Novation Circuit Tracks - Getting started

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Getting started
We’ve pre-loaded 16 demo Projects into the memories to give you an idea of how Circuit Tracks
works. Press the Play button
13
; you should hear the first demo Session.
If it’s not already lit, press the Synth 1 button
5
; Circuit Tracks is now displaying Note View for
Synth 1. The two lower rows – the synth pads – is the “Play Area” where notes may be triggered,
while the two upper rows – the Pattern steps - show the progression through the Pattern.
Press Synth 2 to view Synth 2’s Play Area and Patterns. Note that the notes of Synth 1 are coded
violet and those of Synth 2 pale green; when a Pattern step that includes a note is pressed, the
pad corresponding to the note changes to white. Similarly, the Pattern pads are pale blue, but turn
white as the “play cursor” moves through the Pattern.
Now press the Drum 1 button: the displays for the drums are very similar to those for the synths.
The two upper rows are the Pattern steps and the two lower rows are one of four pages of
percussion samples: you can select the other pages with the J and K buttons. You’ll find that
each page represents a kit. Drums 1 and 2 are kick drums, 3 and 4 are snares, 5 and 6 are closed hi
hats, 7 and 8 are open hi hats, 9 through 12 tend to be additional percussion, and 13 through 16
are melodic sounds.
On the Drum tracks, triggers may be entered at steps by tapping the dim blue pads that occupy
the top half of the grid. A step that contains a trigger will be lit bright blue (or pink, if the step
contains a flipped sample). To remove a trigger from a step, tap the corresponding pad again.
You’ll also have noticed by now that the various tracks use different colours for rapid identification:
this principle applies throughout most Circuit Tracks Views. The colours are (approximately):
Track Pad colour
Synth 1 Violet
Synth 2 Pale Green
MIDI 1 Blue
MIDI 2 Pink
Drum 1 Orange
Drum 2 Yellow
Drum 3 Purple
Drum 4 Aqua
Press the Play button to stop.
Later in the manual, we explain how you can choose the synth and drum sound you want in your
pattern, and also how you can manipulate the sounds in real-time.