Novation Circuit
Powerful standalone electronic music creation grid instrument
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SKU: DJK22117 • EAN: 815301000365
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Key Features
Novation Circuit is all you need to inspire, create and play new tunes. It's a classic Nova synth, drum machine and sample sequencer, combined in a standalone groove box that will have you making electronic music in seconds. Compact and battery powered with a convenient built-in speaker, it can be used to make and save music entirely on its own. In the studio it will work alongside both your computer and other standalone hardware running in sync with your session.
2-part Nova-heritage analogue-modelled +wavetable synthesiser
4-part drum machine
4x8 grid of RGB, velocity-sensitive sequencer pads
MiniNova spec oscillator types and updated with new wavetables
64 production-ready patches
Step sequence or build live
Lock your music in time and key
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 awesome delay and reverb effects
32 slots for saving sessions
Create your own synth patches using Circuit Editor
Add your samples with Sample Import
Compact and battery powered
Built-in DSP-enhanced speaker
Pads and knobs, and sequence works with computer and hardware via USB and MIDI
Sound Collective
Novation gifts Sound Collective members FrozenPlain Obelisk and 30% off Wraith synth
From 11th June to 6th August 2020, members of Novation’s Sound Collective community can take their MIDI compositions to the next level by downloading FrozenPlain’s Obelisk auto-chord plug-in for free, and claiming a 30% discount on the pad/drone-specialising Wraith synth.
Obelisk is a powerful VST/AU plug-in that turns monophonic MIDI sequences into key/scale-constrained chord progressions, based on your specifications. Select the harmonic intervals you want to have automatically stacked above and/or below the incoming notes from an extensive menu – Minor 7th, Fourth, Tritone, Octave, etc – or load one of a variety of preset chords. Then set a key and scale from a similarly comprehensive roster – Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Blues, Arabic, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, etc – to constrain the chords to that tonal base. Your own custom chord shapes and scales can be saved and recalled, and for compositional flexibility, you can house up to four different setups in a single instance of Obelisk, enabling on-the-fly keyswitching between chords and scales as your track progresses.
An incredibly useful MIDI tool, Obelisk will not only prove invaluable in bringing depth and musicality to your tracks, but is sure to improve your understanding of harmony in the process.
Wraith, meanwhile, is a flexible synthesiser built for darkly cinematic sound design, with three independent layers each drawing on a library of 230 samples and featuring its own filtering, modulation, EQ and looping controls.
Sound Collective members can download Obelisk for free from their Novation account, and claim their 30% discount on Wraith, between 11th June and 6th August 2020.
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Product Description
Make new electronic music quickly and easily with a standalone groove box that combines Nova-heritage synths with expertly sculpted drums. Or your samples.
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. Customise the two Nova-heritage synths and add your samples to make it your own unique instrument. Then play around with effects, patterns and sounds in real time, to produce your track.
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.
Ideas in Seconds. Tracks in Minutes
Circuit inspires, straight out the box. It combines a 2-part synthesiser and a 4-part drum machine with a 4x8 RGB velocity-sensitive grid sequencer, which will have you finding new musical directions and creating electronic grooves in no time.
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
Building on our true Nova heritage, 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.
Build Ideas Quickly
Embrace a new way to make music. 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.
Circuit Components
A suite of tools that expands Circuit, and gives you all you need to design and customise your instrument. Simply drag and drop samples onto Circuit with Sample Import, using the streamlined browser-based Web MIDI workflow, and create your own palette of sounds.
Looking for the Perfect Beat?
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
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.
Build Whole Tunes with Effects
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.
2-part Nova-heritage analogue-modelled +wavetable synthesiser
4-part drum machine
4x8 grid of RGB, velocity-sensitive sequencer pads
MiniNova spec oscillator types and updated with new wavetables
64 production-ready patches
Step sequence or build live
Lock your music in time and key
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 awesome delay and reverb effects
32 slots for saving sessions
Create your own synth patches using Circuit Editor
Add your samples with Sample Import
Compact and battery powered
Built-in DSP-enhanced speaker
Pads and knobs, and sequence works with computer and hardware via USB and MIDI
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 included
12V DC power supply included
Included Software:
- Access to the Sound Collective
- Ableton Live Lite
- 4 GB of Loopmasters sounds and samples
- Free Melodics lessons
