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Master Volume – Controls the overall level of Circuit Rhythm’s audio outputs.
Most of the remaining buttons select the 32-pad grid to display a specific
View. Each View
provides information and control of a particular aspect of a particular track, pattern or sound
selection, timing adjustments, etc. Note also that several buttons have an additional ‘Shift’
function, indicated on (or above) the button by a legend in a smaller font.
Many buttons - including G Record - have both a momentary (long press) and a latching (short
press) mode. A long press will temporarily display that button’s view, but only while the button is
held down. When released the view will revert to whatever it was before the button was pressed.
A short press on a button will switch the grid view to that programmed into the button.
The Record button is a special case as it does not invoke an alternative grid display, but its
momentary action allows rapid punch-in and punch-out of Record Mode.
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Track buttons: Tracks 1 to 8 – a tap changes the grid display to
Sample View for that track; a
press temporarily displays Sample View for that track, but on releasing the button the grid
will revert to the View and track that was visible when it was pressed.
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Step buttons: Note, Velocity, Gate and Probability – these switch the grid to further
Views,
and allow the parameters of each step of the pattern to be individually entered, deleted or
modified, for the currently selected track. Note that Probability is the Shift function of the
Pattern Settings button and that Micro Step is the Shift function of the Gate button.
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Pattern Settings – switches the grid to a
View that allows adjustment of pattern length,
playback rate and direction for the currently selected track.
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Step Page (1-16/17-32) – selects whether the Pattern for the currently selected track is 16
or 32 steps in length. When a 32-step Pattern is selected, the colour of the button legend
changes when the sequence is running to indicate which “half” of the sequence the grid is
currently displaying. You can choose to have a 16- or 32-step Pattern on any track.
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Sample Rec – opens
Sample Record View: this view can be used to record new samples to
Circuit Rhythm via the audio inputs, or from the internal mix.
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Patterns – opens
Patterns View: lets you store multiple patterns for each track, and to join
them together to make a pattern Chain.
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Mixer – enables the
Mixer View, where you can mute or adjust the level of each track making
up the sequence, and also to pan each track across the stereo image.
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FX – opens the
FX View; lets you add reverb and delay effects to each track individually.
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G Record and H Play – these two buttons start and stop the sequence (Play), and enter
Record mode (Record). In Play mode anything you play on the grid will be heard; in Record
mode, anything you play will be heard and also added to the sequence.
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