The Circuit Rhythm puts professional beatmaking power directly into your hands with its intuitive sampler design that lets you record, slice, and sculpt sounds on the fly. This versatile hardware sampler features eight dedicated sample tracks, each equipped with 32-step patterns that can be chained together for sequences up to 256 steps per track. The hands-on sequencer captures your grooves with precision, allowing both quantised timing and off-grid recording to maintain that natural feel, while probability and pattern mutate controls keep your rhythms fresh and constantly developing.
Performance capabilities shine through the integrated FX suite, including lo-fi tape effects for vintage character and beat repeat for dynamic stuttering effects that invigorate live performances. The comprehensive connectivity options include full-size five-pin MIDI in, out, and thru connections, plus analogue sync out, making integration with existing studio setups seamless. The built-in rechargeable battery provides up to four hours of portable operation, perfect for creating beats anywhere inspiration strikes.
Firmware 2.0 significantly expands the unit’s capabilities with Live Looping functionality, editable Grid FX, Beat Match features, Fixed Length Recording, and enhanced Sample Record options for increased beatmaking flexibility. Novation Components software provides a convenient platform for loading samples and backing up your projects, ensuring your creative work stays organised and accessible across sessions.
- Sample and resample: Record samples directly to the hardware, then slice, sculpt and resample your sounds effortlessly.
- Slice, reverse, loop, play chromatically, and more: Playback samples however you choose, whether you’re chopping straight from vinyl, making basslines and melodies, or punching in drums.
- Perform with grid FX: Invigorate your live set with performance FX: embrace imperfection with lo-fi tape, stutter your mix with beat repeat, and more.
- Eight Sample tracks: Make beats with eight sample tracks, each with their own 32-step patterns, chainable for up to 256 steps per track.
- Seamless beatmaking workflow: Go from a sample to a complete beat with ease using the powerful and hands-on sequencer.
- Go off grid: Capture your groove quantised or off-grid into the sequencer, and keep your beats evolving with probability and pattern mutate.
- FX on everything: Douse samples in lush reverb and delay, make your mix pump with sidechain, and punch with the master compressor.
- Comprehensive connectivity: Connect to your studio with full-size five-pin MIDI in, out, and thru, and analogue sync out. Sample through stereo inputs, and listen through stereo out or with headphones.
- Never stop creating: Insert a microSD card to save and access thousands of samples and projects.
- Create anywhere: The built-in rechargeable battery provides up to four hours of battery life, so you can make beats on the move.
- Go further with Components: Novation Components is the online companion that lets you load samples and backup your work.
- Sound Collective: Register your Circuit Rhythm today to get access to free plugins and content with Novation Sound Collective.
Specifications
- 32 RGB Backlit Velocity Sensitive Pads
- 28 RGB Backlit Tactile Click Buttons
- Power button with charge status LED
- USB-C Socket
- Kensington MiniSaver Slot
- 3x MIDI DIN (In, Out, Thru)
- MicroSD card slot
- 3.5mm Sync Out
- Stereo Audio In (Mono Summed)
- Unbalanced Stereo Out
- Headphones out
- 8x Endless Encoder Macro Knobs with RGB indicators
- Volume Knob
- Master Filter Knob with centre indent
- Load Packs and samples, backup Projects and more with Novation Components (Web and Standalone)
- USB bus powered
- Built-in rechargeable Lithium-ion battery (approx. 4 hour run-time). Charge via USB port.
- USB Power supply included