Big Sound,
small synth
Don’t let
its size fool you; MiniNova has the most powerful sound engine and effects of
any micro synth. More polyphony, more filters, more effects, more modulation.
Every sound
has easy access to almost limitless variations, which you can subtly tweak or
totally warp with the twist of a knob or the touch of a button. Create all the
dirty-fat bass, soaring leads, lush pads and vintage sounds you could possibly
want – but on a tough and compact 37 mini-key synth.
Find Your
Sound Fast
MiniNova
comes with 256 killer sounds, space to save another 128 of your own, and a
Patch Librarian for loading and storing as many extra sounds on your computer
as you’ll ever need.
That’s a
lot of choice, but you can easily search through them by selecting your style
or music, or the type of sound you’re after. Bass? Lead? Techno? Hip Hop?
Whatever you’re looking for, you’ll find your sound fast. Don’t worry if you’re
lacking inspiration: we’re always releasing new free soundpacks for MiniNova,
which we create with renowned artists and sound designers.
Create
Unique Vocals
MiniNova’s
Vocoder comes with a secret weapon: VocalTune. Talk or sing into the mic, and
your voice will automatically be tuned to the notes you play on the keyboard.
Or, to do
something totally unique with your voice, run it through the effects engine.
Add reverb, distortion, chorus/phaser, gator compression or EQ – whatever you
need to create attention-grabbing vocals, or recreate iconic vocal lines.
Don’t limit
yourself to vocals either: Plug in your instrument or any audio source to do
really cool stuff with MiniNova’s VocalTune, vocoder, filters and effects.
Animate and
Arpeggiate
Switch to
‘Animate’ mode and press one of the eight backlit buttons to trigger awesome
performance functions.
Switch to
‘Arpeggiator’ mode to jam with arpeggiator rhythms in realtime, using the
buttons to edit the arpeggiator step sequencer so you can switch steps in and
out.
Editing
software included
You can
fully edit MiniNova using the hardware, but it can be a bit overwhelming.
That’s why we’ve created the MiniNova Editor: software that gives you visual
access to your synth engine within your music software or DAW, to make it much
easier to see what you’re doing.
Utility,
display and patch select controls
16
character custom LCD
1x large
detented patch select encoder
1x patch
sort switch
1x volume
dial
1x detented
data encoder
5x
navigation/utility buttons
2x patch
navigation buttons
Keyboard/performance
controls
Pitch wheel
(LED lit)
Modulation
wheel (LED lit)
37 note
keyboard with velocity
4x smooth
edit/performance pots
1x large
smooth filter pot
1x six
position parameter selector switch
6x
parameter indicator LEDs
8x
three-colour, back-lit animate/arpeggiator/favourite patch-select buttons
2x
animate/arpeggiate LED indicators
1x back-lit
‘hold’ button
1x
animate/arpeggiator/favourite patch toggle switch
1x
‘favourite’ patch select button
1x
arpeggiator tempo control pot
1x
arpeggiator tempo indicator LED
2x back-lit
arpeggiator control encoders
2x back-lit
octave select buttons
Inputs,
Outputs, rear panel
XLR dynamic
mic input
1x ¼” jack
inputs
2x ¼” jack
outputs
1x ¼” jack
headphone output
Sustain
pedal on ¼” jack input
MIDI in/out
12 volt
power input
USB/DC/off
power switch
USB B 2.0
(MiniNova can be powered via USB)
Kensington
security slot
Synth
Engine
Up to 18
note polyphony (dynamic voicing)
Mono-Timbral
Per patch
3x
oscillators
1x noise
generator
2x ring
modulators
Waveforms
include:
Square,
sine, tri, sawtooth, pulse, 9x saw:pulse combinations
20x digital
waveforms
36x
wavetables
Filter
types
2x filters
per patch
low pass no
resonance 6dB per octave
low pass
12dB
low pass
18dB
low pass
24dB
band pass
6:6
band pass
6:12
band pass
12:6
band pass
6:18
band pass
18:6
band pass
12:12
high pass
no resonance 6dB per octave
high pass
12dB
high pass
18dB
high pass
24dB
Modulation
sources
20
modulation slots per patch
6x envelope
generators
3x LFOs
Aftertouch
(Supported in the engine. Note, keyboard does not generate aftertouch)
Velocity
Key
scaling/track
Mod wheel
Expression
pedal
Total of 66
Destinations including
Oscillator
pitch, pulse width, wavetable index, level and sync
Filter
cutoff, resonance, envelope settings
Effects
parameters and send levels
Recursive
modulation (modulating modulation sources themselves)
5 effects
slots per patch
Distortion
– up to 2 instances
Compressor
– up to 2 instances
Chorus/Phase
– up to 4 instances
Delay – up
to 2 instances
Reverb – up
to 2 instances
Gator
EQ
Misc
VocalTune
12 band
vocoder
Arpeggiator
– 33 patterns
Realtime
Arp rhythm editing function
Chord
function – lock up to 10 notes
Patch
storage – up to 384 on hardware (ships with 256 factory patches)
