What I like about the Nova is that it's dead clean in digital mode. You can warm it up a bit in analog emulation. It has modulation that's subtle (I use it a lot for ambient washes with volume swells so it smears it a bit). The biggest selling point (or I'd likely have opted for a Line6 DL4) is the BPM display so I can match it to a click when needed.
Downside is I have to read the manual to work presets and I forget how to do it the next time I use it so I don't do presets. I'd rarely need them anyway.
From what I read the red version has an improved buffer but have never tried one. Novas have never been all that popular so they pop up on the cheap every now and then.
Downside is I have to read the manual to work presets and I forget how to do it the next time I use it so I don't do presets. I'd rarely need them anyway.
From what I read the red version has an improved buffer but have never tried one. Novas have never been all that popular so they pop up on the cheap every now and then.