Novation's flagship two-part 16-voice 61-key polyphonic synthesiser Summit’s digital New Oxford Oscillators offer subtractive, FM and wavetable synthesis, and feed into genuine analogue dual filters, distortion and VCAs. The multitimbral engine enables merging and combining of two complete and independent patches, while up to 16 simultaneous voices deliver enough harmonic depth for even the richest of pads.
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.
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.
| Synth Engine | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Sine, tri, sawtooth, square / pulse, plus 43 wavetables of 5 waveforms per row | |
| Filter | |
| 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 | |
| 16 modulation slots per patch | |
| 2 sources 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 | |
| Noise -> 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 & 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 | |
| Product Hardware Specifications | |
| 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 | |
