The MiniNova is designed with an emphasis on looks, with wood veneers on the sides, colorful wheels, and heavy knobs, and has many features and attractions not found on previous synthesizers in similar price ranges and categories.

It also comes with Ableton Live Lite, Novation Bass Station, and 1GB of looping material.

37 mini-keyboard

Maximum number of simultaneous sounds: 18

3 oscillators per tone patch

Oscillator x3

Noise generator x1

Ring modulator x2

Oscillator waveforms

Rectangle, sine, triangle, saw, pulse, saw x9: Pulse Combination

Digital waveform x20

Wavetable x36

■Effects

Distortion, compressor, chorus/phaser, delay, reverb, gator, EQ

VocalTune

12-band vocoder

Arpeggiator: 33 patterns

Real-time arpeggiator, rhythm operation function

Chord function: Play up to 10 notes

Number of patches: Up to 384 voices can be stored (256 factory presets)

Pitch bend wheel with LED backlight

Modulation wheel with LED backlight

Large filter control knob

8 animation/arpeggiator/instant patch selection buttons (with 3-color backlighting)

Input/output terminals

XLR dynamic microphone input (top panel)

1 x 1/4" (standard) phone input

Two 1/4" (standard) phone outputs

1/4" (standard) stereo headphone output x1

1/4" (standard phone) sustain pedal jack x1

MIDI in/out

12-volt DC power input

Power switch - USB/off/DC input

USB port (bus-powered)

Dimensions: 560 (W) x 250 (D) x 75 (H) mm

Weight: 2.52 kg