Novation Peak/Summit firmware update!

[The Elf]

So pleased to see this. I adore my Peak, and it's good to see that Novation haven't forgotten it.

https://novationmusic.com/en/news/summi ... pdate-v2.0

New in V2.0

Pan control added to Voice menu.

Three new Stereo Spread modes available in the Voice menu:
Alternate, Diverge 2, NoteVal.

New Mod Matrix Destinations:
Pan
Oscillator 123 shape
Amp Envelope Delay
Amp Envelope Hold
Amp Envelope Sustain
Mod1 Envelope Delay
Mod1 Envelope Hold
Mod1 Envelope Sustain
Mod2 Envelope Delay
Mod2 Envelope Hold
Mod2 Envelope Sustain

Aftertouch Scaling setting in the Settings menu to determine the force needed to fully trigger Aftertouch from Summit's keyboard.

A Patch Cue mode is now available in Settings. When on, patches won't load until confirmed by pressing Single or Multi.

Animate Envelopes. Attack and Release envelopes for each animate button found in the Envelope menu.

LFO 3+4 Additional parameters found in the LFO menu:
Phase
Slew
Fade in time
New FX Mod Destinations:
Reverb Size
Reverb Low Pass
Reverb High Pass
Delay Slew
Delay LF Damp
Delay HF Damp
Delay Width
Delay Ratio
LFO3 Rate
LFO4 Rate
Noise LPF
Noise HPF

Additional Chorus modes found in the FX menu:
Flanger
Phlanger - a flanger tuned to have phaser like effects

Delay Time Mode added to FX menu. Reduces sample rate of the delay to extend the max delay time available, as well as degrading the delay tone to emulate vintage digital / tape delays.

Noise added as a mod source.

Arp Chance added to arp menu to affect the probability of the arp playing the next step.

Chord2 mode added to arp. This interacts with arp chance on a per note basis. This means Chord and Chance can be used for entire Chord probability, while Chord2 can be used for probability of each note in a chord.

Additional Seq added to local modes. Local mode designed for use with an external sequencer: keys, wheel & aftertouch send MIDI and don't affect the engine, panel controls affect the engine and don't send MIDI.

Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue where VCA gain controls did not affect voices 9-16 in Single mode (both via local and external MIDI control).

Modulation from LFO 3+4 now affects voices 9-16.

Sending performance data via external MIDI control (including Modulation Wheel, Breath, Expression, etc) now affects voices 9-16.

Fixed syncing issue with external MIDI clocks where it took a while to respond to clock correctly.

FM controls now send and respond to their NRPN messages: FM OSC3->1 Manual Amount NRPN 25:13 0-127 (0 to +127) FM OSC1->2 Manual Amount NRPN 25:17 0-127 (0 to +127) FM OSC2->3 Manual Amount NRPN 25:21 0-127 (0 to +127).

Fixed an issue where some front panel controls still had an effect on the engine when Local is Off.

Changed the way Aftertouch and other performance data from external MIDI is being received on the Global channel when using multi parts, such that: Layer Mode - Both parts respond to MIDI received on the Global Channel.

Split Mode - MIDI received on the Global Channel affects both engines in accordance with the split settings, for example, if the split point is C3, anything below C3 will affect part A and C3 and above will affect part B.

Dual Mode - MIDI received on the global channel affects the currently selected part - i.e. A, B, or Both.

Fixed an issue where patch location was displayed incorrectly when viewing single patches inside a Multi-Patch.

[nathanscribe]

Yuss, something for the weekend I think. Looking forward to trying the new delay modes and noise mod. Not a huge stereo user but I can see some very nifty little tricks modding hard panning for routing to different external effects etc.

[The Elf]

Hang fire. I'm having notes of chords randomly refusing to play. Novation are apparently aware.

[The Elf]

Hang fire. I'm having notes of chords randomly refusing to play. Novation are apparently aware.

A respondent on Facebook says they *aren't* aware, so I'll follow this up with them tomorrow,

[nathanscribe]

Yikes. Is this Peak or Summit?

[The Elf]

For me it's Peak - I can't comment on Summit.

[nathanscribe]

Noted. Will sit at the side peeking through the curtains for a bit then.

[BillB]

Looks like an exciting update. I emailed Novation about a year ago, requesting pan as a mod destination, and a phaser please...
Without claiming they listen to me, they do listen! Looks like they delivered far more than I could imagine.

However, I shall also wait for the Elf bulletin to tell me all is well.

[Tomás Mulcahy]

Noise as mod source is a super powerful feature to have.

[BillB]

There’s a very detailed review of Peak and Summit here
http://sounds-for-synths.com/novation_peak_summit.htm

WC Olo Garb is opinionated but honest, and tries harder than most to describe the sound and experience of a synth. Many of his criticisms of the Peak/Summit engine are addressed by this firmware update, which he acknowledges in a one-liner at the bottom of the page.

[The Elf]

V2 is a good update. I can't say that the stereo thing bothers me in the slightest, but it seemed to be a bee in a few bonnets out there. Nowt as strange as folk.

I just hope that Novation fix this voicing problem in short order, because it's a bit of a show-stopper.

[The Elf]

I've heard nothing so far about a fix for the dropping notes problem. This is disappointing.

I'm chasing them again...

[BillB]

Thanks for chasing, Elf. This is disappointing, assuming that Novation has acknowledged that there is an issue. It's an update I would like to make but, as you suggested, I'm hanging fire...