DESCRIPTION
Description
Peak is an eight-voice desktop polyphonic synthesizer built around New Oxford Oscillators that combine the best of analog sound and digital flexibility – including inbuilt and custom digital wavetables. With a resonant multi-mode analog filter for each voice and three separate points of distortion per voice, it’s truly the best of both worlds.
Polyphonic aftertouch, an extensive mod matrix, and two dedicated Animate buttons allow for endlessly expressive performances, while lush onboard reverb, delay, and chorus round off a formidable addition to any sound designer’s arsenal.
- Digital where it counts – Digital FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators for analog-style, wavetable, and FM synthesis
- Analog where it matters – an analog filter, analog VCAs and three stages of analog 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
Analog where it matters – digital where it counts
Peak’s design consultant was none other than Chris Huggett, the man behind Bass Station, Supernova, OSCar, and many more legendary synths. Peak has its origin in the Bass Station II analog mono synth, and Peak’s oscillators sound completely analog by being high-quality NCOs (Numerically-Controlled Oscillators), but gain the flexibility of the digital domain with 60 digital wavetables.
Build and refine new sounds from scratch
Broaden out your electronic music, draw in new influences, and take artistic risks. The modulation system puts the most frequently used assignments right at your fingertips in the main controls. More elaborate movements and secondary ‘via’ assignments are made just a few menu button presses away.
Specifications:
Overview
- 42 Control knobs
- 8 35mm Sliders
- 1 Volume knob
- 2 Data encoders
- Rubberized knob caps with spun metal discs
- 30 Function buttons (not lit)
- 16 Function buttons (lit)
- 2 Animate buttons plus hold button
- 90 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
- 2 1/4" jack socket for continuous or switched pedals
- 3.5mm jack socket for CV in
- 1/4" jack sockets for left and right outputs
- 1/4" jack socket for headphone output
- Metal chassis with American walnut wooden end cheeks
- Metal magnetic inset end pieces
Dimensions
- Width: 233mm
- Depth: 464mm
- Height: 70.5mm
Software compatibility
- Ableton Live Lite is included
- Peak is a USB-MIDI class-compliant device
Power requirements
- Maximum power consumption 12V DC 1A
Synth engine
- 8 voice polyphonic (voice modes available unison etc.)
- Mono-Timbral
- 5 Voice Modes - Mono, MonoLG, Mono2, Poly, Poly2
Per voice
- 3 oscillators
- 1 noise generator
- 1 ring modulator
- 2 LFOs
- 1 Amp envelope and 2 mod envelopes
- 1 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
- 16 modulation slots per patch
- Each slot has 2 sources to 1 destination
Effects
- Analog 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
$460.00
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