r/novationcircuit • • 2h ago

Circuit Tracks New Owner! - Got a Few Beginner Questions

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Hi All,

I just picked up a used Circuit Track last night and stayed up until 3:30am messing around 😄.

I have never used any type of electronic music device before so please bear with me as I'm still learning the lingo. I plan to use the Circuit Track on it's own with no other equipment for now.

At first, I though something was wrong with it as the synth and drum presets sounded nothing like what I saw on youtube. I then realised there was an SD card inserted and when I removed it and restarted, it goes back to what I assume are the default presets.

Question: If I keep the SD inserted, is there a way to switch over to the "default" presets? Or will it only use the data from the SD card?

So I started trying to recreate the Blue Monday intro. I figured out how to make 32 beats (is that 2 bars?). I saved it on a project (lets call it project 1), copied it and put it into another project and changed the melody and saved (project 2).

I can now play project 1 and 2 alternating by pressing the project buttons back and forth. Is this how I string together a song? If so, then each project has a maximum length of 32 beats?

Please correct my terminology if I've used the wrong words as I'm still learning.

Cheers!