The Novation 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.
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 making electronic music in minutes.
All You Need To Make Music - Anywhere
Compact and battery powered with a powerful 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. Circuit is all you need to inspire, create and play new tunes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 Outs, USB and MIDI ports.
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.
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.
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.
Product Hardware Specifications
32 RGB backlit velocity sensitive button grid28 RGB backlit function buttons8 Continuous pots with RGB indicator LEDsDedicated filter and volume pots1/4" jack sockets for left and right outputsTwo MIDI sockets (3.5mm jack sockets with MIDI din break-out cables)USB socketFront-mounted 3.5mm jack socket for headphonesIntegrated speakerRubberised knob capsRotary controls secured to the chassis with metal nutsPower supply connectorPower switchBattery compartment for 6x AA batteries (included)Kensington Security Slot
Sound Engine
2 Nova synths4 Part drum machine6 Note polyphonic per synth64 Synth patches64 Drum patches8 Synth macro controls (Control up to 4 parameters with one knob)4 Drum parameter controls (Pitch, Decay, Distortion, Filter)Mixer view with levels and mutesMaster FX with individual track sends16 Delays8 ReverbsSidechain effect (7 types and off). Triggered from Drum 1Hi-pass / low-pass master filter
Sequencer
32 Sessions6 Tracks per session (2 Synth and 4 Drum)8 Patterns per track (Synth 1, Synth 2, Drum 1&2, Drum 3&4)16 Demo sessionsReal time record (notes, with velocity and automation)Auto-quantise notes to steps and automation to 6 events per step50 Automation parameters (up to 4800 events per pattern)Internal tempo range 40 - 240External synced tempo range 30 - 300Swing 20 - 80%
Real Time Performance
Full range velocity scanning and record. Editable to 16 levels16 Scale types and chromatic transpositionSynth expand view doubles playable areaDrum expand view allows real time drum recordOctave (input) and pattern octave (edit)Pattern length and nudgeConfigurable pattern chainSession instant switching and queued switch
Editing
Velocity and gate per stepMultiple gate lengths per step (via real time record)Automation edit per stepClear step, automation parameter per pattern, pattern, sessionDuplicate step, pattern
Software Compatibility
Ableton Live Lite 9 is included
Circuit will also work as a standard USB-MIDI controller.
Power Requirements
Circuit can be powered using 6x AA batteries or a power supply (both included). It can not be powered via USBMaximum power consumption 12V DC 600mA
Product Dimensions
240mm width x 200mm depth x 35mm height