Great overview -- i was kinda ignoring the monostation I bought from my buddy, then found out it works great as a sync hub for receiving clock from the old korg KR55 drum machine and then sending out to whatever I need...now I'm starting to explore what this beast is capable of and this is very helpful. I can see this becoming a primary part of my setup
Lich Skywalker The monostation is fantastic. It’s literally the bass station II and the circuit in one.. and more. It sounds so good! Ignore the shitty patches it comes with.. dig into the synth!!
Fantastic. One of the best tutorials EVER. Fast, clear, detailed. Thank you. Love this device, been using it a ton since it’s so intuitive but this is great to dive way deeper into the options.
By far the most helpful video I've found on the features of the Mono. Really appreciate this after just unwrapping mine. Novation: Give this creator some love!
the only thing i miss in this machine is an effects section, you have to use an external effects unit, and that is propably what most users will do -- i just won an auction with this machine and will receive it the coming week - hope i will learn tu use it in this decade! -- thx for the demo, Levi in sweden
I just got one late week and haven’t had much time on it yet. New monitors are arriving tomorrow so I’m going to have a good session getting to grips with it. I used to have a Circuit so I’m confident I’ll get it down pretty quickly. This video was a big help though, cheers.
Thanks for the vid! Inspired me to get my Mono Station out, hook it up to my Circuit and write a new tune. Also looking forward to the new updates for both of them this summer. Some great features coming up! Keep up the great work!
I love my Circuit! So much weird fun. On a side-note, I have had difficulty getting it to sync to my Roland JD-Xi, although if I sync both of them to a DAW, they sync up just fine. Those are the two hardware midi-capable synths I have, so I wanted to hook them up for DAWless jams, but haven't gotten them to talk yet. Is this something weird about the way Roland implements midi in some of their synths? I thought I'd read something to this effect recently whilst researching it. Thanks so much and love your channel!
I have one, but I'll admit the only thing I kinda have down is the sequencing. I feel like I have learned more about the Digitakt and I have had my CMS way before! I think I need to brush up on synthesis and the mod matrix. I want to learn about signal paths and wave forms, but I don't know a good place to start.
@Bumwhush Thanks! if I don't want to send the "beat"of the circuit trough the filters and osc of the mono station I just need to play them "separate" (without midi) but at the same time?
Great. But you are very very fast. I so wish you did a more hands-on, in depth tutorial, such as how you're making a full track using Circuit Station Mono, rather than just a looped sequence of notes. This generally removes all obstacles, and from that point onward you can simply experiment to arrive at all of the other less known features.
I have a Mono Station question I hope you can answer. (working from an init patch in an empty session). In the mod-matrix I've set LFO to control Filter and then I've used the rate knob to set different wub speeds in a pattern. Also in MM, I've de-linked EG from filter so that only the lfo controls it. So far so good. However, if I leave this single bar pattern to play out, it's as if the whole bar is on a slow lfo. Where is that 1-bar LFO coming from and how do I switch that off? Thanks in advance.
You select Osc2 and the LEDs change colour on the controls. Then you can adjust the Osc2 parameters for that patch. Note that there is only one filter and VCA so you have to go paraphonic.
Yes, the narration does sound better on a desktop. Sounds like your voice has some stereo processing on it, so when a smartphone outputs it in mono, there is probably some phase cancellation.
I kinda liked the original circuit better. i just got one of these brand new for only 200, which was a steal, but I really thought it would at least have a couple of percussion tracks like the original. Oh well, i guess I can just use this to add a couple random sequences to tracks, i just feel like Id be totally missing out on its potential. Maybe Ill try to write a couple tracks with just this and my TR-08.
The Circuit is that one thing I just really dislike. It sounds like a really bad soft synth from the early 2000s. And I hate that so much of editing relies on decrypting a blinking grid. Wouldn’t have killed them to put in even just a tiny display. Even your remarkable talent couldn’t redeem it in my eyes.
It's an instrument, learn to play it and it's great, Not everything needs a screen.... A guitar hasn't got a screen and they've been used by alot of people for a long time! You're really missing out if you'll only ever touch things with screens.... How do you make coffee? Do you have an ipad app and an arduino?...
