User Manual

48
English
The grids below (Synths used as the example) show the effect of retarding and advancing a
Pattern by one step using Nudge:
Original Pattern
Pattern nudged back one beat
Pattern nudged forward one beat
Length
The number of drum steps (on the four drum tracks) in a Pattern is always 16, but the Patterns
on the synth tracks can have any number of steps between 1 and 16. The default number of
steps in the synth Patterns is 16, however. This, for example, lets you set an 8-step or 12-step
synth or bass phrase against the 16-step drum Patterns, which can add some interesting and
unusual timing variations to your Session.
To reduce the synth pattern length from 16, press Length
7
to enter Length View. Because
Length is only applicable to the synth tracks, you can only select this View if Synth 1 or
Synth 2 is selected; the Length button is disabled when a drum track is selected. As with most
of Circuit’s other modication views, you can use Length View either with the pattern running or
stopped.
Length View is similar in principle to Gate View (see “Gate” on page 35). The two lower rows
display the step pattern, while the two upper rows indicate the length of the synth pattern in
steps – initially all 16 pads will be lit sand because the default pattern length is 16.
In the step pattern display, pads will be brightly illuminated if there are synth notes at that step,
and dim if not. One pad will ash blue/white to indicate the current position of the pattern cursor