For composition, production and live performance. Novation Circuit is everything you need to get inspired, create and play new tunes. It's a classic Nova synth and a drum machine combined in a standalone groove box that lets you make electronic music in seconds.
Compact and battery-powered with a built-in speaker, it can be used to make and save music entirely on its own. It works in the studio alongside your computer as well as other standalone hardware synced to your session. Create new electronic music quickly and easily with a standalone groove box that combines the heritage of Nova synths with expertly sculpted drums.
Circuit is designed to inspire. Two Novation polyphonic synths and a four-part drum machine, combined with an intuitive pad-grid sequencer in a standalone box that lets you make electronic music in minutes. Hit its pads, twist its knobs and your track will start to take shape, all in time and in key. Play with the effects, patterns and sounds in real time to produce your track, brimming with fat grooves and beats. Compact and battery-powered with a built-in speaker, it can be used to make and save music entirely on its own. It works in the studio alongside your computer as well as other standalone hardware synced to your session.
Ideas in Seconds. Tracks in Minutes
Circuit inspires from the moment you take it out of the box. It combines a 2-part synth and a 4-part drum machine with a 4x8 grid sequencer of velocity-sensitive RGB pads that will help your music find new directions and create electronic grooves in no time.
Standalone
Compact and battery-powered, Circuit is truly standalone. You can create complete tracks from scratch without a computer, then save them and play them back live. You don't even need speakers, because it has one built in. Of course, Circuit also connects to your setup and works with your computer and other gear via its line outputs and its USB and MIDI ports.
Benchmark sound
Built on the real heritage of Nova synths, Circuit delivers benchmark sound with production-ready monophonic and polyphonic patches with great character, for easily creating bass lines, epic leads and warm pads.
Build ideas quickly
Embrace a new way of making music. Circuit's split grid shows you your steps and notes at the same time, so you can sequence and play while seeing exactly what's happening. Build your parts quickly and easily, either by programming each step or by capturing your performance in real time.
Combine Simplicity and Experimentation
Use simple scale modes to keep your harmonies, rhythms and melodies perfectly in time and in key as you build riffs, hooks and chords. Or start experimenting with in-depth sequencing exploration.
Looking for the perfect beat?
Velocity-sensitive RGB pads help you build expressive rhythms through step sequencing or by playing a wide range of sounds. Define your sound with full control over pitch, decay, distortion and EQ.
Easily refine your sound
Sculpt your sound using 8 macro knobs that let you refine or completely transform each patch. Then add movement and rhythm by recording or sequencing your performance.
Build complete tunes with effects
Create an entire track by combining up to 128 steps of synth and drum patterns, then add space, depth and energy to your music with the built-in effects. Sidechain your synths to the kick to get that pulse. When you're done, save your track to one of the 32 slots.
