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Novation • SuperNova

An excellent polyphonic super synth based on the classic Bass Station. Let's start with 16 voices of polyphony (20 with the new OS), add three VCO's using sound modeling to re-create those classic analog sounds with digital clarity and reliability. Amazingly this synth has seven effects per voice! That adds up to 56 effects all programmable and simultaneously available on all voices at all times!!! A macho filter section with hi, low, band pass filtering at 12, 18, 24 dB/oct ranges, resonant and self oscillating, with overdrive and key tracking. There are two extremely flexible LFO sections, two ring modulators, eight audio outputs, complete MIDI parameter control and it is cased in a cool blue 3-space rack unit.

Overall its sounds are awesome! It cleanly and nicely emulates and even transcends many classic synths like the Minimoog, Jupiter 8, Juno 106, and 2600! A 61-note professional keyboard version, seen below, doubles the polyphony to 32 voices and the memory to 1,024 patches.

There is an upgraded model, the SuperNova II which greatly increases the polyphony, sonic possibilities and offers many more new knobs and functions.

It also comes in a keyboard version which combines elegance, beauty, hands on control and a great 61 note velocity and aftertouch sensitive keyboard.

Added features include new FM synthesis, ring-mod algorithms, two analog inputs and a 42-band vocoder effect. These are available in 24-, 36- or 48-voice models. The SuperNova is already in use by Orbital, ATB, The Faint, Jean-Michel Jarre and A Guy Called Gerald.

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Gustavo

Posted 27 days ago

Eu to com um aki, só que não sei qual é o código pra sair o som de piano.. se puderem me ajudar agradeço

Mike

Posted 61 days ago

The an1x it's nice and can sound very dirty but it doesn't out power the Supernova 2. And I only mean this in terms of sound design and sound quality. The 8000 and 8080 are very nice synths and I think it's fulish to say that they are way better than the Supernova 2. They all have their own unique character and they are equally good in their own ways...

joe

Posted 79 days ago

overrated is not understated .
the Roland jp 8000 and 8080 and the yamaha an1x out power the notations without question

Nord Tastic

Posted 146 days ago

Forget being Influenced to buy this machine or not based on its [beep] ty presets,this is one hell of a Machine,and needs time to program it to get good results,can highly rate this machine,and would say it's very "Analog" sounding in the right hands.

Chris Faur

Posted 156 days ago

I have the SN2 Pro X PE ... I bought it in like 2001 or 2002 I forgot....brand new. It's been working nicely since. It's a unique synth that has a unique sound. It can sound like the jupiters or the junos. You can program ur own arpegiator sequences up to 64 steps. 8 parts, 8 different arpegiators, 8 different effects all at once.... very nice in creating some sound effects and bell like sounds.

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