NOVASTATION 1 -  A NOVATION USERS RESOURCE

THE LATEST NEWS

07 09 1999

• Supernova SoundDiver adaption 0.35 in downloads - now supporting Performance Banks A & B

02 09 1999

• Cakewalk instrument files for the Supernova are available in downloads - untested - please report
• Updated version of Craig's Cubase Studio Module (added arpeggiator banks) in downloads
• Updated version of the SoundDiver Supernova adaption (added spedific program requests) in downloads
• A SoundDiver Nova adaption is now available in downloads - untested - please report

29 08 1999

• I'm back from a short city vacation - Munich - a nice town. If you happen to be in germany, don't forget to visit the Deutsche Musem, the SIEMENS Museum and the BWM Museum in Munich!
• A Cakewalk instrument file for the Nova is now available in downloads

25 08 1999

• OS3 is due soon (really :-) - and not much later, OS 3.1 will appear.
• User manuals for the Supernova and the Nova can now be downloaded at www.nova-uk.com

26 07 1999

• The Novation chat forum which used to be accessed through www.nova-uk.com has been incorporated into NovaStation. You can also access it through www.dancetech.com, because the databases are synchronized. Hopefully there's now as much traffic as it was before.

13 07 1999

• The sounds from @c!d3o3 were missing -repaired.
• My presentation project is finished. I'm less busy now. :-)
• The OS 3 review has been updated to reflect the changes (and the new sounds!) introduced with OS 3 beta 10

30 06 1999

• Supernova OS 3 beta 10 is now available at http://www.nova-uk.com
• More sounds from Christian Worton available in downloads
• Sounds from @c!d3o3 available in downloads

05 06 1999

• Version 1.4 of the Steinberg Cubase Supernova studio module available in downloads
• New sounds from Christian Worton available in downloads

30 05 1999

• Yet another updated version of the Steinberg Cubase Supernova studio module available in downloads
• I'm very busy at the moment... writing a PowerPoint-like presentation program in Python/TK

15 05 1999

• The Supernova SoundDiver adaption is now downloadable for MAC (place into the diver folder)
• Phill @ Novation created a great page for sound design - information straight from the horses' mouth!

08 05 1999

• NovaStation has moved and changed design. It now looks more like my personal website @ www.Vanille.de
• Another Supernova audio example is available - see audio
• A user-created soundset from Christian Worton is available in downloads - who will be the next contributor ? :-)

01 05 1999

• Updated version of the Steinberg Cubase Supernova studio module available in downloads
• There'll be soon another beta version of OS 3 - this is expected to be the last beta before the "real thing"

26 04 1999

• Steinberg Cubase Supernova studio module available in downloads   - thanks to Craig Woodcroft

20 04 1999

• OS 3 beta review is available on the OS page

17 04 1999

• The Novation Help Forum has been closed. It is still available at www.dancetech.com and will soon be embedded into this site.

13 04 1999

• The first three audio examples were broken. Fixed now.

12 04 1999

• SoundDiver Supernova beta adaption available in downloads

09 04 1999

• OS 3 beta is downloadable at http://www.nova-uk.com
• Updates on the OS page, the FAQ and the wishlist.
• Welcome to the 100th subscriber on the mailing list.

11 03 1999

• Good news: Novation goes Microsoft... a beta version of OS 3 is soon downloadable at http://www.nova-uk.com
• Bad news: Additional filter models and oscillator waveforms have been cancelled for OS 3
• Good news II: Word is on the street that after OS 3 comes... yes! OS 4 :-) ... read more on our OS page

07 03 1999

• Novation will maybe release a Supernova Keyboard ! YES ! Check out http://www.nova-uk.com for a picture - no specs yet.
• IMHO the greatest feature of the forthcoming OS 3 : The Supernova ASM engine has been improved to produce 20 (expanded: 44) voices instead of 16 (expanded: 32)

24 02 1999

• Two weeks and counting ... according to the guys at Novation existing Supernova owners will be made "very happy" on the Musikmesse 99. Some rumours are floating that beyond of the improvements which are announced on Novations page, we will indeed see new oscillator waveforms, new filter models, new effect algorithms, no more clicks(!) and maybe... maybe some portions of the 64-band-vocoder introduced in the Nova.

07 02 1999

The cat is out of the bag! Despite all floating rumours which claimed that Novation will introduce an expanded version of the Supernova, Novation showed a somehow stripped-down version of the Supernova - the Nova. The Nova has 12 voices of the same architecture as the Supernova, stores 2 banks of 128 programs and 1 bank of 128 performances, has 6 parts (including an arpeggiator and 7 effects for each part). It is not a rack unit, has 20 knobs and lots of buttons. One thing where the Nova is better than the Supernova: It has 2 analog inputs which can be used as oscillators. Great! The price will be approximately the half of a 16 voice Supernova. Overall, this is good news for us Supernova owners. It means that Novation still feels commited to this line and we definately will see OS 3 after the Musikmesse 1999.

20 01 1998

• Happy new year! This page hasn't been updated for quite a while... why ? Quite simply the lack of news!
• OS 3 has been delay once more. See the Supernova OS
• Novation will show a new device ( we don't know what - so don't ask ! ) on the NAMM show.

07 11 1998

• The first Supernova Sound Contest has ended - the voting is in progress.

04 10 1998

• Updated the Supernova OS with more information about OS 3
• Updated the FAQ
• Installed an editor environment for Logic Audio Windows & Logic Audio Mac

27 09 1998

• Good and bad news concerning the Supernova OS
• Yet more cool wishes for the wishlist

20 09 1998

• The first Supernova Sound Contest has started.
• The best sounds will be included in OS 3 - Read the instructions

19 09 1998

• The current version of this website was accidantly overwritten by an old version. I corrected this.
• The audio snippets have been unavailable - now online again.

17 08 1998

• The current SysEx / NRPN implementation of the Supernova is unusable for editor / librarian programs! Please request a renewed implementation from Novation for the next Supernova OS version. Read more on the FAQ.

04 08 1998

• Welcome to the 50th subscriber on the mailing list.
• Some additional information at the Supernova OS page
• There are two new Supernova MP3 audio snippets downloadable

23 07 1998

• Modified the web page layout - we're now using frames
• There are two Supernova MP3 audio snippets downloadable

18 07 1998

• OS version 2 is here. Information on the Supernova OS page
• The wishlist has been altered to reflect the changes in the version 2 OS

12 07 1998

• Nitpicking some bugs in OS version 1... nothing serious though. See the list of wishes
• A rudimentary version of a FAQ is online. This will grow... I'm sure

08 07 1998

• Some enhancements within the list of wishes
• Some enhancements within the review

03 07 1998

• Did some logical corrections within the review
• More information about the Supernova OS 3 Upgrade

01 07 1998

• The list of wishes is online

30 06 1998

• The mailing list has started

29 06 1998

• NovaStation 1 is open
• The Supernova review is online
• The Supernova OS history is online

15 06 1998

• I bought my Supernova! One of the first batch shipping in germany

Created by Michael 'Mickey' Lauer
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