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Thanks.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I’m glad I could help in your decision. I’m going to include some links to cables I use with my unit. I full disclosure, as an Amazon Associate, I earn commission from qualifying purchases. I can’t tell from this comment whether you ordered the SH-4d, or the Circuit Tracks. Both could benefit from stereo cables (1 stereo out for the SH4d, and 1 stereo in and 1 stereo out for the Circuit Tracks). I’ve tried various cables, and I’ve had a good experience with these cables for the past year: amzn.to/3PSprmT . Unless you’re driving it from a computer via the included USB cable, you’ll probably want some MIDI cables, too (unless you’re running it in standalone mode). I prefer using short cables to keep a minimum of spaghetti clutter on my performance table. I’ve used these short standard MIDI cables for some time, and they work great: amzn.to/3VH8eio . I more recently picked up these even lower profile CME cables, and they can work spectacularly depending on how you arrange you gear (they don’t have a long reach): amzn.to/43Smfxo . I hope this helps. Let me know.

You're so welcome!

It’s a surprisingly great sounding unit.

It might somewhat of an issue. It depends on the intersection of the nature of your color-blindness (which colors you can’t distinguish), and where the Circuit Tracks uses color not just to distinguish an instrument, but to indicate the nature of the data it’s showing. In my videos (or others), have you been able to tell via perceived brightness of the selector buttons on the side, and the pads in the middle, which function was selected and what kind of data it was showing?

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you for watching, and thank you for your encouragement. That immediacy is one of my favorite features of the SH-4d.

@@lectronin Agreed. I sold my MC-101 because the workflow was so slow that I often lost interest and/or inspiration before I came up with something I liked. Looking forward to watching your back catalog

Thank you, and you're welcome.

Glad it was helpful!

You are so welcome!

Eres muy bienvenido

Thank you. I keep my synths and my towels handy.

Great tip!

You're very welcome!

Glad you liked it!

Thank you. It's such a versatile and powerful unit.

@@lectronin definitely

Thank you. I mostly made it inside Logic Pro 2 for iPad. It's amazing what one can achieve on a tablet.

It's a great compact unit.

Suena genial. Ya tengo entretenimiento para la tarde 😅😅😅

Buen trabajo 👍🏼😜

Gracias

You're very welcome. I think the SH-4d could be quite complementary to your setup.

Thanks.

My pleasure!

I’m glad I can help. Development of the music is something that can be a challenge to most composers/producers. We’re not alone.

Me too!

Thank you.

Thank you, and thanks for watching.

Sounds interesting. I’m sure the Jupiter XM will pair nicely, and the MPC brings its own unique power to the combo.

Muchas gracias 😁

I might recommend the Circuit Tracks. I love my SH-4d, but the Juno X offers true Zen-Core and a keyboard. As long as it fits well in your current workflow, I think I lean towards keeping the Juno X, and adding the SH-4d when time and funds allow. Unless, of course, you’re looking to downsize for space and portability.

Great to hear!

Thank you! Cheers!

This came from page 52 of Ver. 3 of the Circuit Tracks manual, "In Note View, tied notes are shown as orange when the steps are held down as opposed to the usual red. If notes are added to a step that already has a tied note assigned, they will not inherit the tie- forward setting and will be shown in red. This ensures that overdubbing on a step with a tied note does not result in multiple ties. It is also the case that newly added notes will have their own gate lengths, which may be different to the length of any pre-existing notes." That was my experience. Although it's been a minute, I believe when I imported the Circuit Track's sequence into Ableton, it show short gated notes over sustained notes. I certainly didn't have to hassle with converting several chopped gated notes into longer sustained notes.

Good question. You only need the Circuit Tracks. I was using Ableton to show what was inside the Circuit Tracks.

@@lectronin thanks 😊

@@lectronin I have sh4d and I’d like to find a groovbox to have more choose for percussion 🥁? Like a tr8 but with patterns.. have an idea pls ?

I’m not quite sure what you mean. In many ways, the SH-4d is more capable than the TR-8 (I have one). It has deeper sound design for its rhythm and more flexibility for its step sequencing. However, it’s not as versatile when it comes to transforming multiple percussion instruments on the fly, like the TR-S. Neither of them have the pattern flexibility of the Circuit Tracks. I know you said “groove box” as in one self-contained unit, but perhaps pairing the SH-4d or TR-8 with an Arturia Beatstep Pro, with its hands-on sequencing might give you what you seek. I hope that helps. Let me know if you find something that fits the bill, or if I misunderstood the problem you’re trying to solve.

@@lectronin I'm looking for versatility, as you say, on every instrument. With sh4d I can't put a distortion effect only on the kick. That's why I'd like a second sequencer, or whatever you want to call it. Synchronize with sh4d. But only for percussion. Thank you very much for your reply.

Thank you for watching and commenting. I don't know if it will fit your particular needs, but I personally like the Roland SH-4d. It allows for 4 tracks of synths (with a variety of synthesizer oscillator models) and includes a track for drums as well. I find the combo of the Circuit Tracks plus the SH-4d to be pretty dynamic. I use it in the video, and you can find a link in the description.

Whoa! I forgot that they made those.

@lectronin Hell Yeah! Minidisc is huge! I just got my TASCAM 350-MD, too! Huge market

You’re welcome. Thank you for watching.

The first thing I noticed about the Circuit Rhythm was its 9 dB degradation of the signal chain. I’m aware of the delay, but I only had the one track coming from the Rhythm itself. As far as the effects of the delay on playing live on the Tracks, I’m used to compensating for latency in DAWs and even variation in attacks on different synth voices. I guess, in short, I’ve learned to adapt to the idiosyncrasies of the instruments I play.

Thank you.

I’d have to look that up, but that sounds about right.

Thank you for watching, and thanks for the tip!

Awesome! Thank you!

Thank you for watching. Congratulations on your newly acquired SH-4d.

Thank you. I’m glad it helped. That program change issue was something I forgot to mention in the video. I was having a similar issue between the Circuit Track and the SH-4d. The solution is to go to the Setup View in the Circuit Tracks (press [Shift] + [Save]) and turn off Transmit MIDI Program Change Data. It will be 6th button from the left on the bottom row (the right most of the two magenta buttons on the bottom). Once its illumination dims, it will stop transmitting program change. That program change data is used to coordinate Project selection between the Circuit Tracks and the Circuit Rhythm. If you want to retain that ability, then you’ll have to block reception of program change data in your external synth.

Thank you. From setup through recording, including experimentation, wrong turns, and practice, it was about 4 hours.

@@lectronin wow that's fast. your good. that would have taken me a few days

Thank you. Parts 2 and 4 were sequences (patterns) running on the SH-4d that I either faded in/out or muted/unmuted. Please forgive me, but I’m not quite sure what you mean by program messages or control channel. You can send program changes from the Circuit Tracks, and receive them on the SH-4d, but the program changes on the Circuit Tracks come from the selection of projects, so it tends not to be terribly useful for the purpose. You can also dedicate all 4 non-drum tracks on the Circuit Tracks to control all 4 parts on the SH-4d. I show an example of that here: Ambient improv using the Circuit Tracks to sequence all 4 SH-4d Parts th-cam.com/video/Nm94mX3S31Y/w-d-xo.html

Sorry I meant program changes not program messages. As for the Control Channel. The SH-4D has a 5th midi channel you can set to any channel. And it allows for remote changing of patterns and remote control of the arppegiator. At least that's what I get from the manual. I'm working on a set up with an MPC one where I hope to use the SH-4d with the control channel to change parts on the fly remotely. I was just wondering if you had ever used or thought of using the control channel. It is In the system settings inside the SH-4D it's called Ctrl channel and it is located just before the midi channels for the 4 parts.

Arigatou gozaimashita!

Thank you for watching. I agree. If you’re treating Projects like complete songs, then it would be much more efficient to be able to synchronize switching scenes during a performance, since you’ll only select projects once before you start, but you’ll switch scenes several times on the fly. Not to mention you can keep another view other than the mixer up on the Circuit Rhythm while you switch scenes from the Circuit Tracks.

Thank you for watching and commenting, and for your encouragement. It truly means a lot to me. As far as I understand, the single sync jack on the units is sync out only. So, I don’t think it would be possible to control the Rhythm from the Tracks using a sync cable.