great tutorial, thanks.. be nice if we could also see what your doing with the right side of the board, re filter knob, etc

Soooo helpful, thanks a lot.

Great tips, greetings from brasil

I get my mininova todat but do i need to update the mininova or is it good out from the box ?

You just need the Novatronix Soundpack for the MiniNova, it's amazing.

Very helpful video! I'm getting my Mininova next week, it's used but little used. I hope she doesn't break any teeth 😜 A small hint: It would certainly be helpful to put a soft foam mat underneath when screwing, about 2-3 cm thick, to protect everything! A magnetic screwdriver and a compartmentalized box for the screws would also be helpful! Thanks for the video! ❤️👍

Be very carful with this keyboard had mine for a few year not used it much when I did go to use it the keys decided to break there are a few of them coming lose badly made.very disappointed wasn't exacly cheap either.

5:06 meeoow

Is the key still in place? :) 2023...

Rly cosmic and epic. Like this so much!

How do I get to the initial patch. I’ve searched your videos but I need step 1

how do u make a patch that sounds like somethin out of a nes game

Dam I just bought one of these looks like a menu diving nightmare for a newbie

I think this does to much as a beginner is there a synth where I don't need to Be in the menu ?????

When my mini shows up gonna be intimidating big time

Nice explanation but my eyes are a little bit in trance jaja😅

Great ! 👍

😲 OHH, and also, You have a great channel! I learned a lot with the arpeggiator info. you went over, and boy it looks like you can do a lot with this lil' keyboard!!! I was asking if it has any automatic accompaniment that will play along with you while you play a song. You know, bass, drums, etc. Thank You for making it, and taking the time to go over some of the things you can do with it... Once again, Thank You, Jeremy from Virginia Beach VA ⛱️ 👍👌🎸 🎹 🎵🎶🎵🎶✌️

A LITTLE HELP PLEASE: I recently got one of these keyboards at a yard sale, and i got it for $90 I was wondering if it comes with any kind/type of accompaniment with it... you know, like drums, background band type of music??? And it changes when you switch chords and stuff... please help me with this question... i have the instruction booklet being mailed to me as we speak, but its just so cool, i cant wait... any input would be appreciated. Thank You, Jeremy in Virginia, VA Beach (east coast) ⛱️

One of the best polyphonic synths in terms of functionality. You can do some complex things that sound killer

thank you for this video

Tremendously helpful! Thank you!

That arpeggiator is really powerful!

I wanna know to save

come on people show me at first how to reach initial patch :)))

Clean your camera lens, dude! :D

Who needs that hassle, right? I wonder if Novation has improved the durability of the keybeds since this video was made?

Hello, I wonder if you can help me? The tempo knob on my Mininova seems to move occasionally on its own which is very frustrating when I'm using an arpeggiator as it knocks things out sync. Could remedy to this to be take off the knob and tighten it? If so, how do I get the knob off? I dont want to break it. Any thoughts or suggestions are very welcome. 😊

When I save some music, I don't know how to find it again 😔 can you explain, show how to do it 🙏?

yeap i warned people ten years ago not to buy this synth but was most likely ignored, novation made a complet shit keyboard. destroyed so many kreativ hours for me, it just feels bad to pick up the mininova at this point. I Had a jx305 from roland over twenty years it never broke (go figure). anything past the year 2000 is trash is my new motto.

Hi man, do you know if I can import SF2 instruments into Mininova?

MUY LINDO!!! Felicitaciones desde Argentina

Thank you so much!!!

Anybody make a video for semitone transposition?

I just bought one of these, and really appreciate you taking time to make it... For anyone struggling with how to even get to this menu hes on its pg. 6 of the manual (Scrolling through Patches)

How do you save the patch you made?

Of course, I find this video right after I buy a mininova. Algorithm you failed me yet again.

Man I'm glad I found you and everybody here on here has been a big help just reading through this

Thank you for these tips. I recently got a cheap MiniNova, and I will use these. The Alesis Ion/Micron has adjustable “Analog Drift” that makes a huge difference on many patches, to my ears. My only quibble is with your description of filter tracking. Tracking simply applies the virtual control voltage of each note’s pitch to the cutoff frequency of its filter-this is a common feature on synths. At the full level of 127, the filter tracks the pitch perfectly. If the filter is self-oscillating, it will play in tune only if tracking is set to 127. Sounds with highly resonant filter settings may need full tracking to maintain the right timbre for all notes. On the other hand, as you demonstrated, patches often sound better with lower tracking. Perhaps Oberheim got it right by providing 3 simple options: full, half, or none!

Man, thank you so much. You're the best). Your videos are extremely useful!!!

Awesome tutorial. Subscribed.

It should've been possible to scroll by just holding down a button rather than pressing down repeatedly

It will be my next purchase! Thank you!❤

Watching this was frustrating because the introduction lacked examples of the final results.

A fantastic little synth with beefy sounds. I’ve owned mine for almost 10 years and again, it’s fantastic.

A fantastic little synth with beefy sounds. I’ve owned mine for almost 10 years and again, it’s fantastic.

How do turn off memory protection I’m Trying download some patches.

I don't understand why my knobs ale changing all parameters in column instead only this, wchich is chosen. For example I'm changing filter attack and then also resonance, amp attack and osc sync is changing to the same parameters. Did I change some sattings?

But... but I LIKE the cold digital sound of my Nova... :) Still, some very cool ideas here - and I thank you for sharing.

Man, thank you so much for this. I bought my MiniNova new in 2015 and haven't played around with it that much until this year. I was new to synths then as I'm mainly a drummer but had read every article I could on these and the other sub $600 synths at the time. It seems these kind of have a cult following now and are still very well respected. I recently bought some great patches for it too. And I agree that overall it sounds a little too crisp and icy but that was kind of what I originally liked about it. But warm is certainly in these days with the resurgence of analog gear so it's nice to know how to tone it down. Lastly, one drawback for me is I wish it had a button and or button/shift function to quickly scroll from bank A, B, C and then also by units of 10, rather that only the data knob or big genre knob. As a workaround I have set A64 ,B64, C64 to three Favorites pads (6-7-8) but it kills those three pads for what should be actual favorites. And that said, they should've just had 16 pads for favorites, the arpeggiator and sequencer. Those few additions would've made this synth infinitely more appealing and much more user friendly. They should've made page a button to toggle between page / patch mode and it would reclaim the space of the two patch arrow buttons.. thus 3 more inches for 16 animate / arpeggiate / sequence / favorites.