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Novation UltraNova Analog Modeling Synthesizer with VocoderUltraNova is a 'Nova' series analogue-modeling synthesizer with a powerful effects processor. It is a single-part synth taking the legendary Supernova II synth engine as a starting point and packing it with the latest technology. It now has brand new features including wavetable synthesis, even more powerful filters, a software editor and a revolutionary new touch-sense performance mode.
Novation Ultra Nova Synth Vocoder Videos
Click any of the video links on the left, then click Play to access the Novation Ultra Nova demos
The 'Nova' family was born in 1998 with the Supernova, which was the first of a series of powerful synthesizers. These quickly became industry standard 'big-synths' which are still used by countless artists and sound designers.
UltraNova is the latest addition to the family bringing the range right up to date with a host of new features and a more affordable price tag.
Novation UltraNova Synthesizer Features
- Brand new Nova-series synth engine based on Supernova II
- Touch-sense controls enable totally new sound-shaping and performance
- Totally gig-able with 37 full sized keys, a vocoder, and loads of controls
- Software plug-in editor and Patch Librarian for full visual editing
- Built-in 2 in 4 out USB audio interface and it can be bus powered
- Includes Dynamic Gooseneck Microphone
Software Editor
UltraNova has a powerful software editor that enables visual editing of all parameters. It can be used within DAWs as a plug-in editor.
Patch Librarian
UltraNova also ships with a patch librarian that can be hosted on Mac or PC. This enables the user to save an unlimited number patches to the host computer and organize them into folders. Each of the 300 patches that ship with UltraNova have been tagged to make it easy to search by category and genre from the hardware synth or the software patch librarian.
Vocoder
UltraNova has a 12 band vocoder and ships with a dynamic gooseneck microphone. In addition to putting your voice through the vocoder (via the microphone) you can also process other sounds by putting instruments - or pretty much anything - into UltraNova's stereo line inputs on the back panel.
Novation UltraNova Synthesizer Specifications
Hardware
- 144 character LCD
- Controls:
- 8 detented touch sensitive encoders
- 1 large smooth encoder (with back-lit filter lock buttons)
- 1 large patch select/speed dial encoder
- 2 volume and monitor mix dials
- 39 LED lit/indicated buttons
- Pitch wheel (LED lit)
- Modulation wheel (LED lit)
- 37 note keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
- Inputs:
- XLR dynamic mic input
- Two 1/4 inch jack inputs
- Expression pedal on 1/4 inch jack input
- Sustain pedal on 1/4 inch jack input
- Outputs:
- Two 1/4 inch jack outputs
- Two 1/4 inch jack aux outputs
- One 1/4 inch jack headphone output
- SPDIF digital output on RCA connector
- MIDI in/out/thru
- 12 volt power input
- USB port (UltraNova can be powered via USB)
- Kensington Lock port
Synth engine
- Up to 18 note polyphony (dynamic voicing)
- Mono-Timbral
Per patch:
- 3x oscillators
- 1x noise generator
- 2x ring modulators
Waveforms include:
- Square, sine, tri, sawtooth, pulse, 9x saw:pulse combinations.
- 20x digital waveforms
- 36x wavetables
Filtertypes:
- 2x filters per patch
- low pass no resonance 6dB per octave
- low pass 12dB
- low pass 18dB
- low pass 24dB
- band pass 6:6
- band pass 6:12
- band pass 12:6
- band pass 6:18
- band pass 18:6
- band pass 12:12
- high pass no resonance 6dB per octave
- high pass 12dB
- high pass 18dB
- high pass 24dB
Sources:
- 20 modulation slots per patch
- 6x envelope generators
- 3x LFOs.
- Aftertouch
- Velocity
- Key scaling/track
- Mod wheel
- Expression pedal
Total of 66 Destinations including:
- Oscillator pitch, pulse width, wavetable index, level and sync
- Filter cutoff, resonance, envelope settings
- Effects parameters and send levels
- Recursive modulation (modulating modulation sources themselves)
5 Effects slots per patch
- Distortion - up to 2 instances
- Compressor - up to 2 instances
- Chorus/Phase - up to 4 instances
- Delay - up to 2 instances
- Reverb - up to 2 instances
- Gator
- EQ
- 12 band vocoder
- Arpeggiator - 33 patterns
- Chord function - lock up to 10 notes
- Patch storage up to 512 on hardware (ships with 300 factory patches)
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Nick from Manchester, NH, USA
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| Quality |
| Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? |
| First impression is that.. it's plastic, but most synths are these days, so it's not that big of a deal. This scored 4 stars just for this fact. Overall, I can see this synth lasting a long time, I just wouldn't recommend dropping it too often. |
| Features |
| What do you consider to be the best features of this product? What features would you add to this product if you could? |
| More than enough features available. I haven't had a chance to use the audio interface on this yet, so I can't comment on that.
I absolutely LOVE the touch sensors; very awesome idea and really makes it a blast to play. This isn't a one trick pony, there are some good things here, but that just gets me every time I play it. I would love to see a 49 or 61 key version.
Oh and of course the vocoder! Sounds great and the gooseneck mic is a nice addition. I'm not really sure how practical it will be in a live situation with all the sound on stage, but maybe. In my experience using vocoders live I have also used a gate before running into it. |
| Ease of Use |
| How easy is this product to use? How easy is the product to use with other products? Did it take long for you to learn to use this product? Was the manual helpful? How playable do you consider this product to be? |
| Very easy to use. It can be slightly annoying to edit parameters using only the synth though. BUT, there is the software editor that I would give 10 stars for easily! |
| Sound |
| How is its Tone? |
| The Ultranova has a sound of its own (think how a Virus sounds like a Virus), well it's the same thing here. Of course you can emulate the old analog synths, but this pushes the limits much further and brings you some complex and original sounds. The Ultranova filter can get REALLY gritty sounding. I absolutely love it. |
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| How was the action out of the box? |
| The keys feel like your average synth keys. Nothing special here. |
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| Was this item an overall good value? |
| Great value! I feel the Ultranova and Venom are the two synths in competition right now and I was more than happy with spending the extra money and getting the Ultranova. Well worth every penny!! |
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