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The Chain-Mode

In most cases you´ll want to change your masterkeyboard-settings within a song or arrangement to make
a contrast between the single parts such as chorus and verse. Should the sequenzer be used in the song, it
should do these changes automatically. The CYBER-6 does this. You can program masterkeyboard-pro-
gram changes and / or sequenzer-pattern changes. You can even program the number of bars a single
“step” is played. Still you can interact with the CYBER-6 and change the song´s structure, so you´re no
longer a slave to your PC based sequenzer but your sequencer´s partner on stage.
A CHAIN is a sequence of single steps for each of which there are several settings you can manipulate:

parameter of a chain.

name

explanation

Patternnumber

PAT

Whith each step you can change the pattern. You
may as well leave this parameter alone if you want
to change the masterkeyboard settings only.

Masterkeyboard-program-number

MKB

You can call a different masterkeyboard program
for each step. You may leave THIS parameter
alone if want to change the running pattern only.
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Muting of single tracks

Mute

For every single step you can mute one or more
tracks of the current pattern, so you can create
variations of the main theme. Still you can interact
with a running chain by using the number keys for
muting.

Transposing

Transp

You can transpose the pattern in every single step.
Still you can use the realtime transposing function
if it is switched on.

Realtime transposing via keyboard

Keyb-Trans For each step you can select wether transposing via

keyboard is valid or not. And if it IS, you can
select how many steps up or down it will work.

You see - every single step you make is magic. Plus you can even tell the CYBER-6 how many bars to play
this step before moving on to the next. The result is a complete song not only changing the pattern but also
the masterkeyboard-programs and their included motivator-programs. Running the song will nevermore a
fixed process, where you only can run and stop the arrangement. At everytime you can freeze a song-
position. Cyber-6 runs the programmed steps until you left the freeze mode. You can also jump back to the
last or the next songposition, mute and demute tracks and transpose all sequences in realtime. All these
functions you will learn in the next chapters. Up to 99 different chains are waiting for you to prepare.

You reach the chain-mode at the main-menu at page 2. Press the "exit"-button twice and select page 2 with
the page-dial. The following display-message appears:

<2> 11111111 (MKB: 1 PAT: 1 ) DEL

Chain: 1 Step: 2 Bars: 0 EDIT

When this page is called, the chain number is highlighted, so you can choose the chain you want using the
+ / - buttons or entering a two-digit number and pressing enter. To get a first impression of the way a chain
works, choose one of the demo chains suitable for your equipment. There are 6 pre-programmed demos in
the CYBER-6. The first two fit the QUASAR, 3 and 4 with the TECHNOX and the last two work with any
General MIDI device. When you press [ENTER], the cursor jumps to the next position, which shows the
number of the current step. Press the [START / STOP] button to start playing the song. Without any further
interference, the song will probably run until the end is reached. Nevertheless there are many possible

The chain-mode