Edit: i fixed my issue, it wasnt model cycles

Elektron Gear Model:Cycles
#21

I was just asking cuz I had an experience where I thought my I/O crapped out. Turns out midway down my headphone cable the wires inside broke :confused:

But your Focusrite no longer werks?
Does Cycles still transmit audio via USB to your DAW?

Sounds like the Focusrite may be the culprit, in turn, frying your headphones?

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#22

It just sucks because they were beyerdynamic DT770 studio 80 ohms, and they were awesome. So pissed

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#23

To me, it sounds like your interface is the main issue here. It might be possible that some sort of static surge from a USB ground loop could have damaged the interface. I would think that the headphones are robust enough to survive that. That being said

Which Beyerdynamics do you have? if youā€™re plugging them into portable speakers (headphone out, I assume), I doubt the speakers have enough oomph to drive the beyerdynamics. Iā€™d try plugging your headphones into something that can handle the input impedance of the headphones.

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#24

Possibly :frowning:

Iā€™m honestly not a huge fan of ASIO4ALL in that itā€™s not actively maintained and I had to buy a Mac or use an iPad to have class compliant drivers work well. I havenā€™t had issues with my Cycles on PC and the ASIO4ALL drivers with a short test when first getting them and a few recordings but I havenā€™t done a lot of that A/Bing and flipping back and forth.

#25

The 80 should be fine, I have more issues with my 250 needing more ā€œoomphā€.

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#26

So, cycles does transmit audio via usb with FL studio Asio, but as an audio interface itself, its horrible. Cycles headphone input is literally broken, and produces no audible frequency, I tested other headphones. I know for sure the cycles is defective regarding its headphone input. as far as the interface, it was working perfectly before I connected cycles via usb, a week after having it, it just crapped out.

#27

Wait - the Cycles only has a headphone output. As an interface, it can only output sound from your computer / source. It has no inputs for piping audio into your computer.

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#28

No, there is no danger at all. Otherwise the world would be full of damaged USB devices if this would be the case.

It simply doesnā€™t work when you connect 2 USB client devices together.

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#29

Its not so much the volume, there is literally no bass frequency left at all in the headphones, and it sounds like the speakers were blown. I have used to DT770s with my portable speakers before just fine

#30

Thatā€™s somewhat ASIO4ALLā€™s fault, you need to adjust the buffer pretty carefully to avoid dropouts and glitches.

If you have a camera connection kit, you can try it with an iPad or iPhone device and probably hear it much better.

I gave up trying to use alternate ASIO drivers on a PC and stick to anything with a reliable native driver like RMEā€™s offerings :frowning:

#31

Hence why I was curious about the MIDI I/O .

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#32

cycles also has left right output, and it has no inputs as a traditional audio interface would have. However, it should work as a basic interface, mine however worked like a piece of junk this way

#33

This stuff is always the headphone adaptor for me. Need to buy a reliable one! That makes everything trebley, no sound etc.

#34

That might just be bad timing. USB audio should be totally good from Cycles unless buffer is too low or the USB cable is crap.

side note: Apparently there are two types of USB C, one for data and power and one for charging (if I remember what Nick Bat was talking about) using a charging cable for data would cause problems. Correct if Iā€™m mistaken

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#35

I used the cable that came with the cycles

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#36

Cycles is not an audio interface. It just has the ability to transmit audio over USB

#37

Good to know. :+1:t6:

#38

Sound on Sound did a review, this is what they said

The USB port provides MIDI comms with your computer, and lets you use the Cycles as a stereo audio interface. Sadly, thereā€™s no Overbridge for plugā€‘in-based control and DAW integration. However, you can stream audio using the audio interface feature, and I like that you can choose not to include the effects. Unfortunately, I never got this to work.

#39

The difference between a charging and a data cable is that the chargers are missing the extra wires/pin connections for data. It wonā€™t be problematic beyond that you wonā€™t see the data connection on your PC, but itā€™d still charge your cellphone.

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#40

The issue is I think that Elektron is very much vague about cycles as an audio interface

Sound on Sound tried it, but they were not successful to get it to work properly