parameters are still active when in EDIT Mode allowing the user to audition the effects of the edits in real time EDIT Options Select and Enter In EDIT Mode the same three buttons used for Select and Enable in PLAY are now used for Options and Enter Notice that the Cyclone s front panel simply renames these keys in EDIT because of the way they are used in that Mode The Options buttons select parameters within a Page or the values of a parameter The Enter key confirms any selection and is also used to enter exit the value list of any parameter 7 1 PAGES PARAMETERS amp FUNCTIONS Each row column intersection is referred to as a Page The various Parameters and Functions are organized into functional groups corresponding to these Pages A Page that has multiple Parameters Functions within it is indicated by an ellipsis after the Page name Single Parameter Pages Accessing a Page with a single Param
22. Beat 1 In Pulse Rhythm the Cyclone advances the internal Pulse Clock to coincide with the Trigger so that a Pulse occurs immediately and notes are generated or Order In addition to the processing described above for Clock all Sources are forced to begin the next Scan CY Cycle All Sources are forced to restart from the beginning including all Auto Transpose cycles r S Mode Reset The Mode Reset r S parameter determines what to do in the case where the number of Source notes to play as determined by the setting of the Mode parameter is not zero when the end of a Scan is reached Display Meaning Description On On the internal counter which keeps track of the number of notes remaining to play is set to O and the next rhythm trigger will start at the beginning of the Source note list OF Off the Cyclone will loop to the beginning of the Source note list during the same rhythm trigger and continue to generate notes until the number of notes defined by the Mode is satisfied iA Invert Alternate i The Invert Alternate i A parameter changes the way alternating Orders are processed by the Cyclone when Auto Transposing Display Meaning Description Page 42 Cyclone Owner s Manual At the end of a Scan the direction is switched forming the Basic Cycle on which the Auto Transpose Stages operate A single Scan in the initial direction forms the Basic Cycle for each Repetition and each Stage then the Sca
23. IDI In of your first Slave instrument The first Slave can be another MIDI keyboard a keyboard synthesizer or sampler or a MIDI voice module rack mount or table top or the Master controller keyboard itself If a second Slave instrument is available connect the MIDI Thru of the first Slave to the MIDI In of the second 3 2 2 Pedals The back panel of the Cyclone also includes four 1 4 jacks which accept any discrete pedal also known as a footswitch A discrete pedal is a momentary spring loaded ON OFF footswitch type Be sure not to use a continuous rocker type footpedal If you plan to use any pedals with the Cyclone simply plug them into the desired inputs There are two kinds of discrete pedals available The Cyclone can use either kind by automatically deciding which kind is in use when power is turned on To make sure that the kind of pedal is correctly determined plug in the pedals before turning on power and do not press the pedals while power is being turned on Unpacking amp Hookup Page 11 3 3 POWERING UP For starters Tum on your Master controller and set its MIDI Basic Channel Turn on the first Slave and set its Basic Channel If you re using a second Slave turn it on and set its Basic Channel as well Then power on the Cyclone Connect the provided Power Pack Oberheim Part Number 400006 for 120V 400007 for 220 240V to the connector on the back of the Cyclone and plug the pack into an AC out
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25. Mode When the last note has been released Recording stops and the Cyclone returns automatically to Record Ready waiting to begin again at the next note Ad Add This Mode preserves the previous contents of the Record Buffer when Recording as well as the Value of the End Beat If recording rhythm events new timing data is merged in with the old according to note on times If recording rhythm data in real time and Cycle is on then Loop in Record mode takes effect allowing multiple cycles of recording see Record in Progress The Value of the End Beat is preserved as well A C Auto correct Step Size Record Hold Page 45 The Auto correct Step Size A C parameter serves two functions when Recording rhythm events 1 In Recorded Rhythm it defines the auto correct resolution also referred to as quantization to be applied to the note on times when Recording 2 In Live Trigger Rhythms it defines the Step Size of the current Recording Step Time with each press of a key in the Control Zone Like the Pulse Note parameter it is specified as a beat value 4 quarter note 8 eighth note 12 eighth note triplet 16 16th note 24 16th note triplet 34 32nd note 48 32nd note triplet OF O64th note triplet The OF Value indicates that no auto correction is taking place This means that note ons are being Recorded at the full internal resolution of the Cyclone 24 pulses per quarter note same as MIDI Clock When used as
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27. This may or may not be desired Display Meaning OF Off r i Recursion Interval Description Progress of the Sources thru the Auto Transpose Repeats and Stages is independent per Source Each Repeat contains exactly one Basic Cycle Progress of all Sources thru the Auto Transpose Repeats and Stages is linked to that of the active Source with the highest priority as defined by the following order The Record Buffer then keyboard Zone 1 keyboard Zone 2 This Source is called the driving Source and it proceeds thru its own Auto Transposition normally with each Repeat containing exactly one Basic Cycle For the Synced Sources the Auto Transpose Repeat is de coupled from the Basic Cycle which proceeds continuously for each Source and instead becomes synced to the driving Source Repeats The Recursion Interval r i parameter specifies the fixed transpose amount to be added to all Source notes at each Repeat of a Stage other than the first The Recursion Interval is specified relative to Middle C displayed as C3 and may be defined using the note number shortcut described in Edit Mode Recursions are enabled by selecting a Recursion Interval other than C3 and result in upward Recursions for notes greater than that and downward Recursions for notes less than that For example selecting C 3 will result in each successive Repeat being transposed up one additional semi tone n t Number of Auto Transpose Sta
28. Transpose Repeat and Stage cycles are controlled by parameters in the Auto Xpose Page and covered in more detail in Auto Transpose E b End Beat The End Beat E b parameter serves two purposes In Recorded Rhythm it defines the length of the recorded timing pattern in quarter note beats In Tuplet mode of Pulse Rhythm see Timing Pulsing the End Beat is used to define the length of time to be sub divided by the number of Source notes The End Beat can always be changed without losing any of the rhythm event data in the Record Buffer The range of the End Beat is from 1 to 64 quarter note beats Tempo Timing and Cycling Page 41 S Y Sync to Trigger The Sync to Trigger SY parameter allows the ability to synchronize various functional behaviors of the Cyclone to the gating of notes on the keyboard This parameter has no effect in Live Trigger Rhythms For all Values the Trigger being referred to is a transition from no notes being held gated to any notes being held gated within the Zone s In Pulse Rhythm if Link Li is On then this definition applies to both Zone 1 and Zone 2 together otherwise each Zone can generate its own independent Trigger The processing which happens when this Trigger is received is determined by the Value of Sync to Trigger as follows Display Meaning Description OF Off No action results CL Clock In Recorded Rhythm the Cyclone re starts the timing pattern from the beginning e g
29. a Step Size it indicates a 64th note triplet as indicated not a zero Step Size NOTE Since auto correction is a process of determining the closest of two pulses to use for an event time and since a 32nd note and a 64th note triplet consist of 3 and 1 pulse each and hence not divisible by 2 it should be noted that auto correction by these values will result in skewed timings If utmost accuracy is important these settings should be avoided by increasing the Tempo and using a larger Step Size This does not apply to its use in Step Recording As can be seen from the above many different styles of Recording are available in the Cyclone Exactly which style is available or active depends primarily on the Values of the Rhythm and Record Hold Program Parameters and the order of activating the various Program Functions in Play Mode The whole Recording process has four distinct stages Record Ready Record Start Record in Progress and Record Stop quite similar to a tape recorder or sequencer At each point in the process several options may be present as described below Record Ready Recording is enabled simply by pressing the Record Hold switch in Play Mode with Manual Control deactivated thus entering the Record Ready state In this state The Record Hold LED flashes at the current Tempo e If Cloning was enabled prior to entering Record Ready then the output continues normally It may be stopped at any point by pres
30. and hold chords notes and while holding those notes use keyboard pressure to simultaneously control the tempo and duration of the resulting notes Progiam 10 Emersonic Same as Program 02 but with an 8 stage automatic transposition through intervals based on a V VII IV VH octave V I IV VII progression Use keyboard pressure to vary between staccato and legato Works very well with sampled piano Program 11 Random Notes Same as Program 00 except that the order number of held notes at a time and pulse timing of the arpeggiation are random Program 12 Onc track Sequence Record Playback This program starts playing the contents of memory as soon as it is selected to demonstrate that just selecting the program is all it takes to start playing you don t necd to manually tum cloning on 1 Recording up to 32 notes Connect the Pedal 1 jack to one of the audio inputs on your mixer for a metronome click Press the Record Hold switch causing its LED to flash at the current tempo Press the Clone switch causing its LED to light If hooked up the metronome should now be audible Use Tempo Tap to adjust tempo as desired The Cyclone will start recording when you start playing automatically placing the first note on the first beat and quantizing note ons to the nearest 16th note Press Clone to stop recording or Record Hold to stop and automatically begin playback By starting recor
31. are quantized according to the Auto correct AC setting when recorded the actual note on time is not recorded A Recording may be up to 64 beats long and contain up to 32 events Any events past this maximum are not recorded Note data is always recorded except when notes are played in an inaudible Control Zone see chpter 12 in which case it is recorded as a Rest if not recording rhythm events and ignored otherwise Note data includes both the MIDI note and the note on velocity A Rest is a special kind of note which is treated as a normal Source note in all respects except that it is muted when Cloned This allows breaking up of Rhythms in predictable ways Up to 32 notes can be recorded and any notes past this maximum are neither recorded nor echoed If 1 recording rhythm events in real time e g Recorded Rhythm 2 the Record Hold Mode rH is Add Ad and 3 Cycle is on then a special Loop in Record mode is active In this mode the Cyclone stays in Record indefinitely allowing repeated cyclic overdubs to previously recorded note and rhythm data similar to most drum machines Notes being held when the End Beat time occurs are muted and recorded with a note off time equal to the End Beat Record Hold Page 49 4 Record Stop The end of the Record in Progress state is caused by any of the following events Pressing any Front Panel switch e The use of any Pedal function other than Sustain Sostenuto Tempo Tap Click
32. c Values represent the corresponding tempo independent beat value as follows quarter note 4 8 eighth note 12 _ eighth note triplet 16 16th note 24 16th note triplet 32 32nd note 48 32nd note triplet 96 64th note triplet tU Tuplet mode A Pulse Note Value of tU indicates Tuplet mode In Tuplet mode the time between beats is calculated dynamically by dividing the length of the Record Buffer in beats by the number of notes in the Source The Record Buffer length is available for editing in the Rec Hold Options Page as the End Beat Eb parameter Thus in Tuplet mode the time of each iteration thru the Source note list is a constant equal to the End Beat Setting the End Beat to 1 allows division of the basic quarter note according to how many notes are held on the keyboard Note also each Source is actually able to Pulse at different times allowing poly rhythms between the Sources d U Duration The Duration d U parameter defines what percentage of the time each Pulse Note stays gated where 16 is 100 The range is from 1 to 31 allowing approximately a 6 to 194 variation The ability to provide a legato pulse with Duration Values greater than 16 provides a whole new feel even to classic arpeggiation and works especially well with sampled pianos On the other hand a duration of less than 16 creates a more mechanical staccato effect Page 40 Cyclone Owner s Manual Li Link The Link L i i parameter co
33. cal arpeggiator here is that you can set how many times the Cyclone should play in each key It will then play the pattern that number of times in the given key before going to the next transposition In addition there are two new ways of doing auto transpositions Recursion and inversion Recursion means that at the end of a pattern the key is changed by an assigned number of semitones the pattern is played again the key is changed by the same number of semitones the pattern is played yet again and this keeps going for some number of times Inversions keep the pattern going by putting the lowest note on top or vice versa and playing the pattern again Auto Double The last step before sending the notes out is to add extra copies of each note transposed by fixed amounts from the original A common use of this is to double each note in the Page 18 Cyclone Owner s Manual arpeggio at one octave below the original note Since the Cyclone can support up to eight simultaneous doubles each note from the arpeggio could result in an eight note chord being played We hope that this has given you some insight into the overall layout of the Cyclone We ve just scratched the surface but when you understand these last few pages it will be easier to grasp how all the parameters fit together and to see how to use them Unpacking amp Hookup Page 19 Chap ter 5 General Organization Mode Cycling Auto Mutate Order Timing Aut
34. clone Owner s Manual Some synths notably the DX 7 do not support the Local Control OFF function so when those instruments are used as the master it may be better not to try to arpeggiate the built in voices You will probably want to use a separate master and slave since the doubling problem described above only happens when the master and slave are the same unit Resetting the Cyclone The Cyclone can be initialized to the condition it left the factory by performing the Hard Reset function This is accomplished by holding the Enter Enable button on the front panel while tuming on power But be careful the Hard Reset initializes the Cyclone to the default factory settings This erases all programmed data and replaces them with the Factory settings Unpacking amp Hookup Page 13 Chapter 4 General Overview 4 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO ARPEGGIATION Typical rder Arpeggiator Cp woon Clock i Clone Transpose Order Which notes Current Time Tempo Record Butter Out The Cyclone is a high performance real time programmable performance oriented arpeggiator That sounds neat but what does it do exactly The answer to that question occupies the remainder of this manual In other words there is lot going on in this box We will try to make things easier by developing an understanding of what is going on by Starting all the way from scratch The meaning of arpeggio in its most basic sense is The pla
35. ctions 65 LEON TOS Luo uc EE 65 bEs BasiEEhannel ESE ERK oe GR N N Ges DE ee GE GER Gee ee EES ep ee sd vee sd 65 EC MIDIEENG esse iss ee is sees skede rennen Gee oe ERR Yea Feo gone PE Yes a si ee ue Ee ge gee eek d 66 Cob MIDE Clock EER RE DE RE EE EE N 67 E 1 E 2 E 3 and E 4 MIDI Pedal Controllers iss sesse ss sees sesse sees se ees dees se ee ed 67 153 Dump Load e ses DE ee ES ee aa OE e N Oe dee euer oa N Rue oe eo Pe gue pai eed 68 Chapter 16 Reference Data se sees ego ee se Se SR GRA ed SR EE GE Gegee Ee 69 16 1 Factory Default Programs amp Master Parameters esee 69 16 2 Global Parameters 1 03 vereis sa si Ne ASK Ao De RERO 69 16 3 Editable Parameters in Factory Programs sessies see sees ss se see Pe ee Ge ee se eg ea ee Ge ee tenens 70 16 4 Front Panel Mnenlonics eei eee e ee ro reet eo sege des ee ke od sd ees us Foe ig eo Teva In esee oaa de ee de 71 Chapter T7 Warr any N AE RE DE rese eo NE OE i Sid 75 Chapter 1 Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the Cyclone the newest of Oberheim s MIDI Performance instrument line Perf x The Perf x line was created with the intention of supplying the modern musician with time and labor saving devices that simplify the ever increasing complexity of today s music systems while also providing all new performance and programming controls that allow your creativity to flourish in areas you might never even have thought abou
36. ctually use that Pedal for Tempo Tap in real time Assuming that such a Pedal has been assigned all that is required is to understand how the Cyclone interprets the taps received from the Tempo Tap Pedal Each tap is considered to represent a quarter note The Cyclone uses an average of the two intervals defined by the last three taps to calculate what the intended Tempo should be The full range of the Tempo parameter is available from the the Tempo Tap Pedal so a little arithmetic shows that the slowest tap that can be interpreted is 6 seconds Once beyond the 6 second limit the Tempo Tap times out and resets throwing out the previous tap times and starts waiting to get three new beats to update the Tempo If a tap is missed it is possible to force an early reset by pressing and holding the Enter button and then tapping once This can be useful since 6 seconds is often a long time to wait in a piece of music As the resolution of the tapped Tempo is much more than can be displayed the Tempo is Shown with the Value Edit dot lit if the Tempo has been defined by tapping The full resolution is also stored and recalled with the Program Tempo Timing and Cycling Page 39 10 2 TIMING The Timing page groups the parameters which define the characteristics of the Pulse Clock used for Pulse Rhythm These parameters have no effect in any other Rhythm P n Pulse Note The Pulse Note P n defines the time between Pulses The numeri
37. d the functions which can be in effect are determined by the Program and Master Parameters The Master Functions include the MIDI functions Echo Clock etc and the functions assigned to Pedals 1 and 2 The Program Functions include the Zone processing splits and re channelization and the functions assigned to Pedals 3 and 4 such as Sustain as well as those which can be executed in Play Mode by the keys labeled Clone Cycle Manual Control and Record Hold 6 2 SELECTOR KEYS SELECT AND ENABLE While the Cyclone is in PLAY mode the 2 digit display reflects a Program number or if the currently selected Program is disabled The display also contains two decimal points that indicate a particular status while in PLAY mode If the right decimal point is off the display is reading a currently selected internal Program If die right decimal point is on steady the display indicates a currently selected external Program from a Data Card If the right decimal point is flashing a new Program has been selected but not yet activated The previous Program will still be active until Enable is pressed When Enable is pressed the flashing decimal will go out confirming the sclection and the new Program will then be the active one Programs can be selected by either or two methods press the Select and gt arrow keys to cause the display to show the desired Program then press the Enab
38. de a user definable section of the Master keyboard that is used to perform a number of control functions rather than musical data The Control Options page comprises what we call the Control Zone which is used for three independent functions e Inputof Live Triggers and Step Advance for LS and LP Rhythms Manual doubling and transposition while Cloning or Holding Definition of Rests These three functions can all be available simultaneously if so programmed and enabled Input of Live Triggers is enabled automatically whenever Cloning in Live Single Trigger or Live Poly Trigger Rhythms and disabled at all other times The Live Trigger note on velocity is used for all notes Cloned for that Live Trigger Step Advance is automatically enabled whenever Recording in Live Trigger Rhythms Step Advances are never echoed regardless Manual doubling and transposition is enabled in PLAY Mode through the Manual Control switch The particular function is defined by the Manual Control parameter parameter see below If Cloning is enabled then the transposition and doubling controls operate on the Cloned note stream at note on time only If Holding then the Manual Control function operates on the Record Buffer note list like a traditional Chord Hold and the note on velocity of the Control notes is used for the transposed doubled notes Note Clone and Hold may be activated either before or after Manual Control it makes no difference
39. ding or resuming Recording the Cyclone erases any previous recording so additional takes can be started immediately 2 Playing back a previously recorded sequence With the Record Hold LED turned off press the Clone switch Use the Cycle switch to control whether the Cyclone loops the recording or plays it only once Duration Modulation has no effect To hear the Factory Demo sequence first select User Program 16 to redefine the Record Buffer if any prior Recording Holding has been happened since Hard Reset Quick Start Page 7 Program 13 rded Rhythm A jatior Same as Program 00 except that this Program 1 uses a previously recorded rhythm instead of a pulse 2 uses the recorded note groupings to determine arpeggiated note groupings 3 the order is as played Use Program 12 to record a sequence with the desired rhythm pattern into the Record Buffer Then reselect Program 13 to use that rhythm pattern Program 14 Live Rhythm Playback The inverse of Program 13 i e this program plays a previously recorded sequence of notes with a rhythm which is played live on the keyboard Use Program 12 to record the desired pattern of notes and chords into the Record Buffer With the Clone LED lit play notes in the bottom octave in the desired rhythm pattern and the Cyclone will step thru the recorded notes and chords accordingly Program 15 Pyrotechnics This program demonstrates what hap
40. e aee teni Ge nean 7 Program 12 One track Sequence Record Playback sesse sesse ee se ss een ee 7 Program 13 Recorded Rhythm ArpeggiatOM sesse esse see sees ee ee ee eed 8 Program 14 Live Rhythm Playback iseer see sesse ees se ee Re ee ee Ge ee ee ee ee ee 8 Program 15 Pysotechnicsh sesse ss sesse ee ee RE ER Ge ee ee ee ee ee ge ee ee ee 8 2 5 Global Performance EHGCINS iius oues eee Nees Se ee oe res N ke eie ee de GN Ete Pg eg 8 Tempe Mr PM CEA 8 pn OE EA EE EE ER GEE NE N n 8 Tempo Moditlation OE EE EE EE N DO 8 Duration ModulaUOM seesssseee esse ee sesse ee N AE RA EE RE EE 9 Chapter 3 Unpacking amp Hookup Procedure u 3 1 Unpacking the Cyclone EE EE AE EE OE EE ee ag OY ll 3 2 Rear Panel Connections amp Power On esse se esse ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 11 Sab n DE eit ira pta rer ph a ME AE DEE pe I ev EE N EN eedd 11 32 2 Pedal issie EE E aedi qa rel ue a Vd nya ku E uve E EEG T RO y 11 3 3 Powering UR Se EED ive ee EG N Ge Ge GR ats 12 Ex NEP Ke gi E EE ON 12 Resetting the Cyclone iross isores T UN aa aA 13 Chapter 4 General Overview ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 15 4 1 An Introduction to Arpeggiation ees esse see ee ee ee ee Pe ee ees ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee s DP 15 SR PM 16 Xm 16 Il EET Ko Im 16 4 2 What Makes the Cyclone Different ees ss esse see ee ee se ee ener erret tree ete ee ee 17 The real clock generator
41. e and 3 in Recorded Rhythm pressing Record Hold again starts the Recording This allows the first rhythm event to occur after Beat 1 e If the Cyclone is not in Record Ready but if 1 Zone 1 s actual Destination channel is the same as that of the Record Buffer and neither is Off and 2 notes are being held in Zone 1 pressing Record Hold starts the Recording This allows for a quick start mode In any case the following actions occur immediately e If the Destination of the Record Buffer dr is Off then it is automatically activated on the Basic Channel If the Record Hold Mode rH parameter is either Replace rE or Replace Gated rG then the previous contents of the Record Buffer are erased and the End Beat Eb is set to the maximum Value of 64 Zones 1 and 2 are deactivated for the duration of the Recording session If Zone 1 is on the same Destination channel as the Record Buffer any notes in Zone 1 are recorded Any other notes held in the Zones or currently being Cloned will be muted If previously in Clone Pause mode then Cloning is actually activated If previously actually Cloning then it is stopped and re started If Cloning in Pulse Rhythm Cycling is automatically enabled if not already The Record Hold LED comes on steady to indicate transition to the Record in Progress state Manual Control is automatically disabled 3 Record in Progress The behavior of the Cyclone during the Rec
42. e es de be eN de eed oe Ge ese Ge Re ee ee ae eed 56 n t Number of Auto Transpose Stages sccsssssssssscceseceesesessescsseeesesonees 56 Et Current Edit SNPE A na AR EEE 56 A Hs UMC A OEE N EO OS N T E 57 AB A L MM OR EE OE E N OE OE TEE 57 Ro BOIT I IERE EE TS TE EEE 57 nd Number of Doubles ii crece oe Ese iso rna aces a aa ano doge qa ERR eb raa b Ede GN Ge P iaaa 57 Ed Current Edit Douhle iiio eere ee DE ses GES Eks o aireta ee se ondes go eru ede Geo eed 57 im Double InietyVal eicere e ep oto eap GE on too De gera sexe VY Ne Ge ge dd ge SS UNES 57 CBD Cla AE EE OES KO RE EE ER 58 13 3 Auto Mutate Modulation ccccceeccsecaecceesccescceeceeeceseoeseeasecssereeeeeeeeeeceseneteesensenee 58 tL Note Loudness Velocity ccccccccscccovcscocsecconscosssseacerscsonsacsseseonseesensass 58 LA Tempo Modulation AMOUDE ees se see see see Ge AE eene AA SA Ge Re SA serate Re 59 t C Tempo Modulation Controller Number esse see ss se ss ee eee ee RE EG Ee Ge Ge 59 d A Duration Modulation AMmoOunh ccsssscsscesscecescececeeenseescesceceeeransenens 59 d C Duration Modulation Controller siese sees sae ss ese se Ee de ed oe ee ee se ge 60 Chapter 14 PEDALS se EE Ged EE ee Ed vet Ge 61 Pedal Function REID LI 62 Parameter Edit Example en n kes eg de eed 63 Program Chain Operation 45 OE EE OE RR N ocean ETna 64 Chapter 15 MASTER Parameters amp Fun
43. ed from the factory To perform a Hard Reset hold the switch on the front panel of the Cyclone labelled Enable while turning on power On the Slave s select sound patches with a short attack and a medium release such as an organ piano or plucked guitar 2 2 SELECTING PROGRAMS Press the Mode key so that the Play LED is flashing This LED is now flashing on quarter notes at the current tempo Use the lt and gt keys to select a program Programs 00 through 15 are the Factory Programs while higher numbers are the User Programs After selecting the program press Enable to activate the program Pressing the Enable key while in PLAY Mode causes the display to show and effectively disables the Cyclone At this point the unit simply passes MIDI data as MIDI Thru To re enable the Cyclone simply press Enable again 2 3 PLAYING THE CYCLONE The Cyclone provides many different kinds of Performance Effects some of which may be familiar and others will be new Some effects are generally always available while most are dependent on which Program has been selected There is always one and only one Program in effect If at any time you want to mute all the sounding voices just press and hold the far right switch labelled hold to mute and the Cyclone will automatically shut off every Page 4 Cyclone Owner s Manual sounding voice in the system When the voices have been muted press Mode to return to
44. er Destination of Keyboard Zones 1 and 2 Chain Program Number Internal Pedal 3 and 4 Definitions External Pedal 3 and 4 Definitions e e The Current Program The current program includes all the programmable data which is active at any one time This includes all of the PROGRAM parameters and a recording The Master Buffer hold the parameters that are shared by all user and factory programs and is not affected by selecting or storing any program When selecting or storing to a Factory Program only the Program Parameters are affected the Recording data from the most recent recording session or User Program is left intact in the Record Buffer When a Hard Resct is performed the Cyclone copies the Factory Programs with all Factory defaults to the User Program locations along with a Factory Default Recording Genera Organization Page 23 Chapter 6 PLA Mode 6 1 INTRODUCTION PLAY mode is indicated by a flashing or steady Play LED and is the normal mode of the Cyclone This mode provides the ability to select enable and store Programs as well as activating or deactivating the highest level Program Functions Cloning Cycling Manual Control and Recording and Holding In this mode the left decimal point of the 2 digit display labelled Parm MIDI is used to indicate reception of MIDI note on messages on the Basic Channel of the Cyclone and within an active keyboard Zone Whenever the Cyclone is Enable
45. est of the notes in the ource Transpose by Recursions also at the Repeat level provides the ability to add the same constant interval to the Source notes at each Repeat This allows such effects as chromatic variations circle of fifths diminished progressions octaves etc All transpose functions in the Cyclone are additive At Auto Transpose Mode The Auto Transpose Mode A t parameter controls the enabling and style of Auto Transpose Display Meaning Description OF Off Auto Transpose is defeated and a Cycle simply consists of a Basic Cycle None of the other Auto Transpose parameters have any effect if this is the selected Mode On Normal Auto Transpose is enabled allowing the Stages to i progress as programmed iU Inversions Up Auto Transpose is enabled with each Repeat inverting the note list used in the prior Repeat in the Up direction Auto Effects Page 55 id Inversions Down Auto Transpose is enabled with each Repeat inverting the note list used in the prior Repeat in the Down direction S Y Auto Transpose Sync The Auto Transpose Sync S Y parameter enables disables a function which coordinates progression thru the Auto Transpose Repeats and Stages by different Sources If multiple Sources are Cloning the probable potential exists that due to differences in Basic Cycles that a harmonic dissonance could result as those Sources cycle thru the Repeats and Stages out of phase with each other
46. eter Rhythm Order Mode Tempo etc results in a 2 character display of the current Value of the corresponding Parameter The other Values available for that Parameter can be viewed by using the Options and gt keys If the Parameter is an immediate edit no other action is required to change its Value If the Parameter is a non immediate edit the Value Edit dot will flash indicating that the Enter key must be pressed to complete the selection of that Value Edit Mode Page 29 For example to select the ORDER parameter Press Mode to enter EDIT mode Press the clone button until the LED to the left of Order is lit The display will now show the current value of the ORDER parameter To change the ORDER use the lt and gt keys to change the value When the ORDER is changed the right dot in the display will flash Press Enter to activate the new value The dot will stop flashing Multiple Parameter Pages Selecting a Page with multiple Parameters Functions examples Timing Cycling Control Options etc results in a 2 character mnemonic display which identifies the most recently accessed Parameter in that Page In addition the Parm MIDI dot will light to indicate that it is just the name of the Parameter and not its Value n At this point the lt and gt arrow keys are used to select the desired Parameter Function within the Page followed by a press of the Ente
47. f you want the Cyclone to record any of the musical data from the Master controller for playback at some later time this data can be stored in the Record Buffer for that Program Therefore Cyclone can process up to three Sources of note data simultaneously the contents of the Record Buffer keyboard Zone 1 and keyboard Zone 2 Each Source may contain up to 32 notes 8 2 DESTINATIONS Each Source can be assigned to a Destination In actual use at least one Source must be assigned to a Destination in order for the Cyclone to do anything audible at all Your Slave instruments are considered the Destinations of the Cyclone s MIDI output The way that the unit identifies which Destination it is transmitting to is by MIDI Channel Number The three possible Destinations are displayed as d r the destination of the Record Buffer d 1 the destination of Keyboard Zone 1 and d 2 the destination of Keyboard Zone 2 These parameters assign an output MIDI Channel to be used for all events originating in that Source Therefore if d r is given a Value of 8 this means that the Record Buffer will transmit on MIDI Channel 8 The Slave instrument you intend to play with the contents of the Record Buffer must be set to receive on MIDI Channel 8 When d r d 1 or d 2 is displayed pressing Enter permits you to select from among the following options Display Meaning Description OF Off The Source is de activated No output results from that S
48. ges This parameter n t selects the number up to 8 of Auto Transpose Stages will be used by the current program E t Current Edit Stage The Current Edit Stage E t parameter selects which Stage will be edited by the Interval and Repeats parameters 1t may be any Value from 1 to 8 Page 56 Cyclone Owner s Manual in Interval The Interval i n parameter defines the fixed transpose interval to use as the basic transpose amount for the Stage selected by the Current Edit Stage Et parameter It is specified relative to Middle C displayed as C3 and may be defined using the note number shortcut described in Section 7 2 on Display Conventions Shortcuts r E Repeats The Repeats r E parameter specifies how many Repeats to execute for the Stage selected by the Current Edit Stage Et parameter 1t may be any Value from 1 to C8 128 a 13 2 AUTO DOUBLE The Cyclone has the ability to automatically generate additional notes at fixed intervals e g octaves for each Source note while Cloning i e Auto Doubling The Doubled notes are nor counted when processing the Mode parameter and are generated at the same velocity as the Cloned Source note n d Number of Doubles The Number of Doubles n d parameter specifies how many of the eight available Doubles to generate starting with the first as viewed edited by the Current Edit Double E d parameter It may be any Value from 0 to 8 with 0 indicating that no Aut
49. grammable External Pedal 3 E 4 Programmable External Pedal 4 In the Pedals 1 amp 2 Page the parameters are Pl Programmable Local Pedal 1 P 2 Programmable Local Pedal 2 E l Programmable External Pedal 1 E 2 Programmable External Pedal 2 In the MIDI Page the parameters are C 1 Controller number assigned to External Pedal 1 00 95 C 2 Controller number assigned to External Pedal 2 00 95 C 3 Controller number assigned to External Pedal 3 00 95 C 4 Controller number assigned to External Pedal 4 00 95 The functions that the pedals can perform include Editing any parameter Simulating any front panel switch Program chaining Sustain Sostenuto Pedal Functions Tempo Tap Input External Sync Input Pedal 2 Only Audio Click Output Pedal 1 Jack Only Pedals Page 61 Pedal Function Listing Display IC DC OE LE HE SS DS CH SU tl Page 62 Name Increment Decrement One Shot Edit Latched Edit Hold Edit Single Switch Double Switch Chains Sustain Sostenuto Tempo Tap ription Used to increment the value of the parameter selected Used to decrement the value of the parameter selected Depressing the pedal causes the selected parameter to change to anew value Releasing the pedal has no effect Depressing the pedal causes the selected parameter to change to a new value Depressing the pedal again causes the parameter to change back to
50. hannel Pressure will control Duration Modulation The Bender will control Duration Modulation Negative Bender values reverse the sense of the modulation The indicated general purpose MIDI Controller will control Duration Modulation Page 60 Cyclone Owner s Manual Chapter 14 PEDALS One of the most exciting performance features of the Cyclone is its programmable pedals In all there are eight pedals four local pedals and four externally controlled pedals via MIDI These eight pedals can be assigned to any parameter or switch on the Cyclone s front panel Of the eight the four specified as internal and external pedals 3 and 4 are programmable with each program so their functions can be set to whatever is useful for the particular program The other four internal and external pedals 1 and 2 are set once for all programs and are always active Note All internal pedal jacks arefor switch type pedals Polarity of pedal is detected at power on Make sure pedals are installed before power is applied Because pedals 3 amp 4 are programmable they are accessed in the Program section under the Page Control Options while Pedals 1 amp 2 are accessed through the Pedals 1 amp 2 Page in the MASTER section In addition the assignment of MIDI controllers to External Pedals is done in the MIDI Page In the Control Options Page the parameters are Programmable Local Pedal 3 P 4 Programmable Local Pedal 4 E 3 Pro
51. hatever Cloning function is in effect It will usually be on except when it is desired to execute a one shot the pattern plays once and then stops Clone or to cause an end to the Cloning process at the end of the next complete Cycle As you experiment with the Cyclone you will notice that several layers of nested looping is possible depending on the Program But in this case Cycle as it is referred to here is the outermost repetition Manual Control Manual Control activates a transposition or doubling capability which can be controlled from a Control Zone on the Master controller s keyboard The Control Zone s attributes and the particular Manual Control function of the Cyclone are assigned by the Program parameters This switch also works in conjunction with Record Hold to enable standard Chord Hold with manual transposition and doubling of the held notes providing a second means of active note generation Record Hold The Record function is the method by which notes and rhythms are input to the Record Buffer by the user The Hold function is a special type of recording which provides the ability to treat the recorded notes as a Chord and simply hold it on without actually keeping the keys pressed Again the exact nature of the Record Hold function is dependent upon the Program Parameters and includes Step Entry Add Replace Loop In Record etc If both Record Hold and Store are pressed the Record Buffer is erased A deta
52. ia the Mode switch always accesses the most recent Page and Parameter Function Page 30 Cyclone Owner s Manual 7 2 DISPLAY CONVENTIONS SHORTCUTS Values When values greater than 99 need to be displayed in the Cyclone s two digit display letters are used in the first digit so 100 becomes AO 101 becomes A1 and 115 becomes B5 etc Notes Parameters which are represented as MIDI keyboard notes are displayed as a pitch of the scale C D E F G A and B in the left character and the Octave number in the right character C3 Middle C MIDI Note 60 The C below CO is displayed as C and the C below that is shown as Cz MIDI Note 0 Sharps are indicated by the Value Edit dot An editing shortcut is available when working with Note parameters Pressing and holding Enter then pressing a key on the controller keyboard allows immediate definition of the desired Note eliminating a lot of tedious scrolling with the Option keys Edit Mode Page 31 Chapter 8 Sources Destinations 8 1 SOURCES First in the discussion of the PROGRAM EDIT parameters is the assigning of the unit s Sources to some Destination What we mean by this is the Cyclone in the broadest sense takes a musical Source processes it and sends it to some Destination The original Source of musical data of course is your Master controller The Cyclone can process MIDI information from the Master These are called Zones I
53. iled procedure for Recording is given in Chapter 11 Page 26 Cyclone Owner s Manual 6 4 STORE AND HOLD TO MUTE Store The Store key is used to write a Program into memory Once you have set up a Program to perform the way you want Store permits you to save it into one of 16 user memories numbered 16 through 31 remember that 00 through 15 are factory ROM memories Operation 1 Press the Store key in the Master column once then release it The flashing LED above Store indicates that you are about to write over one of your programs 2 Use the and gt keys to select the destination Program location But note that Factory Programs can only be stored to the same location or to a User Program location Also if any of the Factory Program constants have been changed then you can only store to one of the User Programs 3 Press the Enable key The Store LED will turn off indicating that the data has been stored and the 2 digit display will indicate the destination as the new current Program Ilold to mute A hold to mute function is provided by holding the right most switch for one second and is available in both Modes The Mute function generates 128 Note Offs Sustain Off controller 64 and an All Notes Off message for each of the 16 MIDI channels Play Mode Page 27 Chapter 7 EDIT Mode In the previous Chapter we talked about the four playback functions in PLAY Mode As you recall PL
54. ing up your work in the likely event that you create more than 32 Programs or in the unlikely event of a malfunction Ope ration Press the MASTER button four times to enter DUMP LOAD mode Use the the lt or gt buttons to select the desired memory sub function Press ENTER The display will switch to read Go with a flashing dot Press ENTER again to execute the sub function During the time it takes to complete the routine the display will continue to read Go but the flashing dot will disappear Note that some functions take less than one second When the process is completed the display will revert back to the sub function abbreviation Display Translation Description SO Send One The Cyclone will transmit the last selected SETUP to the receiving device SG Send Global The Cyclone will transmit the data stored in MIDI and MASTER to the receiving device SA Send All The Cyclone wil transmit all Programs MIDI data and MASTER data to the receiving device SE Send Edit The Cyclone will transmit any edits made to the last selected SETUP to the receiving device Note The Cyclone will receive any MIDI data sent to it regardless of what operating mode it is in Page 68 Cyclone Owner s Manual Chapter 16 Reference Data 16 1 Factory Default Programs amp Master Paramcters Factory Programs Rev 1 0 Pgm Description 00 Plain vanilla arpeggiation Pulse Rhythm Forward a Order Fixed 1 Mode Keyboard only Dura
55. is now assigned to turn on the Auto Transpose function Use the or buttons to turn off Auto Transpose so that when pedal 3 is not held Auto Transpose will be disabled Press the pedal You will notice that while the pedal is held auto transposition is enabled turning off when the pedal is released Pedals Page 63 Program Chain Operation Select the first program in the chain Select parameter CP Chain Map Program in the Control Options page and set it to the next program number in the chain Store the modified program Select the next program in the chain select the Chain Map Program parameter set it to the program number which follows it in the chain Store the modified program Repeat the previous operation for each step in the chain Next we need to assign one of the eight pedals to CHAIN MODE Lets use Pedal 2 P 2 Press button 5 until you reach MIDI Use the lt or gt buttons until you reach P 2 Press ENTER Use the or buttons to select CH in the display Press ENTER Pedal 42 is now assigned to CHAIN SELECT Return to the first program in the chain Pressing pedal 2 will step through the chained programs Switch Simulation Operation Press button 5 to get to MIDI Use the lt or gt buttons to select which pedal you want to use Press ENTER Use the lt or gt button to select either SS Single Switch or DS Double Switch Depress and hold the pedal down Now press and
56. l combinations of these parameters are valid leading to a large number of completely new performance techniques which together are called Cloning Cloning Rhythm Order Mode Page 37 Chapter 10 Tempo Timing and Cycling 10 1 TEMPO The Tempo parameter controls the rate of the Cloning output if being driven by the Cyclone s internal hardware clock It is displayed as one half the actual beats per minute due to the wide range of available tempos and the limits of the 2 digit display The Tempo range is displayed in Beats Per Minute from 10 bpm to 398 bpm each beat represents a quarter note This translates to a display range of 5 bpm to 199 bpm when cut in half Note that the display will revert to the deciheximal convention at an actual Tempo of 200 bpm If either External Sync or MIDI Sync has been selected in the corresponding Master Parameters the Tempo parameter display shows EC as a reminder and editing of the Tempo is not allowed When in Play Mode the Play LED will flash at the actual Tempo as an indicator that the Sync source is providing the appropriate timing reference This applies to the internal hardware clock as well Tempo Tap The Cyclone provides the ability to tap a Pedal in order to define or alter the Tempo The procedure for defining a Pedal to do this is described in the Pedals section Note the Cyclone ships from the factory with Pedal 4 already set for Tempo Tap This section describes how to a
57. le switch to confirm the selection new Program can be selected over MIDI via Program Change messages transmitted from the Master controller In this case it is not necessary to press Enable as the selection is confirmed automatically In either case subsequent presses of the Enable switch cause the Cyclone to toggle between the Enabled and Disabled states When Disabled the Cyclone is effectively taken out of the MIDI chain and simply acts as a software Thru when Enabled the Cyclone behaves according to the settings of the Program Function switches the Program Parameters and the Master Parameters Play Mode Page 25 6 3 PLAY MODE FUNCTIONS Clone The function enabled by the Clone switch provides most of the active note generation output of the Cyclone The function may be traditional arpeggiation sequencing or any number of hybrid modes plus a few completely new types of interactive performance The term Cloning is used to generically refer to whichever function is programmed as all of the available functions work on the concept of creating copies and variations of user defined notes and patterns There are three Sources of these notes the Record Buffer and two independent keyboard Zones Zone 1 and Zone 2 Each Source has a Destination which defines the output MIDI channel for all notes Cloned from that Source Cycle s The Cycle switch works in conjunction with Clone to enable a cyclic repetition of w
58. let Turn the power on by lifting the power switch on the left rear panel The current software revision number will be briefly displayed the the Cyclone will enter Play Mode and will be in the same program as when it was turned off 3 3 1 Local Control When the Cyclone is first powered on it sends a MIDI Local Control Off command on the Basic Channel the Cyclone is shipped from Oberheim set to MIDI Basic Channel 1 This allows you to use the Cyclone to arpeggiate the same keyboard you are using as a Master Cyclone internal Voices Keyboard Local Control Under normal conditions synths operate in Local control ON mode This means that what you play on the keyboard goes to the voices and is sent to MIDI Out The voices can also be controlled from MIDI In If you connect a synth in Local Control On mode to a Cyclone when you play a note on the synths keyboard its will first play one of the synth s internal voices then it will be sent to the Cyclone via MIDI Out After the Cyclone processes the note it may send it back causing another voice to play Sometimes this is good but it is usually not By putting the Synth in Local Control Off mode all the notes go to the Cyclone before they are sent to the voices In cases where this is not desirable holding the switch on the front panel of the Cyclone labelled Manual Control while powering on sends a MIDI Local Control On command on the Basic Channel Page 12 Cy
59. lowest random or whatever Auto Transpose After the clone function generates new notes they can be transposed automatically by the Auto Transpose function Remember clone generates a pattern of notes based on what you play and what is in memory Auto Transpose changes the pattern into a new key after each time the pattern is played That is about all that most arpeggiators do In the Cyclone there are a lots of other things going on as well We ll get to most of those later in the manual There are a few other relevant things that are important in understanding how the Cyclone works Page 16 Cyclone Owner s Manual 4 2 WHAT MAKES THE CYCLONE DIFFERENT Cyclone od Clock Clone Transpose Auto Transpose External 12 4 Soe Toa TeTsTe 7 i imervar JcIST e T TTT MIDI e Bepeats Jep 11 4 Intetnal Tempo rose s Ta a sal i ec Efes Oie Puso wore Timing Dvrationj3 3 3 3 3 37 3 Ouration Record Butler Recorded Stan n Gates Duration ja Pitches Frith Ja Transposed Doubiec Notes Out s the above picture indicates there are quite a few things going on in the Cyclone which go beyond a typical arpeggiator Don t worry everything you see is described completely in later chapters This is just a chance to see where we are going to end up If you aren t comfortable with arpeggiators yet or would just like to start playing with the box yo
60. n direction is inverted to form a new Basic Cycle for the Repetitions and the Stages are also processed in the opposite direction Tempo Timing and Cycling Page 43 Chapter 11 Record Hold Recording is the process of getting data into the memory of the Cyclone The Cyclone allows recording of both note and rhythm information and when this information is received by the Cyclone it is put into the Record Buffer The rhythm data defines the timing pattern used whenever the Recorded Rhythm parameter displayed as rC is selected for Cloning The note data is used whenever the Record Buffer is activated according to the Destination parameter dr in the Source Destination Page Record Hold Options r H Record Hold Mode The Record Hold Mode r H parameter controls the add replace logic during Recording Display Meaning Description rE Replace This Mode causes either the note data or both the rhythm and note data in the Record Buffer to be completely replaced by the new data received during the Record in Progress state of the Recording process If Recording only notes only notes are replaced If Recording rhythm data then both rhythm and note data are replaced The old data is not actually replaced until Recording starts If Recording rhythm data the End Beat will have a new Value when Recording stops as well rG Replace Gated Playing legato or holding any notes causes the entire phrase to be recorded just as in Replace
61. nth as both your master and slave make sure MIDI Local Control is OFF on the synth When you turn on the Cyclone it will automatically tell the slave to enter this mode If you have problems when you are arpeggiating the voices in your master controller or when playing the keyboards of slave units sce the section on Local Control in chapter 3 Quick Start Page 3 3 4 5 6 7 If you have one or more momentary spring loaded ON OFF footswitches plug them into the Cyclone s rear panel Pedal jacks according to the desired functions Pedal 2 acts as a Program Chain advance automatically selecting the next Program Pedal 3 turns starts and stops arpeggiation when in Play Mode Pedal 4 provides a Tempo Tap ability The Pedal 1 jack is used as an audio out jack providing a metronome click out under certain conditions Turn on your Master controller and set its MIDI Basic Channel to 1 With the switch on the yclone s rear panel in its down off position plug the provided power pack into an AC outlet and connect it to the power jack on the rear panel Turn the Cyclone on by flipping the switch to its up position The section describing the factory presets assumes that a Hard Reset has been performed otherwise the Cyclone may not perform as described A Hard Reset erases all of the memory including user programs and Master settings and initializes the Cyclone to the condition in which it is shipp
62. ntrols whether the Sources share the same Pulse lok when not in Tuplet mode Display Meaning Description OF Off the Sources pulse independently On On the Sources are linked together causing them to pulse in phase The effect of this parameter is not audible unless multiple Sources are active and the Sync to Trigger SY parameter located in the Cycling Page is not set to Off OF or Cycle CY Out of phase pulses are possible if Link is Off and Sync to Trigger is set to Clock CL or Order Or 10 3 CYCLING The Cycling Page contains those parameters which govern the behavior of the Cyclone in relation to the various levels of cyclic repetition which can occur during Cloning There are 5 nested layers of Cycling possible in the Cyclone as follows 1 The innermost layer of Cycling and the shortest is called the Scan and is comprised of the stream of notes which results from one pass thru a list of Source notes in a single direction in the selected Order 2 Thenextlayer of Cycling is called the Basic Cycle and is comprised of either one Scan as in the case of Up order or two Scans as in Up and Down order 4 The next layer is the Auto Transpose Repeat 3 The next layer is the Auto Transpose Stage 5 The outermost layer and the longest is simply called a Cycle In Play Mode a single Cycle is generated by pressing Clone with Cycle off while infinite multiple Cycles are enabled if Cycle is on The Auto
63. o Doubles will be generated E d Current Edit Double i The Current Edit Double E d parameter selects which Double will be edited by the Double Interval and Channel parameters It may be any Value from 1 to 8 in Double Interval The Double Interval i n parameter defines the interval relative to to the Cloned Source note at which to generate a Double note It is specified relative to Middle C displayed as C3 when Enter is pressed and may be defined using the note number shortcut described in Edit Mode Auto Effects Page 57 C H Channel The Channel CH parameter defines the MIDI Channel on which to transmit the Double note Pressing Enter permits the selection of the following options Display Meaning Description 1 16 MIDI Channel The Double note is transmitted on the indicated Channel Sr Source The Double note is transmitted on the same Channel as the Cloned Source note 13 3 AUTO MUTATE MODULATIONS The Cyclone has the unique capability to automatically Mutate modulate three important attributes of a Clone note on Velocity Tempo and Pulse Duration in response to real time input from the controller keyboard without manually editing the corresponding parameters n L Note Loudness Velocity The Note Loudness Velocity n L parameter provides both the manual editing of the note on velocity and the enabling of its Auto Mutation The note on velocity is often used in the voicing instrument t
64. o Control Double Optlons Rhythm Tempo Auto Rec Hold 5 x Options Clone Cycle Manual Record Control Hold Perm MIDI Velue Edit 5 1 FRONT PANEL ORGANIZATION PROGRAM Parameters vs MASTER Parameters The PROGRAM section includes all the parameters which can be stored and recalled together as a group Each group of parameters is called a Program The MASTER section contains the parameters and functions which are shared by all programs PLAY Mode vs EDIT Mode The Cyclone has two basic modes of operation PLA Y and EDIT The Mode switch selects between these two modes The Mode switch also doubles as a cancel switch that aborts any action which would normally require pressing the Enter button to complete PLAY Mode PLAY mode is used to select programs and to enable the basic real time functions of the Cyclone In this mode each button generally does only one thing and the LED above each switch shows whether that function is on or off EDIT Mode The EDIT mode allows access to the over 60 parameters which control the operation of the Cyclone To look at or change these parameters you must first select them via the Parameter Matrix Each of the labels in area above and to the right of the LED indicator lights represents one or more parameters General Organization Page 21 5 2 MEMORY Current Program Factory Programs Edit Buffer Master Buffer 00 Factory Parms User Parms 01 Factor
65. o come on and the Record 1lold LED to extinguish Manual Control will still be lit Play notes in the lower octave of the keyboard to simultaneously gate arpeggiate and transpose the held chord Also play notes above the lowest octave to simultaneously arpepgiate the keyboard and the Record Buffer the notes held in the Cyclone s memory Program 01 Octave Transpose Arpegeiation Same as Program 00 but with automatic transposition by octaves untransposed 1 octave up untransposed octave down at the end of each scan or pass through the held notes Also the order of each scan is the same as the order played instead of just strictly up and down Quick Start Page 5 Program 02 Two at a Ti iation Same as Program 00 but playing two notes at a time instead of just one and in the order played Program 03 Dual Arpeggiation Same as Program 00 but with two keyboard Zones active providing two independent arpeggiations at once The two Zones split the keyboard at Middle C Also the order of the arpeggiation is the order in which the notes were played e Play one or two notes below Middle C and a related chord above middle C Note that the two arpeggiations can pulse out of phase Program 04 Auto Doubled Arpeggiation Same as Program 01 but with cach held note automatically doubled at an octave below and a fifth above when the Clone LED is lit Program 05 Manually Doublcd Arpeggiation
66. o control loudness Ever try to get a V in a 7 segment display Display Meaning Description rC As Received The note on velocity transmitted for a Cloned note will be the same as that originally received with the Source note For notes in the Record Buffer the recorded velocity will be used while for notes held in Zones 1 and 2 the velocity received at the time of the key strike will be used Pr Pressure The note on velocity transmitted for a Cloned note will be equal to the value of the Pressure control on the master keyboard at the time of transmission bn Bender The velocity transmitted for a Cloned note will be equal to the value of the Bender control on the master keyboard at the time of transmission C7 Fixed The velocity transmitted for a Cloned note will be the indicated value Note that Values above 99 are displayed in deciheximal The Cyclone uses the nominal value of 64 for the release velocities of Cloned notes Page 58 Cyclone Owner s Manual t A Tempo Modulation Amount The Tempo Modulation Amount t A parameter defines the intensity and sense direction of the modulation to be applied to the Tempo in response to changes by the Tempo Mod Controller described below The range of Values is from 0 to 32 A Value of 16 is used to defeat Tempo Modulation Amounts less than 16 transform positive Tempo Mod Controller values e g pitch bend up into a slower Tempo while Amounts greater than 16 transform p
67. oller These are the four External MIDI Pedal Controller Number parameters They tell the Cyclone which MIDI Controller on the Master to use when the functions associated with the External Pedals have been selected For example if you assign MIDI Controller Number 64 to E 1 that means that every time E is used in a Program it will be activated by the Master s Sustain Pedal MIDI Controller 464 is commonly used for Sustain Pedal If E 1 is set to MIDI Controller 7 the Master s Volume Pedal is used instead Operation When E 1 E 2 E 3 or EA is displayed pressing the Enter key switches the display to show that Pedal s current MIDI Controller value Master Parameters amp Functions Page 67 Use the lt or gt keys to change the Value immediate edit Range is from 00 to 97 MIDI Controller Values from 98 through 127 are not appropriate for this function and are not available For additional information on setting up pedals and their uses see chapter 14 15 3 DUMP LOAD The Cyclone permits you to save its memory externally This means that you are able to dump the contents of the unit s 32 Programs to a computer equipped with a MIDI interface and Oberheim Cyclone System Exclusive data or another Cyclone The MIDI implementation codes for the unit are printed in the back of this manual You are also able to load Programs from an external source into the Cyclone This DUMP LOAD capability provides a way of back
68. ord in Progress state depends on a combination of factors If Cloning is not enabled then Holding occurs Holding is a special type of recording in which only notes are recorded into the Record Buffer and in which note offs are not echoed over MIDI causing the recorded notes to sustain indefinitely This is similar to the function of a normal Hold or Sustain pedal except that the notes are committed to memory Page 48 Cyclone Owner s Manual If Cloning is enabled then the Rhythm determines the basic behavior of the Cyclone RECORDED RHYTHM The Cyclone generally behaves like a traditional sequencer passively recording the new note and rhythm data and echoing the notes in real time PULSE RHYTHM The Cyclone records the notes only and retaining the prvious rhythm information without echoing the performance itself yet actively Cloning the new notes LIVE TRIGGER RHYTHMS The Cyclone records in Step Mode with the Step Time advanced by pressing any key in the Control Zone and the Step Size equal to the Value of the Auto correct Step Size AC parameter The new note and rhythm data is recorded and echoed Rhythm events are recorded only if Cloning in the Recorded or Live Trigger Rhythms while Recording A rhythm event contains the note on and note off times associated with a singe key press The resolution of the timing data is the same as MIDI timing clocks 24 pulses per quarter note The note on times only
69. ositive Tempo Mod Controller values into a faster Tempo t C Tempo Modulation Controller Number The Tempo Modulation Controller Number t C parameter selects the MIDI Controller which will be used as the Tempo Modulation Controller Display Meaning Description Pr Pressure Keyboard Channel Pressure will control Tempo Modulation bn Bender The Bender will control Tempo Modulation Negative Bender values reverse the sense of the modulation 0 97 Controller The indicated general purpose MIDI Controller will control Tempo Modulation d A Duration Modulation Amount The Duration Modulation Amount d A parameter defines the intensity and sense direction of the modulation to be applied to the Pulse Duration in response to changes by the Duration Mod Controller The range of Values is from 0 to 32 A Value of 16 is used to defeat Duration Modulation Amounts less than 16 transform positive Duration Mod Controller values into a shorter Pulse Duration while Amounts greater than 16 transform positive Duration Mod Controller values into a longer Pulse Duration This parameter has an effect only when Cloning in a Pulse Rhythm other than tuplet Auto Effects Page 59 d C Duration Modulation Controller The Duration Modulation Controller Number d C parameter selects the MIDI Controller which will be used as the Duration Modulation Controller Display Meaning Pr Pressure bn Bender 0 97 Controller Description Keyboard C
70. oubled by each note held in the Control Zone up to 8 at intervals defined by the number of steps between the doubling note within the Control Zone and the Base Note on the same MIDI Channel as the Held Cloning notes If no notes are held there is no output at all form the Cloning Holding function thus gating the playback Same as Double Gated except that the Cloning Holding function continues as it would normally even when notes in the Control Zone are released Legato playing of the control notes results in an additional double for each such note up to the 8 double limit while staccato playing replaces any previous doubles i The Control Zone can be placed anywhere on the keyboard and may overlap with Zones 1 and 2 The Lo Note Ln and Hi Note Hn parameters define the endpoints of the Control Zone and are best defined using the Note shortcut edit described in Edit Mode The Lo and Hi Notes cannot cross Notes played in the Control Zone will cause the MIDI dot to flash in Play Mode b n Base Note The Base Note b n parameter allows a note to be defined anywhere on the keyboard which is used for computing the transposition and doubling intervals for the Manual Page 52 Cyclone Owner s Manual Control Function That note will be considered to mean no Transpose For example when CO is used as the Base Note as in the factory programs using FO for a manual transpose would result in a transposition of a fouth
71. ource bC Basic Channel The Source is active and generates its output on the Basic Channel of the Cyclone as defined in the MIDI Page parameter bC see chapter 15 1 16 Fixed Channel The Source is active and generates its output on the indicated MIDI Channel Sources Destinations Page 33 8 3 ZONE LIMITS Also included in this Page are the Zone Limit parameters for Zones 1 and 2 The Zone Limits simply specify the Low Note and High Note limits for each Zone L 1 H 1 L 2 H 2 It is easiest to edit these parameters using the shortcut described in section 7 2 Display Conventions Shortcuts Note that within a Zone the Hi note must be above the low note and that Zones 1 and 2 are completely independent allowing them to be placed anywhere on the keyboard This allows both layering of your Slave instruments when the Zones overlap and splits when the Zones do not overlap creating a lower keyboard playing one Slave and an upper keyboard that plays another Slave Page 34 Cyclone Owner s Manual Chapter 9 Cloning Rhythm Order Mode 9 1 WHATS IN A CLONE After you have determined what Source or Sources you will use you are ready for the next step customizing the playback of the music The performance of any musical instrument can be broken down into a number of activities and examined individually if needed what notes are played in what order they were played how fast or slow they are played the rhythm or time signa
72. parameter name b C Basic Channel The Basic Channel parameter selects the MIDI Channel on which the Cyclone Receives MIDI Notes and Controllers and Program Change messages Transmits Cloned Held notes when the corresponding Source Destination is set to the Basic Channel Re transmits notes received in Zones and 2 when not Cloning Holding and the corresponding Source Destination is set to the Basic Channel Master Parameters amp Functions Page 65 The available values are MIDI Channels 1 16 plus OMNI Mode displayed as On which means that the Cyclone will receive on any Channel When in OMNI Mode the Cyclone will transmit on Channel 1 for all situations described above This is important to remember because if the Cyclone has been set to transmit to a Destination on the Basic Channel or any Channel higher than 1 see Chapter 5 Source Dest the Cyclone will switch automatically to transmit on Channel 1 when OMNI Mode is selected This is an operational consideration designed to simplify the Cyclone s MIDI section when OMNI Mode is selected Be careful E C MIDI Echo Since the Cyclone like many other MIDI processors does not have a MIDI Thru port there must be some means to pass MIDI data coming from your Master controller to the Slaves when necessary MIDI Echo is the function that permits the MIDI Out jack to act as if it were a Thru port when the Cyclone is transmitting data from its own memory This way
73. pens when you really start to use some of the Cyclone s more interesting features This program is actually the same as program 03 with only three parameters changed After selecting this program press and hold the Record hold button then press the Store button This erases the current recording and prepares for recording The tempo is automatically changed so it always takes the same amount of time to get through the pattern no matter how many notes you play Play and release chords Each time you play a new chord it replaces the previous one in memory When you get a pattern you like in memory press the Record hold button to disable recording Whatever is in memory will continue to play Now play more chords The keyboard is split at middle C so you can get two more independent patterns going over what is playing from memory To change the memory pattern press Rec hold to start recording put in a new chord then press Rec hold again to play over the memory pattern 2 5 GLOBAL PERFORMANCE EFFECTS Tempo Tap When the Clone LED is lit simply tap at least 3 guarter notes on Pedal 4 at the desired tempo and the Cyclone will follow along Sustain The sustain pedal function of the Master controller holds any played keys until it is released Tempo Modulation Page 8 Cyclone Owner s Manual When the Clone LED is lit the pitch bend lever on your controller controls the tempo At center position the
74. r key to access the Value mode as indicated by a display of a number You can then proceed with the edit as with a single Parameter Page Exiting Value mode is accomplished by hitting Enter any row column selector or Mode or may happen automatically in the case of a Function For Example to change the DURATION of each note to 18 slightly more than 100 for a slight legato effect do the following Press Mode to enter EDIT mode Press the Cycle button until the LED to the left of Timing is lit The display will now show the name of one of the parameters at that location Pn Pulse Note aU Duration or Li Link The left display dot is lit to remind you that this is a parameter name not the value of a parameter Use the and gt buttons to select the DURATION dU parameter Press the Enter button to see the current DURATION Use the arrow buttons to set the duration to 18 In this case the right display dot does not flash this change takes place immediately For some parameters like the MIDI Basic Channel the dot would flash and you would have to press Enter here to activate the change and turn off the dot Press Enter to return to showing dU DURATION You can now select some other parameter in Timing like LINK using the lt and gt buttons or you can select some place else in the parameter matrix by using the rightmost five buttons Toggling between PLAY and EDIT modes v
75. rd The picture above shows what this basic structure looks like There is a clock generator a metronome of sorts which allows you to control the rate at which the notes are played This drives a function which we call Clone which makes copies of the notes you play and alters them by parameters such as the mode order and rhythm What does the clone function do Let s start out with what happens in a simple arpeggiator The figure above shows the two main parts of simple cloning Deciding when to play the next note and deciding what pitch it should be The clone function keeps track of when the next note should play and for how long it should play For example if you wanted to have new notes be generated on quarter notes the clone function would be waiting for the clock to reach the first beat then the second beat then the third beat and so on just like a sequencer would When the clock reaches the next Start time clone creates a gate That is clone says We should start playing a note now and it should last for an eighth note Order l Note that the previous sentence did not say what pitch should be played it only said that something should be played and that it should last for a certain length of time The order function Jooks at the sources that are active memory the keyboard or both and picks which pitch to play for each gate Which one is picked depends on whether you want play back the notes from lowest to highest highest to
76. ription of pedal setup and usage see chapter 14 Control Options Page 53 Chapter 13 Auto Effects 13 1 AUTO XPOSE The Cyclone provides the ability to automatically transpose notes during Cloning in a two level cyclic repetition The outermost transpose layer is referred to as a Stage while the lower transpose layer is referred to simply as a Repeat of that Stage There are 8 Stages provided with up to 128 Repeats per Stage A Repeat normally consists of one Basic Cycle as described in Cycling Three independent Auto Transpose functions are available At the Stage level the Cyclone allows specification of a fixed transpose interval which will be in effect for the duration of that Stage Two Auto Transpose functions are available at the Repeat level Transpose by Inversions provides the ability to invert the notes within a Source note list in generally the same sense as one inverts a standard triad Inversion processing begins with the original Source note list at the first Repeat of each Stage then at the beginning of each successive Repeat inverts the note list used by the prior Repeat Inversions may proceed either up or down and do not alternate direction automatically A note added to a Source after the beginning of the second Repeat of a Stage is inserted into the note list according to its actual note value not the value it would have had if it had been ae at the first Repeat of a Stage and inverted along with the r
77. rom another device The MIDI Clock parameter controls the response and transmission by the Cyclone of MIDI Clock Start Command and Stop Command messages OF Off The Cyclone ignores MIDI Clock Start and Stop messages altogether Sn Send The Cyclone sources MIDI Clock Start and Stop messages MIDI Start and Stop commands are generated to co incide with the status of the Clone function regardless of how it is activated deactivated MIDI Timing Clock data is generated whenever internal or external Sync is happening see Pedals 1 amp 2 Functions rC Receive The Cyclone uses MIDI Clock messages to establish the Tempo of all Cloning functions except Live Trigger rhythms Start and Stop messages control the status of the Clone function Selecting External Sync 24 48 96 for Pedal 2 overrides this selection and vice versa De selecting this option will re enable External Sync if it is programmed otherwise the Cyclone defaults back to Internal Sync E 1 E 2 E 3 and E 4 MIDI Pedal Controllers As mentioned in Chapter 14 the Cyclone permits you to use up to eight switch type pedals to control certain fucntions As you program the various functions of the unit you will notice that the parameters for four of these Pedals are labelled P physical indicating that they are used for local control and are plugged into the Cyclone s rear panel The other four are labelled E external for MIDI control from the Master contr
78. sing Clone Turning on Manual Control will abort the recording Page 46 Cyclone Owner s Manual If not already Cloning then pressing the Clone switch enters the Clone Pause mode in which the Clone LED is on but no actual output is generated awaiting the start of Record If the Recorded Rhythm and Click CL parameter has been programmed for Pedal 1 see Pedals 1 amp 2 a metronomic click audio output will be available at the Pedal 1 jack during Clone Pause mode Manual Control is automatically disabled in Clone Pause mode Cycle may be turned on and off at will Tuming Manual Control on with Clone off will abort Recording and go directly to the Chord Hold mode described in Control Zone Parameters If not Cloning or paused in Recorded Rhythm pressing Record Hold again will also abort Recording e Pressing the Store switch erases all notes in the Record Buffer and all rhythm events if in the Cyclone is in Clone Pause and Recorded Rhythm The Store LED will pulse once to indicate the erasure This will also set the End Beat to 1 if in Tuplet Mode Record Hold Page 47 2 Record Start Initiating a Recording can be achieved by any one of three methods Recording actually starts under any of the following circumstances If the Cyclone is in Record Ready the first note is depressed on the keyboard starts the Recording If the Cyclone is in 1 Record Ready 2 Cloning or in Clone Pause mod
79. t The Cyclone integrates the concepts of arpeggiation sequencing and MIDI rhythm driving all in one package It combines traditional arpeggiation and sequencing capabilities with entirely new performance techniques programmability and synchronization One innovation is the ability to provide independence of rhythm and pitch and to provide interactive control of both from the keyboard Its 16 ROM and 16 expandable to 83 RAM Programs allow you to pre program pitch and rhythm events that will play simultaneously or independently dual keyboard ranges doublings transpositions tempi MIDI assignments and many other parameters The arpeggiation section is without precedent allowing for not one but two independent keyboard ranges as well as recorded information There are eight transposition stages per Program each stage having its own number of repeats inversions or programmable recursions In addition to steady pulses you can program your arpeggiation rhythm Instead of single note lines the arpeggios can now consist of chords as well The possibilities for live performance are endless as all paramcters can be altered on the fly making the Cyclone the creative improvisor s dream come true Add to these the ability to use your Cyclone as a master MIDI clock fully capable of live human feel tempo changes using the Tap Tempo pedal That s just one of the 9 modes your 8 independently programmable pedals are capable of This manual
80. t is to be heard 2 The selected Source s must contain some notes to be Cloned For the Record Buffer this means entering Record or Hold mode and playing some notes on the keyboard as described in Record Hold For keyboard Zones 1 and 2 it simply means holding down some notes as with a traditional arpeggiator making sure to observe the Zone Hi Lo note Limits 3 Rhythm triggers must be generated to signal the Cyclone that it is time to play some notes Where this trigger comes from is defined by the Rhythm parameter Cloning Rhythm Order Mode Page 35 9 2 RHYTHM Unlike the pitch Sources there is only one active Rhythm at any one time in the Cyclone but there are three to choose from rC PU LS LP Recorded Pulse Live The rhythm triggers are based on a previously input either in real or step time pattern of polyphonic timing data in the record buffer If there is no data there will be no triggers Up to 32 timing events can be recorded per Program as outlined in Record Hold The rhythm triggers are based on an internally generated pulse clock with the pulse note value duration and other characteristics defined by parameters in the Timing Page The rhythm triggers are input live from the keyboard using the Control Zone LS refers to Live Single Triggers which means a trigger is only generated on the first of multiple simultaneously held notes played in the Control Zone LP refers
81. tempo is normal When you bend down it slows down Duration Modulation The mod wheel lever of the controller keyboard provides the ability to modify the relative length of time which notes sound generally causing a more staccato feel with increasing mod wheel position This is also called Gate Time on other instruments These factory presets are designed to give you just a flavor for what the Cyclone is capable of They also make good starting points for your own experiments As you can sec this is a very flexible box There are many features which are not even hinted at by these examples We encourage you to read on and find out exactly why we say this is the world s most powerful performance arpeggiator Quick Start Page 9 Chapter 3 Unpacking and Hookup Procedure 3 1 UNPACKING THE CYCLONE The Cyclone is shipped from Oberheim boxed in protective foam With it is this Owner s Manual and a power pack Once you have unpacked the Cyclone place it on any solid surface near your MIDI setup Before you turn anything on refer to the following procedure for connecting the unit 3 2 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS amp POWER ON 3 2 1 MIDI 1 Connect the MIDI Out from your Master controller to the MIDI In of the Cyclone The Master controller can be a MIDI keyboard a MIDI Controller mother keyboard any MIDI synthesizer or sampler that has a keyboard or any other source of MIDI notes 2 Connect MIDI Out from the Cyclone to M
82. tion 50 01 Same as 00 plus Octave Auto xpose 1 up and 1 down Duration 20076 As Received Order 02 Fixed 2 Mode 2 notes at a time Cycle Reset Off 03 01 Two Zones active at once split at C3 04 Same as 01 plus Two doubles one down an Octave one up a fifth 05 Same as 00 plus Control Zone in lower octave and a half provides continuous manual transpose relative to C2 07 01 Four chromatic recursions 08 Same as 01 with Replace Gated 09 Same as 00 with Pressure mod of duration and velocity 10 In the style of Emerson Strange Xpose in Fixed 2 11 Same as 00 with random oreder and mode 12 Plain vanilla sequence Recorded Rhythm Forward Order As Recorded Mode Record Buffer only 13 Same as 00 with recorded rhythm order received 14 Same as 00 with live triggers recorded pitches 15 Dual Arpeggiation with tuplet timing and replace gated record mode 16 2 Global Parameters Basic Channel 1 Echo On Pedal 1 Click out Pedal 2 Program Chain Step Pedal 3 Clone Start Stop in Play Mode Pedal 4 Tempo Tap Reference Data Page 69 16 3 Editable Parameters in Factory Programs The following parameters in the Factory Programs may be edited When any of these parameters are edited in a Factory Program the user will only be able to store the modified program back to the same program thereby updating the factory program or to one of the user programs If any other parameters are modified in a
83. to Live Poly Trigger in which a trigger is generated for every note played in the Control Zone with overlapping allowed Once a rhythm trigger has been generated the remaining questions to be answered before notes can be generated are 1 how many and 2 which ones The Mode parameter provides the answer to the first while the Order parameter takes care of the second 9 3 MODE The Mode parameter specifies how many notes from the Source to play at a given trigger and allows several classes Display rC F1 FS8 AL P2 P8 Page 36 Meaning As Recorded Fixed Proportional Description The number of Source notes played is based on the recorded note groupings The number of Source notes played is fixed between 1 and 8 notes The number of Source notes to play at this trigger is proportional to the total number of Source notes with a divisor of 1 through 8 AL is division by 1 Cyclone Owner s Manual r2 r 8 Random The number of Source notes is a random number between and the specified number 9 4 ORDER As previously indicated the Order parameter defines the criteria by which the particular Source notes to generate are determined The actual Values represent the valid combinations of the order criteria chronological note or random the initial direction and whether to alternate directions with each scan of the Source note list as described in the following table Chronologically the
84. ture and so forth The power behind the Cyclone is the ability to take previously recorded material stored in the Record Buffer or notes chords played in real time live from Zones 1 and 2 and arrange their playback characteristics in a surprisingly wide variety of ways When Clone is selected on in PLAY Mode the settings in the Rhythm Order and Mode pages are what primarily determine the playback characteristics of the Sources notes chords In other words if the Record Buffer is the active Source the data stored in it will be played back according to how you have set the parameters in the Rhythm Order and Mode pages plus the Tempo Timing and Cycling pages These are next in line in your customizing of the Cyclone s playback and are discussed in the next three sub sections of this Chapter following this one For the purposes of the Cyclone a Clone is basically an exact Copy or a variation of an original Source list of pitches This list of pitches is the contents of the Record Buffer or the real time input from keyboard Zones 1 and 2 But it is important to keep in mind that in order to actually generate note outputs from the Cyclone the following criteria must be met 1 At least one Source must be active This is accomplished by assigning the Source to an output Destination other than Off in the Source Destination Page Likewise there must be something on the receiving end which can make sound if i
85. u can skip the rest of this chapter and go ahead to chapter 5 You may also want to come back to this section after you have gone through a few of the parameters to get a big picture of how it all fits together The real clock generator Let s start at the left side of the picture The first thing to see is that the clock generator has a couple of new options The internal clock is still there and the Tempo control still controls how fast it is going but you can choose one of two other sources for the clock External clock like that generated by some drum machines and MIDI clock for syncing the Cyclone to sequencers The real memory buffer Next we move into the memory buffer Above we said that the memory buffer memorizes what keys are held so you can arpeggiate without actually holding the keys Well in the Cyclone the memory buffer holds not only what notes you played but it also the order in which you played them when you played them how hard you played them and how long you held them If that sounds like what a sequencer does you re right And the Cyclone can do many things that a sequencer can But look at the memory buffer again Although there is i Start Time and duration to go with every note the rhythms are handled independantly from the pitches This one simple fact makes the Cyclone very different from a sequencer The real clone function The most obvious change is in the clone function Althou gh basically the same things are
86. ut must be a positive pulse greater than 1 volt and longer than 100 uSec This input is not recommended for audio inputs CL Click Out Pedal 1 Only This function allows the pedal 1 jack to be used as an audio metronome output jack When recording a rhythm with record enabled and clone enabled a 3 volt pulse is produced for 1 mSec on each quarter note Parameter Edit Example A simple example of how to use one of these pedals might be to enable auto transposition while pedal 3 is pressed Since we are using pedal 3 this function will only be used for this program Press button 4 until you reach PEDALS P 1 shows in display P 1 means we are working on Pedal 1 now Use the button to choose Pedal 3 displayed as P3 Press ENTER button For this example use or to select HE in the display This means we are setting pedal 3 to be a held edit type pedal This type of pedal function edits one parameter only as long as the pedal is held down When the pedal is released the parameter changes back to its original value Press and hold pedal 3 down Select the Auto Transpose Enable in the usual way While still holding the pedal down press button 3 to get to the Auto Xpose page You will see that the display looks like things are happening normally Use the lt or gt buttons to go to A t and press Enter Now set the value you would like to have when the pedal is held in this case On then release the pedal The pedal
87. y Parms User Parms Pitches Recording Reco rding The Cyclone leaves the factory with 32 Programs 00 through 15 are Factory Programs while 16 through 31 are User Programs an optional memory upgrade adds 68 more User Programs for a total of 100 Programs The two types of Programs are described as follows USER Programs User Programs are completely programmable and consist of two types of data 1 a set of Program Parameters that determine how the music will be played and 2 an actual Recording of a musical sequence to be played When you select a user Program its Program Parameters are loaded into the Edit Buffer a section of memory reserved for Program functions and its Recording is loaded into the Record Buffer memory set aside for Notes and Chords FACTORY Programs Page 22 Cyclone Owner s Manual Factory Programs on the other hand are comprised of primarily permanent ROM data plus a limited subset of Program Parameters that are actually programmable by the user In other words there are several parameters in the Factory Programs that you can change and Store if you want But for the most part the Factory Programs parameters are permanent The following parameters an be changed in each Factory Program Current state of all play mode flags Clone On Off Cycle On Off Manual Ctl On Off Record Ready Pause Off Hold Tempo Tempo Modulation Source Duration Modulation Source Destination of Record Buff
88. ying of the tones of a chord in rapid succession rather than simultaneously This is exactly what is performed by a typical electronic arpeggiator You play the chord from your keyboard and the arpeg giator will play the tones one after the other as rapidly as you like and will continue to repeat the tones as long as you hold the chord There aren t usually too many things to control The main ones are TEMPO How fast the notes should be played ORDER When playing the notes in which order should they be played Typical options include Start with the lowest pitch followed by higher and higher pitches start with the highest pitch and go down or go up then down Many arpeggiators can also play the tones in the order that you played the keys in the chord or backward or forward then backward etc Unpacking amp Hookup Page 15 TRANSPOSE Some of the better arpeggiators will play the pattern then transpose it by an amount you specify then play the pattern again and transpose it and so on SOURCE While much of the time you will hold notes to be arpeggiated on the keyboard sometimes you will want to play some pattern without actually holding the keys Some units will let you hold a set of notes to be arpeggiated in their memory You then need to select the source for the arpeggiator Do you want to arpeggiate what you are playing from the keyboard or what is being held in the memory Cloning Beyond hae not too much is standa

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