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mais 350 euros quand même le gadget !

2 poly 6 notes, 4 sons de drum, un sequencer 128 pas, un look discutable, 32 mémoires ...
Un Roland Boutique: 4 notes de polyphonie, un sequencer 16 pas, 64 patch, 319 à 419 €...
Si le son est digne d'un Nova, pour moi le choix est vite fait...

I was curious how deep the synth engine was. Here's my quick Q&A with Novation:

Q: How deep is the editing of the synth engine - do you get access to all parameters like on the MiniNova and UltraNova or just the 8 macro knobs for common parameters?

A: We have edited the synth to present 64 patches with 8 macros per patch. Please don’t think that 1 patch = 1 sound. Each patch has been designed to be transformed from pluck to pad, bass to lead, percussion to FX, nice to nasty etc.

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Q: What are the eight common parameters and do they differ per patch?

A: They’re not common. There is a general rule of Osc stuff, Env, Filter, Modulations, FX from Left to Right, but some patches ignore this. E.g. A Bass patch with lots of controls dedicated to filter cut-off modulation, and a pad sound with more controls dedicated to the envelope and evolving elements of the sounds.

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Q:Will there be a dedicated software or iPad editor for access to additional parameters?

A: Most likely. We know our customers will want software (we want it too) We are going to offer something but are planning and evaluating exactly what and how we are going to deliver this.

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Q: If not will there be a MIDI or Sysex table for people to create custom controllers?

A: There are elements of the synth engine that can be controlled from an external controller, or anything that sends MIDI data. I think we’ll be publishing the MIDI table soon after release. There are 20 mod slots per patch, then the macros are made up with 4 destinations per macro, and each macro has some detailed segmentation and range per parameter. Access to the more complex stuff is gonna be really tricky.

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Q: Will there be any management software included or upcoming for DAW integration, patch management, and or other?

A: Yes. Again, I don’t want to be specific about the exact details. We’ll probably release some sort of work in progress beta version of the software first, then let it develop organically. We’ll evaluate what our customers value the most then put effort into developing that.

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Q: Is the drum engine sample based or based on Novation's ASM used in the original DrumStation?

A: Samples. We’ve got some samples from our drum station heritage, but also created some more modern and relevant dance drum and percussion sounds, and some fun noises too. 64 drums and percussion is quite a lot of variation but with Pitch, Decay, Distortion and Hi/Lo filter per drum, you’ll be surprised at how much variety you can get out of the 64.

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Q: How close is the synth engine to the MiniNova and UltraNova aside from polyphony and effects? Basically how much does it share of the specs from the Novation site for the MiniNova and UltraNova:

A: We have taken the Nova engine and scaled down the number of Oscs, modulations, filters, FX. The wavetables have been updated, as have the delay and reverb.

Per patch
2x oscillators
1x noise generator
1x ring modulator

Waveforms include: a selection from the MiniNova along with some new ones. e.g. we’ve added some vocal ones so some of the patches can do talky stuff.

Filter types
1x filters per patch

Low band and Hi at 12 and 24

Modulation sources

20 modulation slots per patch
3x envelope generators
2x LFOs

Destinations include:

Oscillator pitch, pulse width, wavetable index, level and sync
Filter cutoff, resonance, envelope settings
Effects parameters and send levels

8 macros with 4 destinations per macro. Each macro can have the destinations overlapping, or segmented.

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And there you have it!

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Source: https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-electronic-music-production/1031607-novation-start-finish-something-more-stuff-october-13.html?highlight=novation+circuit

2 poly 6 notes, 4 sons de drum, un sequencer 128 pas, un look discutable, 32 mémoires ...
Un Roland Boutique: 4 notes de polyphonie, un sequencer 16 pas, 64 patch, 319 à 419 €...
Si le son est digne d'un Nova, pour moi le choix est vite fait...

Et tu as oublié le look discutable des Boutique...

un look discutable

le plus fidèlement leurs vieux coucous...

The port is MIDI class compliant; connect to computers and other devices supporting MIDI
via USB to transmit and receive MIDI data. Also used for firmware updates. NOTE – Circuit’s
USB port does not carry either DC power or audio.

10 ans que je me demande qui va enfin faire un groovebox simple avec drum + synthé analo.

Spéciale dédicace à Korg.

Sequencer
•32 Sessions
•6 Tracks per session (2 Synth and 4 Drum)
•8 Patterns per track (Synth 1, Synth 2, Drum 1&2, Drum 3&4)
•16 Demo sessions
•Real time record (notes, with velocity and automation)
•Auto-quantise notes to steps and automation to 6 events per step
•50 Automation parameters (up to 4800 events per pattern)
•Internal tempo range 40 - 240
•External synced tempo range 30 - 300
•Swing 20 - 80%

Real Time Performance
•Full range velocity scanning and record. Editable to 16 levels
•16 Scale types and chromatic transposition
•Synth expand view doubles playable area
•Drum expand view allows real time drum record
•Octave (input) and pattern octave (edit)
•Pattern length and nudge
•Configurable pattern chain
•Session instant switching and queued switch

Editing
•Velocity and gate per step
•Multiple gate lengths per step (via real time record)
•Automation edit per step
•Clear step, automation parameter per pattern, pattern, session
•Duplicate step, pattern

User Guide: https://us.novationmusic.com/sites/default/files/novation/downloads/10690/circuit-ug-en.pdf
Getting Started Guide: https://us.novationmusic.com/sites/default/files/novation/downloads/10689/circuit-gsg-en.pdf

Finally here are some brief, but useful intro videos:

EDIT - Fixed YT link

A propos de Korg et suite à cette annonce je suis content de n'avoir pas choisi l'Electribe Synthé, enfin ça demande à être testé tout de même...

Il y avait pourtant la place pour un petit écran OLED ou LED 3x7 segments en haut à gauche.

Pas trop emballé surtout par le manque d'écran qui pour moi est un peu rédhibitoire. Pourtant j'aime bien novation et surtout mon KS rack mais vraiment je regrette un peu le novation d'ancien temps où il faisait des expandeurs, et des synthétiseurs (supernova, KS rack, novation nova..etc). Je suis plus attiré par mon P6, le preenfm 2 et mon shruthi et par leurs possibilités. Un bon point quand même c'est la section effets et la section drum mais pas suffisant pour me faire craquer.