Novation Circuit User Manual

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Nudge
Circuit’s Nudge function is all about per-track timing adjustments. It lets you move the notes
of a synth track or hits of a drum track backwards or forwards in time, in one-step increments,
relative to the other tracks making up the Session. It’s useful to correct notes or hits that you
didn’t manage to enter exactly on time, and can also be used creatively to move synth or drum
phrases against the rest of the Pattern by any number of steps you wish.
To make these timing adjustments, you use Nudge View, entered by pressing Nudge
7
.
Nudge Views for synth and drum tracks are slightly different because of the pairing of drum
tracks; this is the same principle that you’ve already seen in Velocity View. The Nudge Views for
both synth tracks and also for Drums 2 and 4 place the step pattern display on the two lower
rows of the grid, while the Nudge Views for Drums 1 and 3 place the step pattern display on the
two upper rows of the grid.
One step pad
blinks
blue/white when
Pattern is stopped
The darker blue
pads have notes
associated with
them
Nudge back
one step
Nudge pads
Nudge
forward
one step
Pattern step display
Nudge view for Synths
The two darker pads
have drum beats
associated with them
Nudge back
one step
Nudge pads
Nudge
forward
one step
Pattern step display
Nudge view for Drum 1
In either case, two pads are lit dimly blue; the left pad retards the selected pattern by one step
each time it is pressed, the right pad advances it. The Nudge pads light white as they are
pressed.

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