Novation Summit

Key Features

• Two-part multitimbral 16-voice polyphonic synthesiser
• Three NCO New Oxford Oscillators per voice, enabling subtractive, wavetable or FM synthesis 
• Analogue multimode 12/24dB filter per voice with Dual mode 
• Five-octave semi-weighted, premium keybed with velocity sensitivity and aftertouch• Per-part effects: distortion, chorus, delay and reverb 
• Stereo audio-in routable to onboard effects and aux outputs

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 attack, 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
• Analogue distortion
• 3 chorus types
• Delay with 16 types of delay sync, LP and HP damping, slew and stereo
• 3 reverb types

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 envelope 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 front panel
• Global LFO 3 & 4
• Arpeggiator with key latch – 33 patterns
• Patch storage - up to 512 on hardware (ships with 256 factory patches)
• Glide control
• 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

Product Hardware Specifications

• 50 control knobs
• 8 45mm sliders
• 1 volume knob
• 1 data encoder knob
• Rubberised 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
• 2 1/4" jack socket for headphone output
• Metal chassis with American walnut wooden end cheeks
• Metal magnetic inset end pieces

Software Compatibility

• Ableton Live Lite is included
• Summit is a USB-MIDI class compliant device

Product Dimensions

• 998.4mm width x 302.4mm depth x 71mmheight