Novation Circuit User Manual

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Manual hit entry and step editing
Although you can’t hear the drum hits in Note View when the Pattern isn’t running (i.e., Circuit
is not in Play mode), Circuit lets you add or delete individual drum hits to/from a Pattern,
effectively “off-line”.
All the following details apply equally – and independently - to Drums 1 and 2, and Drums
3 and 4; press the Drum 1 (or Drum 2) or Drum 3 (or Drum 4) buttons to see the individual
contributions of the four drum tracks to the overall pattern.
In Note View, the two pairs of grid pad rows (upper and lower) represent the 16-step pattern; all
the pads are performance pads. When a pattern is played, you can see the two white pads –
one for each visible drum track - moving through the 16 steps.
In both Stop and Play modes, you can see which steps have the hits in each drum track
because the pads for those steps are brightly lit.
You can alter the pattern manually in Stop mode. To add additional hits, simply press the (dimly
lit) pad at the desired step. To delete a hit, press the bright pad at the step; its illumination will
dim.
Other drum hit alterations
You can also edit the microsteps and the Velocity of individual hits. These topics are covered in
the next sections.

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