Novation Mininova Synthesizer Blue

Small yet beastly, Novation's MiniNova 37-mini-key synthesizer/vocoder gives you robust performance controls that let you tweak and warp 256 great-sounding onboard presets - and your voice - in realtime. Under the bonnet, MiniNova sports the same potent synth engine as its big brother UltraNova. String synth engine modules together in the 20-slot modulation matrix to create monster patches. Jam to patterns you create with the onboard arpeggiator. Connect MiniNova to your computer via USB and use it as a MIDI controller. Want boatloads of synth in a pint-sized package? You want Novation's MiniNova.

Novation MiniNova 37-mini-key Synthesizer/vocoder at a Glance:

Gets its attitude from its big brother: The Novation MiniNova is endowed with the same sound engine as its big brother, the UltraNova. It ships with 256 dynamite patches that you can tweak using five knobs - or completely warp with MiniNova's eight Animate buttons. MiniNova also sports an onboard voice-tune effect as well as a classic vocoder. The net result is a powerhouse of a synth in a tidy, trim package.

A beefy synth engine juiced with great-sounding effects: Novation's MiniNova has the beefiest synth engine ever put into such a compact synth. You get 14 waveforms (square, sine, sawtooth, pulse, and triangle, plus variations), 36 wavetables, plus 20 digital waveforms. Each of the three oscillators (per voice) sports Density/detune for fattening up sounds, Virtual Sync, and Hardness - which functions as an additional lowpass filter. Speaking of filters, MiniNova is fitted with 14 different types (you can run two simultaneously), six envelope generators, three LFOs, and a modulation matrix with 20 slots in which you can string synth engine modules together to create a sonic beast. Effects? Definitely. With MiniNova, you can add up to five effects to each voice - that includes distortion, reverb, compression, EQ, chorus/phase, delay, and Novation's proprietary Gator effect. Wow!

Knobs and buttons: Novation's MiniNova has unique and powerful sound-shaping capabilities for such a bantamweight. You get knobs, naturally, that let you tweak your sounds, but you can also "animate" sound using eight back-lit buttons that trigger mods in the synth engine that warp your patches in realtime as you play. There's a large knob for filter cutoff so no matter what else you are doing, you always have instant control over the filter. MiniNova also sports a 33-pattern arpeggiator, and you can use the eight buttons to jam with these patterns, creating completely new sequences (in realtime) in the process.

Features:

• Massively powerful mini-synth with UltraNovasound engine
• Voice-tune and classic vocoder effects
• Tweak and warp your sounds in Realtime
• 256 amazing sounds onboard, instantly searchable
• Layer up to five effects per voice
• Comes with editing software and a software patch librarian
• Run guitars and other instruments though the vocoder and effects
• Also functions as a 37-key controller keyboard with MIDI I/O

Technical Specifications:

• Sound Engine Type(s): Modeling
• Number of Keys: 37
• Type of Keys: Mini
• Other Controllers: Pitch-bend, Mod Wheel
• Polyphony: 18 Notes
• Number of Presets: 256
• Expansion: No Expansion
• Number of Effects: 7

Effects Types: Distortion, reverb, compression, EQ, chorus/phase, delay, Gator

Arpeggiator: Yes

Sampling: No

Audio Playback: No Audio Playback

USB: USB

Number of Audio Inputs: 2

Audio Input Types: 1 x XLR, 1 x TRS

Number of Audio Outputs: 3

Audio Output Types: 2 x TS, 1 x Headphone

Number of Digital Inputs: No digital inputs

Digital Input Types: No digital inputs

Number of Digital Outputs: No digital outputs

Digital Output Types: No digital outputs

MIDI I/O: In/Out (Din)

Pedal Inputs: 1 x Sustain

Height: 2.95-Inches

Width: 23.2-Inches

Depth: 9.06-Inches

Weight: 6 lbs.