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Description
Built on the innovative foundations of our critically acclaimed Peak synthesiser, Summit is a three-oscillator-per-voice, 16-voice keyboard synth that aims to inspire, empower, whether on stage or in the studio. Its Digital New Oxford Oscillators combine the best of analogue sound and digital flexibility – including inbuilt and custom digital wavetables.
Effectively placing the power of two Peaks at your fingertips, Summit allows two completely independent patches to be split or layered across the keyboard or switched between on the fly. It also expands on Peak's layout, with many additional controls and functions now accessible on the front panel
- Peak powered up – the acclaimed Peak architecture taken to the next level, with 16 voices, expanded controls, new filter options, and more
- Digital where it counts – digital FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators for analogue-style, wavetable and FM synthesis
- Analogue where it matters – dual analogue filters, analogue VCAs and three stages of analogue distortion per voice
- Two sounds at once – multitimbral engine for splitting, stacking and switching between two simultaneous patches
- Wavetable Editor – featuring drawing tools and a Live Edit mode, so you can draw your own oscillator shapes and preview them in real time
The best sounding synthesiser Novation has ever made
Summit doubles the power of Peak’s digital New Oxford Oscillators up to 16 voices and two parts, and adds a wealth of new features and a premium-quality five-octave keyboard. A synth much greater than the sum of its parts, it gives the serious producer or performer everything they need to design and play stunning basses, leads, arps, pads, effects and beyond.
Totally tactile sound design
Summit takes Peak’s architecture and workflow to new heights, with a swathe of extra front panel controls for hands-on wrangling of FM, effects, LFOs and more; dual filters with six LP/HP/BP combinations; audio input for processing external sources with the onboard effects; and auxiliary audio outputs.
Summit Overview
Analogue where it matters
The true stereo analogue signal path comprises dual analogue multimode filters, analogue VCAs and three stages of analogue distortion – pre- and post-filter, and post-VCA. With roots in the legendary OSCar, via Bass Station II, Summit’s analogue credentials are truly impressive.
Wavetable Editor
The Wavetable Editor unleashes the power of the wavetable oscillators. It features drawing tools and a Live Edit mode, so you can draw your own oscillator shapes and preview them in real time. Audio import lets you load in your own audio to be used as the oscillator waveform. Included is a curated selection of space-themed audio from the NASA sound library, plus exclusive content from production giants Noisia.
Summit firmware update v2.0
In Novation’s biggest update for Summit, firmware update v2.0 brings a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation and unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound.
Create more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. Experiment with expansive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. A range of effects improvements bring new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay.
Have a look at the full details of firmware update v2.0 for Summit in the Release Notes.
Summit performance - Hinako
Overview
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50 control knobs
8 45mm sliders
1 volume knob
1 data encoder knob
Rubberised knob caps with spun metal discs
55 function buttons
2 Animate buttons plus hold button
OLED display
Kensington Lock
Power switch
IEC power supply connector
USB socket for system (MIDI comms only, no bus power)
MIDI In / Out / Thru
2 1/4" jack sockets for continuous or switched pedals
1 3.5mm jack socket for CV in
2 1/4" jack sockets for left and right outputs
2 1/4" jack sockets for left and right auxiliary outputs
2 1/4" jack sockets for left and right inputs
1/4" jack socket for headphone output
Metal chassis with American walnut wooden end cheeks
Metal magnetic inset end pieces
Dimensions
- Width998.5mmmm
- Depth92mm
- Height303.5
Software compatibility
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Ableton Live Lite is included
Summit is a USB-MIDI class compliant device
Power requirements
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Maximum power consumption 1A
Synth engine
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16 note polyphony (dependent on voices used per note)
2-part-timbral
Layered, Split, Dual Bi-Timbral Modes
5 Voice Modes - Mono, MonoLG, Mono2, Poly, Poly2
Per voice
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3 oscillators
1 noise generator with HP filter control
1 ring modulator
2 LFOs
1 amp envelope and 2 mod envelopes (ADHSR + looping)
1 filter
Waveforms include
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Sine, tri, sawtooth, square / pulse, plus 43 wavetables of 5 waveforms per row
Filter
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1 state variable OTA filter per voice
12/24dB slope
Low-pass / band-pass / high-pass / dual filter (separation of each 12dB filters)
dual filter: LP > HP, LP > BP, HP > BP, LP + HP, LP + BP, HP + BP, LP + LP, BP + BP, and HP + HP
Pre-filter overdrive
Post-filter distortion
Modulation
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16 modulation slots per patch
2 sources per destination per slot
Mod sources
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Direct (depth)
Modulation wheel
Aftertouch (polyphonic and channel AT)
Expression pedal 1
Expression pedal 2
Keyboard velocity
LFO1 positive
LFO1 bi-polar
LFO2 positive
LFO2 bi-polar
Amp envelope
Mod envelope 1
Mod envelope 2
Animate 1
Animate 2
CV mod input bi-polar
Bend Up
Bend Down
Mod destinations
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Oscillator 1-3 frequency, v-sync level, shape amount and level
Noise source level
Ring modulator output level
Overall synth output level
Filter drive, distortion, cut-off frequency and resonance
LFO 1 and 2 frequency
Amp env / mod env 1 / mod env 2 attack, decay and release
FM Osc 1 -> osc 2, osc 2 -> osc 3, osc 3 -> osc 1 and noise -> osc 1
Osc 3 -> filter cutoff frequency
Noise -> filter cutoff frequency
Effects
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FX are per part
Analogue distortion
3 chorus types
Delay with 16 types of delay sync, LP and HP damping, slew and stereo
FX Mod Matrix source
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Direct (depth)
Mod wheel
Aftertouch
Expression pedal 1
Expression/breath pedal 2
Velocity
Keyboard
LFO 1 +/-
LFO 2 +/-
LFO 3 +/-
LFO 4 +/-
Amp envelope
Mod envelope 1 & 2
Animate 1 & 2
CV +/-
Bendwheel +/-
Bend up
Bend down
FX Mod Matrix destinations
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Distortion level
Chorus level
Chorus rate
Chorus depth
Chorus feedback
Delay level
Delay time
Delay feedback
Reverb level
Reverb time
Reverb low pass
Reverb high pass
Misc.
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FM controls on front panel
Global LFO 3 & 4
Arpeggiator with key latch – 33 patterns
Patch storage - up to 512 on hardware (ships with 256 factory patches)
All knobs (excl. volume), sliders and most buttons transmit and receive MIDI cc commands for external control and mapping
Microtuning with Scala table import and table tuning creation
Manual mode
Multi pot mode: Relative, Pot pick-up, Snap