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Novation Peak £1,249

Novation’s new hybrid desktop polysynth

combines a powerful digital engine with analogue ﬁ lters

and more. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman traverses the Peak…

CONTACT WHO: Novation/Focusrite TEL: +44 1494 462246 WEB: uk.novationmusic.com KEY FEATURES I/O: Three ‘Oxford’ digital

oscillators, each with four classic wave shapes and 17 wavetables, eight-note polyphony, 42 knobs and eight sliders, two LFOs per-voice, three envelopes,

multimode analogue ﬁ lter with three modes and two slopes, poly glide, mono/unison modes, analogue drive (pre/post ﬁ lter drive), digital reverb, delay and chorus.

INCLUDES

AUDIO

REVIEWS

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Summary of content (4 pages)

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FM | REVIEWS INCLUDES AUDIO Novation Peak £1,249 Novation’s new hybrid desktop polysynth combines a powerful digital engine with analogue filters and more. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman traverses the Peak… CONTACT WHO: Novation/Focusrite TEL: +44 1494 462246 WEB: uk.novationmusic.
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Novation Peak | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Very well built with hands-on control in all the right places Has a sound of its own, with a nicely textured analogue filter and plenty of modulation and shaping options Digital effects and analogue drive sound very musical - Doesn’t have a keyboard and not rackmountable No sequencer, and no external audio input for routing through its filter and effects Has a large footprint (though a bespoke stand is available) B ack when analogue synths were well out of fa
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Reviews | Novation Peak THE ALTERNATIVES DSI Prophet 12 Module £1660 The P12M loses the keyboard but still packs in the same unique and powerful sonic goodness. Like Peak, the P12 also uses digital osc’s through analogue filters and also has digital FX with analogue distortion. www.davesmith instruments.com hardware. Secondly, there are a lot of controls onboard in a small space and it’s sometimes hard to read the panel.
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Novation Peak | Reviews modulation matrix (with 17 sources and 37 destinations and depth control). There are two polyphonic audio-rate LFOs per-voice, with low and high rate modes along with two mod envelopes. Each oscillator has LFO 2 hardwired to pitch on the front panel (for ease of setup) or you can dive deeper into the mod matrix for further assignments/re-routing.