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Novation Summit 61-Key 16-Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer

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Get Endless Options with the Novation Summit 61-Key 16-Voice Polyphonic Synthesizer

Built on the innovative foundations of Novation's critically acclaimed Peak, Summit is a three-oscillator-per-voice, 16-voice keyboard synth aimed at the professional or semi-professional musician seeking an inspiring, empowering instrument for use both live and in the studio. In fact, Summit effectively puts the power of two Peaks at your fingertips, enabling two completely independent patches to be split or layered across the keyboard, or switched between on the fly. It also expands on Peaks layout, with many hidden controls and functions made accessible on the front panel FM routing, LFOs 3 and 4, all arpeggiator parameters, and more plus the addition of pitch and mod wheels. Summit also features numerous new filter options, and an audio input for processing external sources with its reverb, chorus, and delay effects.


  • The acclaimed Peak architecture taken to the next level, with 16 voices, expanded front panel controls, new filter options, a five-octave keyboard, and more.
  • Multitimbral engine for splitting, stacking, and switching between two simultaneous patches.
  • Digital FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators for analog-style, wavetable, and FM synthesis.
  • Dual analog filters, analog VCAs, and three stages of analog distortion per voice.
  • Process each part or an external audio signal with reverb, chorus, and delay effects, and create riffs and melodic lines with a variety of arp modes, adjustable gate time, and preset patterns.
  • Firmware v 2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound


SPECIFICATIONS

Synth Engine

  • Polyhony: 16 note (dependent on voices used per note)
  • Timbral: 2-part
  • Timbral Modes: Layered, Split, Dual Bi-Timbral
  • Voices: 5 - Mono, MonoLG, Mono2, Poly, Poly2

Per Voice

  • Oscillators: 3
  • Noise Generator: 1 with HP filter control
  • Ring Modulator: 1
  • LFOs: 2
  • Envelope: 1 amp envelope and 2 mod envelopes (ADHSR + looping)
  • Filter: 1
  • Wave Forms: Sine, tri, sawtooth, square / pulse, plus 43 wavetables of 5 waveforms per row

Filter

  • Filter: 1 state variable OTA per voice
  • Slope: 12/24 dB slope
  • Low/High Pass Filters: Low-pass / band-pass / high-pass / dual filter (separation of each 12 dB filters)
  • Dual Filter: LP > HP, LP > BP, HP > BP, LP + HP, LP + BP, HP + BP, LP + LP, BP + BP, and HP + HP Effects: Pre-filter overdrive, post-filter distortion

Modulation

  • Slots: 16 per patch
  • Sources: 2 per destination per slot

Mod Sources

  • 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

  • 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

Effects

  • 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
  • Direct (depth)
  • Mod wheel
  • Aftertouch
  • Expression pedal 1
  • Expression/breath pedal 2

FX Mod Matrix Source

  • 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 and 2
  • CV +/-
  • Bendwheel +/-
  • Bend up
  • Bend down
  • FX Mod Matrix Destinations
  • 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.

  • FM controls on front panel
  • Global LFO 3 and 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

Hardware

  • 50 control knobs
  • 8 45 mm sliders
  • 1 volume knob
  • 1 data encoder knob
  • Rubberized 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-inch jack sockets for continuous or switched pedals
  • (1) 3.5 mm jack socket for CV in
  • (2) 1/4-inch jack sockets for left and right outputs
  • (2) 1/4-inch jack sockets for left and right auxiliary outputs
  • (2) 1/4-inch jack sockets for left and right inputs
  • 1/4-inch jack socket for headphone output
  • Metal chassis with American walnut wooden end cheeks
  • Maximum Power Consumption: 1A
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Manufacturer: Novation
Model: SUMMIT
SKU: I612025-N-0-WHXA


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