Novation's MiniNova is a powerful but compact synthesizer that features never-seen-before features, including push-button Animate controls and their VocalTune voice effect.As the latest in the Nova range of synths, with over 15 years of family heritage and decades of design experience, MiniNova is built around the same synth engine as Novation's flagship, UltraNova.MiniNova is a powerful mini-keys synth with incredible performance controls, which enable you to tweak and warp the onboard sounds, and your own voice. It has the same synth-engine as it's big brother - the UltraNova - and comes with 256 awesome sounds so you can get started straight away. If you want to dig deeper, it's got a fully editable Nova-class synth engine (derived from the legendary Supernova series in the 1990s).MiniNova's compact size, massive sound and performance/editing controls make it perfect for producers, gigging musicians and anyone creating music with computers - it can also be a 37-key controller keyboard with MIDI I/O. The VocalTune and vocoder enable you to recreate classic vocal effects, as well as brand new voice-bending possibilities!MiniNova has 256 onboard sounds and space to save another 128 of your own sounds. You can quickly search for sounds by selecting the type of music you're making, or the type of sound you're after whether it's bass, lead - hip hop or techno. MiniNova comes with a free software Patch Librarian so you can store as many sounds as you want on your computer. If 256 is not enough, there are numerous soundpacks for MiniNova assembled by renowned artists and sound designers. These can be downloaded free from: www.novationmusic.com/soundpacksMiniNova can do things other synths can't. It has knobs that allow you to tweak and edit the sounds, but it can also 'animate' sound with 8 back-lit buttons. These trigger 'mods' in the synth engine that can warp sound in incredible ways as you play. There is also a large knob for filter cutoff so you can get instant control of the filter whatever else you are doing. MiniNova has an arpeggiator; you can use the 8 buttons to jam with arpeggios creating totally new sequences in real-timeMiniNova takes vocal effects one-step further. As well as a vocoder, it has VocalTune. This means you can talk into the mic and play the tune you want your voice to follow on the keyboard recreating those classic Hip Hop / Urban vocal effects. You can also run your voice through MiniNova's effects engine, adding reverb, distortion, chorus/phase, gator compression or EQ. This doesn't need to be limited to your voice; there is an input which you can plug a guitar or any other instrument and give it the same treatment; effects orvocoder.MiniNova has an enormously powerful synth engine, unheard of in such a compact synth. There are 14 conventional waveforms to choose from (square, sine, sawtooth, pulse, triangle and combinations), 36 wavetables and 20 digital waveforms. Each of the 3 oscillators (per voice) have density/detune for fattening up sounds, virtual sync and 'hardness' - which acts as an additional low pass filter. There are 14 filter types (and you can run 2 simultaneously), 6 envelope generators, 3 LFOs and 20 modulation slots where you can link modules of the synth engine together to shape sound. MiniNova can add up to 5 effects to each voice including distortion, reverb, chorus/phase, delay, compressor, EQ and Novation's unique gator effect.Editing sounds in such a powerful synth can be overwhelming, so we've created a software application gives you visual access to the synth engine. The MiniNova Editor works as a plug-in within your DAW or music software. You can fully edit MiniNova using the hardware, the software just makes it more simple to see what you are doing.Novation MiniNova Includes:MiniNova SynthesizerUSB Cable (1.8m)Contents delivery including:Software EditorLibrarianXcite+ Pack includingAbleton Live LiteBass Station 64 BitLoopmasters sample contentMicrophoneFull Printed User ManualWarranty Registration CardPower Supply 9VDC 500mANovation MiniNova Features:Powerful mini-synth with UltraNova's sound engineBrand new VocalTune and classic vocoder effectsTweak and warp your sounds in realtime256 awesome onboard sounds - instantly searchableUp to 18 voices availableLayer up to 5 effects per voiceComes with editing software and a software patch librarianRun guitars and other instruments though the vocoder and effects37 key controller keyboard with MIDI I/ONovation MiniNova Specifications:Synth Engine:Up to 18 note polyphony (dynamic voicing)Mono-TimbralPer patch:3x Oscillators1x Noise Generator2x Ring ModulatorsWaveforms include:Square, Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Pulse, 9x Saw-Pulse combinations.20x Digital waveforms36x WavetablesFilter types:2x filters per patchLow pass no resonance 6dB per octaveLow pass 12dBLow pass 18dBLow pass 24dBBand pass 6:6Band pass 6:12Band pass 12:6Band pass 6:18Band pass 18:6Band pass 12:12High pass no resonance 6dB per octaveHigh pass ..