#model cycles

If we are discontinuous beings, explain how we are petting the same three-legged bobcat in a valley of termites. Electric grids underneath the sand hum until we feel deep attachments towards missile silos. If it feels unbearable, I want you bound to the undoing of an agave. A cowbell clacks on the median between genre and repetition.

Tape loop experiments + reverb pedal + bamboo forest hike sounds

Elektron Model:Cycles (2020), a 6-track groovebox with 6 FM synthesis algorithms. photo by Terrence O'Brien for Engadget

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the new Elektron Model:Cycles (right) alongside its older cousin, Model:Samples. photo by Terrence O'Brien for Engadget

s o m e t h i n g ’ s w r o n g

Elektron Model:Cycles is a great groovebox and has great capabilities to create FM drum sounds. However, it also has some cool mono synth options which I think are underrated. Some people think you don't get meaningful changes to some knob turns but the fact is if you apply just small changes to certain parameters you can create nice sound textures. In this video, I tried to create some evolving pads, lush soundscapes, and rhythmic textures using only Model:Cycles and its melodic engines.

(Doggie Diaper Orchestra)