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As far as effects are concerned, the A-Station includes reverb and delay, plus a 12-voice encoder for processing external sounds – which can also be used as an oscillator source and processed via filter and envelopes.

The filter is a lowpass resonant type with 12 or 24 dB/octave slope.

There are also dual LFOs with sample and hold and MIDI synchronisation. There are three oscillators offering sawtooth, triangle, sine and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) plus noise, and there is a basic FM synthesis engine that can be used for a more edgy sound. A-Station added 8-voice polyphony and overall although the unit looks like a Bass Station from the outside, inside it has a number of Supernova capabilities. The voice architecture was based on the Supernova, featuring ASM (Analogue Sound Modelling) digital oscillators instead of simple DCOs.

2001 – The 1U rack-mounting Novation A-Station, released in 2001, can be thought of as a cross between the Bass Station and the Supernova.

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An 8-part arpeggiator was also on board and in its full version this British-designed and built supersynth offered 8-part multitimbrality and 48-voice polyphony, with oscillators running simultaneously. FM synthesis capability was included along with ring modulation, dual analogue inputs and a 42-band vocoder. Available again in a 3U rack-mount format, the Supernova II was also available in a 61-note performance keyboard version with velocity and aftertouch, enabling sound tweaking during live performance. 2000 – Supernova II was available in 24, 36 and 48-voice models with additional 12 or 24-voice expansion boards.1999 – Nova was released in 1999, and essentially repackaged the Supernova into a desktop performance module based around the same synthesiser engine.Two LFOs and two ring modulators completed the sound modification capabilities and the Supernova specification was rounded out with eight analogue outputs and full MIDI implementation. A comprehensive filter provided low-, high- and bandpass filtering with 12, 18 and 24dB/octave, with resonance and self-oscillation, plus overdrive and key tracking, where the filter tuning could follow the keyboard. 1998 – SuperNova – Supernova originally featured 16-note polyphony, later expanded to 20 with a new operating system, and three DCOs with ASM to recreate the classic analogue synth sound.1997 – Super Bass Station – this took the original design and added an arpeggiator, noise source, ring modulator, an additional LFO bringing the complement to two, a sub-oscillator (an octave below Oscillator 1), analogue chorus and distortion effects, keyboard filter tracking, stereo outputs and panning, enhanced memory, analogue trigger signal output and more.In addition to reproduction and control of the original sounds, DrumStation featured a full MIDI implementation with control of all parameters, 40-memory programmable drumkits, and eight assignable outputs. The unit included DIN sync sockets to synchronise units like the TB303, TR808 and other DrumStations to it. DrumStation included all the sounds of the TR808 and its successor the TR909, and the same tone controls for each sound, including tone, attack, decay, tuning, snappiness and distortion (depending on the sound). 1995 to 1996 – DrumStation used Analogue Sound Modelling (ASM), featuring digitally-synthesised models of the original waveforms, which could then be shaped and controlled.In addition to the ability to store 60 patches, Bass Station Rack included a built-in MIDI/Control Voltage (CV) converter. Bass Station Rack included dual ADSR envelope shapers, 12/24db per octave filter, oscillator sync, and LFO – all the elements of a traditional analogue synthesiser, but with DCOs for stability. In addition to changing the form factor, Bass Station Rack added a number of features. One of the key features is its filter, designed by Chris Huggett (who has been associated with Novation ever since) and based on the unique filter he had designed for the OSCar synthesiser a few years before. 1993 – Novation Bass Station – offers a pair of digitally-controlled analogue oscillators (DCOs) with pulse and sawtooth waveforms, plus an LFO with random, triangle and sawtooth waveforms.Here’s are some of the product highlights from Novation’s last 21 years: Along the way, he talks about some of their other devices and showcases a few. In this video, Novation’s Nick Bookman discusses the history of Novation synthesizers, from the BassStation to the BassStation 2. Novation is celebrating their 21st anniversary this year and they stopped by Sonic State to talk with Nick Batt about the history of the company’s synths and other gear.

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