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  • Page 1 Getting Started Guide...
  • Page 2 Overview Circuit Thank you for buying Novation Circuit, our standalone groovebox designed to inspire. Two Novation polysynths, a four-part drum machine and an intuitive sequencer: it’ll have you making great new music in seconds. Any moment now, you’ll be hitting pads, tweaking knobs and creating a brand new track, brimming with fat grooves and beats, all locked in time and key.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Get Started Follow these steps to get up and running quickly. This guide will take you through each step in more detail, so please read on before you start. 1. Check your box contents 2. Fit your batteries 3. Switch on and hear it! 4.
  • Page 4 You should find all of this in your box. If anything is missing, please contact us. Documentation • This helpful guide • Ableton Live Lite instruction card • Circuit patches sheet • English and French safety information sheet Hardware • Novation Circuit •...
  • Page 5 Take the Circuit and batteries out of the box. Slide the battery door on the side to release it. Turn your Circuit upside down and look for the diagram that shows you which way round the batteries should be inserted.

  • Page 6: Switch On And Hear It

    3. Switch On and Hear It! Press and hold the power switch for at least half a second to turn Circuit on. If you are running on batteries you will see the battery level meter briefly then Circuit will turn on. If you have the power supply connected you will see a power symbol. It can take up to four seconds to be fully ready to use.
  • Page 7 Go to www.novationmusic.com/register and click Register Your Product. Select Circuit from the dropdown list and enter your serial number. You can find it on the back of this booklet and on the label on the underside of your Circuit: it is 12 or 13 characters long: the first 3 characters can be numbers or letters, but the rest will only be numbers.
  • Page 8 Inside this guide you’ll find an instruction card for downloading and registering Ableton Live Lite. There is also over 1GB of Loopmasters sample content to work with. Ableton Live Lite is not required to work with Circuit but is a great place to record your ideas and make a bigger tune.

  • Page 9: Enable Save

    7. Enable SAVE Circuit ships as save-disabled which means that initially you can’t save your sessions. This is easy to change though. Simply hold down the SHIFT and SAVE buttons while switching Circuit on. You can tell when SAVE is available because it is dimly lit blue.

  • Page 10: Get Started

    Get Started Rather than change the demo, select an available empty session. Next press the Drum 1 button and press PLAY. You will see the play position cycling round through the pads. The top two rows are for Drum 1 (kick) and the bottom two rows are for Drum 2 (snare).
  • Page 11 So, you’ve got kick, snare and a bassline going already. Now press SAVE twice. This will save your Session into the position you chose earlier in the Ses- sions view. You must save your Session in order for it to be recalled after Circuit has been turned off.

  • Page 12: If You Run Into Problems

    Get Started 9. If You Run Into Problems… If you’re having trouble, please don’t go back to where you bought your Circuit. Let us help: we have free video tutorials online, including a step-by-step setup guide. www.novationmusic.com/get-started We also have a collection of answers to common problems here: www.novationmusic.com/answerbase...