RS041 Novation Mininova: Big Bang Theory

Have you ever wondered why music is ‚played‘? Is it because it‘s meant to be fun for those playing and listening? So why are there so many people out there who are as seriuos about their music as the Lego movie dad is about his Legos?

‚Make it fun‘ does seem to be the wrong mantra for this demographic, because if you show them a Novation Mininova, they will be quick to point out how it looks and feels like a cheap toy, how those keys are just to tiny to be of any use and, of course, it‘s synth engine does just not sound ‚right‘.

Well, brace yourselves Lego dads, because here is someone who actually really likes ‚playing‘ with their toys (me!) and who is automatically drawn to machines that look like they are ‚fun‘.

What did I find?

Well, a lot of great sound!

Don‘t think so?

Then go check for yourself and hit that play button!



If you like the background animations in my videos, go check out my new sub channel Rejected Synths Recycling Center, where you can download them for use in your own video projects:

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Credit where it‘s due, I‘ve used content from this channel for the cloud visuals in this video:

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Track-list:

0:00 Intro
0:17 Introduction
1:35 Just a clone?
2:44 A very short VA history
3:00 Synth engine specs
3:22 Software Editors
3:41 Controls and Connectivity
5:36 Let‘s play!
6:19 Animate
7:11 Arp
8:25 Arp plus Filter
9:08 Latch it!
9:48 Two Finger Magic Trick
10:50 One finger only!
12:00 Rage Wheel
13:05 Vocoder
13:43 Some nice patches
15:14 Conclusion
16:06 Outro