Description

Built on the innovative foundations of our critically acclaimed Peak synthesizer, Summit is a three-oscillator-per-voice, 16-voice keyboard synth that aims to inspire, and empower, whether on stage or in the studio. Its Digital New Oxford Oscillators combine the best of analog sound and digital flexibility – including inbuilt and custom digital wavetables.

Effectively placing the power of two Peaks at your fingertips, Summit allows two completely independent patches to be split or layered across the keyboard or switched between on the fly. It also expands on Peak's layout, with many additional controls and functions now accessible on the front panel

Peak powered up – the acclaimed Peak architecture taken to the next level, with 16 voices, expanded controls, new filter options, and more
Digital where it counts – digital FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators for analog-style, wavetable, and FM synthesis
Analog where it matters – dual analog filters, analog VCAs and three stages of analog distortion per voice
Two sounds at once – multitimbral engine for splitting, stacking, and switching between two simultaneous patches
Wavetable Editor – featuring drawing tools and a Live Edit mode, so you can draw your own oscillator shapes and preview them in real-time

Specifications:

Overview

50 control knobs

8 45mm sliders

1 volume knob

1 data encoder knob

Rubberized knob caps with spun metal discs

55 function buttons

2 Animate buttons plus hold button

OLED display

Kensington Lock

Power switch

IEC power supply connector

USB socket for system (MIDI comms only, no bus power)

MIDI In / Out / Thru

2 1/4" jack sockets for continuous or switched pedals

1 3.5mm jack socket for CV in

2 1/4" jack sockets for left and right outputs

2 1/4" jack sockets for left and right auxiliary outputs

2 1/4" jack sockets for left and right inputs

1/4" jack socket for headphone output

Metal chassis with American walnut wooden end cheeks

Metal magnetic inset end pieces

Dimensions

Width998.5mm
Depth92mm
Height303.5mm

Software compatibility

Ableton Live Lite is included

Summit is a USB-MIDI class-compliant device

Power requirements

Maximum power consumption 1A

Synth engine

16-note polyphony (dependent on voices used per note)

2-part-timbral

Layered, Split, Dual Bi-Timbral Modes

5 Voice Modes - Mono, MonoLG, Mono2, Poly, Poly2

Per voice

3 oscillators

1 noise generator with HP filter control

1 ring modulator

2 LFOs

1 amp envelope and 2 mod envelopes (ADHSR + looping)

1 filter

Waveforms include

Sine, tri, sawtooth, square / pulse, plus 43 wavetables of 5 waveforms per row

Filter

1 state variable OTA filter per voice

12/24dB slope

Low-pass / band-pass / high-pass / dual filter (separation of each 12dB filters)

dual filter: LP > HP, LP > BP, HP > BP, LP + HP, LP + BP, HP + BP, LP + LP, BP + BP, and HP + HP

Pre-filter overdrive

Post-filter distortion

Modulation

16 modulation slots per patch

2 sources per destination per slot

Mod sources

Direct (depth)

Modulation wheel

Aftertouch (polyphonic and channel AT)

Expression pedal 1

Expression pedal 2

Keyboard velocity

LFO1 positive

LFO1 bi-polar

LFO2 positive

LFO2 bi-polar

Amp envelope

Mod envelope 1

Mod envelope 2

Animate 1

Animate 2

CV mod input bi-polar

Bend Up

Bend Down

Mod destinations

Oscillator 1-3 frequency, v-sync level, shape amount, and level

Noise source level

Ring modulator output level

Overall synth output level

Filter drive, distortion, cut-off frequency and resonance

LFO 1 and 2 frequency

Amp env / mod env 1 / mod env 2 attacks, decay, and release

FM Osc 1 -> osc 2, osc 2 -> osc 3, osc 3 -> osc 1 and noise -> osc 1

Osc 3 -> filter cutoff frequency

Noise -> filter cutoff frequency

Effects

FX are per part

Analog distortion

3 chorus types

Delay with 16 types of delay sync, LP and HP damping, slew and stereo

FX Mod Matrix source

Direct (depth)

Mod wheel

Aftertouch

Expression pedal 1

Expression/breath pedal 2

Velocity

Keyboard

LFO 1 +/-

LFO 2 +/-

LFO 3 +/-

LFO 4 +/-

Amp envelope

Mod envelopes 1 & 2

Animate 1 & 2

CV +/-

Bendwheel +/-

Bend up

Bend down

FX Mod Matrix destinations

Distortion level

Chorus level

Chorus rate

Chorus depth

Chorus feedback

Delay level

Delay time

Delay feedback

Reverb level

Reverb time

Reverb low pass

Reverb high pass

Misc.

FM controls on the front panel

Global LFO 3 & 4

Arpeggiator with key latch – 33 patterns

Patch storage - up to 512 on hardware (ships with 256 factory patches)

All knobs (excl. volume), sliders and most buttons transmit and receive MIDI cc commands for external control and mapping

Microtuning with Scala table import and table tuning creation

Manual mode

Multi-pot mode: Relative, Pot pick-up, Snap

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