Model:Cycles Tips & Tricks Thread

Elektron Gear Model:Cycles
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This tip works on M:S so it will work on M:C as well.

I’m not a finger drummer, I personally like trying out different pitches on all tracks via the chromatic step keys, and I use those for live input often.
If you’re like me in this regard, you may like this tip. I’m still experimenting with it.

Quick Mute + Quick Track Select:

1st: Quick Mute

You can effectively turn off the use of the pads for live playing by using a Fixed Velocity setting of “1” (FUNC + BACK to enter Pad Config / Velocity Menu), and a VDep of 0
(On M:S just turn FVel on and set Vel to 0)
Perhaps on M:C , VDep = 0 is the only setting you need? If an M:C owner could confirm.?

By doing this, you can now use the Track Pads as a momentary “quick mute” of sorts.
If you hold down a Track Pad or multiple Track Pads, they will prevent a note off from being sent, and effectively mute the sequencer notes on that track. Lift up and the sequencer notes play again.
Note: Retrig Settings: Always on will still play.

  • Advantages: You don’t have to use the Function + Track # for muting, so a little easier on the fly, and for doing multiple tracks with one hand.
    Function + Track # for muting still works if you need to latch the muting of a track, in a traditional way.
    Five Finger Track Solo!

  • Disadvantages: You lose the ability to use the pads for playback.

2nd: Quick Track Select.

The same Pad Config setting means you can select tracks by simply hitting the Track # Pad you want, without the TRACK + PAD combo.

  • Advantages: Quicker, perhaps less confusing if you are like me and sometimes get the Track and Function buttons backwards in your head.

  • Disadvantages: Again, you lose the ability to use the pads for playback. Also, if you select at the same time of a sequencer step you will briefly mute that step. Fortunately you’re muting the sequencer data and not the audio, so it’s not choppy in an OT track mute kind of way.

So yea, I’ve been using this more in the later stages of track production. When most of the material has been written and any interaction with the pattern is purely on a performance basis.

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