User Guide

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English
Key Features
• Combines Bass Station II analogue synth with Circuit step sequencer
• 32-button multi-colour grid for playing and displaying information
• Split grid displays sequence steps and notes simultaneously
• 3-track sequencer: two oscillators plus modulation
• Velocity-sensitive pads
• Paraphonic operation allows the two oscillators to be independently sequenced
• 64 synth Patch memories, pre-loaded with factory sounds
• Tempo range from 40 to 240 BPM, plus tap-tempo mode
• 16 musical scales
• Adjustable Swing
• Patterns can be chained together
• Pattern Settings allow denition of rate, length and direction
• Two analogue oscillators with independent control of parameters
• Sub oscillator, noise generator and ring modulator
• Traditional multi-mode analogue lter section, with pre-lter overdrive control
• Analogue distortion with three modes
• Built-in mixer
• Selectable LFO sync rates including triplets
• 4 x 8 modulation matrix with Mod Depth control
• Clear and Duplicate functions
• Adjustable Note Velocity and Gate (Length)
• Line output (¼” jack)
• Separate headphone output
• USB port for MIDI data and rmware update
• MIDI In, Out and Thru
• CV and Gate outputs
• Assignable auxiliary CV Output
• External Audio Input
• External AC adaptor supplied
• Compatible with Novation Components: back up your sessions and patches on-line
About This Manual
We’ve tried to make this User Guide as helpful as possible for all types of user, both newcomers
to electronic music making and those with more experience, and this inevitably means some
users will want to skip over certain parts of it, while relative novices will want to avoid certain
parts of it until they’re condent they’ve mastered the basics.
Circuit Mono Station combines the technologies of two other Novation products – the Circuit
groovebox and the Bass Station II analogue synthesiser. For clarity, we have tried to keep
the descriptions of the sequencer and synthesiser parts of the unit separate, so after the
Introduction and Getting Started chapters, you’ll next nd a more detailed description of how to
use the sequencer aspects of Circuit Mono Station. As with other Novation synth User Guides,
we’ve then included a “Synthesis Tutorial” (see page 59) which explains the principles of
sound generation and treatment that are the foundation of all synthesisers. We think this will
be of help and interest to all users. Following this, we go into the synth section in full detail. We
hope this arrangement works for you.
There are a few general points that are useful to know about before you continue reading the
User Guide. We’ve adopted some graphical conventions within the text, which we hope all
types of user will nd helpful in navigating through the information to nd what they need to
know quickly: