Description

Whether you're a music production novice taking your first steps in synthesis, a keyboard player in a touring band, or an experienced sound designer, our backpack-sized beast more than delivers.

Built on the UltraNova sound engine, MiniNova has more polyphony, more filter types, more effects, and more modulation than any other synthesizer in its class. It even has a built-in vocoder. With USB bus power, you can easily hook it up to your computer and bring it wherever your music takes you.

Make huge sounds – Create dirty-fat bass, soaring leads, lush pads, and vintage sounds with up to 18 voices and powerful effects
Intuitive control – tweak your patches with the knobs, or totally warp them with the Animate buttons
Create unique vocals – talk or sing into the included microphone and run your voice through the synth and its effects engine
Find your sound fast – Instantly search through 256 preset sounds by type or musical genre, plus save 128 more of your own.
Layer effects – each voice can be processed with up to five effects, including distortion, reverb, chorus, phase, delay, compressor, and EQ

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 sound packs for MiniNova, which we create with renowned artists and sound designers.

Create unique vocals with MiniNova's Vocoder

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 real time, using the buttons to edit the arpeggiator step sequencer so you can switch steps in and out.

Specifications:

Overview

12-band Vocoder with dynamic gooseneck microphone

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-color, back-lit animate/arpeggiator/favorite patch-select buttons

2x animate/arpeggiate LED indicators

1x back-lit 'hold' button

1x animate/arpeggiator/favorite patch toggle switch

1x 'favorite' 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

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

Dimensions

Length560mm
Depth250mm
Height75mm

Power requirements

USB bus powered

9V DC power supply included

Maximum power con

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