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Novation 
A division of Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd.
Windsor House, 
Turnpike Road, 
Cressex Business Park, 
High Wycombe, 
Bucks, 
HP12 3FX.
United Kingdom 
 
Tel: +44 1494 462246 
Fax: +44 1494 459920 
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.novationmusic.com

Trademarks
The Novation trademark is owned by Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd. All other brand, 
product and company names and any other registered names or trademarks mentioned in 
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.

ENVIRONMENTAL 
DECLARATION

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.

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.

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

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.

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Summary of Contents for MiniNova

Page 1: ...evice 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 inst...

Page 2: ...8 Updating the MiniNova s Operating System 8 Synthesis Tutorial 8 Synth Menus Reference section 12 Top Menu Audio In 12 Top Menu Global 12 Top Menu Arp 13 Top Menu Chord 14 Top Menu Edit 14 Edit menu...

Page 3: ...d by the novice They are intended to provide a clarification or explanation of a particular area of operation Performance Parameter P MiniNova has a fantastic degree of flexibility in tailoring sounds...

Page 4: ...two rows assign the Tweak controls to parameters which have been factory selected by the Novation programming team for each Patch giving you immediate access to the most useful and striking sonic vari...

Page 5: ...then be controlled entirely from the computer by using the MiniNova Editor plug in The MiniNova Librarian is a separate software application which greatly assists in the organising saving and recall o...

Page 6: ...button to load Patches You can assign up to eight of your favourite Patches to the eight Performance Pads and then quickly reload them without needing to search through the whole Patch list Assigning...

Page 7: ...iniNova has a powerful Arpeggiator feature which allows arpeggios of varying complexity and rhythm to be played and manipulated in real time If a single key is pressed the note will be retriggered by...

Page 8: ...update procedure requires the MiniNova to be connected via USB to a computer which has first had the necessary USB drivers installed Full instructions on performing the update will be supplied with th...

Page 9: ...nic 1 Sine Wave Sawtooth Wave Volume Volume Harmonic 1 2 3 4 5 Harmonic 1 2 3 4 5 Noise These are rich in harmonics and containing both even and odd harmonics of the fundamental frequency The volume o...

Page 10: ...r the rejection of harmonics above the cut off point and the more pronounced the filtering effect A further important parameter of the Filter is its Resonance Frequencies at the cut off point may be i...

Page 11: ...ng the Wavetable index or FX levels ATTACK DECAY RELEASE TIME ATTACK DECAY RELEASE SUSTAIN TIME KEY ON KEY OFF FILTER CUT OFF LFOs Like the Envelope Generators the LFO section of a synthesizer is a Mo...

Page 12: ...ost on the loudest passages The meter also includes an OVER flag aim to set your signal level so that this never comes on Note that if InptGain is set to Off the audio input is inoperative Vocoder Voc...

Page 13: ...c LFO Rate Sync Pan Rate Sync will follow the tempo of an external MIDI clock source or follow the tempo set by the TEMPO knob 21 Internal the MiniNova will synchronise to the internal MIDI clock irre...

Page 14: ...d resulting from each key press will be arpeggiated Top Menu Edit This menu is where you can modify the sound of a Patch or create a new one from first principles The Edit menu is divided further subm...

Page 15: ...s Parameter Density Displayed As O1Dense Default value 0 Range of adjustment 0 to 127 The density parameter effectively adds copies of the oscillator waveform to itself Up to eight additional virtual...

Page 16: ...ameter Oscillator 2 Level Displayed As O2Level Default value 0 Range of adjustment 0 to 127 This parameter sets the initial amount of Oscillator 2 s signal present in the overall sound Parameter Oscil...

Page 17: ...1Track can be also adjusted directly from Row 3 of the PERFORM section of the control panel with Tweak Control RC2 Parameter Filter type Displayed As F1Type Default value LP24 Range of adjustment See...

Page 18: ...1 3 OSC 3 OSC 2 OSC 1 FILTER BALANCE EFFECTS FILTER 1 FILTER 2 Parallel Filter sections are driven with the same input signal and their output mix is adjusted by the Filter Balance parameter NOISE 2 3...

Page 19: ...e portamento and other related voicing parameters Parameter Unison Voices Displayed As Unison Default value Off Range of adjustment Off 2 3 4 Unison can be used to thicken the sound by assigning addit...

Page 20: ...kes for the note to increase from zero e g when the key is pressed to its maximum level A long attack time produces a fade in effect Decay the time it takes for the note to drop in level from the maxi...

Page 21: ...othly and this mode aids this style of playing It is important to appreciate that for the Legato mode to be operative mono voicing must be selected it will not work with polyphonic voicing See Edit me...

Page 22: ...shing a relationship between the filter section and ADSR Filter Envelope resulting in the filter frequency being varied by the shape of the envelope In order to hear the effect of any of the Filter En...

Page 23: ...Amplitude Sustain Rate on page 21 for an illustration Parameter Filter Sustain Time Displayed As FltSusTm Default value KeyOff Range of adjustment 0 126 KeyOff This parameter also applies to the Sust...

Page 24: ...for adjustment Because the three LFOs are identical only the functions of LFO1 are described Parameter LFO 1 Rate Displayed As L1Rate Default value 68 Range of adjustment 0 to 127 Rate is the LFO s f...

Page 25: ...s set to Off the LFO delay is controlled by the Delay parameter L1Delay At all other settings L1Delay becomes inoperative and the LFO delay is derived from the internal external MIDI clock Parameter L...

Page 26: ...details regarding using the Pads Note that when both a Pad and other sources Source1 and or Source2 are assigned in the same slot the Pad acts as a switch for the other sources whose effect will only...

Page 27: ...ous combinations of serial and parallel FXRouting 0 DRY WET OUTPUT FEEDBACK DISABLED INPUT SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 SLOT 4 SLOT 5 FXRouting 1 DRY WET OUTPUT FEEDBACK INPUT SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 SLOT 4 SLOT...

Page 28: ...proximately 1 2 kHz Parameter HF Frequency Displayed As EQTrbFre Default value 64 Range of adjustment 0 to 127 Decreasing the value of EQTrbFre decreases the frequency above which EQTrbLvl is effectiv...

Page 29: ...eing played pitch shifting will result See also Delay Slew Parameter Delay Sync Displayed As Dly1Sync Default value Off Range of adjustment See Sync Values Table on page 34 Delay time may synchronised...

Page 30: ...se Gate triggered by a repeating pattern derived from the internal or external MIDI clock This breaks a note up rhythmically One of six patterns is available by setting the Gator Mode parameter the ba...

Page 31: ...e VocalTune will reference the notes in the chord that has been played most recently The more notes in the last chord the more notes VocalTune has to snap to A three note triad doesn t give great resu...

Page 32: ...enu Vocoder Parameter Vocoder On Off Displayed As On Off Default value Off Range of adjustment On or Off Enables disables the Vocoder function Parameter Vocoder Level Displayed As VocodLvl Default val...

Page 33: ...eech Sibilance can be added to give the Vocoder to give a more distinctive sound and to make vocoded vocals more intelligible Parameter Vocoder Noise Gate Threshold Displayed As GateThr Default value...

Page 34: ...28 Beats 1 cycle per 7 bars a 30 Beats 2 cycles per 15 bars a 32 Beats 1 cycle per 8 bars a 36 Beats 1 cycle per 9 bars a 42 Beats 2 cycles per 21 bars a 48 Beats 1 cycle per 12 bars a 64 Beats 1 cyc...

Page 35: ...No modulation source selected ModWheel Mod Wheel Mod Wheel is the controller AftTouch Aftertouch Modulation is proportional to the pressure applied to a key while it is held down Monophonic aftertouc...

Page 36: ...Level Ch1Rate Chorus parameters Chorus 1 Rate Ch1Depth Chorus 1 Depth Ch1Delay Chorus 1 Delay Ch1Fback Chorus 1 Feedback Ch2Rate Chorus 2 Rate Ch2Depth Chorus 2 Depth Ch2Delay Chorus 2 Delay Ch2Fback...

Page 37: ...ope 3 Sustain Level E3Rel Envelope 3 Release Time LFOs L1Rate LFO 1 Rate L1RSync LFO 1 Sync Rate L1Slew LFO 1 Slew Amount L2Rate LFO 2 Rate L2RSync LFO 2 Sync Rate L2Slew LFO 2 Slew Amount L3Rate LFO...

Page 38: ...elay2 Delay line Echo Single and multiple echos Reverb1 Reverb2 Reverberation Hall and room simulation Chorus1 Chorus2 Chorus3 Chorus4 Chorus Phasing Time domain effects Gator Gator 8 level 32 step se...

Page 39: ...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...

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