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Parameter: Arpeggiator Pattern
Displayed As: Arp Pttn
Default value: Arp Edit
Range of adjustment: Arp Edit, UN pat 2 to 33
On the MiniNova, Arpeggiator sequences may be user-configured to be up to eight notes in
length by setting Arp Pttn to Arp Edit. In this setting you can edit the Arp sequence using
the eight Pads in ARPEGGIATE mode. It is only possible to modify an Arp sequence with
the Pads when Arp Pttn is set to Arp Edit.
UN pat 2 to 33 are pre-assigned Arp patterns of various lengths (greater than eight notes)
and timings, and are derived from the UltraNova. These are not modifiable.
You should spend some time experimenting with different combinations of
Arp Mode and Arp Pttn. Some patterns work better in certain Modes.
Parameter: Arpeggiator Length
Displayed As: ArpLen
Default value: 8
Range of adjustment: 1 to 8
This parameter is only available when Arp Pttn is set to Arp Edit. This parameter
represents the number of steps making up the sequence.
Parameter: Arpeggiator Swing
Displayed As: ArpSwing
Default value: 50
Range of adjustment: 1 to 100
This parameter is only available when Arp Pttn is set to Arp Edit. If this parameter is set to
something other than its default value of 50, some further interesting rhythmic effects can
be obtained. Higher values of Swing lengthen the interval between odd and even notes,
while the even-to-odd intervals are correspondingly shortened. Lower values have the
opposite effect. This is an effect which is easier to experiment with than describe!
Top Menu: Chord
The MiniNova’s Chorder is a very useful feature which permits you to play chords
containing up to ten notes by pressing a single key. The resulting chord uses the lowest
note played as its root; all the other notes in the chord will be above the root.
Parameter: Chord Mode
Displayed As: ChrdMode
Default value: Off
Range of adjustment: On, Off
Turns Chord mode On or Off.
Parameter: Chord Transposition
Displayed As: ChrdTrns
Default value: 0
Range of adjustment: -11 to +11
The transposition control is calibrated in semitone intervals, and the pitch of the chord can
be shifted up to 11 semitones, either up or down.
Parameter: Save Chord
Displayed As: SaveChrd
To save a chord, first set ChrdMode to On and then select this menu option (SaveChrd).
The bottom line of the display will show OK?; press the OK button [9]. The display will
change to PlayChrd; you should now play the chord you want to capture; you can play
it in any key or inversion you wish. Then press the the OK button. After a short delay, the
display will confirm the action by with Chord SAVED!
PlayChrd Chord
SAVED!
Note that the Arpeggiator precedes the Chorder in the MiniNova’s synth engine.
This has the consequence that if both the Arpeggiator and Chorder are in use, the
entire chord 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 submenus as follows:
Tw e a ks
Osc
Mixer
Filt e r
Voice
Env
LFO
ModMatrx
Effects
V o x Tu n e
Vocoder
Edit menu - Submenu 1: Twea ks
Parameter: Tweak Number
Displayed As: Tw e a k n (where n is 1 to 8)
Default value: (unassigned)
Range of adjustment: See Tweak Parameters table on page 36.
Use the PAGE I and H buttons [7] to select which of the eight Tweak controls you wish
to configure, and the DATA control [6] to select the parameter which the selected Tweak
control will vary.
Edit menu - Submenu 2: Osc
With this submenu, it is first necessary to select the oscillator whose parameters are to be
adjusted. This selection is made with the PAGE I and H buttons [7].
Displayed As: Osc n (where n is 1 to 3)
Default value: Osc 1
Range of adjustment: Osc 1 to 3, OscComn
The MiniNova has three identical oscillators and a noise source; these are the synth’s
sound generators.
Per-Oscillator parameters
In the following parameter descriptions, the text refers to Oscillator 1; however, it applies
equally to whichever oscillator is selected. A separate set of parameters applicable to all
three oscillators is available when the Oscillator submenu is selected to OscComn (see
“Common Oscillator parameters” on page 15).
Parameter: Coarse tuning
Displayed As: O1Semi
Default value: 0
Range of adjustment: -64 to +63
This parameter sets the basic per-oscillator tuning. Incrementing its value by 1 shifts the
pitch of every note on the keyboard up by one semitone for the selected oscillator only,
thus setting it to +12 effectively shifts the oscillator tuning up one octave. Negative values
detune in the same manner. See also “Parameter: Key Transposition” on page 13.
Parameter: Fine tuning
Displayed As: O1Cents
Default value: 0
Range of adjustment: -50 to +50
This parameter lets you make finer adjustments to the tuning. The increments are
cents (1/100 of a semitone), and thus setting the value to ±50 tunes the oscillator to a
quartertone midway between two semitones.
Parameter: Virtual Oscillator Sync
Displayed As: O1V S y n c
Default value: 0
Range of adjustment: 0 to 127
Oscillator Sync is a technique of using an additional “virtual” oscillator to add harmonics
to the first, by using the virtual oscillator’s waveform to retrigger that of the first. This
technique produces an interesting range of sonic effects. The nature of the resulting sound
varies as the parameter value is altered because the virtual oscillator frequency increases
as a multiple of the main oscillator frequency as the parameter value increases. When the
Vsync value is a multiple of 16, the virtual oscillator frequency is a musical harmonic of the
main oscillator frequency. The overall effect is a transposition of the oscillator that moves
up the harmonic series, with values in between multiples of 16 producing more discordant
effects.
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