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Novation
A division of Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd.
Windsor House,
Turnpike Road,
Cressex Business Park,
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Bucks,
HP12 3FX.
United Kingdom
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this manual belong to their respective owners.
Disclaimer
Novation has taken all possible steps to ensure that the information given here is both
correct and complete. In no event can Novation accept any liability or responsibility for
any loss or damage to the owner of the equipment, any third party, or any equipment
which may result from use of this manual or the equipment which it describes. The
information provided in this document may be modified at any time without prior warning.
Specifications and appearance may differ from those listed and illustrated.
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read these instructions.
2. Keep these instructions.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Clean only with dry cloth.
6. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other
apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
7. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized
plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades
and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety.
If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of
the obsolete outlet.
8. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs,
convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.
9. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
10. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or
sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus
combination to avoid injury from tip-over.
11. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.
12. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the
apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged,
liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been
exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
No naked flames, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the apparatus.
WARNING: Excessive sound pressure levels from earphones and headphones can cause
hearing loss.
WARNING: This equipment must only be connected to USB 1.1 or 2.0 type ports.
FA0743-02
ENVIRONMENTAL
DECLARATION
Compliance Information Statement: Declaration of Compliance procedure
Product Identification:
Novation MiniNova
Responsible party:
American Music & Sound
Address:
4325 Executive Drive
Suite 300
Southhaven, MS 38672
Telephone:
(800) 431-2609
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
For USA
To the User:
1. Do not modify this unit! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions
contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved
by Novation may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use this product.
2. Important: This product satisfies FCC regulations when high quality shielded cables
are used to connect with other equipment. Failure to use high quality shielded cables or
to follow the installation instructions within this manual may cause magnetic interference
with appliances such as radios and televisions and void your FCC authorization to use this
product in the USA.
3. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class
B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur
in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio
or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver
is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
For Canada
To the User:
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
RoHS Notice
Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited has conformed and this product conforms, where
applicable, to the European Union's Directive 2002/95/EC on Restrictions of Hazardous
Substances (RoHS) as well as the following sections of California law which refer to
RoHS, namely sections 25214.10, 25214.10.2, and 58012, Health and Safety Code;
Section 42475.2, Public Resources Code.
CAUTION:
The normal operation of this product may be affected by a strong electrostatic discharge
(ESD). In the event of this happening, simply reset the unit by powering off and on again.
Normal operation should return.
COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL
NOTICES
Novation is a registered trademark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited.
MiniNova is a trademark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited.
VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
Audio Units (AU) is a trademark of Apple, Inc.
RTAS is a trademark of Avid, Inc.
2012 © Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited. All rights reserved.
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Page 1: Important Safety Instructions
WARNING: This equipment must only be connected to USB 1.1 or 2.0 type ports. NOTICES Novation is a registered trademark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited. MiniNova is a trademark of Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited. VST is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Audio Units (AU) is a trademark of Apple, Inc. -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
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Page 3: Introduction
Power requirements • MiniNova Editor (VST™, AU™, RTAS™ plug-in) for DAW The MiniNova is shipped with a 9 V DC, 900 mA power supply. The centre pin of the • Mac/Windows-based librarian software for management of patches coaxial connector is the positive (+ve) side of the supply. The MiniNova can either be powered by this AC-to-DC mains adaptor, or by the USB connection to a computer. -
Page 4: Hardware Overview
Dynamic Mic Input: an XLR socket for the connection of the supplied DEMO mode. gooseneck microphone, or alternative dynamic microphone (i.e., a mic not requiring phantom power to operate). The mic can be used with the MiniNova’s PERFORM section Rotary controls: 4 rotary “Tweak” controls for parameter adjustment. The vocoder and VocalTune features, or routed to the audio outputs. -
Page 5: Rear View - Connections
MiniNova Editor and MiniNova MIDI IN on the MiniNova, and ensure that the master keyboard is set to MIDI channel 1 Librarian software packages. The Installers for this software, and the related USB drivers (the MiniNova’s default channel). -
Page 6: Using Headphones
With the amplifier or mixer off or muted, connect the AC adaptor to the MiniNova {25}, and plug it into the AC mains. Turn the MiniNova on by moving the rear panel switch {26} to You can assign up to eight of your favourite Patches to the eight Performance Pads, and ext DC. -
Page 7: Rows 1 And 2 - Tweak And (Fx) Tweak Controls
Your MiniNova comes with a Vocoder section, which allows you to create some really great The eight Pads below the parameter controls have a number of functions on the MiniNova. In sounds by combining synth sounds with either a voice or another instrument such as a guitar. -
Page 8: Octave Shift
However, the scope for altering – or creating completely new - sounds in the MiniNova is almost limitless, and when you have done so, you will probably want to save the NOTE: A faster method of managing patches (writing, loading, renaming, reordering etc.) sounds for future use. -
Page 9: The Oscillators And Mixer
Volume cycle of 50% which means it is ‘high’ for half the cycle and ‘low’ for the other half. In the MiniNova, it is possible to adjust the duty cycle of the basic square waveform to Volume produce a waveform which is more ‘rectangular’ in shape. These are often known as Pulse... -
Page 10: Envelopes And Amplifier
Volume 14 types of Filter are available on the MiniNova, though these are varieties of three basic filter types: Low Pass, Band Pass and High Pass. The type of Filter most commonly Frequency found on synthesizers is the Low Pass type. - Page 11 It stays at full volume until the key is released, at which point the volume level falls instantly In the MiniNova, Envelope Generators 3 to 6 can be used for special purposes, such as to zero.
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Page 12: Synth Menus - Reference Section
MIDI messages from the MIDI OUT port. If any external equipment is set to re-transmit MIDI back to the MiniNova, then the synth will still operate. This will avoid notes sounding twice, a reduction in polyphony or any other unpredictable effects. -
Page 13: Top Menu: Arp
Higher values of The MiniNova uses a master MIDI clock in order to set the tempo (rate) of the arpeggiator Arp Octv extend this process by adding additional higher octaves. Arp Octv values and to provide a time base for synchronisation to an overall tempo. -
Page 14: Top Menu: Chord
Arp Edit, UN pat 2 to 33 Tweaks On the MiniNova, Arpeggiator sequences may be user-configured to be up to eight notes in length by setting Arp Pttn to Arp Edit. In this setting you can edit the Arp sequence using Mixer the eight Pads in ARPEGGIATE mode. -
Page 15: Common Oscillator Parameters
See also the Wave Table Interpolation parameter (O1WTInt), which can be used to mod wheel in its fully ‘up’ position. On the MiniNova, VibMod and MVibRate are common introduce further variation in the way wavetables are used. -
Page 16: Edit Menu - Submenu 3: Mixer
White, High, Band, HiBand Default value: 0 dB In addition to the three main oscillators, the MiniNova also has a noise generator. White Range of adjustment: -12 dB to +18 dB noise is defined as a signal with “equal power at all frequencies”, and is a familiar “hissing”... -
Page 17: Per-Filter Parameters
(see page 19). For configurations using both The MiniNova filter sections offer 14 different types of filter: four hi-pass and four low- filters, FBalance lets you mix the outputs of the two filter sections together in whatever pass (with different slopes), and 6 band-pass filters of various types. - Page 18 Parallel Range of adjustment: Bypass, Single, Series, Parallel, Paral2, Drum MiniNova provides five possible combinations of the two filter blocks, plus bypass. Single mode uses Filter 1 only, the other modes interconnect the two filter sections in various ways. FILTER 2...
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Page 19: Edit Menu - Submenu 5: Voice
However, if you are controlling the MiniNova from a MIDI sequencer, it is theoretically possible to run out (there are a maximum of 18 voices internally). Although this is likely to happen only rarely, users may... -
Page 20: Edit Menu - Submenu 6: Env
RELEASE the control panel with Tweak Control RC3. TIME Edit menu - Submenu 6: The MiniNova provides a great deal of flexibility in the use of envelopes in sound creation, based on the familiar ADSR concept. KEY "ON" KEY "OFF"... -
Page 21: What Is Legato
(as with many real instruments) can be very effective. A setting of 64 gives a Release Time of approx. 360 ms. The MiniNova has a maximum release time of over 20 seconds Legato style playing is relevant to some of the MiniNova’s sonic possibilities. In the... -
Page 22: Common Envelope Parameter
ATTACK DECAY RELEASE TIME Parameter: Filter Attack Time KEY "ON" KEY "OFF" Displayed As: FltAtt KEY "ON" KEY "OFF" Default value: SUSTAIN Range of adjustment: 0 to 127 RATE VOLUME VOLUME SUSTAIN This parameter sets how the filter section acts during the note’s Attack phase. The higher SUSTAIN the value, the longer it takes for the filter to react during this phase. -
Page 23: Envelopes 3 To 6
See “What is Legato?” on page 21 for more details about Legato style. In addition to dedicated Amplitude and Filter envelopes, the MiniNova is equipped with four further assignable envelopes, Envelopes 3 to 6. These envelopes have virtually the same... -
Page 24: Edit Menu - Submenu 7: Lfo
Displayed As: LvlTkNte Default value: The MiniNova’s LFOs are able to generate not only the familiar sine, sawtooth, triangle and square waveforms for modulation purposes, but are also able to produce a wide range of Range of adjustment: C-2 to G8 This parameter is common to all the envelopes. -
Page 25: Edit Menu - Submenu 8: Modmatrx
The heart of a versatile synthesizer lies in the ability to interconnect the various controllers, sound generators and processing blocks such that one is controlling – or “modulating” - another, in as many ways as possible. MiniNova provides tremendous flexibility of control COMMON SYNC = OFF COMMON SYNC = ON routing, and there is a dedicated menu for this, the Modulation Matrix Menu (ModMatrx). -
Page 26: Edit Menu - Submenu 9: Effects
Range of adjustment: See Mod Matrix Destination Table on page 36. SOURCE 2: MOD WHEEL This sets which MiniNova parameter is to be controlled by the selected source (or sources) in the current matrix configuration. The range of possibilities comprises: •... - Page 27 The following parameters apply only to the PanRoute option: FXRouting = 3 INPUT Parameter: Pan Position Displayed As: PanPosn SLOT SLOT SLOT SLOT SLOT DRY/WET FEEDBACK Default value: Range of adjustment: -64 to +63 This is the main manual pan control and positions the dry (pre-FX) synth sound/Input OUTPUT audio in the stereo image between the left and right outputs.
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Page 28: Eq Menu
MF region, positive values will give a rise in the MF response – i.e., more mid- MiniNova’s MASTER VOLUME control or an Expression pedal to control your frequencies (the voice region of the audio spectrum), and negative values will accordingly overall volume, any compression in the FX section is applied ‘before’... -
Page 29: Distortion Menu
Values The MiniNova has two distortion effect devices. These may be loaded into any two FX with OFF to one side of the slash result in all the echoes being in one channel only. -
Page 30: Chorus Menu
A slow rate is generally more effective. The clock driving the Gator’s trigger is derived from the MiniNova’s master tempo clock and the BPM may be adjusted by the ARP TEMPO control [21]. Gator Rate may synchronised... -
Page 31: Edit Menu -Submenu 10: Voxtune
In addition to VibAmont, you have the ability to alter the amount of vibrato applied to the VocalTune is a powerful MiniNova feature, which lets you alter the pitch of a signal at the pitch-shifted audio in real-time, using the MOD Wheel. VibModWl sets the range that can Audio/Mic Input (e.g., your voice through the MiniNova’s mic). -
Page 32: Edit Menu - Submenu 11: Vocoder
Carrier). It does this by feeding the Modulator signal into a bank of band pass filters. Each Displayed As: VocWidth of these filters (12 of them in the MiniNova) covers a particular band in the audio spectrum, Default value: and the filter bank thus “splits” the audio signal into 12 separate frequency bands. The... -
Page 33: Top Menu: Dump
Top Menu: Dump The final menu is where you transfer Patch and other data between the MiniNova and a MIDI-enabled device (hardware or software) that can store MIDI SysEx data. -
Page 34: Waveform Table
Sync Values Table Waveform Table DISPLAY DETAILS CHORUS SYNC ARP SYNC DISPLAY FORM LFO RATE SYNC GATOR SYNC Sine Sine LFO DELAY SYNC FX DELAY SYNC PAN SYNC Triangle Triangle 48 cycles per 1 bar 32nd T Sawtooth Sawtooth 32 cycles per 1 bar 32nd Sawtooth Pulse Width 9:1 Ratio Saw9:1PW... -
Page 35: Lfo Waveforms Table
When Major modulating oscillator pitch, to * Note that the MiniNova keyboard does not send Aftertouch data, but the synth engine will correctly Major 7 obtain chromatic results, set respond to any Aftertouch data received via MIDI (via DIN or USB). -
Page 36: Modulation Matrix Destinations Table
Modulation Matrix Destinations Table Chorus 3: Depth Ch3Depth DISPLAY DESTINATION COMMENTS Chorus 3: Delay Ch3Delay Oscillators: Chorus 3: Feedback Ch3Fback Global oscillator pitch All Oscillators: Pitch Transpose O123Ptch Chorus 4: Rate Ch4Rate Per-oscillator pitch Oscillator 1: Pitch Transpose O1Pitch Chorus 4: Depth Ch4Depth Oscillator 2: Pitch Transpose O2Pitch... - Page 37 Tweak Parameters Table - Continued Oscillator 3 parameters Oscillator 3: Wavetable Interpolation FX1: FX Amount O3WTInt FX1Amnt Oscillator 3: Pulsewidth / Wavetable FX2: FX Amount O3Pw/Idx FX2Amnt Index FX3: FX Amount FX3Amnt Oscillator 3: Virtual Sync O3Vsync FX4: FX Amount FX4Amnt Oscillator 3: Hardness O3Hard...
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Page 38: Filter Table
Filter Table DISPLAYED AS DESCRIPTION Lo-pass, 6 dB/oct, no resonance LP6NoRes Lo-pass, 12 dB/oct LP12 Lo-pass, 18 dB/oct LP18 Lo-pass, 24 dB/oct LP24 Symmetric Band-pass, 6 dB/oct BP6/\6 Symmetric Band-pass, 12 dB/oct BP12/\12 Asymmetric Band-pass, 6 dB/oct (hi-pass), 12 dB/oct (lo-pass) BP6/\12 Asymmetric Band-pass, 12 dB/oct (hi-pass), 6 dB/oct (lo-pass) BP12/\6... -
Page 39: Firmware Updates
FIRMWARE UPDATES It is possible to install firmware updates into the MiniNova. To check whether updates are available and to find out how to perform this operation, visit the Novation website (www.novationmusic.com/support).