Novation Releases Peak & Summit 2.0 Firmware Update

video upload by NovationTV

"In this edition of Novation Live, Enrique introduces the new firmware update that's available for our polysynth duo - Summit and Peak. Focusing on Peak, Enrique will be showcasing some of the powerful new tools firmware v2.0 brings.

In the biggest update yet for Summit and Peak, Firmware v2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound.

You will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. Experiment with expansive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. A range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay

--- Learn more about the Summit and Peak Firmware Update v2.0:
https://bit.ly/SummitPeakFirmwareUpdate

--- Discover Summit:
https://novationmusic.com/en/synths/s...

--- Discover Peak:
https://novationmusic.com/en/synths/peak"

The press release:

""Powerful new tools to shape your sound.

Novation has just launched its biggest update yet for Summit and Peak. Firmware v2.0 brings in essential improvements and a multitude of features across stereo controls, modulation, unpredictability, and effects, that give you powerful tools to shape your sound.

Summit and Peak owners will now be able to create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes with updated stereo controls. Experiment with expansive sound design with modulation and unpredictability. A range of effects improvements brings new tonalities with the addition of Chorus Modes, Flanger, Phlanger, new effects modulation destinations and Lo-Fi delay.

Firmware v2.0 Features

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. Now you can create bigger, wider, and more intricately textured soundscapes.
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 add new tonalities. 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 can be found in the release notes.

You can read about the full details of firmware v2.0 by visiting the Components update page for Summit and Peak.

Summit and Peak 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, Peak and Summit, Chris has left an indelible imprint on our heritage, and we will always be grateful for his influence and inspiration.

Novation will also be hosting a live stream today (Thursday March 31st, 2022, 9pm UK time), with product specialist Enrique, taking place on our YouTube channel, where the new v2.0 update features will be demonstrated live.

For those unfamiliar with Peak and Summit, Peak is an eight-voice polyphonic synthesiser that boasts rich and warm sounds, while Summit is a two-part, 16-voice, 61-key synthesiser with great harmonic depth – both now with enhanced capabilities thanks to firmware update v2.0.

Summit & Peak owners are now able to download the v2.0 update from Novation Components."

And a video by GEOSynths:

Novation Summit 2.0 Firmware Test

video upload by GEOSynths

Portend from the Album Phantom Distinction Fallacy by 3am

New from supporting member justin3am. Click the buy now and hear more links in the player for more.

"Lots of synths were used in the making of Portend (Sequential Pro 3, ASM Hydrasynth, MakeNoise Shared System) and the video features video synths (LZX Vidiot, Geiskes 3TrinsRGB, Critter & Guitari EYESY)."

New 1985 Dual Sequencer Eurorack Module From Pantala Labs

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via Pantala Labs (Google translated from Portuguese):

"03/30/2022 - 1985

Double sequencer that extracts melodies and rhythms from a photo taken live by the module itself.​

It has:
-60 patterns for each color (RGB), totaling 180 different patterns, coming from each image capture that are selected through the TRACK potentiometer and/or its CV. Each sequence comes from a grouping of image lines.
-two sequencer channels: despite internally processing 3 channels (RGB) the module has only 2 output channels with CV and Trigger and can use RG or RB colors.
-9 filters for image treatment, edge identification and others;
- external time synchronization by trigger;
- manual sample or by trigger;
- manual color selector for channel 2;
- manual scale selector: chromatic, major and minor;
- manual rhythm selector: single or variable, as explained in item 4a;
-reset manually or by trigger;
- manual 4/8/16/32/64 step sequence size selector;
-manual selector of CV sample & hold (one note for each valid rhythm step) or CV step (one note for all steps).

Width: 16HP
Depth: 30mm
Consumption: 150ma@12V / 10ma@-12V
Assembly: 15 days.
Pantala Labs module for eurorack standard Brazilian modular synthesizer"

New AMSynths SH-101 Eurorack Filter Module in the Works

via AMSynths

"The next new module from AMSynths will be the AM8101 VCF. A faithful recreation of the the low pass filter in the SH-101 mono synth. We expect to start shipping production modules with red anodised aluminum panels in April. #eurorack #eurorackmodular #amsynths #analog #synthesizers"

Behringer Teases a SYNTHI AKS Mini Synth, Additional Boogerfoogers, & Linndrum Update

The latest teasers from Behringer.

"Since we shared with you the pics of our upcoming VCS3 [posted here], many people got so excited, that they asked for an affordable AKS synth that has the exact same sound signature. Here’s a draft proposal only and we’d love to get your feedback. We believe we could produce it for an estimated price of US$ 99. What do you think? "

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New Patching Sound Exhibit Opens at the Moogseum & Ikutaro Kakehashi's An Age Without Samples

via The Bob Moog Foundation where you'll find additional details.

"We're excited to share that the Moogseum has had a busy winter and early spring! We were closed for construction in January and February, which allowed us to expand our space to accommodate new exhibits. We spent the month of March creating the latest addition to our family of interactive exhibits, Patching Sound: Understanding Modular Synthesis.

Patching Sound provides visitors with a hands-on opportunity to patch, or create, sounds on a synthesizer interface by connecting various modules that control individual parameters of sound. The custom-designed exhibit was created by Los Angeles-based Sounds Amazing.

Patching Sound was made possible by a generous donation from Dave and Karen Rossum, with additional support from North Carolina Humanities, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and by donors like you!

A large, fully restored, historic R.A. Moog modular synthesizer, originally created in 1968, serves as the inspirational backdrop for the interactive installation. As part of its storied provenance, this synthesizer was used on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. You can read more about its history here.

Come experience Patching Sound: Understanding Modular Synthesis at the Moogseum! We are open from 11-5 seven days a week."

"Ikutaro Kakehashi's An Age Without Samples Now Available On Bob Moog Foundation Online Store

We are proud to now be offering An Age Without Samples by synthesizer pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi in our online store. This 312-page hardcover book was published the same year that its revered author passed away. An Age Without Samples explores such themes as the resurrection of the venture spirit of the '60s and '80s, creativity, and originality. It is replete with examples from his own experiences and storied career and is generously illustrated with scores of rarely seen photos.

Read more about An Age Without Samples and purchase it here.

We send our deep thanks to Ikuo Kakehashi for donating these books to the Bob Moog Foundation so that we could share them with our worldwide community of supporters and generate funding for our innovative work."

SpaceFields App Update In the Works

via Motion Soundscape

"This update will make it even more convenient to use the SpaceFields live. A new screen with the most important controls, a large area to start / stop the loop recorder and the big recording counter. The sampler can import up to 9 samples, which can be quickly loaded into the loop by tap on the sample cell. Smooth transition to the loaded sample (same as when recording the input signal). Option to save the recorded loop to the sampler and to an external file."

CME's SWIDI Behringer Clone Was An April Fool's Joke?

Follow-up to this post featuring a black model. via CME:

"It all started as an April Fool's joke...

We were actually wondering what would happen if a small innovator like CME cloned a clone.

Simply raising the question of what innovation is all about.

A good joke often hurts a little. It was in no way our intention to offend anyone. Not a company. And certainly not a person.

Next time we will think of other creative ways to get your attention. No worries about that.

That said, the number of responses we got was staggering.

Apparently, innovation is not only about new technology, but also about offering existing solutions at an attractive price.

That got us thinking. Should we make this practical joke a reality?

Actually, this all depends on you. That's why we ask you to participate.

If you have a few minutes, take a look at project SWIDI!"

"This is a crowd creation project.
With 3,000 active registrants SWIDI becomes a reality.
Register now to get 50% discount during presale.
Target retail price is US$ 79
Sign up today. Become part of the process."

Polyphonic

video upload by gotharman

"The new thing is polyphonic :)"

www.gotharman.dk

Update: Gotharman's zaTurn.

ANTI-GRAVITY: LYRA-8 /PEAK /MICROCOSM /Prophet REV2

video upload by Alba Ecstasy

"Novation PEAK & Prophet REV-2 ambient patches at https://www.albaecstasy.ro

Two units that deserve to be interconnected: Soma LYRA-8 and Hologram MICROCOSM.
Additional synth parts: strings - Prophet REV-2, kick - Novation PEAK.

Enjoy!
❤️, ae"