Novation Circuit Tracks: New Feature Walkthrough

[@RedMeansRecording]

UPDATE! My packs are now Circuit Tracks compatible! Check your purchase on Gumroad to get a new download. Also, I've made a mega pack for Circuit Tracks that includes packs 1 and 2 plus new sample content! Get that here: redmeansrecording.gumroad.com/l/rmr_ctracks_01

[@GabeMillerMusic]

Thanks for the super thorough walkthrough. Really excited to get my hands on one.

[@tubeMonger]

They should definitely send you one.

[@silver127]

You have so much participated in sells for Novation, thanks to yours great vids. You should have one for free and send with a thanking letter from Novation.

[@wickeddubz]

Oh, hi Gabe! Glad to see you here

[@AndreasR86]

Gabe being here was only to be expected.

[@rgrant]

Shame on you Novation, send one express post to Gabe now!

[@stereodelay6601]

If you want to disable the master compressor, hold Shift at startup and click the FX button. When the button is blue, the Compressor is active. Press Play to load up the unit.

[@djscottino74]

LOVE that you updated this video from when you first got the device (Oct 2020) vs. when you made the update (year of our lord 2021), just shows the quality you put into your vids. GREAT stuff keep up the great work!

[@djscottino74]

You made a BUNCH of updates to this video as “future Jeremy”, well done my friend and excellent job!

[@MattiasHolmgren]

Superb video on the Circuit! Great walkthrough! 🌞 Cheers from snowy Sweden!

[@paulr112]

Great tutorial, watched a few others and they rush through and skip parts but yours is clear and concise. Thanks

[@goodboid]

This is by far the best demo of the unit.

[@CosmicAxY]

Thanks man! Gonna buy one from next paycheck and rekindle my love for making music!

[@JustinUrban1]

Ahhhh. The parameter locks were what I really needed to get to. I’m so used to the amazing Elektron workflow that I now need my groove boxes to have that ability or I just won’t work with them.

[@jammintoast]

Same, that alone makes the circuit so much more powerful

[@vroenis]

Well done Jeremy! Yours was the first video I checked in on when I woke up in the morning for the Circuit news :)

[@JN-qj9gf]

I like a lot of the changes, especially to the sample flip and 32 step patterns. Scenes are a nice edition but still limited, really needs a way to set the number of times they loop before progressing. Without there's not enough to sequence an entire song (and why I'm selling on my original circuit). Keen for the rhythm if they add this ability.

[@joseluisfernandez3453]

Do you think they will add that tho? (I mean it'd be great) the overlay of the Rhythm looks almost the same and besides any feature regarded to the sampling ability/tweaking it looks like it will be just as powerful and limited as the Tracks when it comes to the sequencer I'm kinda skeptical because I was longing for the Rhythym and now want the tracks cause I can't wait so long

[@JN-qj9gf]

@@joseluisfernandez3453 I hope so. If it's anything like the last one they'll add a crazy amount of features.

[@The_CGA]

Can’t wait to hear more about the midi tracks and the input

[@katelikesrectangles]

OH MY GOD seeing you set probability here, i just realised for a totally different video where i couldn't figure out how you'd sequenced something, you'd probably made an arp and then just backed it off a bit with probabilities!

[@samprock]

So it does have screen to show BPM! :) Handy interaction to sequencer, automation, etc to my taste. Kinda beats bulkier standalones/controllers in one less expensive package (skipping less needed, more expensive components). Just with it could record audio-in into a single pad sample (don't need any editing on a sample. Just to capture performance from external synth, possibly driven by NC)

[@samprock]

Yes, "don't want to do weird things to your thing" - got it! :) just kidding, you explained it al good, making scenes (not necessary copy pattern, but seems possible to copy and change) and chaining them (alike NI M+, but less brain twister between scenes and clips) is also intuitive! 16 scenes total?

[@samprock]

and yes, the end is funny lol hard to get into mood there days sometimes.... we don't want riot or revolution, instead peace and steady progress, that Novation delivered!

[@sea-saw2654]

Pretty impressive how something that started a bit random and shit turns into something so good and rhythmic ... quite impressed.. 😉

[@dj_muggzy]

"hey that sounds like shit, cool" 😂 😂 😂. Just want to say, your content is the best on KZbin right now. So entertaining and always visually pleasing, your modular work is superb. Would love to see another Subharmonicon jam with the digitakt, it's so awesome watching you play that instrument live. Thank you sir for what you do, and keep up the great work!

[@FreeBeat]

Liking what I'm seeing so far!

[@williamb.2031]

That lil cat sitting on the lil sofa might be the most adorable thing ever! (Also nice video hehe)

[@MemoryVague]

The red-lit January segments reveal post-timeskip Dark Jeremy

[@shotfrmbehind]

Gonna have to do a few more Doordash deliveries to purchase this one. Love it.

[@RDijt]

Great video, as always. Long time lurker, first time commenter. But I'm not sure I actually agree with you regarding the metronome. If you think about it, in a DAW environment it makes sense to have the downbeat be a different audible pitch because you're dealing with count-ins. Without a count-in, theres no real reason to have the audible difference, because playback and record are tied together. Like, when you press play, it automatically starts the click, and most people are gonna wait for four counts then go, especially with the big flashing visual grid in front of you. It's just natural to do. But by not having the audible difference, it actually enables you to perhaps be more creative about it, perhaps starting your groove on a different starting pulse than the first. Now the lack of audible difference becomes a strength, because you don't have a distracting audible downbeat to throw you off. Just a thought, it might have been intentional ;)

[@RobotSnake]

no

[@RDijt]

@@RobotSnake very articulate response.

[@RobotSnake]

@@RDijt yes

[@eyaldror1526]

You r so musically man,wonderful stuff

[@ps1tryarchive502]

Red Means Unquantized Recording

[@morten1]

I hope some day we will have more microsteps to get even more free unquantizing

[@yourcitysleeps]

Best circuit tracks how-to video. Thank you so much 💖🌌🎛️🎹

[@TimmyTechno-i4v]

Awe the kitty couch is so cute!

[@Ryanphsproductions]

The metronome cut made me piss myself with laughter.

[@binahtrading8565]

Been looking at this unit, but I think I'm sold on digitakt great video as always.

[@ezion67]

Thanks, I find your video user guide very helpful. 18:25 So far I understand it, un-quantized means: still quantized but at the micro step resolution.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yup yup

[@TellMeMyDream]

Awesome stuff as always! Besides the 2 Midi Channels, can you use (turn) the 2 synth channels to control external Midi as well?

[@modularsoundbath]

Yes you can do that!

[@mikg2618]

Like Jeremy hands, they moves just like Peter Gabriel MTV clips )

[@darksiderahb]

Great video and walkthrough. I've spent so long bending my brain around the Elektron workflow I'm finding it hard to embrace how this nice piece of kit does its thing. But it seems very cool and a wonderful evolution to the Circuit line. (And I'm extremely jealous this thing has a battery and a Scene mode. I'd love that on Takt or Tone box). Oh, quick question: Where do you feel this new Circuit fits between the Digitakt and the Deluge? I still need to test drive the latter one of these days. Stay safe, Jeremy!

[@joseluisfernandez3453]

I'm very interested on knowing that too, please tell us Jeremy!

[@Th3rdFloor]

Nice little box of tricks👍..So looking forward to you doing a video on Novation's New "Circuit Rhythm" ...can't help but notice that you've got Asm's Hydrasynth "desktop" sitting proudly on your desk,I would love one to pair with my hydrasynth keyboard,,just saying 😁👍

[@ifaber68]

Very nice this new Circuit Tracks, nice demo :-)

[@Onelychild]

Very good review. Thank you for sharing this.

[@tekrahmuzik777]

Def gonna get this one, tx for the great review

[@darkuniversesound]

Hey Jeremy, thanks for the super-fun review, as always! 👍👍 Quick question - is pattern chaining still implemented in the same way as OG Circuit, now that the Scenes are involved? The old format of going back and forth, chaining pattern 1 three times in a row followed by pattern 5 twice and pattern 8 once? That was very good, does pattern chaining still function in this way in the new unit? Can you chain the Scenes out of numerical order as well? 🤷‍♂️🤔

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yup it's still there

[@MrMugsy1997]

I'm guessing on the non-quantized swing notes, it's because they're actually quantizing those notes to the microstep grid, and there's no way to have swing applied to some notes and not others within the same track.

[@spybloodjr]

I'm really hoping they address any timing / quant issues. The og Circuit has issues tracks falling completely out of time when live adjusting step length.

[@djbigben54]

yep that's my guess too, happens with other sequencers, and would hope if you turned off swing, recorded, and then turned it back on they would all swing correctly

[@Smobus]

Hydrasynth desktop spotted on the left side 🤭👍

[@pongtrometer]

Is there program change to flip synths in a sequence/ pattern .... I’m still slooowww in using the OG Circuit, but the lack of synth flipping is meh for me... as I want to get some quirky mangling of the synth patches ....or have missed that completely. Great feature overview as per usual

[@crowfoot7355]

Thanks trying to wait and see what the rythm is all about.

[@yumyumtunafish]

Any one else struggling to upload patches to the micro SD card? Mines crashes every time I try :(

[@TheAndyland1]

can you store songs on this for a live performance

[@IonKit]

25:29 Do you mind elaborating on why you don't like the new finish? Is it the rubbery type of matt finish that will turn tacky over time?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yeah it's that weird finish that picks up skin cells and dust like a magnet

[@IonKit]

@@RedMeansRecording Thank you for your reply. I appreciate it.

[@donn9951]

The circuit tracks is awesome :0

[@cheapnoise9014]

Do you know what month will the Circuit Rhythm come out?

[@offchristianamr]

Great video, thank you for walking through this! I was hoping they would update the Circuit with the new design, I love the look they’ve given to all the new Launchpad and Launchkey products. You say it wasn’t too hard to learn - had you used the original circuit or was this your first time with one? All the various combinations of presses on buttons that lack labels for specific actions seems overwhelming, I feel like I would be looking at the manual nonstop every time i used it.

[@salvadoravila7145]

Can you record an input like a synth or guitar, kind of what you can do with Korg Kaossilator and loop , like keep playing in layers.. if not is there any recommendation? I would like to be able to do my rhythms , and loop a synth, guitar , and wavedrum

[@meddle333]

I'm glad you mentioned the finish, lol. I mean... talk about first world problems right? But I'll never understand why companies use certain kinds of finish on gear you're supposed to want to put your hands on. 🤣 It feels super creepy to me for some reason! Like nails on a chalkboard. 😂

[@andreaskitzmann7391]

I'm new to the Circuit and you have helped me make sense of the thing! One question. I'm in patterns view and have two different synth voices in synth 1 and 2 in the first row. Now, if I select the second pattern row, any changes I make to the synth voice (1 or 2) also impacts the original voices in row 1. Does Circuit now allow for different synth voices from one pattern to another?

[@RedMeansRecording]

No sadly it doesn't

[@JasonWalpole]

Love your work, Jeremy. Can anyone tell me if I could I route the midi out from Circuit Tracks into a Keystep and then out to my Roland SH-101 via cv / gate?

[@eshuzpeace2749]

Pitch bend? Do they implemented?

[@linasmak9199]

At 2:57 whats that buttony thing on the right?

[@RedMeansRecording]

That's the acid rain maestro. I have a video on it.

[@xn-triq7607]

I'm sold!!!........in order of purchase!!!!! 1. Novation Circuit Tracks 2. Polyend Tracker 3. Roland (verslab or 101/707)

[@wickeddubz]

But why you need these 3? Get 707 if you are into synth and drums, or get verselab if you are into vocals/lyrics and you need fast beats and grooves without too much editing features

[@xn-triq7607]

@@wickeddubz I like the glitchy capabilities and unique workflow of the Polyend, and the Circuit is a great musical idea's notepad, as for the Roland VL & 707 the sounds are incredible, I'm a bit of a groovebox fan lol.

[@xn-triq7607]

@@wickeddubz I also think every unit suite's different genre's and styles, I make anything from drum & bass, Drill, hiphop to smooth grooves, pop, edm and everything in between.

[@wickeddubz]

@@xn-triq7607 whoa! Well, if you are fine with all types of grooveboxes and have spare cosmocredits on gear - get them all and jam like there’s no tomorrow! :) . My personal choice would be 707, but now i have no place for it. Arranging synths first and getting few stands, then maybe i’ll get 1 or 2 drum machines and another synth. Not sure if I need 707.

[@xn-triq7607]

@@wickeddubz All anyone really needs is a daw these day's, but the lure and temptation to expand and fill the entire house with gear is to much

[@nickyspacebum]

How do you save your various pack to SD card? Do you have to save them in a folder with a specific name? Then separate folders within that folder? Or do you just save the syx and circuitpack files on the SD card and Tracks auto detects them? Or do you set it up through the software? Thanks for the video 👍

[@Randuski]

Unfortunately there is no "unquantized". When you turn off quantization it doesn't lock it to the standard 16 or 32 steps. It uses the micro steps. They're still quantized to those micro steps. Aaaaand those micro steps also scale with the speed of the pattern. The micro steps aren't just a way of ratcheting, they're also used for shifting things off the "grid" a little

[@Randuski]

Although at this point you probably know this now haha

[@RedMeansRecording]

You are correct

[@va941]

Now am even more Elcoteq för the rhythm! 👾

[@Splitt07]

Do you know how to mute a pattern in a saved sequence/scene? (Like muting in the Mixer view) Or do I have to sacrifice an empty pattern? Thx, great Video!

[@neonpop80]

Can you decrease the number of steps in a sequence? Say, to just play 8 or 4

[@zacharyteibel8580]

Why is the camera causing a dark static around the knobs?

[@stereodelay6601]

Great video! Is it possible to transfer my original Circuit sessions to the Circuit Tracks?

[@peters7402]

Hi! Nice video! I have connected OP-1 USB to Circuit Tracks midi in via a converter and connected OP-1 line out to line in on the Circuit Tracks. Somehow I can record the sound from the Circuit Tracks to OP-1. Is’nt that strange? Hope someone can explain how the sound from Circuit Tracks can be recorded from line in from Circuit Tracks to line out on the OP-1.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Unless you're connecting via audio cables this is literally impossible

[@peters7402]

@@RedMeansRecording I triggered the OP-1 sound with Circuit Tracks and thought that was the sound of it! Haha Thanks for the help! :)

[@corzakkzakkcor3309]

Is the sync in and out or just out as there’s only one socket ?

[@JazzyMrJ]

Can you control a separate synth with each midi track at the same time? Eg a volca keys and a volca fm? I see there is only one midi out. Thanks!

[@TROGULAR10000]

Yes, it goes out on separate channels and then you may have to get your volca keys and fm to listen to the two different channels. I forget if volcas have MIDI through, which would allow you to plug the MIDI into one volca and have a copy of it sent to the other one, but if not you need to get a MIDI splitter (in case of Midi Thru the copy sends all of the MIDI tracks onward but each receiving synth listens to the one you need it to, I'm pretty sure that's how it works)

[@JazzyMrJ]

@@TROGULAR10000 Sweet thanks for the info!

[@jimmcdougall9973]

Please excuse my ignorance, and no offence intended as to the artistry displayed in this video. But this sounds like the “one finger at a time” synth playing of the 80’s. I’ve seen guitarists, Paul David’s as an example, use the Ableton equivalent as a backing to their guitar playing. Whether it be for ambient effect or mere drum track. Could this unit be used in the same fashion? Thanks.

[@brainguy5132]

Is there any way to do non-linear pattern chaining like on the original circuit after its firmware updates? Or does the scenes function basically take the place of that? Also is there any way to port work that you did on the original Circuit over to the Circuit Tracks?

[@RedMeansRecording]

You can still yes

[@diegofernando2912]

Circuit Tracks, Roland MC-101 or Elektron Model:Samples what the best for house/techno/minimal music?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Digitakt

[@MikeyBreaky]

@@RedMeansRecording the Digitakt sums the audio input to mono, does tracks do this or is it stereo?

[@GabrielBauman]

Does it do USB audio out?

[@RedMeansRecording]

No

[@damelos4039]

How do you export to a DAW? Not the whole song but by stems/individual tracks

[@RedMeansRecording]

record them one at a time. there's no export function.

[@EightsEverywhere]

haha I'm drinking the exact same thing right now

[@TrickWatcher]

Do you know if packs from the original Circuit can be loaded into the Circuit Tracks? Would be great if I decide to upgrade i could still use my old work (and my old Red Means Packs (-:)

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yeah I am pretty sure everything is backwards compatible

[@nickyspacebum]

Bo, do you know how to upload old circuitpacks to Tracks please? I cannot find an answer to this. Idownloaded components to use separately, rather than use the web browser. Format your SD card to fat32. Plug it in. Load components. Click packs. New pack. This gives you the option to pick a Circuit pack. You will notice than when you search for a .circuitpack your browser will not "see" your old .circuitpack files. I guess this is because Tracks needs a .circuittrackspack extension. I have copied an old .circuitpack and renamed it .circuittrackspack Then, your software is able to "see" it. However, when you upload it you get an error message.... "Can't find end of central directory" So you still cannot upload old circuitpacks. Or I can't figure out a workaround as yet. Any ideas please?

[@RedMeansRecording]

You should be able to. Yes

[@morten1]

Maybe it's a silly question.. but I'm not sure about it: When you trigger synth/bass notes on a Circuit. Does it react to the length of the notes being played? (when you release a pad). Like these two notes: DAA + DAAAAAAAAAAAA. short vs long. Or do you have to edit it to get that desired result?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yes

[@foodstampz]

Have to update one. Didn't you make a preset bank for the final release ?

[@RedMeansRecording]

i made preset patterns using the stock sounds

[@norax1436]

when available？

[@astrocandless2004]

Nice video! Does it have patch flip?

[@timetravelvictim]

Timestamp please. Does this video cover how to sidechain kick and bass? I can't sit through the whole video, I wish my brain worked this way to sit and watch but it doesn't. Thank you.

[@Hell_Inc]

who the dislikes Jeremy’s vids??

[@ThisNameWasntTaken]

got the circuit quite new and one thing thats been bothering me and no one seems to mention is how all the colors are either blue or contain blue and a shitton of white. i guess they wanted to go for a different aesthetic here but different parts on screen and even different voices often look way too similar. whtas wrong about using basic colors likie yellow green red .aybe then add orange cyan purple and so on? to me the colors are just super wahsed out and often way too similar.

[@Weareroses]

Passionfruit la croix….

[@BackspinZX]

Well, it looks like they fixed a lot of the potential issues I had with the OG Circuit. That doesn't bode well for my wallet...

[@johnfrytey1331]

This vs mc 101 vs digitakt ? I want buy new groovboxes 😀 hmm 🤔?

[@proptosis2682]

Ayyyy

[@alphawecker]

Did you just say „shit“? 😆

[@8bitheroes86]

Com truise vibes

[@MariaCalore]

Quick, on point, and I'm crying now! Does the delay work the same way? I loved the sound it made on anything jumping from a long feedback to a short one...

[@RedMeansRecording]

Oh yes. That's still there!

[@MariaCalore]

@@RedMeansRecording i so hope that the Rhythm has it too. I point to that babe! Can't wait your demo on it!!

[@defbones5597]

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

[@HerrRundo]

[@trevormalcolm4328]

“I am the bear” guy/girl/whatever totally lost me after 3 seconds…… and I’m still lost.

[@redonk87]

What a mess...the only thing I like is you can easily sidechain the drums to synths..even outside synthe via midi

[@damienwoods5744]

Jeremy seemed uncharacteristically grumpy in this one. 😔

[@TROGULAR10000]

He's the only one of these star gear reviewers who swears and flips birdies and displays actual humanity as far as I know.

[@polvere98]

Why don't you switch to 4k to have even better zoom on these product?

[@briannhinton]

Are you offering to buy his hardware for him? That’s wonderful!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Why don't you buy a magnifying glass

[@joseluisfernandez3453]

25:38 huuuuge

[@CaidicusProductions]

Oof, Jeremy, I almost clicked the downvote button by accident because I've woken up after only 3.5 hours of sleep and I'm still all groggy. hehehe, disaster averted. Awesome video, Jeremy.

[@JSprayaEntertainment]

27:13 as Russia attacks

[@NeuroDeveloper]

FIRST!!!

[@va941]

🙉🙊🙈

[@jrosado3965]

No UNDO button. No SCREEN. No metronome CLICK. No new SOUNDS. No SPEAKER (but w/battery).

[@myownprojects907]

If you're new to Novation Circuit, do not watch this video. Button pressed all over the place without any explanation of how everything is connected.

[@georgegeorge4199]

Sorry,, but it has pitch quantization, you did it at 14:35...you should choose a bass sample sound instead...

[@RedMeansRecording]

Nope

[@DanielC__]

Obviously a non musician. Wanting a click track that defines downbeats is computer programmer crap.

[@anthoonius_gabagoolius]

Nice gatekeeping buddy