EDITOR READ ME

Circuit Editor Read Me.

This document will guide you through editing patches and creating patches
for your circuit. It will not be going into details of synthesizer patch design,
but focus on workflows on how to get sounds from the circuit to the editor,
from the editor to Circuit, and from the editor backed up to your hard disk.

PATCH CONTROLS

MACRO CONTROLS

SYNTH CONTROLS

Overview
The Circuit Editor is laid out in a logical fashion from top to bottom.

Select the Synth you want to edit with the choice at the top left and then use
the Patch Controls to Load or Save Patches to and from the Circuit.

The Macro Controls section dictates how the 8 Encoders behave in each
patch whilst the Synth Controls give fine control over everything else.

MaxforLive Version

Currently only compatible with MAC OS, simply drop this on a MIDI track and
watch the menu turn Cyan when the Circuit is attached and the handshake is
successful. Press the I logo at the bottom right to rescan for the Circuit if its
removed for any reason.

Standalone Versions

For the standalone versions we have packaged them with all the files that
you need so you dont need to have a separate installation of Max or
MaxforLive

Configuration

Thankfully weve made this as simple as possible for you, with the Circuit
connected open the device and navigate to the main window.

In the top left youll see the section for MIDI Port which if connected
successfully will display the Circuit and turn Cyan. The screen shot below
shows it in Red to indicate that the Circuit is not connected.

VIEW CONTROL

FULL will show all of the available options in the window, if Screen Real
Estate is at a premium you can either choose to use the Zoom Control
percentages or switch to Macros only view.

The small button in the header will give Color Control over the currently
selected Synth display.

MACRO VIEW

Improved for this version you can now see at a glance the destinations that
are being controlled by each macro.
 --------------WARNING-----------
This editor will allow you to overwrite patches on your circuit. If you have
accidentally overwritten patches, or want to get your unit back to its original
state, then please read below.

Patch Control

Uploading the 64 original patches

1. Load Circuit Editor. It will load with the original factory bank in the
Library Control Section:

You can manually load this bank by

clicking on Load Bank from Disk then
selecting Circuit Factory Patches
2016-02-12.syx that came in the download
folder with the editor

2. Then press Upload All Patches to

Circuit

3. Click OK. You will see the Save button on your circuit pulse for about
20 seconds whilst all 64 patches are uploaded.

You now have your patches in their original state.

Basic Concepts before you get going.

Circuit has 64 patches stored on the unit that can be accessed at any point
by pressing Shift + Synth 1 (or Synth 2). You have two pages of patches
that can be accessed by pressing Oct (Patches 1-32) and Oct (Patches
33-64)

Circuit has 32 sessions slots available. When you save a session, you are
saving all the notes and automation, but you are also saving all the settings
that make up the 2 synth patches. Therefore if you change a patch using the
Editor (or via external MIDI CCs) then any changes to the patch are saved
with the session.

So the quickest way to save your changes to a patch is simply save the
session on your hardware, and when you reload the session, it will load up
and sound exactly the same as when you saved it!

The down side to this is if you have made an awesome patch, its only saved
in the session. So if you want to be able to use the same patch in other
sessions, then youll want to overwrite one of the 64 patches on the unit.

Now youll have to start to make decisions about which of the 64 patches
you are going to overwrite.

One thing that you dont need to worry about is your existing sessions If
you overwrite Patch 1 (Bass-ic Square) with your new one (Amazing Bass)
all the sessions that used the original Bass-ic Square patch will still sound
the same. However you will no longer be able to select Bass-ic Square
patch in any new sessions as it has been overwritten. You will now only be
able to select Amazing Bass in your new sessions.

Editing an existing patch on your circuit.

If you are interested in taking an existing patch from Circuit, editing it, then
saving it to the unit then this is the best course of action.

On your Circuit, press Shift + Synth1 (or Synth 2) and choose the
preset that you want to edit.

In the Editor, press Get Current

Patch from Circuit.

This method will have the Editor follow the patch selection from the
hardware.

So you have now synced the Editor with

Circuit, and you will see all the controls
move to represent the current patch.

Youll also see the name, category and

type update.

Note that this does not update the Library control list. (Library control drop
down list is more useful when creating a whole bank of patches so you can
ignore it for now)

Editing Circuit Presets

We suggest if you have never designed or edited a synth patch before, then
the circuit editor is not the best place to start. Why not try our V-Station plug-
in, as this is a great place to learn synthesis and when youre more confident,
come back to the Circuit Editor.

Circuit Editor is quite a complex synth editor, but we hope that its laid out
well enough that you find your feet quickly, but please tread carefully!

I presume youve just spent the last 10 minutes making a patch. Now you
need to decide what to do with it.

Saving with the Session.

I want to use this new patch in this session

I do not want to overwrite any of the factory patches

This is the most simple: Just press Save (twice) on your Circuit.

The edited patch is saved in the session, and when re-loading the session,
youll recall the patch.

You will not be able to access the patch in any other sessions.

Overwriting a Patch.
I want to use this patch in new sessions that I create

I want to overwrite an existing patch, replacing the old one with this new
one

Remember this action will overwrite the original factory sound with your new
one.

Press Upload Single Current

Patch to Circuit

Choose the location where you want to overwrite the patch.

TIP: Press Shift + Synth 1 (or Synth 2) to see which patch is currently
loaded. Note which one of the Oct (Patches 1-32) or Oct (Patches
33-64) is lit up, and then which patch slot is lit up, then press the
corresponding patch number in the below window.

The selected slot will now be overwritten.

Creating a Bank of 64 Patches

If you are interested in creating a whole bank of 64 patches, then this is the
best way to go.

Click on the drop down list in the library control section of the editor.

Select the patch that you want to hear, and it will be loaded to the Circuit
Hardware.

NOTE: Selecting Patch 35 will not make your Circuit jump to patch position
35, it will load Patch 35 into whichever Patch location you are currently using.
If you are working to create a bank of patches, this should not matter, as the
end result is to save 64 patches to this list, then upload all 64 patches at the
end.

You may prefer to load a bank of initialised patches first. Youll find an
init_bank.json file in your downloaded folder.

Press Load Bank from Disk, and select the Init_bank.json file. This will load
up 64 initial patches.

Start designing your patches, and storing them to the list as described
above.

Managing and Saving

Patches in the editor.
First ensure that you rename your patch,
and then select the desired Genre and
Category.

Storing your patches to the Editor list.

Storing patches does not make any changes to the patches on the unit. This
only stores patches to the list in the editor.

Press Store Patch

This will overwrite whichever patch is currently displayed in the list.

If you want to select a dierent place in

the list press Store Patch To

And then follow the buttons

instructions to choose one of the
patches in the drop down menu
beneath it.

Initialise Current Patch to start from

scratch.

Saving a Patch or Bank to your HDD

Simple, just press Save Patch to Disk
or Save Single Patch to Disk.

Patches will then be saved in the .json

format to be recalled later.

Troubleshooting

Circuit Not Communicating to Editor

Q, The Editor appears to be working as the Circuit is showing in Cyan on the

main device menu but there doesnt seem to be any communication between
the Editor and the Circuit.

A, When you turn on the unit whilst pressing SHIFT, you get a settings page.
On the left are 2 buttons for Receive MIDI and Send MIDI these settings
eect both DIN and USB MIDI in and out of the unit. Make sure both of these
are Green, then press Play to boot up the unit.

Mac Standalone Wont Open

Q, Ive downloaded the DMG file and when opening can see the Circuit Logo
on the .app file, clicking it results in no action/states the DMG is damaged

A, Go to Apple > Menu > System Preferences, Allow apps downloaded from
Click anywhere. Restart the installer - BINGO!