Fast hands, Cycles Freak. You have mastered this instrument. This is a great demonstration of what it can do, with a skilled player. Best wishes for your continued success.
Great to see someone using this as a musical instrument with a lot of skill getting a huge range of timbres and sounds from this little box of joy. I have yet to add my Model Cycles to my set up- I hear it plays nicely with the Digitakt (I love my Digitakt)!
Very cool new instrument! I've learned that you could give Dataline a cowbell and he would make it sound like Aphex Twin! I really loved the vibes of the second song, brought back memories of Radioheads Kid A album. You know Thom is going to figure one of these into his songs.
DANIELSSON Well for him he is performance and album centric. He has been at Elektron for a long time. He has this thing probably for months before some youtube reviewer. So he’s a mac who does play out rather than just post here and he gets early dibs.
When I did my maths gcse back in the 80s I thought I should spice it up a bit. So I coloured the front and buttons of my calculator with black marker pen. Not knowing what each button did made finding the right answers a bit more of a challenge. I’m imagining that Cenk uses those stickers in a similar way.
This is great for the dance floor and I like the sounds that come out of it. I’m considering to buy this to replace the drummer in my experimental punk band but can’t find any videos of people using it in context with a guitar etc. Maybe someone can point me somewhere? Cheers
reminds me 20 years ago when we used to watch autechre live sessions on electron boxes. this gear has always been great for live play. this here guy is using a 300 euros beatbox with six channels and it's heavy. the only thing i'm afraid of (but we will see with time if it's the case) is that this kind of fm synth machine might not be versatile enough when it commes to the sounds it can make. i heard a guy playing neurofunk with one, but it was still in that kind of metalic resonant dark ambiant sonar palette.
With one lfo and no filter, theres compromises to be made. Also nothing like notch filters in it. Have to be a creative to get neuro going on this one. But its pretty amazing little box. Makes some earth shattering kickdrums and basses too 😃
Beautiful compostions and execution. The Cycles and Sample seem like good cheaper alternatives to digitakt and digitone, but I think I still want that Digitakt.
When these came out I had zero interest because I saw them as the fisher price of Elektron but at $300 they’re actually pretty appealing. Even the lowest tier Elektron gear is still far superior
Super model: cycles set. Really great work. I didn't see any pattern changes - was this filmed in separate takes for each song or is the set all cueued up with song mode? Inspirational stuff.
Sounds nice but it doesn't really bring anything new to me as a long time Elektron collector of their larger machines. Great way for newcomers to dip their toes though without breaking the bank. Can this do multi-timbrality (aka synth patch change/flip) on a single sequencer track?
This is probably the best model cycles jam out here. Crazy composition, mad performance, amazing live play variations. Great job indeed! One little question: the compression ducking effect starting at 4:15 is achieved in post production right? Or did you somehow find a way to do it directly on the cycles itself?
I've had mine for a few weeks now, and I can confirm that the T1-T6 Track Pad velocity sensitivity is not good (the 16 Trigger pads, though not velocity sensitive, have a nice light touch). Hitting the T1-T6 Track Pads, hard enough to get a sound out of them, makes my finger and wrist joints, hurt after a short while (quick way to get carpal tunnel syndrome). The minimum threshold, for just getting them to trigger at all, is way to high for me. I have developed a few workarounds for this... 1) Go into the Pad/Vel Menu, and leave the Fix-OFF, then turn the VDep, all the way down to 0. This keeps the volume of each track pad hit, loud, while still allowing the modulation destination, to respond to velocity. (NOTE: if you set Fix to a number, then the modulation destination, no longer responds to velocity). (NOTE: Pad settings only effect the T1-T6 Track Pads, and have no effect on the 16 Trigger Pads, the 16 Trigger Pads always send max velocity). 2)If you want to use the Track Pads for velocity, use a yarn/felt covered marimba mallet, or some other soft, heavy item, to smash the Track Pads with. 3) Forget about Velocity on the Track Pads, and only use them for selecting the active track. Then use the 16 Trigger Pads, for recording your hits. This has three advantages: First, it will save your finger and wrist joints. Second, it allows you to vary the pitch of your triggers. And Last, all your triggers will sound a max velocity, even with a light touch (you can change the volume of each hit manually afterword). Until (if ever) Elektron releases a firmware update to address this problem, I hope these workarounds help.
@@kristianburghard1955 if you become familiar with an instrument like this you dont need the knob names after a while. I admit it is more impressive for an elektron product as it involves a lot of menu diving, but all the same.
Move the swing/nudge knob while holding a trig step on your kick track to shift it off the grid towards a triplet. Or, press the retrig button while holding a step to open the retrig menu, turn retrig on, set rate to 1/3 or 1/12 and adjust length.
Wow. This one is being received much more well than the samples isn’t it. Pretty cheap unit to get Elektron style sequencing, 6 midi tracks, and now fm based synthesis. Would pair so well with an opz.
What's weird is I LOVE my M:S. It's a beast. This seems pretty underwhelming to me though. Wish there was more attention to synthesis and not just drum sounds.
Do you know if you can create a multitrack sequence using your DAW? Basically using various MIDI In channels to control individual tracks/instruments? Love your channel!
Oh my fuck. I didn't think I needed this but...ughhhh I was going to buy a behringer cat but...this is next I think Was this made with all internal sounds?
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After watching this video, my Digitone just sits in the corner and refuses to make eye contact with me :)
Hahaha! Watch Ricky Tinez review of M.cycles , he has a similar moment
@@ShawTobias ahah, yeah, just watched it too
Both great machines, dn is deeper I prefer it
Just use both, and a subh, and a dfam, and two zoom pedals and bridge with circuit tracks running a freak and a td3mo...
An absolutely perfect set of music. Nice that it also shows off the new instrument, but the music is sublime in and of itself.
it's not a set, it's different pieces and video mounting ;)
@@aknekd how you know
@@aknekd does it really matter?
@@stickyfingazz2103 you can see the transitions between tracks
@@Evgenyus77 Yes because this who comment is wrong. This whole "set" is ass.
Fast hands, Cycles Freak.
You have mastered this instrument.
This is a great demonstration of what it can do, with a skilled player.
Best wishes for your continued success.
Dataline is killing it on the Model:Cycles!
Even when your tones are soft, you go so hardcore on these machines! Hats off to you sir!
One of the most musical and creative electronic music minds out there. Well done Sir Cenk! Love the Model Cycles. FM for lyfe!
Damn. This is my favorite jam on the Cycles so far. Well done and thanks.
This song is just too good! One of the very few product demos that I return to because I like the song.
I think you have driven this machine to 110% of its capabilities. Very impressive, congratulations
I love how you go through cycles, no pun intended, of smoothing it out and bringing it back just meander your way back into something crazy haha.
Inspirational. Great set. If I buy one, it will be because of this performance. No other review inspired me so far.
Ordered one tonight from Guitar Center, based on Red Means Recording demo video and this one.
You are great at making me want to buy one when i know I personally won’t be able to get anywhere close to your level
one of the ONLY electronic musicians that knows his idiom and does it in a musically interesting way
beautiful performance on a beautiful piece of gear
Great to see someone using this as a musical instrument with a lot of skill getting a huge range of timbres and sounds from this little box of joy. I have yet to add my Model Cycles to my set up- I hear it plays nicely with the Digitakt (I love my Digitakt)!
super tempo! strong rythm....
with a touch of electronic sounds - cool!
Fantastic demo, much further than I thought this machine could go. You are a maestro of electronica.
The playing and mastery of The Elektron Model Cycles By MR.Dataline Was UNPRECEDENTED JUST AMAZING HIS Decoration Of said Groove Box 🤢🤮
Sounds pretty amazing! Think this looks like a great instrument for live performance. Simple and tweakable!
By far, this is the BEST PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN! This machine will release a new genre. Keep up the good work!
agree
I've always thought this machine could be a little Rian Treanor factory - here's the proof! Amazing work, nice one
Sounds like that kid who plays a video game at an arcade, pressing all buttons concurrently to win the round
I hear alittle of my Digitone in there. Nice!!! Hope they add that retrig to the DT! Awesome stuff
I guess the song at 8:00 shows that some pad sounds have attack on them, even though there is no attack knob.
awesome demo by the Mr himself!
Very cool new instrument! I've learned that you could give Dataline a cowbell and he would make it sound like Aphex Twin! I really loved the vibes of the second song, brought back memories of Radioheads Kid A album. You know Thom is going to figure one of these into his songs.
bikesbeersnbeats! I for one am looking forward to the Model:Cowbells :)
You are totally right, Thom would love this!
Gonna get one of these things soon. I hope I can reach near this level of mastery with it. Excellent work!
*sigh*... this demo beats all the other youtubers demos by a loong way
Because he's an artist and not a youtuber. :)
@@kablehead Well, he is a youtuber as well as an artist. If you do youtube you're a youtuber haha. But of course, people have varying interpetations.
Also check out Perfect Circuit's new demo video, apparently by Baseck :)
DANIELSSON Well for him he is performance and album centric. He has been at Elektron for a long time. He has this thing probably for months before some youtube reviewer. So he’s a mac who does play out rather than just post here and he gets early dibs.
@@ubiquitousreverser I'm happy that this is the case :)
Excellent your an artist hadn't been able to make mine sound as 👍
5:58 is a lovely piece..
Must admit that was really well done ! I’ll definitely buy one because of this performance... thanks for sharing.
I didn’t get the pattern painted on your Cycles until I saw the manual. Nice touch!
F*cking awesome!! The sound quality, the modulations, the songs, just amazing!!
This is how you play this instrument.
excellent demo. thank you!
Shared it on Elektron's youtube page, this demo makes you buy one instantly! incredible
Really impressive little box for £300. Going to get one next time they're in stock. Good demo too.
When I did my maths gcse back in the 80s I thought I should spice it up a bit. So I coloured the front and buttons of my calculator with black marker pen. Not knowing what each button did made finding the right answers a bit more of a challenge. I’m imagining that Cenk uses those stickers in a similar way.
its probably more like disabling subtitles for the people watching, to mute subvocalization during a performance
Holy sh**. You have mastered the cycles.
Doesn’t it seem like it’s in fast forward or something? Oh yeah! I forgot Mr Dataline is the Bruce Lee of Elektron gear. Nice tracks man!
speaking of playing this at 1.25x speed is siick
That was freaking amazing, Cenk! Wow!
this instrument will become a legend like the monomachine.
This is exceptionally good.
Ok, this the most amazing "one single instrument" set I have ever listened to. Modeselektor shoud see this. ;) Brilliant performance!
Would love to know the general settings for that arpy bit that plays in the 6:30 area(before and after)
best video i've seen on the model cycles seriously
This is great for the dance floor and I like the sounds that come out of it. I’m considering to buy this to replace the drummer in my experimental punk band but can’t find any videos of people using it in context with a guitar etc. Maybe someone can point me somewhere? Cheers
reminds me 20 years ago when we used to watch autechre live sessions on electron boxes. this gear has always been great for live play. this here guy is using a 300 euros beatbox with six channels and it's heavy. the only thing i'm afraid of (but we will see with time if it's the case) is that this kind of fm synth machine might not be versatile enough when it commes to the sounds it can make. i heard a guy playing neurofunk with one, but it was still in that kind of metalic resonant dark ambiant sonar palette.
With one lfo and no filter, theres compromises to be made. Also nothing like notch filters in it. Have to be a creative to get neuro going on this one. But its pretty amazing little box. Makes some earth shattering kickdrums and basses too 😃
Yo this is fresh I love these there like the perfect tech dub machine
Very very impressive. Fast and precise moves, it looks like it’s played at 2x 😂
Yeah burning my ears up on that 3:36 ish mark with the hits! Glad to see you dropped your video for this new piece.
Beautiful compostions and execution. The Cycles and Sample seem like good cheaper alternatives to digitakt and digitone, but I think I still want that Digitakt.
Excellent Demo been watching a lot last days and this stood out
Cenk shows again that gear does not matter. What matters is skill and knowledge.
Absolutely beautiful demo, Model:Cycles great Groovebox :-D
Wonderful performance! Amazing...
Man, this was awesome. What a neat machine in the right hands.
Wait it this the M:C alone?
Beautiful!
This video sold me on the Cycles. Awesome job!
When these came out I had zero interest because I saw them as the fisher price of Elektron but at $300 they’re actually pretty appealing. Even the lowest tier Elektron gear is still far superior
Super model: cycles set. Really great work.
I didn't see any pattern changes - was this filmed in separate takes for each song or is the set all cueued up with song mode?
Inspirational stuff.
sounds better than the analog rytm
two different synthesis types
Sounds nice but it doesn't really bring anything new to me as a long time Elektron collector of their larger machines. Great way for newcomers to dip their toes though without breaking the bank.
Can this do multi-timbrality (aka synth patch change/flip) on a single sequencer track?
You can p-lock presets/machines per step.
@@Srejv That's good. That opens it up quite a lot.
I’m hoping this will get people to sell their Monomachines.... ha! Could always use a couple more of those...
Vladilen Kozyavsky same here!!!
The Surging Mass Music I was thinking the same and I’ve noticed that recent they’ve been popping up more often and last week there was a spike 🤙🏼
If I could I'd like this again a couple of times
This is probably the best model cycles jam out here. Crazy composition, mad performance, amazing live play variations. Great job indeed!
One little question: the compression ducking effect starting at 4:15 is achieved in post production right? Or did you somehow find a way to do it directly on the cycles itself?
Would have p-locked the volume on those steps, 'fake sidechain'.
Where can i buy a MrDataline?
They throw in the hands for free, but charge extra for the brain
do you guys think he's willing to be cloned or be a guinea pig for some experimental skill transfer technology?
Is the best that I've seen on the Elektron Models ever! You are crazy Mad!👧🙋✌💪Could you give me to save you track for my Lessons?
I've had mine for a few weeks now, and I can confirm that the T1-T6 Track Pad velocity sensitivity is not good (the 16 Trigger pads, though not velocity sensitive, have a nice light touch).
Hitting the T1-T6 Track Pads, hard enough to get a sound out of them, makes my finger and wrist joints, hurt after a short while (quick way to get carpal tunnel syndrome).
The minimum threshold, for just getting them to trigger at all, is way to high for me.
I have developed a few workarounds for this...
1) Go into the Pad/Vel Menu, and leave the Fix-OFF, then turn the VDep, all the way down to 0.
This keeps the volume of each track pad hit, loud, while still allowing the modulation destination, to respond to velocity.
(NOTE: if you set Fix to a number, then the modulation destination, no longer responds to velocity).
(NOTE: Pad settings only effect the T1-T6 Track Pads, and have no effect on the 16 Trigger Pads, the 16 Trigger Pads always send max velocity).
2)If you want to use the Track Pads for velocity, use a yarn/felt covered marimba mallet, or some other soft, heavy item, to smash the Track Pads with.
3) Forget about Velocity on the Track Pads, and only use them for selecting the active track. Then use the 16 Trigger Pads, for recording your hits.
This has three advantages: First, it will save your finger and wrist joints. Second, it allows you to vary the pitch of your triggers. And Last, all your triggers will sound a max velocity, even with a light touch (you can change the volume of each hit manually afterword).
Until (if ever) Elektron releases a firmware update to address this problem, I hope these workarounds help.
this is the craziest demo I've seen.
Logged in just to say this is slick as hell
Running cycles around models 🤘
Elektron makes the best instruments, Cenk makes the best tutorials/performances 😎
Damn those stickers are a pain to the eye
Kristian Burghard love those stickers! Chaos can be beautiful. Looks like this music sounds!
@@jazzjeffjazzjeff what bothers me most is that the stickers also cover the text under the knobs. To each their own I guess!
@@kristianburghard1955 he plays with his eyes closed while dreaming.
@@kristianburghard1955 if you become familiar with an instrument like this you dont need the knob names after a while. I admit it is more impressive for an elektron product as it involves a lot of menu diving, but all the same.
@Murada yeah but its very similar to other elektron products
the piece at 10min in 🐚 🥀🌬 is giving me hypnagogic shocks
Amazing! How to program those triplet kicks from 8:15?
Move the swing/nudge knob while holding a trig step on your kick track to shift it off the grid towards a triplet. Or, press the retrig button while holding a step to open the retrig menu, turn retrig on, set rate to 1/3 or 1/12 and adjust length.
This is like a musical version of the white rabbit in matrix.
This is The Very Best performance I've heard coming out of a Model:Cycles. I'm not so sure about the 're-design' of the machine though... 🤔
you rock those elektron boxes 👌
Magnificent stuff, Mr Dataline.
Wow. This one is being received much more well than the samples isn’t it. Pretty cheap unit to get Elektron style sequencing, 6 midi tracks, and now fm based synthesis. Would pair so well with an opz.
What's weird is I LOVE my M:S. It's a beast. This seems pretty underwhelming to me though. Wish there was more attention to synthesis and not just drum sounds.
did the results from the rorschach test came in yet?
My novice guess is that he wants more nature in his life.
novel idea...flying blind like that. I’m using Push like that sometimes by covering the disply to get some ideas on synth parts.
Do you know if you can create a multitrack sequence using your DAW?
Basically using various MIDI In channels to control individual
tracks/instruments? Love your channel!
cheers dataline's playing
Church of sound here, great!
8:42 is fucking insane need one asap omg
Does anyone know why some have red backlighting and some yellow? Is it changeable in the menu or depends on the model?
Stands up, claps hands.
How you learnt to do that please ?
just got mine today....i've never used a drum machine before, i feel pretty lost with it honestly. any advice or videos to recommend? thanks
Oh my fuck. I didn't think I needed this but...ughhhh
I was going to buy a behringer cat but...this is next I think
Was this made with all internal sounds?
I was literally going to pick up a behringer cat this weekend but this looks way more fun!
Dude I bought a Mc 707 today...cenk you gotta tell me when shit like this is coming out. Dropped the ball dude
Hi, I really love this set, but i can't find it on your bandcamp, is there a way to have it?
Awesome!
Amazing sound for the price 👌
This guys doing more on this one bit of kit than i can do on my whole set up.........sigh 😔
Is there a reason why Cycles owners insist on covering their synths in stickers?
I think the package comes with stickers
It should underline the ease of use of the Model-Series i guess. Plus: The Box contains Stickers :-)
Now I freaking want one! Nice work ❤️