Novation Circuit - Swing Timing

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If an external clock is removed (or goes out of range), Circuit will stop playing. The “SYN”
display will remain visible until Play button is pressed (i.e., cancelled). The display will then
show the BPM value that was saved with the Session and Macro 1 will be re-enabled and can
now be used to adjust the tempo.
Tap Tempo
If you want to match Circuit’s tempo to another piece of music and you don’t know its BPM, you
can use Tap Tempo. Hold down Shift
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and tap the Tempo button
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in time with the track
you’re listening to. You need at least three taps for Circuit to change its tempo setting to your
manual input, and will then calculate the BPM by averaging the last ve taps.
You can use Tap Tempo at any time, but if you’re in Tempo View, you’ll see the BPM display
update itself to the tap tempo.
Swing
By default, all steps in a pattern are equally spaced in time. At tempo of 120 BPM, a 16-step
pattern will repeat every 2 seconds, making the steps one-eighth of a second apart. Altering the
Swing parameter from its default value of 50% (the range is 20% to 80%) alters the timing odd-
numbered steps (the off-beats); a lower swing value shortens the time between an odd beat
and the previous even beat, a higher Swing value has the opposite effect.
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Swing = 50%
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Swing = 25%
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Swing = 75%
Odd beats are advance
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Odd beats are delayed
Swing can be used to add an extra “groove” to your pattern. Note that as it is the odd steps that
are “swung”, these can be interpreted as 1/16-notes (semiquavers).