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English OVERVIEW This update adds new functionality to Circuit. To use it please go to components.novationmusic.com and click the ‘Firmware’ tab (1). Connect your Circuit and switch on. The Components web site will show your Circuit version and if your Circuit needs to be updated. Click the ‘Reboot to Bootloader’ button (2) and your Circuit will restart ready to be updated. Next click the ‘Update my Circuit Firmware’ (3) button to begin the update.
English Circuit v1.4 – New Features Circuit Packs The all-new Circuit Packs format combines a complete library of Sessions, Samples and Patches in a single file, for easy archiving and sharing. A full Circuit Pack is included with v1.4 which can be loaded via the free Circuit Components Software. 4 For more information on this please go to components.novationmusic.com and click the ‘My Circuit’ tab (4) and you will see all your Circuit Packs listed on the left hand side.
English Instant Pattern Switch Previously, Patterns could be cued up to play after the current Pattern finishes. Now they can also be switched instantly to generate glitchy drum fills and beat repeats. Press the Patterns button to enter Pattern View. Start Circuit by pressing play. Press and hold Shift and press pads to instantly switch the currently playing pattern or patterns. You can press groups of pads to switch instantly to a new Pattern Chain.
English Session Colour Select Session colours can be changed directly from the Circuit hardware when saving. To use this feature you must first press the Sessions button to enter Session View. Next press the Save button. The Save button and the selected Session pad will flash white. In addition, the LED under Macro Knob 1 will light with the currently selected Session colour. You can now turn this knob to select a colour for your Session.
English Clock Settings Making MIDI control more versatile, the Settings page offers separate transmit and receive settings for MIDI clock. To see the Settings page hold Shift while turning Circuit on. Circuit will show two green pads and two blue pads on the bottom row as follows: Circuit is able to send and receive MIDI data both via the USB port and the dedicated MIDI IN and MIDI OUT sockets. When it is shipped from the factory, both MIDI Rx and MIDI Tx are ON.
English Circuit v1.3 – New Features CIRCUIT FIRMWARE - SAMPLE FLIP Sample Audition In firmware v1.3 it is now possible to audition Drum Samples from the Drum Patch View. Press Shift + Drum 1 (or any of the Drum Part buttons) to select Drum Patch View. Now, when you tap a pad on the grid Circuit will play the Drum sample, so you can hear what each sounds like.
English The notes and the sample choice will be stored to steps in the selected drum pattern including drum velocity (how hard you hit the pads). Tip: Press Shift + Velocity if you want to record with a fixed velocity Recording just Sample Flip You may have already recorded some notes into your sequencer and want to record just the sample flip without adding any more notes to the sequence. Or you want to record some sample flips and then add some notes later.
English Clearing Sample Flip To clear sample changes, go to Drum Patch View and hold Clear then press any pad. This will delete the sample change automation for the selected drum across the whole pattern but leave all notes intact. Circuit Firmware - Drum Macros It used to be the case that when you select a different patch on a Synth part or sample on a Drum part this would reset the macros.
English Sample Length You can adjust the envelope setting for Samples using macros 3 and 4. In firmware v1.3 we’ve changed this function so that if you turn the macro to maximum the envelope decay will be cancelled and the sample will play to its full length. This is particularly useful when working with loops. If you do want a sample to decay then turn the knob anti-clockwise by a fraction to achieve the longest decay setting.
