The MiniNova has been designed to give the player maximum control over sound character and system operation with the minimum of hassle. The menu system is always entered by pressing the MENU button [8]. The menu system consists of six individual menus:
Step between the menus with the PAGE ◀ and ► buttons [7], and press OK [9] to enter the desired menu. Use the PAGE buttons again to access the parameter you wish to change; use the DATA control [6] to alter the parameter value.
The menu system can be exited by pressing the MENU/BACK button again; otherwise, it automatically times out after a short period, and the screen will revert to display the currently-loaded Patch information.
Your MiniNova comes pre-loaded with a set of factory Patches, which may be auditioned at any time, providing you are not in the menu system. The Patches are arranged as 3 banks (A to C), each with 128 patches (000 to 127). Banks A and B come pre-loaded with a full set of factory Patches, while Bank C contains 128 copies of an Initial Patch, which you can either overwrite, or use as the basis for creating your own sounds. With the TYPE/GENRE selector [4] set to ALL, either rotate the DATA control [6], or use the PATCH I and H buttons [11] to step through the patches. The new sound is loaded as soon as the patch data shows in the display.
The Patch set can be browsed in either bank and numerical order, or alphabetically by name, according the setting of the SORT switch [5].
Apart from being arranged in three banks, the patches are also categorised for you according to the type of sound; this makes finding suitable sounds much easier. Each patch belongs to both a Genre and a Type; the Genre broadly indicates the musical area for which the patch might be suitable, the Type alternatively arranges the patches by sonic characteristics. Use the TYPE/GENRE control to select the Type or Genre in which you are interested.
Once the Type or Genre has been specified, the patch set can again be browsed either in numerical or alphabetical order.
You can assign up to eight of your favourite Patches to the eight Performance Pads, and then quickly reload them without needing to search through the whole Patch list.
With the Patch already loaded, press and hold the FAVORITE button [17], and simultaneously press and hold a Pad button. The display will show AssignIn, with a 3 second countdown timer. After 3 seconds, the display changes to Favorite Assigned, and the Patch is now assigned to that Pad. Note the Pad turns red to confirm the assignment.
Press and hold the FAVORITE button; all the Pads will flash blue (unless the currently-loaded Patch is one previously assigned to a Pad, in which case, the Pad shows a steady red). While they are flashing, press the Pad which has the Patch you want assigned to it, and that Patch will now be loaded. The LCD will confirm the new Patch by name.