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December 30, 2025January 21, 2026Music Production, Synthesizers, Vocoders

Novation Nova (Desktop) – Boot Failure

I was going to review another effect pedal yesterday, and use my Novation Nova (Desktop) synthesizer as the sound source. To my horror it suddenly will not boot! I bought it about 8 years ago, and it’s virtually unused sitting untouched on a synth rack ever since.

Although the unit does turn on, it gets …

December 14, 2025December 20, 2025Music Production, String Machines, Synthesizers, Vocoders

Behringer VC340 Vocoder / String Machine

Equipment Information

As being one of the synthesizers in my collection, here follows some music production equipment information about its capability.

Overview

Authentic Analog Vocoder for Human Voice and Strings Ensemble Sounds from the ’80s

Specifications

Authentic analog Vocoder, Human Voice and Strings sounds from the ’80s
Vocoder sounds that wrote musical history and inspired