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Novation 
Industry Electronics Founded 1992 Headquarters Windsor House, Turnpike Rd, Cressex Business Park, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England Key people Chris Huggett Products Keyboards, Synthesizers, MIDI Controllers Parent a Division of Focusrite Audio Website www.novationmusic.com Novation Digital Music Systems Ltd. is a UK musical equipment manufacturer. Founded in 1992 as Novation Electronic Music Systems, the company specialises in MIDI controllers and analog modeling synthesizers, which they have manufactured in China.
Novation's first technical director was Chris Huggett, who designed the Wasp and OSCar synthesisers and wrote the operating system for the Akai S1000. While working for Akai, he gave Novation's founders advice and support, later joining full time to design the Supernova.[1]
In August 2004, Novation was acquired by Focusrite Ltd. and became a subsidiary called Novation Digital Music Systems Ltd.[2]
Novation synthesisers have been used by a range of electronic acts including drum and bass/Rock group Pendulum, French Composer Jean Michel Jarre, and British group Orbital
In the track "Triumph" by the rap group Wu-Tang Clan, Novation is referenced by Wu-Tang member RZA.
Contents
Products
Products made by Novation include
- Bass Station
- Super Bass Station
- Drum Station
- Launchpad
- Supernova
- Nova
- Supernova II
- Ultranova
- A-Station
- K-Station
- V-Station
- KS Series
- X-Station
- Xio-Synth
- Twitch
Distributors
- Taiwan: MidiMall Inc (MidiShop Inc) MidiMall website
References
- ^ "Oxford Synthesizer Company Oscar". Sound On Sound. (September 1999). http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep99/articles/oscar.htm.
- ^ "Focusrite acquire Novation". Novation Music. (01 August 2004). Archived from the original on 2005-11-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20051113100516/http://www.novationmusic.com/news.asp?id=24.
External links
- The official Novation website
- Vintage Synth Explorer, an online database, includes many instruments Novation has produced.
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