knobs on the Nova share duties, with buttons selecting between various functions. It still shares eight part multitimbrality with individual effects and arpeggiators with its big brother. Rack ears are also available. The new retail price for the sixteen voice SuperNova is $2400, and the target retail price for the Nova is $1500. Call Music Central for availability.
In my opinion, the Novation Supernova takes first place for DSP emulated analog synth. The stock Supernova features sixteen voice polyphony and is eight part multitimbral, with separate arpeggiators and effects for each part. A thirty-two voice version is available, as is a sixteen voice upgrade for the stock unit. Each voice features three multi-waveform oscil-lators, ring modulator, noise source, multi-mode filter, three envelopes, and two audio rate LFOs. The filter has 12, 18, and 24db slopes and lowpass, highpass, and bandpass modes. The unit features 512 programs, 256 performances, and 386 arpeggiator programs. The Nova features similar specs, but in a non-expandable tabletop unit. To save real estate,