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The Novation Peak lets you program OScar-like synthesizer sounds. The synthesizer has 3 digital oscillators and 8 voices, allowing you to play chords consisting of 8 notes at once. Thanks to the numerically controlled oscillators, you'll have access to analog and digital sound waves. This lets you take your pick from the traditional sinusoidal, sawtooth, and squarewave sound waves, or 1 of the 17 wavetables. You can add distortion to give your sounds extra character, either before or after the filter. This means you can choose whether you want to have the overdriven signal filtered or not. You can connect the synthesizer with your modular rack, thanks to the CV-in connector.
Synthesizer type | Digital | |
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Number of keys | 0 | |
Full-size toetsen | ||
Vocoder | ||
Noise oscillator | ||
Arpeggiator |
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had been on the wish list for a while. Thick syntht for a decent price. monotimbral and only 8 voices but that also determines the interesting price I think. combination of subtractive with wavetables very well executed.
Matthias
23 January 2019
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The Peak is an excellent 'hybrid' synthesizer. Although the oscillators are digital, it sounds very analog. The digital oscillators offer a number of advantages such as sawtooth waveform detuning and oscillator sync through virtual oscillators. You can emphasize the analog character with things like drift. The wavetables are a pleasant addition with which the Peak can also sound very thin and digital.
The buttons alone can go a long way when it comes to creating sounds, but if you dive into the various menus and explore the deeper possibilities, the possibilities become almost endless. The menu structure is smart and easy to understand and operate.
The arpeggiator offers sufficient possibilities, but a step sequencer is missing. That in itself is not an insurmountable problem, but a stepseqencer would have been a nice addition.
The effects are surprisingly good and with analog distortion, chorus, delay and reverb the main effects are well represented. The animate function makes it possible to directly call up various parameter settings and thus drastically change the sound at the touch of a button.
The OLED display is clear and also nice, the LEDs that show the active voices can be very useful.
All in all I am very happy with this synthesizer and it is a valuable addition to our studio
Tom Ladiges
29 November 2018
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It can sound digital as well as analog. He's just very versatile. It's just a joy to create your own sounds from scratch (initialize patch button). You have quickly made broadly what you want to make. If you want to go deeper, there are plenty of options to fine-tune the sound via the many extra options in the menu. Still, most menus only have a few pages, so it's not like you're constantly searching or something.
Maarten
31 July 2018
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Product number | 777465 |
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Manufacturer code | RNO PEAK |
Brand | Novation |
Warranty | 2 years |
Processing of your defect | Carry-in warranty |
Synthesizer type | Digital | |
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Timbre | Monotimbraal | |
Maximum polyphony | 8 | |
Number of oscillators | 3 | |
Noise oscillator | ||
Sub-oscillator | ||
Number of waveforms | 20 | |
Waveform types | Sawtooth, Sine, Square | |
Number of wavetables | 17 | |
Vocoder |
Filters | ||
|---|---|---|
Filter type signal | Analog | |
Filter curve | Band pass, High pass, Low pass |
Step sequencer | ||
|---|---|---|
Arpeggiator |
Number of keys | 0 | |
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Velocity sensitivity | ||
Full-size toetsen | ||
Aftertouch | ||
Modulation wheel | ||
Pitch-bend wheel | ||
Octave buttons |
MIDI input | ||
|---|---|---|
Number of MIDI inputs | 1 | |
MIDI output | ||
Number of MIDI outputs | 1 | |
MIDI throughput | ||
Number of MIDI throughputs | 1 |
USB port | |
|---|---|
USB function | Data transfer |
USB version | USB 2.0 |
Number of USB ports | 1 |
Number of USB 2.0 connectors | 1 |
Headphone jack | ||
|---|---|---|
Type of headphone connection | [6.3mm jack] | |
6.3mm jack line connector | ||
Number of 6.3mm outputs | 2 | |
Number of 6.3mm inputs | 2 | |
3.5mm mini jack connector | ||
Microphone connector |
Number of foot pedal connectors | 2 |
|---|---|
Foot pedal connections | Expression, Sustain |
Power source | ||
|---|---|---|
Power supply type | Power grid |
Weight | 4,9 kg |
|---|---|
Material | Plastic |
Depth | 233 mm |
Height | 70,5 mm |
Width | 464 mm |
