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.
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
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 😃
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!
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.
@@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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
One of the most musical and creative electronic music minds out there. Well done Sir Cenk! Love the Model Cycles. FM for lyfe!
I think you have driven this machine to 110% of its capabilities. Very impressive, congratulations
This song is just too good! One of the very few product demos that I return to because I like the song.
Ordered one tonight from Guitar Center, based on Red Means Recording demo video and this one.
The playing and mastery of The Elektron Model Cycles By MR.Dataline Was UNPRECEDENTED JUST AMAZING HIS Decoration Of said Groove Box 🤢🤮
Dataline is killing it on the Model:Cycles!
Inspirational. Great set. If I buy one, it will be because of this performance. No other review inspired me so far.
Even when your tones are soft, you go so hardcore on these machines! Hats off to you sir!
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)!
Damn. This is my favorite jam on the Cycles so far. Well done and thanks.
I've always thought this machine could be a little Rian Treanor factory - here's the proof! Amazing work, nice one
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
one of the ONLY electronic musicians that knows his idiom and does it in a musically interesting way
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.
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...
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.
Sounds pretty amazing! Think this looks like a great instrument for live performance. Simple and tweakable!
I hear alittle of my Digitone in there. Nice!!! Hope they add that retrig to the DT! Awesome stuff
By far, this is the BEST PERFORMANCE I'VE EVER SEEN! This machine will release a new genre. Keep up the good work!
agree
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!
This is exceptionally good.
Shared it on Elektron's youtube page, this demo makes you buy one instantly! incredible
Gonna get one of these things soon. I hope I can reach near this level of mastery with it. Excellent work!
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?
Really impressive little box for £300. Going to get one next time they're in stock. Good demo too.
this instrument will become a legend like the monomachine.
*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 👍
Must admit that was really well done ! I’ll definitely buy one because of this performance... thanks for sharing.
Yo this is fresh I love these there like the perfect tech dub machine
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.
best video i've seen on the model cycles seriously
I didn’t get the pattern painted on your Cycles until I saw the manual. Nice touch!
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
That was freaking amazing, Cenk! Wow!
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
Ok, this the most amazing "one single instrument" set I have ever listened to. Modeselektor shoud see this. ;) Brilliant performance!
F*cking awesome!! The sound quality, the modulations, the songs, just amazing!!
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
This is how you play this instrument.
Very very impressive. Fast and precise moves, it looks like it’s played at 2x 😂
beautiful performance on a beautiful piece of gear
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 😃
Wait it this the M:C alone?
Absolutely beautiful demo, Model:Cycles great Groovebox :-D
sounds better than the analog rytm
two different synthesis types
you rock those elektron boxes 👌
Elektron makes the best instruments, Cenk makes the best tutorials/performances 😎
Dude I bought a Mc 707 today...cenk you gotta tell me when shit like this is coming out. Dropped the ball dude
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.
the piece at 10min in 🐚 🥀🌬 is giving me hypnagogic shocks
this is the craziest demo I've seen.
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... 🤔
awesome demo by the Mr himself!
If I could I'd like this again a couple of times
5:58 is a lovely piece..
Logged in just to say this is slick as hell
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?
Man, this was awesome. What a neat machine in the right hands.
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!
Church of sound here, great!
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.
Would love to know the general settings for that arpy bit that plays in the 6:30 area(before and after)
Excellent Demo been watching a lot last days and this stood out
Running cycles around models 🤘
This video sold me on the Cycles. Awesome job!
Oh ,ein Erlkönig!😎👍🏻 leider werden die Displays schon wieder kleiner😢
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.
Wonderful performance! Amazing...
Cenk shows again that gear does not matter. What matters is skill and knowledge.
I guess the song at 8:00 shows that some pad sounds have attack on them, even though there is no attack knob.
This is like a musical version of the white rabbit in matrix.
excellent demo. thank you!
I think a need a towel. Damn son. Awesome skills.
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
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 🤙🏼
Sounds like that kid who plays a video game at an arcade, pressing all buttons concurrently to win the round
hey muy buen video saludos desde TIJUANA
wow!! friggin' fantastic!! bravo!!
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.
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 😔
This is really cool;!!! Well done!!
Now I freaking want one! Nice work ❤️
cheers dataline's playing
wow this is incredible
Magnificent stuff, Mr Dataline.
this is all kinds of awesome!
amazing congrats!!!!
Bow down to our master!!!
👍👌👆
loving the triplets
Ok, ok wow I'm sold that was seriously gorgeous
8:42 is fucking insane need one asap omg
nice job Cenk
Please make an audio pack for the Model:Cycles!
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.