Novation Circuit Rhythm - Panning; Performing with Muted Tracks

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Panning

You can also position each track anywhere in the stereo image (but you’ll need to be monitoring both

left and right outputs or using headphones to hear any effect). Pressing the J button

converts the

Macro controls to pan controls for each track. The J button goes out and the K button illuminates.

The default pan position of every track is stereo-centre, indicated by the Macro LEDs showing white.

Panning a track left turns the LED increasingly bright blue; panning to the right turns it increasingly

bright pink.

To quickly return a panned track to the centre of the stereo image, hold down Clear

and turn

the Macro control clockwise. The Macro LED will light purple to indicate that the action has been

completed.

The Pan controls are automated in the same way as the Level controls. To delete Pan automation,

hold Clear and turn the Macro control anticlockwise. The Macro LED will light red to indicate that the

action has been completed.

Pressing K will return the Macros to their level control function.

Performing with Muted Tracks

Muting can be used for more creative purposes than simply silencing a track; it lets you perform in

real time over the unmuted tracks. When a track is muted, its sequencer step pads become inactive.

However, they then become available to play samples in real time in Velocity View, Gate View or

Probability View.

To experiment with this, select a Project and mute a track in Mixer View. Select Velocity View, Gate

View or Probability View for the muted track: the step pads will still show the sequence in progress,

but because the track is muted, no samples will be triggered by the sequencer. The step pads may

now be used to play the samples “manually” – in real time. This functionality becomes especially

powerful when used in conjunction with a pattern that contains macro automation, as each step will

play back with its saved automation, allowing you to build up a palette of sounds to perform with.

Note that while playback of steps in this way may be recorded to other patterns using View Lock,

automation data from the steps will not be recorded.