Novation Electronic instrument

- Using it in my Homestudio - It has some really nice sounds, sounds better than my Novation Nova (whilst less powerful on paper) - For those who are into programming sounds: the most basics parameters have a control on the unit, however if you wanna dive deeper into sound parameters and effects, you need to dive into a lot of menus, which really is cumbersome. I did found a nice editor though (edisyn - works on windows, mac, linux), which makes it a lot easier to edit sounds to its full extent. - it's monotimbral, supports up to 8 voices, and again: sounds great

All the features are great. This synth has superb capabilities of changing all dynamics of sound. The volume,pitch,and Tone are what make up sound and this K-Station is jam packed with tweeking options. Only one feature that I really wish it had was the ability to act as a midi-controller to control VST's K-Station has: 1 1/4" output 1 1/4" Input Midi- In , out , Thru power supply It's own headphone jack Price paid $700.00 UTILIZATION Very easy to use, I like that it has nice full keys. The manual is decent. I wish that the top row of knobs were spaced a little farther apart for us guys with big fingers This is a very well built machine for under a grand! SOUNDS The sound quality is exactly what attracted me to this tool. It has rediculously thick & Fat sounds and textures. This synth I feel was developed to produce driving leads and Bass,although it has beautiful melodies. Effects: Delay Reverb Chorus Distortion EQ Panning & Vocoder As far as Sound quality goes I feel for the money it compares to the Nord's OVERALL OPINION I am totally in love with this synth the day I found it I played with it for 6 1/2 hours at the shop! I left G.C. starving I had been there all day. That's when you know you found something special and amazing. I truly beleive that the thick ambient textures that my future compositions will transpose will be a direct result from this Synthesizer. Originally posted on FutureProducers.com Posted by: Unknown ( 1-, 2003)

Its got everything. Vocoder, Arpeggiator, pretty good filters, great effects. 8 part multitimberal which isnt a great deal, but is enough to get a song done IMO. price paid: $700 UTILIZATION Its pretty easy to use, ive had it for about a month or 2 now, but i pretty much had the hang of it after 2 or 3 days playing with it. The manual is ok, but confusing. I wish the Oscillator section was a little more self explanitory. every other section is top notch. I will definitly gig it, tho if i had the choice id probably use the Keyboard version instead. seems to be a solid unit, tho i dont know how much of a beating a rackmount synth can take so i would take it easy on it. The buttons and knobs seem pretty solid, tho again i wouldnt risk being rough with it. SOUNDS Pretty nice sounds, a little thin sometimes but with a little tweaking they can really rip. i would have liked a few more waveforms (it only has square, saw, double saw and noise) Sounds are nice and sharp and crisp. Has good filters and nice effects. It isa dance synth and would be perfect for trance or techno. And i cant forget how Awesome the arpeggiator and vocoder are! overall above average sound. OVERALL OPINION Its my baby. right now its at the center of my 'studio'. I would like to get a Nord Lead and/or an Access Virus to take its place, but it will be the main synth in all my projects for quite some time. I got this one for fairly cheap, so if it were lost or stolen i think i would spend what i would have on this on a Virus, tho i would be INCREDIBLY sad. Originally posted on FutureProducers.com Posted by: Unknown (January 0-, 2003)

All the usual analoge features, 2 envelopes, 1 LFO, PW for both OSC, i have the rack version so some of the controls double up with switches to access which is normal for a modern synth although it is a bit annoying when u forget which mode a dial is in and screw up your 'perfect' envelope. As is a relatively modern synth it would be nice to have more modulation options. Oh and theres no off/on button this really pisses me off! UTILIZATION The manual is well written, its a pretty simple synth so i found it straight forward to use. Its dead easy to set up all the midi channels too. It does crash sometimes tho (yes i kno its an analogue synth but the interface is digitally controlled so it can still crash) but not frequenty enough for it to be a serious nusciance. Rack box is sturdy and well built, mine is 5 years old and the only slight issue is that the power supply socket is a little bit loose. SOUNDS The Bass Station sounds clean and crisp, its a monosynth with 2 oscs so its a bass/lead only synth. with square and saw waves available you can create typical analogue bass sounds, although the sound is richer than most softsynths it lacks the power of vintage analoge monosynths. Some people use bass stations as 303 emulators although the filter sound great at high resonance its still a 24/12 db filter rather than the 303's 18db filter so its not really very convincing. OVERALL OPINION Its a nice litte synth for the money, its a significant improvment over a run of the mill softsynth and does provide real analoge timbres, even if it lacks the warmth provided by its much older cousins. Its a great first hardware synth for sure. *One word of warning, the softsynth version is rubbish, it doesnt even really sound much like the real thing and is much thinner!* Originally posted on FutureProducers.com Posted by: Dakuan (January 1-, 2005)