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Novation Peak 8-Voice Desktop Polyphonic Synthesizer
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Description
Description
Create and Innovate with the Novation Peak 8-Voice Desktop Polyphonic Synthesizer
The Peak sounds warm and rich with filthy, biting overdrive. It's an eight-voice desktop polyphonic synthesizer with three New Oxford Oscillators for each voice. The synth has a resonant multi-mode analogue filter for each voice, and three distortion points in an analogue signal chain.
- New Oxford Oscillators using two waveform generating techniques: NCOs (Numerically-Controlled Oscillators) and 17 digital wavetables
- Pre-filter and post-filter distortion per voice, plus global distortion
- Polyphonic aftertouch and linear FM
- Extensive modulation system, with 16-slot modulation matrix and 16 direct assignments controlled on the front panel
- Three ADSR envelopes and two LFOs per voice, plus animate buttons for instant modulation switching
- High-quality reverb, delay and chorus effects, and onboard arpeggiator
- CV modulation input for integration with modular systems
- Compact desktop module design with optional die-cast aluminum stand for positioning (not included)
- Firmware update v2.0 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
Hardware
- Control: 42 knobs
- Sliders: (8) 35 mm
- Volume: 1 knob
- Data Encoder: 2 data
- Function Buttons: 30 (lit)
- Function Buttons: 16 (lit)
- Animate Buttons: 2
- Indicator: 90 LEDs
- Display: OLED
- Power Switch: Yes
- Power Supply Connector: Yes
- Connectivity: USB B 2.0 / MIDI comms only (no bus-power)
- Connection: (2) 1/4-inch jack socket for continuous or switched pedals
- CV: 3.5 mm jack socket
- L/R Inputs: 1/4-inch jack sockets for left and right outputs
- Headphone Out: 1/4-inch jack socket
- Chassis: Metal with American walnut wooden end cheeks
- Inset End: Metal magnetic inset end pieces
Synth Engine
- Polyphony: 8 voice (voice modes available unison etc.)
- Timbral: Mono
- Voice Modes: 5 - Mono, MonoLG, Mono2, Poly, Poly2
Per voice
- Oscillators: 3
- Noise generator: 1
- Ring Modulator: 1
- LFOs: 2
- Amp Envelope: 1
- Mod Envelope: 2
- Filter: 1
Waveforms
- Type: Sine, tri, sawtooth, square / pulse
- Wavetable: 17
- Waveforms Per Row: 5
Filter
- Filter Per Voice: 1 x State variable OTA
- Slope: 12/24 dB
- High/Low Pass Filter: Low-pass, band-pass, high-pass
- Effects: Pre-filter overdrive
- Effects: Post-filter distortion
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
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
- Analogue distortionChorus: 3 types
- Delay: 16 types of delay sync, LP and HP damping, slew and stereo
- Reverb: 3 types
Misc.
- Arpeggiator with key latch – 33 patterns
- Patch storage - up to 512 on hardware (ships with 256 factory patches) Glide
- All knobs (excl. volume), sliders and most buttons transmit and receive MIDI cc commands for external control and mapping
Other
- Maximum Power Consumption: 12 V DC 1A
- Dimensions: 233 x 464 x 70.6 mm, 9.17 x 18.27 depth x 2.78 inches
Manufacturer: Novation
Model: PEAK
SKU: I463296-0-WHXX
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