A very
naughty synth
Circuit
Mono Station is a scheming, manipulative little beast of a machine, with a
deafening roar to be tamed. It’s infectious to use, quick to engage with and
capable of some unpredictable and rather dangerous results.
Just try
and muzzle it
Featuring
three types of analogue distortion effects, a really nasty ring modulator, a
chunky sub-oscillator and step automation for all 53 parameters, Circuit Mono
Station sounds bloody disgusting. It’s an instrument that can be used as an
experimental, polyrhythmic sound design tool – set apart with Bass Station II’s
synth engine, reworked into a paraphonic form. Sequences can benefit from
longer LFOs staying in sync across several notes, perfect for making widely
evolving musical phrases.
Impressive
CV with lots of sequencing experience
Having the
same workflow as the Circuit sequencer and synth, Circuit Mono Station really
is the potty-mouthed child of Novation. The Mod Seq, Swing Sync and a Mutate
function are useful for happy accidents, and the AUX CV output can send complex
modulation signals to the outside world. You can programme notes into the Mod
Seq page to independently control your modular and CV gear with pitch and gate
control via the CV/GATE output.
It’ll say
anything to anyone
With USB
MIDI, MIDI IN/OUT/THRU, CV and GATE connectors, Circuit Mono Station can get in
the face of every piece of gear in its space.
Product
Hardware Specifications
32 RGB
backlit velocity sensitive button grid
18 RGB
backlit function buttons
8 Pots
including dedicated filter and volume pots
2 Encoders
for tempo and modulation path depth
6 RGB
backlit mini pots for mixer section
4 35mm
sliders for envelope ADSR control
16 Tact
switches
27 Orange
LEDs for functional selection
19 RGB
indicator LEDs
2 1/4” jack
sockets for line out and audio input
3 3.5mm
jack sockets for MIDI in, out and thru (MIDI din break-out cables included)
2 3.5mm
jack sockets for analogue clock in and out
3 3.5mm
jack sockets for CV, gate and aux CV output
USB B 2.0 /
MIDI comms only (no bus-power)
Configurable
MIDI channels
Front-mounted
3.5mm jack socket for headphones
Rubberised
knob caps
Rotary
controls secured to the chassis with metal nuts
Power
supply connector
Power
switch
Kensington
Security Slot
Synth
Engine
Paraphonic
– dual osc, single amp with separate control of each oscillator’s pitch
64 Synth
patches
2
Oscillators + sub osc (follows the pitch of osc 1)
Noise
generator
Coarse and
fine tune per osc
Waveform
octave depth 16’, 8’, 4’ or 2’
Ring mod
between osc 1 and 2
Oscillator
waveforms include:
Sine,
triangle, sawtooth, square / variable pulse width
Envelope
1 ADSR
Envelope (Attack/Decay/Sustain/Release)
Routable
via the modulation matrix
LFO
Single LFO
with rate
Sync mode
Waveforms
include:
Sine,
triangle, sawtooth, square / variable pulse width, sample and hold
Filter
State
variable OTA filter
12/24dB
slope
Low-pass /
band-pass / high-pass
Pre-filter
overdrive
Frequency
and resonance controls
Modulation
4×8
Modulation matrix
All
modulation routes available at all times with depth control for each route
Mod sources
(4)
Envelope
LFO
Modulation
sequence
Pad
velocity
Mod
destinations (8)
Osc 1 pitch
Osc 2 pitch
Osc 1 PWM
Osc 2 PWM
Amp
Filter
cut-off
Distortion
level
Aux CV
outpu
Mixer:
Osc 1 level
Osc 2 level
Sub Osc
level
Noise
generator level
Ring
modulation depth
Audio In
(with gain control)
Distortion
3 types of
analogue distortion: 1, 2 and 3 (combination of 1 & 2)
Sequencer
32 Sessions
2 Tracks
per session + 1 track modulation sequence
16 Patterns
for osc 1, 8 patterns for osc 2 and mod sequence
16 Demo
sessions
Real time
record (notes, with velocity and automation)
Auto-quantise
notes to steps and automation to 6 events per step
Sequencer
resolution 24 PPQN
51
Automation parameters
All knob
and slider movements can be recorded (excluding volume)
All
modulation route depths can be automated
Tempo range
40 – 240 BPM
Swing 20 –
80%
Glide
amount configurable per step
8 Pattern
sync rates (incl. triplet rates)
Pattern
direction setting including ping-pong and random
Pattern
mutate
8 Global
swing sync rates (incl. triplet rates)
Real Time
Performance
Full range
velocity scanning and record. Editable to 16 levels
16 Scale
types and chromatic transposition
Synth expand
view doubles playable area
Dual view
for playing osc 1 and osc 2 simultaneously and independently
Paraphonic
mode option switch to select how the amp envelope triggers
Configurable
pattern start and end points
Configurable
pattern chain
Instant and
queued Session switching
Instant and
queued Pattern switching
Editing
Velocity
and gate per step
Fractional
gate lengths (each step divisible by 6)
Automation
edit per step
Clear step,
automation parameter per pattern, pattern, session
Duplicate
step, pattern
Software
Compatibility
Ableton
Live Lite 9 is included
Circuit
Mono Station is a USB-MIDI class compliant device
Power
Requirements
Maximum
power consumption 12V DC 1A
Product
Dimensions
240mm width
x 250mm depth x 54mm height
