Novation CIRCUIT Nova Synth and Drum Machine

Novation Circuit

The Circuit is two Novation polysynths and a four-part drum machine, combined with an intuitive grid-based sequencer in a standalone box that will have you making electronic music in minutes. Able to lock key signatures and time, the only thing left on the user end is to plug in some headphones, or turn up the volume on the internal speaker, and start interacting.

 Hit some pads, tweak the knobs and your track will start to emerge, all locked in time and key. Play around with effects, patterns and sounds in real time, to produce your track, brimming with fat grooves and beats. Compact and battery powered with a convenient built-in speaker, Circuit can be used to make music entirely on its own. In the studio it will work alongside your standalone synth gear and run in sync with your music software too. In short, it’s all you need to inspire, create and play new tunes. It also is a MIDI Controller for your DAW or Synths.

Stand Alone
Compact and battery-powered, Circuit truly stands alone. You can create entire tunes from scratch without a laptop, then save them and play them back live. You don’t even need speakers, because it has a one built in. Of course, Circuit will plug in to your sound system and work with your computer and other synth gear too, via its Line outputs, USB and MIDI ports.

Cutting Edge Sound - Build Ideas Quickly
Circuit delivers cutting-edge sound with production-ready monophonic and polyphonic patches and tons of character for easily creating deep bass lines, epic leads and warm pads. Circuit’s split grid shows your steps and notes at the same time, so you can sequence and play while seeing exactly what’s going on. Build up your parts quickly and easily, either by programming each step or capturing your performance in real-time.

Combine Simplicity and Experimentation
Use simple streamlined modes to keep your harmonies, rhythms and melodies locked in time and key while you make riffs, hooks and chords. Or start experimenting for some serious sequencing exploration. Velocity-sensitive RGB pads let you quickly build expressive drum beats, by step sequencing or playing the wide range of drum sounds. Define your sound with total control over pitch, decay, distortion and EQ

Easily Tweak Your Sound, Build Whole Tunes with Effects
Sculpt your sound using eight macro knobs allowing you to subtly tweak or completely transform each patch. Then add movement and rhythm by recording or sequencing your performance. Create an entire tune by combining up to 128 steps of synth and drum patterns, then adding space, depth and energy to your music with built-in effects. Sidechain your synths to the kick drum to get them to pump. When you’re done, save your tune to one of 32 slots.

Circuit is a portable device that includes the following:
Two Novation Poly-Synths
Four-Part Drum Machine
Grid-Based Sequencer
Effects
Built-In Speaker
MIDI I/O
Battery Powered with 6 x AA (included) / 12V DC Power Supply (included)

Novation CIRCUIT Includes:

• Novation Circuit
• USB cable
• 2 MIDI breakout cables: 3.5mm jack to female 5-pin din
• Printed Getting Started Guide
• Circuit patches sheet
• Safety information sheet
• 6x AA batteries
• 12V DC power supply

Novation CIRCUIT Features:

• 2-part Nova-heritage analog-modelled synthesizer
• 4-part drum machine
• 4×8 grid of RGB, velocity-sensitive sequencer pads
• 6 voice polyphony
• Loads of oscillator types and wavetables
• 64 production-ready patches
• Step sequence or build live
• Lock your music in time and key
• Combine ready-made drum patterns
• Tweak using 8 synth macro encoders with RGB LEDs
• Record and play back your tweaks
• Combine up to 128 steps of synth and drum patterns
• Add amazing delay and reverb effects
• 32 slots for creating, saving and playing tunes without a laptop
• Compact and battery powered
• Built-in speaker
• Works with computer and hardware via USB and MIDI

Tech Spec

Product Hardware Specifications

• 32 RGB backlit velocity sensitive button grid
• 28 RGB backlit function buttons
• 8 Continuous pots with RGB indicator LEDs
• Dedicated filter and volume pots
• 1/4" jack sockets for left and right outputs
• Two MIDI sockets (3.5mm jack sockets with MIDI din break-out cables)
• USB socket
• Front-mounted 3.5mm jack socket for headphones
• Integrated speaker
• Rubberised knob caps
• Rotary controls secured to the chassis with metal nuts
• Power supply connector
• Power switch
• Battery compartment for 6x AA batteries (included)
• Kensington Security Slot

Sound Engine

• 2 Nova synths
• 4 Part drum machine
• 6 Note polyphonic per synth
• 64 Synth patches
• 64 Drum patches
• 8 Synth macro controls (Control up to 4 parameters with one knob)
• 4 Drum parameter controls (Pitch, Decay, Distortion, Filter)
• Mixer view with levels and mutes
• Master FX with individual track sends
• 16 Delays
• 8 Reverbs
• Sidechain effect (7 types and off). Triggered from Drum 1
• Hi-pass / low-pass master filter

Sequencer

• 32 Sessions
• 6 Tracks per session (2 Synth and 4 Drum)
• 8 Patterns per track (Synth 1, Synth 2, Drum 1&2, Drum 3&4)
• 16 Demo sessions
• Real time record (notes, with velocity and automation)
• Auto-quantise notes to steps and automation to 6 events per step
• 50 Automation parameters (up to 4800 events per pattern)
• Internal tempo range 40 - 240
• External synced tempo range 30 - 300
• Swing 20 - 80%

Real Time Performance

• Full range velocity scanning and record. Editable to 16 levels
• 16 Scale types and chromatic transposition
• Synth expand view doubles playable area
• Drum expand view allows real time drum record
• Octave (input) and pattern octave (edit)
• Pattern length and nudge
• Configurable pattern chain
• Session instant switching and queued switch

Editing

• Velocity and gate per step
• Multiple gate lengths per step (via real time record)
• Automation edit per step
• Clear step, automation parameter per pattern, pattern, session
• Duplicate step, pattern

Software Compatibility

• Ableton Live Lite 9 is included

Circuit will also work as a standard USB-MIDI controller.

Power Requirements

• Circuit can be powered using 6x AA batteries or a power supply (both included). It can not be powered via USB
• Maximum power consumption 12V DC 600mA