Product Description

Description of the Circuit from the official Novation website:

Circuit is designed to inspire. 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. 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.

Please note, RIOTSOUND is an AUTHORIZED NOVATION DEALER as well as a direct partner of NOVATION USA. Every NOVATION product we sell comes factory sealed and includes an original factory warranty. With nearly a decade of pro-audio retail experience, at RIOTSOUND we offer you the expertise, commitment and attentive customer service to make sure you will be 100% satisfied with your purchase, each and every time. Please shop with confidence and peace of mind.

Shop with an AUTHORIZED NOVATION DEALER and receive a 1 year warranty on your item: 

In the event of a Manufacturing Defect becoming evident in a product within 12 months from the date of the original purchase Novation will ensure that the product is repaired or replaced free of charge. Register your Novation product at http://us.novationmusic.com/register/product

NOVATION CIRCUIT 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

NOVATION CIRCUIT 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

NOVATION CIRCUIT 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%

NOVATION CIRCUIT 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

NOVATION CIRCUIT 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

NOVATION CIRCUIT SOFTWARE COMPATIBILITY:

• Ableton Live Lite 9 is included (Circuit will also work as a standard USB-MIDI controller)

NOVATION CIRCUIT 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

PRODUCT DIMENSIONS:

• 240mm (9.4″) width x 200mm (7.8″) depth x 35mm (1.4″) height