The Novation X-Station is a virtual analog synthesizer, audio interface and MIDI controller that was released in early 2004, and made by the British company Novation. It is the end-result of adding an audio interface, a -class synthesizer and an effects section to the company's controllers. The product was sold for a short time under the name , before being re-branded as the X-Station. Functionally there are no differences between the two, apart from the software, that can be updated through a USB connection, at [1]. It came in three variants : 25, 49 and 61 keys (2,4 and 5 octaves, respectively).