"Cyclical" is a synthesizer patch pack for the Elektron Model:Cycles.
100 patches are included and are broken down as follows:
Bass: 23
BD: 6
HH/CY: 10
SD: 3
Synth: 50
Tom: 8
As you can see, most attention was paid to synth sounds and bass sounds, using the chord, perc, and tone machines. Heavy, creative LFO modulation was employed in creating these patches.
Instructions for installation are also included with the pack.
You can hear all 100 patches at
You can also hear a demonstration of the patches in three songs at
I feel like this pack was truly eye opening as to how horrible I have been at crafting sounds on this thing. I need to learn better about how the parameters interact with each other. Some of these sounds I wouldn’t have even known were possible on this thing, there was one or two that were basically random arps that went on endlessly.
Okay, okay. I was considering it, but now along with some comments on Instagram, there appears to be some demand so when I have the time to do it right, I’ll make available a separate, sample based version for MS/AR/DT and 44.1khz for OT.
But give me some time, as it is going to be a bit more time consuming than my usual sample pack creation, as I will want to name these samples in accordance with their patch names, which means less leaning on my batch editor/namer and a bit more grunt work.
I dunno, I think yours is still pretty cool! Definitely has a very live band vibe to it.
Would sound like a 2020 prog band if it were all major keys instead!
Cinematic too. Good soundtrack for a “gathering the clues” style montage.
Hey, just wanted to say thank you for making this and that the sounds a great and well worth it for beginners who want to explore new realms of sounds within the M:C.
It has helped me discover some new sounds i really had no idea on how to make my self.
And since the M:C pathces are presets and not samples you can go in to each preset and look at witch parameters are changed to make that specific sound, this is very nice for developing my own sound.
Here’s a track made entirely with the Cyclical patch pack. Full disclosure: Adam sent me a download of the patch pack, but no paid promotion or anything here, I just really like the sounds and felt like making a whole tune with them.
The details:
All sounds are from the patch pack. Some presets were tweaked (mainly decay or drive). Recorded live, one take, no overdubs; no external effects. Tracked through a UA Apollo running some compression and EQ plugs; limiter added in Logic.
This makes me a little sad!