All user reviews of 4/5 for the Novation UltraNova

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UTILIZATION

manual clear, simple config

on the other hand I can not seem to recognize my ultranova in my pc ... which is frustrating but I hope to find a solution quickly.

SOUNDS

dance oriented sound / electro / dubstep

but we know perfectly build a sound from scratch!

full of opportunities intuitive editing ... with a peach of hell!



I forgot .... THE Vocoder! genial!

OVERALL OPINION

bought a few months ago, I discovered my ultranova everyday ...

we regret the direct access through banks ... you have to turn the wheel

other than that it is great!

The Novation UltraNova is a 37 key synth that can be used as a USB controller or even an audio interface if the user wants. All of the keys are velocity and touch sensitive. There are MIDI in MIDI out and MIDI thru connections on the UltraNova synth, I used it right along with all of the other MIDI gear and had it hooked up with my MIDI sport to use as a controller for a while in Cubase.

UTILIZATION

There are 2 ¼ jack inputs and 2 ¼ jack outputs. There are 2 more inputs for headphones and aux inputs. I have noticed that there is a sustain pedal input and a expression pedal inputs on it too but I have not used those features yet.

SOUNDS

There are some really good effects like the chorus, delay, reverb, distortion and a few other ones. The arp function on the UltraNova is very easy to work with and customize. The only thing that upset me with this board is that there are no expansion abilities. It would have been nice to expand it down the right. The UltraNova can be bus powered and it can also work via DC wall plug in.

OVERALL OPINION

One great feature with this board is that you can use it as a VST and record MIDI data and audio at the same time. It is very easy to set it up in your DAW as an AU channel or a MIDI input channel. This synth is very affordable and has great features; it is easy to use and work with and has never let me down. Have been using it for years and it has worked flawlessly. It came with a manual that explained everything and there are even a lot of videos online to help new users understand the works of this board.

For that, I leave it to all readers to go to the manufacturer's website ...
But sounds divided into four banks of 128 sounds (three banks and factories user)

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is easy! I was a little scared because having a Korg RADIAS and barely mastering possibilities, I was scared to find myself in the same situation ... It is nothing! The menus are clear and easy to find and everything is at your fingertips! It becomes almost intuitive!
The manual was just rapidos laminated ...
For the software part ... I'll come in another post, because in this area, I do not hide being totally ignorant! So I'll shut up on this field and leaves spécilistes write reviews safer ...

SOUNDS

The sounds are striking although the keyboard is Monophonic ...
Of course, this synth, look no sounds of pianos, strings and other instruments ... the traditional, we are in another universe!
Having a Tyros3 a Korg M50, Radias, Kaossilator pro and finally a Yamaha MOX6 the Ultranova just slip into my little studio without problems!
I consists mainly of electronic music (type Jarre, Vangelis ... but without their talents, alas ..!) And this wonderful toy brings a new color to my musical inspirations.
Aside from a sound or two that I like a little less, everything is very good for sound! And of course, everything is changeable at will!
What happiness!

OVERALL OPINION

I use Ultranova for about three weeks. My choice was listening to the demos posted on the net ... So, without trying other equivalent models!
What I like is the ability to easily change the sound (despite the wealth of original sounds) without taking head in a jiffy!
Which is a little less well: monotimbralité and three octaves ... one more was tip top!
Good value for money, this is a great instrument, and if I had to make this choice would without hesitation!
A great "little" synth in size but very big in performance that will satisfy beginners and pros!

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UTILIZATION

clear and stable, could be more intuitive level editing

SOUNDS

We quickly make complex sounds pretty good sounding fat or, more oriented Electro, Hip-Hop, Dub Step.

OVERALL OPINION

I used ultranova and I thought it was a great synth, probably the best in its class, Virtual Analog around 500 Euros. Most are powerful synthesis effects in large numbers, interactivity and Live side given by the touch sensitive knobs, a keyboard and very good. It is similar to a Virus TI in terms of usage, but less versatile in sound and especially monotimbral and no audio via usb ... The editor plug-in is also nice to use less than the Virus. But if we look a little editing, we arrive fast enough great sounds that have a strong presence in the mix.

See below.
The sound palette of plants is very large, but when you start to create their own sounds downright giddy possibilities give.
Three oscilloscopes, noise generator, two ring modulators fed by the oscilloscope; these six sources are sent to two multimode filters according to various configs, and everything starts in a string of six effects.
It adds a modulation matrix of 20 strings, where each bead takes two input sources from three LFOs, six envelopes (including amplitude and filter) and physical controllers. Cords destinations include many of the oscilloscope settings, those filters and effects, but also parameters of the envelopes and LFOs ... this is REALLY powerful.
The only real limitation is probably the monotrimbralité, but frankly for the price you can not complain, especially since I have not had any problems with polyphony so far.
Everything is built up in the PC universe: midi over USB, audio in both directions also (there is a pair of audio inputs), which makes the Ultranova a sound card. In addition to the headphone mix and buttons on the front line are well thought out, in short it works well.

UTILIZATION

I think there are two ways to use them: use the factory sounds or attacking synthesis. I'm using clearly not the type of music that owns the factory sounds: basically typed dubstep, trance, hiphop eventually.
In fact I bought it because I had started to seriously look at the block of Nord Stage EX synth which I had to separate myself, as a result I was looking for a cheap little synth to get back to the synthesis. After wavering between Microkorg XL and the whole gang of virtual analogs to less than 500 euros, I fell for it.
I think I will take a while to go around, but it's really an exciting instrument. All is not accessible on the front way "one button, one function", but this is not a black box way 90 ': it has a row of knobs complemented by a series of buttons, one for each section: oscilloscope , filters, envelopes, modulations ... navigation is actually very logical and really fast after a few hours. Work on it is quite comfortable, the screen is bright, the keyboard light touch is really good.
The manual is very detailed and clear, if you know nothing about the synthesis attention nevertheless, it will do much to swallow at once ... by reference as against the early stages of tweaking, it's perfect.
Generally no surprises to the use, Novation offers updates via their website, there either is no particular problem.

SOUNDS

So I am not using the factory sounds, but the range is enormous, particularly through the variety of waveforms and modulation matrix. Just today I followed the creation of a pad, an accordion sound very convincing, and something stuffed R2D2 robotic way.
You can really have fun, and if you have a specific idea in mind, you have many tools at hand to achieve this.
I may have some reservations about the effect block, it lacks a flanger and a phaser (although we can reconstruct many things with filters), and the echoes and reverbs are not transcendent to my taste. This time it is below the quality and musicality of the effects of the North, on the other hand it is more flexible compared to the effects tailored to a certain type of sound ...
I also met by the time of clipping issues, I think I have to learn to manage levels pre / post effects, fortunately, suitable parameters are present.
We have many controls available, pitch, modulation, expression pedal, aftertouch (very good), a feature tweak knobs with a little gadget for my taste (just touch the knob to trigger what you want after matrix mod).
The sound is very big, very rich, lively ... also quite cold, but very dynamic. The envelopes slam, it sings, it rattles around.

OVERALL OPINION

I for two months past the first contact I had a little left out because of time. I come back and it is truly amazing. We must go beyond aesthetics of techno gizmo, worth much more than that if you want to immerse yourself into it. I have not even talked about the vocoder and arpeggiator, I did not really leaning but it is really a complete machine ...
If you want to nitpick they could have an internal power supply, and deliver with the cover.
That said this is a synth, period, no sequencer / arranger or another but its integration audio / midi is very successful. Personally I like to use it alone, the interface is more than enough to not need to turn on the computer, the editing software is also incredibly ugly
In summary it full well my Nord Electro 3 HP, I recommend it to those who love the sounds provided or who have a small background in synthesis, it is really a very good machine.
A purchase I hesitated with the Minibrute who had just come out, and that is just the opposite in terms of philosophy and its (pure analog, all front panel controls, mono) ... I think I'll end up buying it anyway for his part "instant" and contrast with the Ultranova ... yes, the quest for her does not end
Meanwhile, I explore the bowels of the smurf!