Novation Circuit Rhythm £360
CONTACT WHO: Novation WEB: novationmusic.com KEY FEATURES I/O: Eight-track hardware sampler with one-shot, gated and loop sample modes. Feature reverb, delay, sidechain, bi-directional filter and master compressor effects, plus 16 punch-in Grid FX. I/O: Stereo pair of 1/4” jack inputs, stereo pair of 1/4” jack outputs, headphone out, MIDI in, out and thru (also usable as a second MIDI out), USB, analogue clock out, microSD port
Regular readers will know our fondness for Novation Circuit. The British brand’s fun, intuitive little groovebox packs a shocking amount of potential into its diminutive frame, with the inclusion of two polysynths, a four-track sample sequencer and – as of the recent Circuit Tracks update – multiple channels of external sequencing. Now Novation are further expanding the Circuit range with Circuit Rhythm, a new counterpart that ditches the original’s multi-functional ethos in favour of a focus purely on sampled grooves.
Hardware-wise, aside from a lighter coloured top panel and some slight variations in how controls are labelled,
