Novation Nova II

A four-octave keyboards with aftertouch.
Six mono-audio outputs to six different stamps simultaneously.
Three oscillators, ring mod and more fm.
-Parameters very well thought out and rarely seen in competition, they just act directly on the oscillators before attacking the filter.
USB-no of course it must revise its MIDI.
-A vocoder and audio inputs.
Electro-very, very still, do not try to make a classical instrument ...

UTILIZATION

I enjoy few hidden features, all accessible and logical manual found in French, not English chopper the doc on the site of innovation.

It's a treat to have as much impact on the sound with a small parameter of nothing.

Good for the dub step not obvious to control the LFO at your fingertips so it is synchronized to the tempo, but at the same time the limitation creates inspiration.

SOUNDS

So the first thing to do, take a preset random, cut all the effects and all assignments, make you sound simple and empty, and go from there to create.

By default there is little to be ten factory sounds that make you dream any more.

At the start and very typical acid house rave party kitsch 90/2000 year, but few do much better!

Yum very deep bass, tablecloths to cry, the very industrial and very lo-fi, the lead sawing the ears .. vocoder and a very practical and not so kitsch it eventually.

The distortion and chorus are great! for the remaining effects must be measured it easy, too metal for my taste.

there is also an arpeggiator pretty cool when it looks.

sound and lively, even a white ring oscillator.

The sensitivity of the keyboard is good, the knobs are very ergonomic, it is not endless, but the feel is good.

OVERALL OPINION

I have not found a good demo on the net, but I took it anyway, why? as a synth part, with its very typical, easy to use, not perfect but it does, the few reviews and videos I believe.

It is almost impossible to find in France, see around, you have to search ebay fr or Italy to see for sale, with a little luck every other month we find one, those who do it not separate so easily

Test if possible, to compose and live it's fantastic, is synth is very comfortable with any kind of sound experiments, but also perfect for a place in the mix thanks to its sound. He deserves to be better known.