Novation Circuit User Manual

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However you are not limited to merely shifting the timing – you can have a drum hit on as
many microsteps as you want: each microstep pad is “on” or “off”. Using Drum Microstep View
can therefore add a whole new range of rhythmic possibilities to any pattern, and can create
subtle yet quite funky rhythmic effects, As with many other aspects of Circuit, we urge you to
experiment!
Note that Drum Microstep View is designed for modifying an existing drum pattern, so you have
to return to Note View to add or delete a hit at any major step to begin with. Note also that all
microstep hits adopt the velocity value and sample assigned to the major step (see below).
Velocity
Drum hits entered in Note View will always have a xed velocity of 96 (12 pads lit in
Velocity View). Drum hits entered in Expand View (i.e., using the four tap pads) will have velocity
values determined by how hard the pads are struck.
Circuit lets you change the Velocity value of a step after you’ve created a pattern. This is done
in Velocity View, which is selected by pressing Velocity
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. Velocity Views for the drums differ
from those for the synths due to the pairing of the drum tracks.
Synth 1 Drum 1 Drum 2 Drum 3 Drum 4Synth 2Sidechain Sidechain
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Pattern step display
Velocity value display
One step pad blinks;
this is the step whose
Velocity value is
displayed
These four steps have
drum hits
associated with them
This indicates that
Step 12 has a
Velocity value of 5
In Velocity View, the two upper rows of the grid represent the 16-step pattern for Drum 1 or
Drum 3, while the two upper rows make up a 16-segment “bargraph” meter; the number of pads
illuminated “sand” (off white) represent the Velocity value for the selected step. If Drum 2 or
Drum 4 is selected, the pairs of rows are reversed, with the velocity meter above the steps.
In the example shown on the previous page (which would be for Drum 1 or 3), Steps 4, 12 and
16 are brightly lit, indicating that these steps have notes associated with them. One pad in the
Pattern step display will ash alternate white/orange: this is the step whose Velocity value is
being displayed. The Velocity value for this step is 40; the rst ve pads of Row 3 are lit sand
(because 5 x 8 = 40), the remainder of the Velocity value display is unlit. If the Velocity value is
not a multiple of 8, the “last” pad in the Velocity display will be dimly lit. Note also that you hear
the drum hit at the step when you press the step pad.

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