Circuit Tracks XT8 · v0.6.0 (build 4694)

Virtual grid

The new and changed v0.6.0 pages, as the firmware draws them in the emulator. Use it to learn the pages before you go to the attic, and to spot a colour that looks wrong on the box.

These are the colours the firmware asks the LEDs to show, not photos. Each picture is the stock LED converter's output in the emulator (stock RGB palette, build circuit-tracks-xt8-v0.6.0-alpha-base4486-custom4694.bin). Real LED appearance on the hardware is unverified: brightness, colour balance and the single-colour buttons may look different. A pad with a darker lower half and a ~ is animated (flashing or pulsing) between the two colours. Button LEDs are in a schematic order, not the panel layout.

Chord setup (Shift + Scales, held)

Buttons: Synth 1 · hold Shift, hold Scales, let go of Shift · pad 8 (Degrees) · pad 26 (strum Up) · pad 31 (slow) · captured with Scales still held

Chord setup (Shift + Scales, held): LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1-4 chord size 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 notes (chosen = white)
  • 7-8 chord pads: Keys (stock layout) / Degrees (new)
  • 9-12 inversion root / 1st / 2nd / 3rd
  • 17-22 shape: triad, 7th, sus2, sus4, power, 6th
  • 25-28 strum Off / Up / Down / Alternate (new)
  • 29-31 strum speed 8 / 18 / 35 ms between notes (grey while Strum is Off)
  • 32 Chord on/off: green = off (press to turn on), red = on

Arp setup (Shift + Preset, then Gate)

Buttons: Synth 1 · hold Shift, tap Preset, let go · tap Gate

Arp setup (Shift + Preset, then Gate): LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1-5 direction: up, down, up-down, random, as played
  • 9-16 rate (meter; the chosen rate is white)
  • 17 Latch (white = on, grey = off)
  • 18 Chord: each held pad arpeggiates its chord
  • 25-31 gate length (meter)
  • 32 Arp on/off: green = off, red = on

Note view, Chord on, Degrees

Buttons: Synth 1 · hold Shift + Scales, let go of Shift · pad 8 (Degrees) · pad 32 (Chord on) · let go of Scales

Note view, Chord on, Degrees: LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1-16 stock step pads (unchanged)
  • 17-24 7th chords on I ii iii IV V vi vii° I′ (tonic pads in stock's root colour)
  • 25-32 triads on I ii iii IV V vi vii° I′

Performance page (Mixer, then Mixer again)

Buttons: Synth 1 P2 given one note (so it is P1's fill) · Mixer · Mixer · pad 26 (Ramp) · pad 27 (Random)

Performance page (Mixer, then Mixer again): LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1 hold: delay throw (selected track's delay send to 110)
  • 2 hold: reverb throw
  • 3 hold: low-pass sweep of the master filter
  • 4 hold: high-pass sweep
  • 5 hold: FX cut (bypass)
  • 6 hold: delay feedback lift (capped at 110)
  • 7 hold: sidechain punch
  • 8 hold: Fill (lit only when a track has a fill; here Synth 1 P2)
  • 17-20 hold: roll Drum 1-4
  • 21-24 roll division 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, 1/16T (dark in Ramp)
  • 25-27 roll mode Fixed / Ramp / Random (chosen = white)
  • 28 Reroll (Random only)

Pattern Settings with repeat pads

Buttons: Synth 1 · Pattern Settings · pad 27 (x3)

Pattern Settings with repeat pads: LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1-16 stock start/end of the pattern (unchanged)
  • 17-24 stock sync rate (unchanged)
  • 25-28 repeat x1-x4 (new; hold Shift for x5-x8). Count = bright track colour, others dim; white if the count is on the other half
  • 29-32 stock playback direction (unchanged)

Custom FX page (FX, then pad 32)

Buttons: Synth 1 · FX · pad 32 · pad 6 (Hall) · pad 10 (Space echo) · pad 17 (Warm tape) · pad 25 (Juno I)

Custom FX page (FX, then pad 32): LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1-8 FDN reverb: Small room, Room, Studio, Chamber, Plate, Hall, Large hall, Cathedral
  • 9-16 tape delay: Slapback, Space echo, Dub, Ping-pong, Wide tape, Long dark, Worn, Runaway
  • 17-24 lo-fi for the selected track: Warm tape, Cassette, Worn tape, 12-bit, Old sampler, 8-bit, Radio, Dusty blend
  • 25-31 chorus for the selected track: Juno I, Juno II, Juno I+II, Slow wide, Ensemble, Vibrato, Dark BBD
  • 32 back to the stock FX page

XT Patterns matrix: chains and a queued pattern

Buttons: Shift + Synth 1 (X1) · Patterns · hold pad 1, tap pad 9 (chain X1 P1-P2) · Shift + Drum 2 (X6) · Patterns · hold pad 6, tap 14 and 22 (chain X6 P1-P3) · Play · after one beat tap pad 17 (X1 P3: queued)

XT Patterns matrix: chains and a queued pattern: LED colours the firmware requests
  • here X6 plays a P1-P3 chain (bright, P1 pulsing); X1 plays P1 with P3 queued (flashing)
  • columns lanes X1-X8, in lane colours
  • rows patterns 1-4 of each lane
  • bright in the lane's chain; the playing pattern pulses on the beat
  • flashing queued: switches at the end of the lane's current pattern
  • dim not in the chain

DX7 voice browser (double-tap Preset)

Buttons: release card (DX7/XT8 Starter.syx + PLUCK/) · Synth 1 · Note · Preset, Preset · pad 3 (load voice 3)

DX7 voice browser (double-tap Preset): LED colours the firmware requests
  • 1-16 16 voices of this page: dim cyan = voice, bright cyan = loaded, amber = loading, red = failed; press the loaded one again for stock
  • 17-24 one pad per 32 voices, current group white; dark here because the release card holds only 32 voices
  • 25 DX7 tab
  • 26 pluck tab
  • 30-31 page up / down, lit when possible (here page 1 of 2: only down); Up/Down buttons too