Create instinctively. Perform immediately.
Circuit Tracks is the perfect tool for performers and creators alike. Engineered to allow you to be totally flexible with your music making, Circuit Tracks is a fast and intuitive groovebox, capable of making mighty sounds that defy its diminutive proportions.
Circuit Tracks is the perfect portable partner for producers on the go. With compact, hard-wearing, and high-quality build – and a built-in rechargeable battery – you can make the most of its numerous features wherever inspiration strikes you. Discover your sonic style or hone your distinct sound with two refined polyphonic digital synth tracks, four drum tracks, and creative FX.
With Circuit Tracks, Novation have taken the best of Circuit and amped things up with an assortment of new features to take your music production to new heights.
Circuit Tracks is built upon the same much-loved screen-less workflow as other Circuit products. This helps simplify your creative process and allows for immediate expression of creative ideas. With features such as microtiming, probability and pattern mutate, Circuit Tracks provides the perfect creative canvas to mould and shape ever-evolving musical ideas, while scenes allow you to construct complete tracks with ease.
Take a look at Circuit Tracks in action in the video below.
Circuit Tracks is equally at home alone or amongst other music machines. Ultra functional among any of your studio equipment, you can sequence external synths and drum machines with two polyphonic MIDI tracks. Two audio inputs let you bring all your sounds into Circuit Tracks to send to FX and mix alongside its internal sounds.
Circuit Tracks is designed for immediacy and pure creative expression. Velocity-sensitive pads and tactile control help you create beats with character and feeling. Insert a microSD card to save and recall thousands of synth patches, samples and projects for endless inspiration.
As with other Novation equipment, Components lets you take customisation on Circuit Tracks up a notch. Fully personalise your instrument with custom MIDI templates and samples, or find new inspiration with exclusive artist-made sound packs. Delve into the synth engine with the redesigned synth editor to create distinctive sounds for your live electronic performances or engulfing ambient soundscapes in the studio.
Get hands on with your music and flow naturally through your music making. Hit the ground running with Circuit Tracks.
Lose yourself
Fast, intuitive and straightforward, Circuit Tracks’ workflow lets you create instinctively, without hesitation. No complex menus or scrolling, just creativity accelerated. Build intricate synth parts and load your own samples with ease, effortlessly construct sequences, douse everything with FX and keep inspired — and make the music you want to make.
Built for performers
Engineered for immediacy and pure creative expression, Circuit Tracks is a performer’s dream. Velocity-sensitive pads and tactile control with customisable patches bring you closer to your music for maximum enjoyment. Define your sound by going off-grid with microtiming, and keep evolving with probability and pattern mutate.
Go where music takes you
Circuit Tracks takes you places, whether in the studio, on stage or off the grid. Rugged, compact build and a rechargeable battery makes Circuit Tracks the perfect travel partner, so it’s never too far away when inspiration hits.
Studio powerhouse
Equally at home alone or among other music machines, Circuit Tracks is a versatile team player. Full-size MIDI in, out, and thru, plus analogue sync out, complements other gear. Two MIDI sequencer tracks let you control and program your external equipment from drum machines to effects units. Audio inputs let you bring all your sounds into the Circuit Tracks environment. Outputs provide monitoring options for all occasions.
Colossal sound
Circuit Tracks’ two polyphonic synth engines let you experiment, expand your creative capabilities and define your sonic palette. Hundreds of artist-made presets give you the perfect jumping-off point into moulding a unique sound, and you can load your own samples from a microSD card, then shape them to perfection across drum tracks.
Supercharged by Components
Delve into the synth engine on screen, create your own patches with custom macros, load samples, make MIDI templates, backup projects, and get new artist-made sounds using Components, Novation's online companion.
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All-in-one studio
Two synth tracks, two MIDI tracks and four drum tracks: everything you need to create and perform music -
The agile groovebox
Lose yourself in a hands-on production workflow. Let your creativity thrive. -
Acclaimed, hands-on sequencer
Create 32-step patterns, which can be chained to create sequences up to 256 steps in length, per track. Assign patterns to scenes to arrange and perform full-length songs. Go off-grid with microtiming, and keep your music evolving with probability and pattern mutate. -
Colossal sound
Expand your sonic capabilities with two refined polyphonic digital synth tracks. Load your own samples and shape them to perfection across drum tracks. -
Total control of your setup
Pilot your studio with two dedicated MIDI tracks, capable of sending notes and CC automation. -
FX on everything
Douse synths, drums, and incoming audio in lush reverb and delay. Then 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. Apply effects to two audio inputs, and listen through stereo out or with headphones. -
Never stop creating
Insert a microSD card to save and recall thousands of synth patches, 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 delve into the synth engine, load samples and backup projects. -
Included with Circuit Tracks
USB-C to USB-A cable, USB power supply, safety information. -
Compatibility
Circuit Tracks is class compliant so it will work with any modern Mac or Windows PC.
Compare Circuit, Circuit Tracks & Circuit Rhythm
Functionality |
Feature |
Circuit |
Circuit Tracks |
Circuit Rhythm |
Tracks |
Synth Tracks |
2x 6-voice polyphonic |
2x 6-voice polyphonic |
0 |
Sample Tracks |
4x Drum Tracks |
4x Drum Tracks |
8x Flexible Sample Tracks |
|
MIDI Tracks |
0 |
2x 6-voice polyphonic with custom templates |
0 |
|
Click Track |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Audio Input |
Audio Inputs |
No |
2x Mono |
Stereo L/R pair |
Record samples |
No |
No |
Yes (mono-summed) |
|
Send to Delay/Reverb/Side Chain |
No |
Yes |
No |
|
Send to Grid FX |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Sample capabilities |
Sample Playback |
One-shot only |
One-shot only |
Slice, Chromatic, One-Shot, Gated, Looped, Reverse |
Sample Controls |
Tune, Decay, Distortion, EQ |
Tune, Decay, Distortion, EQ |
Tune, Start, Length, Slope, Distortion, High-pass Filter, Low-pass Filter, Resonance |
|
Sample Choke Group |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
FX |
Send FX |
Delay, Reverb, Side Chain |
Delay, Reverb, Side Chain |
Delay, Reverb, Side Chain |
Master Compressor | No | Yes | Yes | |
Grid FX |
No |
No |
Vinyl Simulation, Beat Repeat, Phaser, Gater, Reverser, Auto-Filter, and Digitiser |
|
Note playback |
Scale Mode |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Note Repeat |
No |
No |
Yes |
|
Storage |
Projects (per pack) |
32 |
64 |
64 |
Sample time per pack |
60 seconds |
196.6 seconds |
220 seconds |
|
Samples per pack |
64 |
64 |
128 |
|
Synth Presets (per pack) |
64 |
128 |
N/A |
|
Expandable storage |
No |
microSD for thousands of samples, patches and projects. |
microSD for thousands of samples and projects. |
|
Patterns |
Pattern length |
Up to 16 steps (128 when chained) |
Up to 32 steps (256 when chained) |
Up to 32 steps (256 when chained) |
Pattern Settings |
None |
Sync Rate and Pattern Direction |
Sync Rate and Pattern Direction |
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Step Probability |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Pattern Mutate |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Scenes |
0 |
16 per project |
16 per project |
|
View Lock |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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I/O and hardware |
MIDI I/O & Sync |
3.5mm MIDI In and Out |
Full Size MIDI In, Out and Thru; Sync Out |
Full Size MIDI In, Out and Thru; Sync Out |
Battery |
6x AA |
Built-in rechargeable Lithium-ion battery |
Built-in rechargeable Lithium-ion battery |
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USB |
USB-B |
USB-C |
USB-C |