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The G Record button has the dual momentary/latching action available on several other
buttons. If you hold the button down for more than half a second, Circuit Tracks will drop
out of Record Mode as soon as you release it. This means that you can punch-in and
punch-out of record very easily with a single action.
The factory default Projects load with monophonic sounds for Synth 1 and polyphonic
sounds for Synth 2. This means you can easily use Synth 1 for a bass line, and Synth 2 for
keyboard sounds. But you can, of course, change this at will.
As you will normally decide which octave you’re going to play in at the time of recording, the two
Octave buttons
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have no effect on the pitch of the notes when you replay the pattern. If you want
to alter the octave of the pattern after recording, hold down Shift and then press an Octave button.
As with all changes, shifting an octave in this way does not alter the stored Project, until it is saved
manually.
The two parameters in Scales View – Scale and Root Note – can both be altered during playback as
well, so if you like the pattern, but it’s in the wrong key to fit with another musical element, you can
just press Scales and select a different root note. The selected scale and root note apply to both
Synth tracks, and also both MIDI tracks.
Playing the same note in different octaves at the same step can add great depth and character to the
sound. Circuit Tracks’ six-note polyphony lets you play any six notes from each synth, and they don’t
all need to be in the same octave.
You can also experiment with different Patches once you’ve recorded a simple pattern. Enter Patch
View while the pattern is playing (see page 34) and choose some different Patches; you’ll hear their
effect as soon as the next note is triggered. If you hold down Shift while doing this, you won’t hear
the low root note that is used to audition Patches.
Recording Knob Movements
You can tweak the synth sounds in real time using any of the eight Macro controls
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. Circuit Tracks
features automation, which means you can add the effect of these tweaks to the recorded pattern by
entering Record Mode (by pressing G Record
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) while moving the knobs.
On entering Record Mode, the LEDs below the Macro controls initially retain the colour and
brightness they had previously, but as soon as you make an adjustment, the LED turns red to confirm
that you are now recording the knob movement.
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