Classic Synth Specials 

Novation Mininova – a Microkorg competitor?

just saw there is a new very Microkorg-style version of the ultranova plus or minus X from novation called Mininova – that m-word is big nowadays. 400€. 37 Tasten/Keys Keyboard mit/with standard MIDI I/O 3 x Oszillatoren / Oscillators, 1 x Noise-Generator, 2 x Ringmodulator/s 15 Filter type – Filter Typen Arpeggiator, 33 Types of Patterns – it has 8 step ARPer which is nice, and well – there is these 8 buttons also being used for variation like LFO speed change for 8 different wobbles or vibrato etc. very cool.…

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Beats with UltraNova and Launchpad: Explained – YouTube

Live beats with UltraNova and Launchpad: Explained – this is a nice little Demo of the Ultranova and Ableton with 3 Launchpads in use. first controlling the usual clips, second for drums and third controlling FX. Let me say, that for drums a dynamik pad would be more suitable of course – but this is of course by Novation – so is obvious they use it as a drum pad as well. in fact this just a „modern“ normal set of things you can use in todays music production – by…

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