Summit And Peak v2.0
Novation has launched its firmware update for Summit and Peak
6 April 2022
Firmware v2.0 brings in a range of improvements and new features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give Summit and Peak owners new tools to shape their sound. Summit is a two-part, 16-voice, 61-key synthesiser with great harmonic depth, while Peak is an eight-voice polyphonic synthesiser that boasts rich and warm sounds.
Owners will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls, and a range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations, and Lo-Fi delay.
New Feature Details:
Stereo
New spread modes, panning per voice, and panning in the mod matrix give additional control and allows for sound design in the stereo field.
Modulation and unpredictability
Create deeper and more experimental sounds with new mod destinations, noise as a mod source, and additional LFO 3 and 4 parameters.
Animate Envelopes and Arpeggiator Chance open more creative performance possibilities.
Effects
New effects, including Chorus Modes, Flanger, and Phlanger. Additional effects modulation destinations open up more experimental sound design.
A new Lo-Fi delay mode enables a more vintage style sound.
Bug Fixes
The firmware update v2.0 includes a number of bug fixes, the full details of which can be found in the release notes.
Firmware v2.0 is the last addition to the legacy of Chris Huggett’s innovative synth design work with Novation. Having shaped the sound of Novation’s iconic synths – including Bass Station, Supernova, Bass Station II, Summit and Peak, Chris has left an indelible imprint of influence and inspiration on Novation’s heritage.
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