Sequentix CIRKLON User manual

SEQUENTIX MUSIC SYSTEMS

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CIRKLON SEQUENCER

OPERATION MANUAL

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Table Of Contents

Table Of Contents........................................................................................................................... 1-3

Getting Started with Cirklon ......................................................................................................... 1-9

1. The Cirklon Concept............................................................................................................. 1-10

Song Play Mode ........................................................................................................................ 1-12

2. The Main Pages....................................................................................................................... 2-1

Using more than 16 tracks......................................................................................................2-3

Track Muting and Status........................................................................................................2-4

Changing Song Values ...........................................................................................................2-4

Creating and Assigning an Instrument ....................................................................................2-8

Deleting An Instrument ....................................................................................................... 2-12

Creating and Assigning a Pattern ........................................................................................... 2-13

Fill Patterns ............................................................................................................................... 2-15

3. Pattern Edit.............................................................................................................................. 3-1

What’s in a P3 Pattern ? ............................................................................................................. 3-2

Editing Pattern Values ...............................................................................................................3-3

Editing Multiple Steps................................................................................................................ 3-6

Gang......................................................................................................................................... 3-6

Slope Edit................................................................................................................................. 3-9

Pattern Level Values................................................................................................................. 3-10

Directions .............................................................................................................................. 3-11

Timebase................................................................................................................................ 3-12

Last Step ................................................................................................................................ 3-12

Bar Length ............................................................................................................................. 3-13

Bar Edit ...................................................................................................................................... 3-14

Bar Copy................................................................................................................................ 3-15

Bar Extend and Copy............................................................................................................ 3-15

Bar Values ................................................................................................................................. 3-15

Bar Loops............................................................................................................................... 3-16

More On Step Editing............................................................................................................... 3-17

Copy / Insert.......................................................................................................................... 3-17

Sculpting and Randomisation ............................................................................................. 3-19

Audition................................................................................................................................. 3-19

Configuring the Aux Rows...................................................................................................... 3-20

P3 Edit Menu Options .............................................................................................................. 3-22

First step ................................................................................................................................ 3-22

ReSync ................................................................................................................................... 3-23

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Sync........................................................................................................................................ 3-23

Apply FTS ............................................................................................................................. 3-23

Aux Macro & Accumulator Config..................................................................................... 3-23

Saving Patterns ......................................................................................................................... 3-24

4. Using Scenes ........................................................................................................................... 4-1

Gbar ......................................................................................................................................... 4-2

Length...................................................................................................................................... 4-2

Song Advance ......................................................................................................................... 4-2

Force To Scale ......................................................................................................................... 4-2

Xpose ....................................................................................................................................... 4-4

Saving a SCENE.......................................................................................................................... 4-4

Mute Hold............................................................................................................................... 4-5

The Scene List ............................................................................................................................. 4-7

Move SCENE .......................................................................................................................... 4-8

Scene Loops............................................................................................................................. 4-8

Recall / Copy To Workscene.................................................................................................. 4-9

Deleting A Scene..................................................................................................................... 4-9

Change View / Scene Select View ....................................................................................... 4-10

Editing a Saved Scene .............................................................................................................. 4-12

Pattern “Saved” Status ......................................................................................................... 4-13

5. Creating Another Song .......................................................................................................... 5-1

6. Play Mode Menu .................................................................................................................... 6-3

Scene Auto Save...................................................................................................................... 6-3

Edit Track Thru Over-ride ..................................................................................................... 6-3

Tune ......................................................................................................................................... 6-3

MIDI Reset .............................................................................................................................. 6-3

Card / Sysex ............................................................................................................................ 6-4

More…..................................................................................................................................... 6-4

User Configuration................................................................................................................. 6-5

7. MIDI configuration................................................................................................................. 7-1

Port Configuration ..................................................................................................................... 7-1

soft thru ................................................................................................................................... 7-1

thru FTS................................................................................................................................... 7-2

record enable........................................................................................................................... 7-2

mclk send ................................................................................................................................ 7-3

MIDI Clock Reception............................................................................................................ 7-4

MTC –MIDI Time-code ......................................................................................................... 7-4

MIDI Options.............................................................................................................................. 7-5

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Remote Control MIDI Input .................................................................................................. 7-5

8. CVIO and Drum Trig Configuration ....................................................................................8-1

CVIO Config ...............................................................................................................................8-1

CV Output Settings................................................................................................................. 8-2

Gate Port Settings ...................................................................................................................8-7

Drum Trig Config .......................................................................................................................8-9

9. Track values ............................................................................................................................9-1

Adding a track MIDI value .................................................................................................... 9-1

Assigning Knobs A & B..........................................................................................................9-6

Saving Track Values ...............................................................................................................9-6

Track Control Values..............................................................................................................9-8

Track Mixer Page .................................................................................................................. 9-10

10. CK patterns........................................................................................................................ 10-1

Drum Grid Edit......................................................................................................................... 10-2

Row View .............................................................................................................................. 10-5

Quick Note Number Edits ................................................................................................... 10-8

Bar Length ................................................................................................................................. 10-8

Last Step .................................................................................................................................... 10-9

View and Signature Timebase............................................................................................... 10-10

Changing the Signature Timebase .................................................................................... 10-11

GANGing Notes in CK Edit .................................................................................................. 10-12

GANGing by Step or Row ................................................................................................. 10-13

Clearing the Ganged Selection .......................................................................................... 10-14

Copying, Deleting and Inserting Notes................................................................................ 10-15

Copying by Bar or Ganged Selection ................................................................................ 10-17

Delete (Cut) Notes .............................................................................................................. 10-17

Fixing and Labelling Rows .................................................................................................... 10-18

Other Edit Menu Functions ................................................................................................... 10-19

Apply Quantisation ............................................................................................................ 10-19

Delete Doubles .................................................................................................................... 10-20

First Step and Pattern Rotate ............................................................................................. 10-20

11. CK Event List Edit ............................................................................................................ 11-1

12. Real- and Step-time record............................................................................................... 12-1

CK Pattern Record .................................................................................................................... 12-1

P3 Record................................................................................................................................... 12-4

P3 Step-time record (Arp capture) .......................................................................................... 12-5

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13. P3 Patterns & Aux events................................................................................................. 13-1

Randomizing Pattern Values................................................................................................... 13-1

How Events Work .................................................................................................................... 13-3

Inter Track Events .................................................................................................................... 13-6

A Quick Grab ........................................................................................................................ 13-7

Auxes With Double Values.................................................................................................. 13-7

Target Values For Grab, Swap and Push............................................................................ 13-9

Transpose By Events .......................................................................................................... 13-10

Aux Notes ............................................................................................................................... 13-12

Chord Memory ................................................................................................................... 13-13

Polyphonic Real-time Record ............................................................................................ 13-13

Accumulator Events............................................................................................................... 13-14

What Is An Accumulator? ................................................................................................. 13-14

Putting An Accumulator To Work.................................................................................... 13-15

Relative Accumulation....................................................................................................... 13-17

Accumulator Configuration .............................................................................................. 13-18

Auxiliary Value Scaling –No More .................................................................................. 13-22

The Accumulator Events.................................................................................................... 13-23

Accumulator Mask Events..................................................................................................... 13-24

Knob Mask Events.................................................................................................................. 13-24

Knob Grab Events .................................................................................................................. 13-25

Set Step Value Events............................................................................................................. 13-26

Repeat Events ......................................................................................................................... 13-26

Redirect Aux Events............................................................................................................... 13-28

Pattern Control ....................................................................................................................... 13-28

Global Control ........................................................................................................................ 13-28

14. Loading and Saving Data................................................................................................. 14-1

Wipe Songs ............................................................................................................................... 14-1

Card SAVE ................................................................................................................................ 14-2

Card LOAD............................................................................................................................... 14-7

MIDI Sysex.............................................................................................................................. 14-10

Factory Reset / Memory Initialisation................................................................................... 14-11

15. Firmware update .............................................................................................................. 15-1

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Cirklon Sequencer front panel

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Getting Started with Cirklon

In order to follow these instructions for the Cirklon sequencer, it will help to familiarise

yourself with the layout of the front panel, and the names of the various controls.

Refer to the diagram on the previous page.

The horizontal row of keys along the lower part of the panel labelled with numbers 1 to 16 are

the STEP or TRACK KEYS.

The knobs located directly above the step keys, are the STEP or TRACK ENCODERS.

In modes where they are used to alter track settings, such as muting and muting tracks, they

will be referred to as TRACK keys/encoders.

In pattern edit modes, where they are used to alter the settings for the steps of a pattern, they

will be referred to as STEP keys/encoders.

The encoders rotate continuously, and have no marker positions.

They are used to make relative changes to numeric values, and to scroll and select in lists.

All encoders have a centre-push action, so they can be pressed as well as turned.

In some cases, the encoder may also be held in while it is turned, to enable coarse adjustment

of values in larger steps.

In contrast, the two KNOBs, labelled A & B, which are used for absolute control of values,

have a 300 degree range, and have no press-switch.

The encoder to the immediate right of the display is the VALUE encoder.

The centre push switch of the VALUE encoder is the ENTER key.

This encoder is often turned to alter a numeric value, then pressed to confirm the change.

It is also used to confirm operations where it was not used to edit any value.

All other keys and encoders are labelled with their respective names, except for the transport

keys, where the commonly used square, triangle and circle symbols denote the keys for

STOP, RUN and RECORD.

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1.The Cirklon Concept

Cirklon is a multi-track MIDI and CV/gate hardware sequencer.

It has a maximum of 64 TRACKS, each of which can play a PATTERN of notes and/or

controller messages on a connected INSTRUMENT.

Instruments can be connected to one of 5 independent MIDI ports, an optional multi-channel

CV/gate port, one of 6 virtual ports on the class-compliant USB-MIDI interface, or to an

optional drum-trigger interface connected to the SYNC port.

All the MIDI ports can send MIDI tempo clock or time-code.

The SYNC port can be used to slave DIN SYNC equipped devices at 24 or 48 ppqn.

Cirklon has 2MB of battery-backed RAM, which holds all the song and instrument data, and

configuration options.

The contents of RAM are retained while the power is off, so you are ready to return to the

music you were working on the moment it is powered up.

Songs, instrument definitions and configuration settings can be saved to, and loaded from

internal flash storage, or a standard FAT format SD or MMC card in the rear panel slot.

The entire contents of memory can also be saved as a single .SYX file to internal or card

storage, or backed up and restored via MIDI system exclusive dump.

All the patterns which make up one piece of music are grouped together in a SONG.

Multiple songs can be loaded in Cirklon’s memory, but only one can play at a time.

As well as the patterns, each song also has an instrument assignment for each track, and a set

of SCENES.

The instrument assignments determine which instrument will play the pattern on each track.

Scenes are used to recall the pattern selections for every track, along with the initial

active/muted status, and a number of other values.

By creating a sequence of scenes in a song, a whole piece can be assembled from smaller

sections, each composed of a number of patterns playing across the tracks.

The following figure shows a simplified example of what is going on inside Cirklon while

playing a song.

After describing what’s there, we’ll go through the stages needed to get to this point.

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