Can we talk about that opening jam? The snare hits like a trashcan thrown from the third floor right into my face.

I just want Elektron to know that I'm going to buy this BECAUSE OF this video.

You're not cluttering my feed with it - you're the only synth person I watch o.o

I had and sold my Model Samples and Model Cycles, but decided today to order one of each again. I’ve owned every Elektron device and after I unloaded all my gear I missed these 2 simple boxes the most. They are fun to make lo-fi micro house tunes with.

I’ve owned one of these for more than two years and I still learned a lot from watching this. Nice work!

In my opinion, this is one of the most beautiful external views of the Electron machines. I am an artist, and for me this design is like a good painting.💜

My feed was full of Model:Cycles, but I went for yours first. Like, of course, brah. You rock. Deal.

I've been looking around for months for my first hardware synth. I've looked at Behringer's Crave, Arturia's Brute lineup and their Microfreak, Korg's Volca series, etc. I was almost set on the Drumbrute Impact for its size and price when I found out about the Model:Cycles. And then I came across this video. That intro jam (and the price) pretty much sold me. Just got mine yesterday and it's an absolute blast to play and fiddle around with right out of the box!

The opening jam is sick. Hope you can make a song out of it.

Dude that first beat was fire 🔥. Like I admire your skills and the way you showcase gear but that intro demo was a legit piece

"my aesthetic is spinning over here." .... me too, bro, me too.

i was lukewarm on this but after that initial demo i'm entirely sold, almost fills the machinedrum shaped hole in my heart

Really loved the dirty/grungy sounding parts of the opening act! You could really get into NIN or prodigy-like territory with this kit. Can't wait to explore mine whenever it arrives.

$300? SOLD! I will now have purchased a Digitakt and then a Model:Samples a year later AND a Digitione and now a Model: Cycles a year later. The knob-per-function on the Samples and it's class compliant USB audio has me using it much more often than the Digitakt.

jesus christ, dude! that's some heavy, awesome industrial right there!! release this as a full song PLEASE!!

I really love your demos. You bring a unique perspective to all the devices you play with.

As always, an incredible demo. I had the Samples for a year and just got a Cycles. I was surprised at how different they are, and it's kinda wonderful. Thank you for this terrific walk-thorough. It's helped me understand this box quite a bit more.

Traded my Model:Cycles years ago for a Crave and I came across this video again. I want it back now. 😢

This guy finds the G spot on every device he touch! Magic!

Holly Trent Reznor, when those distorted drums came in.....

I love grooveboxes, but couldnt justify adding yet another one to my setup. And then this drops, Jeremy blows my face off with a "little jam" at the beginning, and I'm about to buy my first Elektron device. This thing sounds dope, man.

Guys with this hands have 100% chance to make you headbang to eletric noises

You make me want to buy *all* the elektrons! Even though I already have a digitôné. This seems like a fun buddy for it.

Between Benn & Gear, loopop, and of course Jeremy here, I think a wide enough sampling of strange/interesting is handled while also ensuring nothing gets glossed over too much, I never feel like I'm missing out on details of how things work :) On a side note, the sounds this thing makes remind me in a good way of the Korg MS-10, but with some rather curious avenues of potential thrown in for good measure :)

This video convinced me I needed to buy it at the beginning of 2023, and I couldn’t afford it at the time, but here I am in February, and I got an amazing deal yesterday. I’m so excited.

Damn. When I saw the Elektron announcement today, I was like, "womp wommpppp". Now, I kinda want one... Watching your channel is getting expensive.

OMFG ...Uh yeah!! ....You killed it in that opening.

Just picked one of these myself . First drum machine ever and I’m loving it. Appreciate the upload 👏

14:54 - little tip: if you push the level encoder while turning it you can change per octave. at least it was this way on the m:s.

There were lots of launch day vids about this one, but your take is the one I want the most.

Listen dude, payday’s just once in a month

I’m using this now for about 6 months and I’m surprised how you still come up with surprising, new and fresh sounding stuff.

You may be reviewing the same thing as everyone else, but this video is good because _you_ are the one reviewing. Nice work.

This comment isn’t related to the vid (although that intro beat was so dope!), but I wanted to send you a message. I’ve been listening to your Object Permanence album pretty often lately, and I love it. I’m really into the genre-fluidity; not quite knowing where the next track will take you. Any Wonder and Moonbroch are my current favs, but they all create awesome moods in their own ways. You’re well talented, but more importantly, you have cool ideas and execute them nicely. I'm grateful for the music (and the videos). All the knowledge and technique you share is much appreciated. Keep up the good work. Thanks for the inspiration! LB

Absolutely solid in depth review of many advanced features I hadn't seen covered yet. Totally sold on it now that I see it has many features I enjoy with digitakt sequencing etc

RMR never clutters up my feed, it caresses it with it's gentle and gorgeous ability to make me want every piece of gear in the video, yes even those Red and Yellow audio cables, where do you get those from!

Korg: [Sweats Nervously]

Great explanation with good sound design. Immediately bought it.

Thanks for your clear tutorial- I have just got a (second hand) Model Cycles to add to my Digitakt, TD3, Crave, Analog Four and Volca set up. I love the Elektron workflow but wanted something more immediate than the Digitone with less of a learning curve. I think the Model range gets the essence of the more complex Elektron gear without the sometimes confusing depth of the bigger machines.

I’ve never been into the whole“FM” synth thing but I gotta say this box looks and sounds very appealing! And your video is the best one I’ve seen so far, I’d thank you but I think you’re gonna cost me some cash!!!

Dude holy shit what….the is so insanely good. Such an epic song I’m blown away!

I thought it was pronounced "model" not "modal," but apparently they pronounce it the "Dig-i-tone," so I can believe this. I just want to be sure. Your music is the best of any KZfaq demonstration channels I've ever seen.

Dataline's video had me interested, but that first pattern has me SOLD. Extremely impressive demo, very well done. :)

Best demo video I've seen for it. Great sounds.

Holy shit, that thing goes hard!

Jesus, you really on some hard as shit with this first pattern. Would love some heavy vocals over that

Awesome walkthrough of the Cycles Jake. Excellent jams! Sounds crips.

2:42 I’d add that this machine seems like a fully fleshed out PO-32 Tonic. All it needs is individual track outs (which would solve the lack of fx functionality), and that’d be the machine I’ve been dreaming of for years. I suppose a workaround is to step lock the panning.

FM drums done right!

Really clever programming. Good tune. Got the samples and love it. Like the chord play function on the Cycles.

I only started looking at drum machines for the first time yesterday, but I'm buying this one. My search ends here. I want this thing in front of me immediately.

That thing sounds absolutely massive!!

Opening song is SICK!

That intro jam was insane. Thanks so much for this!

I just bought one, so I’m watching all these videos to get me hyped before it gets here. This thing is crazy for the price. Wish they had 2 stereo outs and 4 mono outs as well as the master stereo, but I can still do some damage with that stereo out! I can’t wait to play with this!

The best presentation of cycles 👍👍👍👍👍👍

I know I already said this but after watching that opening track I hit purchase... That was just sick.

that opening jam crazy

Good work man! Always makes me excited to see one of your vids in my feed. I'm sure this year will turn out to be a good one. Keep crunchin it daddio.

This is the first video I watch about this so. Numero uno! :)

Hallelujah it’s got scale per track!

Great walkthrough! Got mine today, now it’s just the long wait, where is that mail?! 😄

Oh my gosh, the first pattern would make an insane track. I'd bop to it!

now that's what I call a (great) demo !

The first beat man that was so sick This thing looked like a toy at first but boy is it dope

absolutely convinced me on this device, christ that opening track goes so hard hahaha

CAT CAT CAT! not just a little digitone, it's pretty neat

I've had mine for a few weeks now, and I can confirm that the T1-T6 Track Pad velocity sensitivity is not good. (on the other hand, 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.

That opening beat was like some Turok: The Dinosaur Hunter in the future shit. Wow.......

The ‘lurching, uncertain breakdown’ at 22:30 is great!

That first demo is SO sick haha. Love it ✌️🤟

Bruhhhhh, did you write that opening pattern!? I’m getting one of these for sure now

Great intro jam. Thanks for the post.

Always learn so much from your vids man. Thx so much.

Fucking sick intro jam, honestly that alone might convince me this thing is for me.

Gosh I wait for this thing so badly...

Looks like fun. If I didn't already own a bunch of higher-end Elektron boxes (including a DTone) this would make a fine entry point. Not much here for the already converted though, imo.

Great review, thx! Like what they did here. Completely different but has design similartities to arturias impact. Great idea for those who dislike scrolling sample lists.

Damn that thing sounds rich

Damn it. Now I want one. Before watching this video I was convinced that M:C was not capable of delivering strong dirty sounds. I was wrong. Sorry Drumbrute Impact...

The best part is the wipeout looking graphics for each voice

Chedarjackknife through clutter butter, pairs well with the microfreak.

If only Korg Volca drums was in this form factor ...

Dude that opening jam was hard AF, I dig it! Is the box a lot easier to learn that digitakt and digitone? It looks easier.

4:14 “my aesthetic is spinning” Needs to go on a T-shirt🤪

A bit late here, but thats a damn wicked intro beat :D

Thanks for this! Your level of expertise on this is mind blowing! Curious, how much of this is because you’re already familiar with the Elektron workflow, and how much is because you read the crap out of the manual? Or is it both?

Great Demo and walkthrough!

Looks awesome thanks Jeremy! Hope you put that 2020 funk into some more tunes for us :)

Awesome vid. Learned a lot thanks

Great work as always. Love the video presentation.

Uma das melhores apresentações que vi desta máquina! Parabéns!

That intro jam could seriously be featured in a Cyberpunk 2077 trailer

just ordered one. better be good, Jeremy, or else! just kidding. you're great!

Great overview man, cheers. You have a new sub here sir and my wallet is gonna be lighter as a result of watching this! Peace ✌️

Can you please share the snare patch from the intro jam? It's amazing! Is it two channels at once?

I bet you got those ketchup and mustard 1/4" cables on Amazon because I have the same ones. They come with green and blue and purple as well iirc.

Ok, that drop @0:43 just sold me....my poor bank account....

Consider reviewing the model:samples

Awesome as ever!