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That's great! It's really quite the beast. Enjoy your new synth!

Thanks!

After using all those amazing classic synths it'd be hard for any modern synth to live up to that. I love those ones from the glory days. That's what made me reacquire an Akai AX-60. I'm glad you found some use from my video! I hope you enjoy your MiniNova! The nice thing you'll enjoy from it is how deep and atmospheric of sounds you can make with it. It's an Ambient powerhouse!

Midi out from the Circuit to midi in of the TD-3.

No. But it has the best arpeggiator I've ever seen.

@@System-1541 Awesome, I've been offered one for £180

It is good out of the box. If you got it new I'd be surprised if it doesn't have the newest update. There's a few extra things they added in the latest version, but it's still a great synth either way you go. The manual should show you how to check your version.

Огромное спасибо!

Scroll to bank C. Those are all init patches.

Try using one PW oscillator. Keep the filter open all the way and no resonance. The amp envelope should have sustain all the way up and no release. Experiment with different phases of the pulse width on the oscillator. A thin pulse width gives a real nice NES sound. You could also try cranking up the speed of the arpeggiator and shortening its gate. When you hold down a chord that'll give you that really fast jittering effect you often hear in 80's games.

@@System-1541 which default patches work the best for this

trying to find a good instrument on the default patch list for this but idk what sounds could work

Did try using the software editor yet? Doesn't work for me..

The Roland Gaia sh-01, Korg Minilogue, Behringer Pro 800 and Behringer Deepmind 6 are good options for a poly-synth in this price range.

you have 200 plus factory preset sounds, and if you need more you can download them. You don't have to touch the menu to have lots of fun. there's a lot to do on the knobs on the front to make cool sounds

Thanks! No, the MiniNova is what is called mono-timbral, meaning that it only plays one preset at a time. So there are no accompaniment tracks, like drums or bass. Roland has a couple like that though. The jdxi and the Jupiter XM for example. Congrats on getting your MiniNova for $90! I got mine for $400.

No. this is just a digital 3 oscillator synthesizer. What you want is a Arranger Keyboard or a workstation. Those play samples of many types of recorded instruments. The mininova is a synthesizer where you make your own sounds with the 3 oscillators, or download sounds from the internet and transfer them to the synth. You can make sounds on the synth or in a editor on the PC.

Bank C is all initial patches.

Actually I need to upgrade my wide angle lens. This one has aberrations.

Well, every instrument, especially electronic, Is going to need repaired sooner or later (Just ask analog synth owners). This is especially true with mini keys, because the key bends instead of having a hinge. Any synth with a mini key keyboard is going to brake sooner or later. I'm beginning to wish I didn't make that comparison to the pss-480 in this video. That keyboard didn't get nearly the use that the MiniNova did. I'm pretty sure its keys were a lot more stiff and not as pleasant to play too. I recently sold my MiniNova so I could get an UltraNova, because it has more hands-on control of the synth engine. Even so there is a lot I miss about the MiniNova. I would highly recommend this synth still, especially for performance.

This is most likely because the knob connection is dirty. You'd fix this by taking it apart and cleaning it with deoxit. I never removed any knobs from mine. But typically, you'd remove the knob cap by pulling it (but not forcing too hard) straight up. Around the shaft there should be a nut. Unscrew that. You'll have to do this for all the knobs connected to the PCB that the tempo knob is connected to. Take the MiniNova apart like I show in the video, except for removing the keyboard. You'd then unscrew the tempo knob PCB from the front panel. Once you've done that spray the knob (you might as well do all of the knobs while you have it apart) with the deoxit. Follow the deoxit instructions on how to do this. You'll want to twist the knob a few times to get the deoxit all around the shaft and make sure the dirt gets cleaned out. Then put it all back together.

@@System-1541 Thanks, I appreciate the detailed response. I'm just surprised as I've only had it 4 months and its only been inside my house. I tried to pull the knob off but its doesn't move and I'm concerned too use too much force. Perhaps pliers might be a better shout?

@@paperclipsquash If you got it new I'd recommend that DO NOT try to fix it. It should still be under warranty, so contact Novation and see if you can get them to replace it. They're good to their customers, so I'm sure they'll be able to help you out.

Are you talking about saving patches?

Harsh.. And in accurate. It's a two for one deal 😂

The MiniNova has it's own internal sound engine. It doesn't play sound fonts. Sound fonts play through computer software like Native Instruments' Kontakt. NI does have midi controllers mapped the their software if you want the hardware feel.

@@System-1541 thank you

@@System-1541 just ordered one, can't wait to get into all the modulations! Having said that, I'd also need a Hammond and an Indian harmonium-type sound. Do you know of any packs that offer those type of sounds?

@@adamcsorghe8815 There are some good jazz organ patches in the factory presets. I'm assuming you mean Hammond's jazz organs. I'm not sure what an Indian harmonium sounds like but I think there is like harmonica, accordion or bagpipe sounds that might come close in the factory presets as well.

¡Gracias!

Do you mean transposing what you're playing on the keyboard or changing the oscillator tuning?

@@System-1541 the keyboard semitones for a band tuned a half step down. I found it! But a video would be awesome!

He shows how to open the menus in the video…

Press the save button that's below the screen.

@@System-1541 So that overwrites the current patch?

@@richardlafond5007 Only if you want to. You can use the data knob to select one of the init patches on bank C, give it a name, select a genre etc.

@@System-1541 Thank you the information!

If you use anything as much as I used my mininova, it will need to be repaired eventually. I mentioned the pss-480 lasting longer in the video, but at second thought, I never played that thing nearly as much as the mininova. You didn't make a mistake with your purchase. You're gonna love it. Check out my tutorials on patch creation to see how much you can get out of it😉

@@System-1541 yeah, I know I’m still gona like it. How do you think a 3-D printed key would do? Instead of going through all this to reinforced the plastic, I’m thinking maybe just print a key with slightly thicker plastic in the area. If it does end up breaking, that is.

@@49diewj Yeah, 3D printed keys for the mininova, or any mini key bed works great. I printed when I was designing my own midi controller using a file from thingiverse that is a replica of one octave from the mininova. It'll be years before you'll need to repair your keyboard (unless you do touring), but here is the link to the file. This guy did an amazing job with these: www.thingiverse.com/thing:4605797

Thank you so much for giving me information about this synthesizer I think that might be a better option for someone brand new like me for simplicity high medium and low etc Or maybe I don't even need the feature at all for the deep and spacey sounds I'm looking for

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