Designed around New Oxford Oscillators, the Novation Peak is an eight-voice polyphonic synthesizer that combines the finest analogue sound sound and digital versatility, with integrated custom digital wavetables. This synthesizer gives you the best of both worlds, with a resonant multi-mode analogue filter for each voice, and three dedicated points of distortion per voice.

Create boundlessly expressive performances with Polyphonic Aftertouch, an extensive mod matrix, and two dedicated Animate buttons, while integrated effects such as Reverb, Delay, and Chorus give you studio-grade tools for your sound design.

• Digital where it counts – Digital FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators for analogue-style, wavetable and FM synthesis
• Analogue where it matters – an analogue filter, analogue VCAs and three stages of analogue distortion per voice
• High-quality digital effects – stunning reverb, delay, and chorus effects are instantly accessible via the effects section
• Extensive modulation system – 16-slot modulation matrix and 16 direct assignments controllable from the front panel
• Wavetable Editor – featuring drawing tools and a Live Edit mode, so you can draw your own oscillator shapes and preview them in real time

Analogue where it matters – digital where it counts

Designed by Chris Huggett, the same man who brought you the Bass Station, Supernova, OSCar and many more iconic synths, Peak's foundation stems from the Bass Station II analogue monosynth, and Peak's oscillators are high-quality NCOs (Numerically-Controlled Oscillators). These oscillators boast a completely analogue sound, and the flexibility of the digital world with 60 digital wavetables.

Build and refine new sounds from scratch

With a modulation system that out the most commonly used assignments right at your fingertips in the main controls, you can broaden your electronic music, introduce new influences and take sonic risks. Secondary 'via' assignments allow you to make more elaborate movements, and are only aa few presses of the menu button away.

Connect to just about anything

Connect your Mac or PC to your Peak via USB, and start playing. Connect other MIDI gear via the five-pin DIN ports, and use the CV Modulation input to connect to modular systems for further control.

Peak Firmware Update v2.0

Firmware update 2.0 is Novation's biggest update for Peak, and brings a plethora of features across stereo controls, modulation and unpredictability, and effects - giving you powerful tools to carve your sound.

Design more sophisticated soundscape textures with refined stereo controls, experiment with immersive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. With the inclusion of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations, and Lo-Fi Delay, you get access to an array of effects improvements, bringing you new tonalities to play with.

Specifications

• Overview
  • 42x Control Knobs
  • 8x 35mm Sliders
  • 1x Volume Knob
  • 2x Data Encoders
  • Rubberised Knob Caps with Spun Metal Discs
  • 30x Function Buttons (Not Lit)
  • 16x Function Buttons (Lit)
  • 2x Animate Buttons Plus Hold Button
  • 90x Indicator LEDs
  • OLED Display
  • Kensington Security Slot
  • Power Switch
  • Power Supply Connector
  • USB B 2.0/MIDI Comms Only (No Bus-Power)
  • MIDI In/Out /Thru
  • 2x ¼" Jack Socket for Continuous or Switched Pedals
  • 3.5mm Jack Socket for CV In
  • ¼" Jack Sockets for Left and Right Outputs
  • ¼" Jack Socket for Headphone Output
  • Metal Chassis with American Walnut Wooden End Cheeks
  • Metal Magnetic Inset End Pieces
• Synth Engine
  • 8x Voice Polyphonic (Voice Modes Available Unison etc.)
  • Mono-Timbral
  • 5 Voice Modes: Mono, MonoLG, Mono2, Poly, Poly2
• Per Voice
  • 3x Oscillators
  • 1x Noise Generator
  • 1x Ring Modulator
  • 2x LFOs
  • 1x Amp Envelope and 2 Mod Envelopes
  • 1x Filter
• Waveforms Include
  • Sine
  • Tri
  • Sawtooth
  • Square/Pulse
  • Plus 17 Wavetables of 5 Waveforms per Row
• Filter
  • 1x State variable OTA filter per voice
  • 12/24dB Slope
  • Low-Pass/Band-Pass/High-Pass
  • Pre-Filter Overdrive
  • Post-Filter Distortion
• Modulation
  • 16x Modulation Slots per Patch
  • Each Slot has 2 Sources to 1 Destination
• Effects
  • Analogue Distortion
  • Chorus: 3 Types
  • Delay with 16 Types of Delay Sync, LP and HP Damping, Slew and Stereo
  • Reverb: 3 Types
• Misc
  • Arpeggiator w/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
• Software Compatibility
  • Ableton Live Lite is Included
  • Peak is a USB-MIDI Class Compliant Device
• Power Requirements: Maximum Power Consumption 12V DC 1A
• Dimensions
  • Width: 233mm
  • Depth: 464mm
  • Height: 70.5mm