Novation UltraNova!

I'm a big fan of Novation synthesizers - from the original Bass Station to my current controller, the Xio. This past week Novation unveiled the UltraNova, an analog modeling synthesizer based on the legendary Super Nova II. With the addition of wavetables, effects and an audio interface this is looking more and more like the perfect replacement to my Xio!

Specs:

Polyphony
• Up to 18 note polyphonic

Timbrality
• Single Part

Oscillator Section
• 3x oscillators
• 2x ring modulators
• 1x noise generator

Choose from sine, sawtooth, square, pulse, triangle and 9x saw: pulse combinations. There are also 36 wavetables and 20 digital waveforms to chose from!
Each oscillator has:
• Density & density-detune function which can detune the oscillator against itself
• Virtual sync which allows the oscillator to sync to itself
• Hardness (which is effectively an extra low pass filter on each oscillator)

Filter Section
• 14 filter-types - you can run 2 filters simultaneously

Filter types include high pass, band pass and low pass

Envelope Section
• 6x envelope generators

LFO Section
• 3x LFO's

Effects
• 5x simultaneous effects per voice
Choose from: Distortion, Chorus/Phase, Delay, Reverb, Compressor, Gator, EQ

There are multiple effects routing options including series, parallel and 8 further different configurations

All effects are editable and each individual instance has its own settings

Modulation
• 20x Modulation slots

Modulation sources:
• 6x envelopes
• 3x LFOs
• Aftertouch
• Velocity
• Key scaling/track
• Mod wheel
• Expression pedal

Can be used to modulate 66 different destinations including:
• Oscillator pitch, pulse width, wavetable index, level & sync
• Filter cutoff and resonance
• Effects parameters and send levels
• You can even modulate a modulator (envelope LFO etc...)

Vocoder Section
• 12 band vocoder, with included dynamic gooseneck microphone

Arpeggiator
• 33 Arpeggiator patterns with velocity information
• Select up, down, up&down, number of octaves, apreggiator gate-time

Chord Function
• Play in a chord, and lock it to a single note so you can play single-finger chords

This synth will be released just in time for Christmas with a price just shy of $700 USD.
I'm putting one on my X-mas list!

Novation UltraNova