Novation Circuit User Manual

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The two upper rows of the grid make up a 16-segment “bargraph” meter; the number of pads
illuminated sand is the Gate value for the selected step. In the example shown above, the Gate
value is 2: the remainder of the Gate value display is unlit.
You can change the Gate value by pressing the pad in the Gate value display rows that
corresponds to the Gate value; that is, the number of pattern steps that the note at the step
should sound for. If you wanted the note at Step 1 in the example above to sound for four steps
instead of two, you would press pad 4; Pads 1 to 4 now illuminate sand. If you want to shorten
a Gate value, press the pad corresponding to the required value. The rule is: press the pad
corresponding to the actual number of steps that the note(s) should sound for.
Fractional Gate values are assigned by pressing the highest-numbered illuminated pad in
the Gate value display an additional number of times: this will always shorten the Gate time.
Each additional press reduces the Gate time by one sixth of a step, and the illumination dims
incrementally at each press. Thus if a Gate duration of 3.5 was required for Step 1, the example
above would look like this:
One step pad blinks
blue/white; this is
the step whose Gate
value is displayed
These two steps have
synth notes
associated with them
This indicates a
Gate value of 3.5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Gate value display
Pattern step display
After the fth press on the pad, the Gate time reverts to the former integral value on the sixth,
and the pad resumes its original full brightness.
You can also use Gate View to change Gate values while a pattern is playing. In this case, you
need to press and hold the pad for the step to have its Gate value changed; you can do this at
any point in the pattern. The held step pad will illuminate red, and the two upper rows of Gate
View will “freeze” to display the Gate value of the selected step. Press the pad corresponding
to the new value required. The pattern continues to play, so you can experiment with different
Gate values in real time.
Pattern steps with no notes have a zero Gate value; all Gate pads in Gate View for such steps
will be unlit. You can’t edit a step’s Gate Value if there are no notes assigned to that step.

Novation Circuit Specifications

General

Type	Groovebox
Drum Tracks	4
Power	USB or 6xAA Batteries
Synth Engines	2
Pads	32 RGB Velocity-sensitive pads
Knobs	8
Effects	Delay and Reverb
Connectivity	MIDI In/Out, USB
Included Software	Ableton Live Lite, Components
Polyphony	6-voice
Sample Memory	60 seconds
Weight	1.0 kg