Novation Circuit User Manual

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CONTENTS
COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL NOTICES .......................................... 2
INTRODUCTION .......................................................... 5
Key Features ........................................................... 6
About This Manual ...................................................... 6
What’s In The Box ....................................................... 7
Registering your Circuit................................................... 7
Power Requirements..................................................... 8
HARDWARE OVERVIEW....................................................10
Glossary ..............................................................10
Top View – controls ......................................................12
Rear View – connectors ..................................................15
BASICS .................................................................16
Powering the unit on .....................................................16
Getting started..........................................................17
Loading and Saving......................................................18
Customising Session Colours ..........................................19
Starting from Scratch ................................................... 20
THE SYNTHS............................................................ 22
Playing a Synth ........................................................ 22
Expanded Note View ................................................ 23
Scales ................................................................24
Scale selection..................................................... 25
Root note ......................................................... 26
Selecting Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Patch Preview ..................................................... 27
Exploring the Macros ................................................... 28
Recording a synth pattern in real time ...................................... 29
Recording from an external controller ................................... 30
Step editing ............................................................31
Deleting notes ..................................................... 32
Inserting notes ..................................................... 32
Clear and Duplicate..................................................... 33
Clearing Steps ..................................................... 33
Duplicating Steps ................................................... 33
Velocity and Gate ...................................................... 34
Velocity........................................................... 34
Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Recording Knob Movements.............................................. 38

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