Is This The Best Digital Synth EVER??!!
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2019
- What are your fave modern digital or analogue synths, and can you name a synth that actually looks good?
*CORRECTION* In multi mode you duplicate the entire front panel from Voice and Arp to left to all effects to right for use in Layer, Split or Dual, I imagine A and B synth can then be assigned separate outputs.
Here's more about the #novation Summit: novationmusic.com/synths/summit 
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Congratulations sandy, who’s the lucky synth!?
You win this one buddy
i think u need some sort of certificate
One of my favorite features on Summit which i think you'll like (since i saw you cranking that reverb) is in the FX menu, routing D->R->C Delay to reverb to chorus, and cranking feedback up on Delay and reverb. Delay won't go past infinite and start feedback but it will go on forever. it builds into HUUUGGGEEE swells, then turn up the chorus and you're now drowning in sound. -- Incredible video, instantly sub'd!
I totally read that in your voice lmao.
@@ceniza_honey me too! I also first thought of ricky when saw that this would be about the summit.
1day Ricky has the best delivery of all synth/beat production RUclips. Natural, passionate, humble, and great at explaining more complex ideas and concepts.
Always loved the sound of Novation synths...and this certainly does not disappoint! Thank you for the vid
Glad to see you enjoyed it Christian. I designed a bunch of the wavetables which were added in the 1.2 update to Peak and which can now be found in Summit. I also have a bank of some presets which are being released shortly via Novation (these were also made on the Peak so none of that sexy layering available sadly). Very much recommend playing around with the modulation matrix and particularly the one for the FX section, there is a lot of fun to be had in there!
Appears to be an awesome synth. Also very excited about the digital capabilities. Thx for sharing.
Your studio/set up looks amazing I could spend hours and hours tinkering in there ......heaven
Thank you for such an indepth review. Have been deep diving RUclips to get my head round a synth purchase. Think you've just got me to the Summit. A fun climb!
All synths are beautiful!
That was very nice to say! :)
... but some synths are more beautiful than others.
Sure, It has to work all that nonsense about analog or digital ....
no, only black synths matter 🤣🤣
I agree. To have access to such devices is really a blessing.
I've recently discovered your channel and I must say it's one of the best and most well put together channels in the audio geekery spectrum that's on RUclips! Keep up the great content mate! I love your style and how it's almost shot and edited as if it's a documentary. I feel as though I'm watching a Channel Two doc each time.
Great demo Christian, this thing seems to be a beast! Congrats Sandy!
That is a gorgeous sounding synth!
Told you it sounded like an absolute beast!
Bought Summit about 6 weeks ago and its probably one off the best synths ever made period!!
NATH C and what else you got?
I have a peak and absolutely love it. That long tailed reverb is fantastic. It's also fun to note that the oxford oscillators have almost zero aliasing. Make sure to play with the ocillator settings (diverge and drift in particular)! I may purchase a summit to replace the leak eventually.
I've slowly been brought over into the NEED THIS category. A digital synth is a missing link in my setup, so this beauty is certainly in the running for the next purchase.
Paul Mina Storm Just too uninspiring. I enjoy a more tactile experience.
The Summit isn’t a digital synth. It’s a hybrid. It has analog filters, distortion, and amps.
Ernest Grouns I use Fl studio and use digital synths and make music using its piano roll, however you can use a midi controller like an akai mpk, However If you want to spend more money nothing would stop you from buying a digital synth.
Roland Jupiter X. Everybody needs one. Bit more expensive than an iPad though ;)
I’m having quite a lot of fun with the Solaris. It’s incredible....
I got a novation peak when it was released and was blown away by how amazing that synth was. I definitely want the summit
Finally! Very good review! Thank you! Wish that was me unboxing that. Another month or so I guess.
You can’t beat the ARP Quadra for looks - sounds pretty good, too... 👍😛😍🎹❤️
LOVE your doggies Christian! Vid is also great :)
Wow, I’m blown away at the clarity that thing produces.
I have a Peak, and love it. I play it with my Poly Aftertouch Hydrasynth keyboard. They work well together, and it has CV outs, to pair with your Summit. You might enjoy the fact that the Hydrasynth Explorer that is coming out this Winter can be battery powered, is compact, light, relatively cheap for what it is. If the Summit sits high on Hybrid Highlands, Hydrasynth is Digital Atlantis. You can carry it outside and play anywhere, where it's almost a polyphonic digital modular. But it's not rain proof.
Hybrid synth, not digital. You explain the signal path a few minutes in, but this can be really confusing to folks, based on what I've seen on various groups. The Supernova you mentioned was truly digital (and also a really nice synth), this is digital + analog(ue). Some of the effects (like distortion) are even analog(ue) here.
I love my Peak, and am really interested in this. Novation has put together something really amazing. Great video.
@Ehsan Gelsi uses the 8-voice Peak in many of his live setups, alongside other pieces of gear. It certainly has a very nice sound and is why I listen to his live RUclips sessions.
IMHO the DSI Pro2 is one of the greatest looking and equally awesome sounding synths. Because I own one of course.
I’m certainly interested in the 16-voice Summit.
Great review/walk thru. Cheers.
Wow, this sounds so beautiful. I must have one.
Always great to view your music making
Luv it. Want one. Thanks for the upload
Summit is my personal all-rounder fav of recent. The sexiest board to me right now is that new Vox Continental. Albeit, not a synth. But for synths, the Matrix Brute is very pretty and clean. The Dave Smith line-ups are always pretty.
Wow incredible ! The most interesting synth I ever heard 😧 Would love to use it ... one day perhaps 😋
Love my Juno 106s - ah, you just mentioned it. Had it for 37 years.
Great demo. I'm a firm believer that it's not pure analog that is paramount, it's how much the synth can do, how capable and deep it is, and how interactive it is to program and tweak in real time between it's knobs, sliders, buttons and hopefully minimal menus. This is where the true organic sonic expression exists between the synth, and the musician.
Sounds incredible!!
It sounds almost "transwave-esgue" ala Ensoniq... this is Very interesting. So nice to hear the build quality is high! Unlike recent offerings from the big 3.. Very cool video!!
Great demo!
Heard this thing in action by a grammy winning rnb producer and HAD to get one ! Ready for it to launch in October! 🔥🔥👏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 great review it is by far the best synth since the old roland days!
Love my Korg Prologue16, this Summit is a beauty though Novation.
Really happy with my Novation Peak. Highly recommend.
"eye candy synth" Moog subsequent 37
I always think my old Roland SH3A and 7 are gorgeous looking - pale green and cream. And Tolex cases! Lovely.
If I had one of these I would never leave the house!
Ooh, I'm looking forward to this. I bought a peak sometime ago and doing a side by side comparison with omnisphere, even though the peak was immediately more playable and sounded great with basic sounds, I couldn't say the difference was enough to justify the price (the only 8 voices was a factor too), so I returned it. Since then I'm more experienced in sound design, and I've realised how much actual hardware makes a difference to me. I've been eyeing a Rev2 for some time but then this comes out and it is literally everything I want in a poly synth.
I love my Peak because it offers so much in a compact format. Summit is double the fun, but I just don't have any more space for big keyboards.
I think it looks nice! And I like the look of the Moog Grandmother
Great hands on & skilled presentation!
I would love to see the inputs CV & Audio Inputs evaluated.
You sold me mate, excellent presentation...meat and potatoes straight way. That synth is a beast for sure, great sounds.
I want your studio space...it looks perfectly comfortable and what I want mine to be like!
I've never actually owned a synth (only used software synths) but for me the holy grail would be to own a modern synth that had all the knobs and sliders in the right place so that I could use it as a live musical instrument, easily able to access all the patches and even record and play back multiple phrases and sounds.
Please do more synth demos, this was great 👍
Fantastic sounding synth.
Mid-late 70s Roland SH-5 and SH-7 are some of the sexiest synths ever, imo.
And thankyou Focusrite for the lovely new plug-in via Plugin-Alliance! ... I once had the pleasure of working on console #9 of the 10 that were made.
Thanks for sharing, inspirational 🙏
Damn, this thing is pricey (2200 USD) but it looks like an absolute beast. This is the type of synth that if you put the time in to learn it you could probably do 80-90% of what you're looking to do when it comes to making music with this single synth.
Nice 👍 this post was just in my feed and now that I come to comment, I noticed it's a year old post ha. .
Anyway sounds great and as already mentioned in other comms, it's a very stranger things sounding machine, right from the opening bass sound to some of those other eerie yet bright lush sounds.
Just subbed because like your presenting style, hands on and let's play and tinker with things and explore.
Wow, very nice one!
I like the puppy swipe transition at the beginning of the video.
I've always been fond of how the Oberheim Matrix 12 looked. Sounded pretty decent too.
Thank you .There is a sense in that the LFO's can sequence .Also I believe that the ADSR has a loop function .Sequencing from an external source perhaps ? That is a very nice view from the rock .
As you say it is a marvelous machine but so is mine and a couple of others I own...harder to discern here perhaps than choosing who supplied my best sample libraries ever...on that I have no doubt ..you guys produce these IMHO .🙏🦄🎩
I love my Juno 106 (DCO's). Fedex arrives later today with a Prophet Rev2 !!!Your synth is amazing Mr. Henson, gotta love those knobs and sounds!
Korg's minilogue is ultrasleek and gorgeous
Great sounds!!!
My God that's beautiful sounding 🤤
I have the summit - now partnered with the Arturia PolyBrute - you really must take a look at that! WoW!
What beautiful sounds ! :-)
Sounds pretty stellar to me!
The yellow Waldorf Q is beautiful IMO
This synths sounds great but I'm really excited about the UDO Audio Super 6 synth which sounds and more importantly looks great to me. I've seen people swapping the knobs on synths like the Rev2 and changing the skin on a B*******r Neutron and that can really improve the appearance
The man who designed the Summit (and Peak) is Chris Huggett. As you said, he also designed the Wasp, Gnat and went on to create the OsCar. A very under-celebrated pioneer of British affordable synths. I love my Peak. Thanks again for an excellent channel.
Jeff Boult the OSCar has the greatest sounding filter ever made. Chris Huggett is an exceptional synth designer. The UK’s Bob Moog.
So do I love my Peak, which I think is still just one of the best digital/analog hybrid synth that money can buy. Just everything is so well thought out and very well built with great sounds possible! And all this for a quite reasonable price, too! The Summit, being basically 2 Peaks side-by-side and some more certainly is an awesome machine and thus also quite big, but I'm really happy there is the Peak as a smaller brother of the Summit!
Chris Huggett is awesome, and trust me - he is not under-celebrated.
RIP Mr Huggett. Thank you for this beast of a synth. 🎶❤️
great review of innovation summit keys .. Christian Henson .. cheers .. !!
I think I am in love with this synth. Haven't considered getting a synth controller but have been in the market and going back and forth between a 61 key NImk2 or 88 key NImk2. But for a bit more cash, this kind of answers a lot of things.
Shows you how old I am being an DX7 previous owner. This little thing makes the DX look like a white elephant. Thanks for the dream buddy. :-)
The Waldorf Quantum is definitely one of the most interesting synths of the past few years, however quite a price tag (but I know you are very willing to take the bullet for the team).
Definetly my favorite Digital Synth/Hybrid that I own. Diverge and Drift features in the Oscillator Section will definetly make this sound more analog-ish if desired... The Overdrive and Distortion do help make up for some of the Harmonics always lost with digital OSC's...
recently purchased mine after a few months debating. I loved the look of it but was pit off by the firmware issues. The latest upgrade corrected those (April 22) and went straight out and bought it. Brilliant synth...
Waldorf Blofeld. One of the most versatile and budget friendly synths ever made. Especially the keyboard version!
Liam Bowen Highly recommend you pick up the Waldorf XT (or an XTk if you can find one in decent condition). The sound quality is realms beyond the Blofeld. While I like the layout of the Blofeld and how it visualizes waveforms, it’s D/A conversion reveals its shortcomings. The late 90’s Waldorf synths are in a league of their own. I have not played / owned any of the newest Waldorf to compare.
Have you hired the Top Gear production crew? Your videos are beyond top level
Gordon Houseman that’s very kind. I actually did the top gear theme!
Great review! The SOMA Laboratory Lyra 8 is a beautiful looking and sounding synth, if a little unusual - would love to hear your thoughts on it!
I may be biased, but I think the "Oberheim" OB12 is a good looking synth - lovely shade of blue, lots of well laid out tactile control, and a large-ish LCD screen with nice graphical displays (although the screen on mine packed in years ago)
I have the same sonic taste, this was my choice, really pleasant and after the wavetable related upgrades extremely powerful
I love my mini nova!!! I have a rolad system 1 that I'm not that impressed with but it's got its tricks.... I also run 3 behringer synths and a few other goodies originating from my Yamaha rm1x sequencer midi master clock. I've had a hiccup once or twice with the behringer clones but the Novation stays on point every time.... nothing gets lost...
I like this guys videos and would love a week or month or so in that room🤣 I swear I'd bring a sleeping bag lol!!!!!
Awesome!
Arturia Matrixbrute looks great in my opinion (that fancy light grid!). Favourite synth would have to be the Access Virus Ti as it was my first synth and still sounds absolutely incredible to this day.
Thank you for thi special clip
Becoming a bigger fan of Novation everyday. I own a Xio and a Launchkey. They sent me free knobs that were missing on my Xiosynth. Not many companies would do that. That earned my respect. This thing rocks!
Dave Smith does
It sounds awesome!
17:30 Beatiful harmony between finger, sound and chord.
Walking to your studio with an unopened box with new gear is the best feeling!!
it does sounds very nice!
One piece of modern equipment that is super fun is the Dreadbox Hypnosis. You may like it. Works well with mono and poly synths.
man thats an awesome synth
Excellent choice, sir. It's encouraging to see a proper new flagship keyboard from Novation. It's been a long time since the Supernova II.
If I didn't already have a Peak, I'd be seriously gassing for a Summit. I feel that there is only one area it's a little weak in, and that is classic osc sync sounds. But it's so brilliant at everything else...
I always have a handful of pieces of gear in a special sort of "one day soon" category. This is somewhere between "on my shopping list" and "I'll never own that": it's stuff I can't afford yet but would buy if the money magically appeared... I now think the Summit has to be added to that category! I previously wondered about the Super 6, but I now think the Summit would suit me better. I already have the Peak, but the Summit would encourage a lot more creativity due to the immediacy of the keyboard and the layering options.
I love the looks of the Schmidt, then the Knifonium, then the Yamaha CS-80. I play the Knifonium most out of the three, as the depth of unique but musical sound possibilities seems endless.
MOOG SOURCE...Beautiful mono synth...I had to have one when I saw Andy Fletcher's in 1983
Very nice. Current personal favs have to be the Digitakt and Digitone - Analog Four MkII is really nice too. All got great 'clicky' buttons.
sonicindustries - Digitakt for me too, just bought one after a couple of years trying to justify it. What an amazing piece of kit for the money. Not just a pretty face!
I think the Alesia Andromeda A6 is a beauty. Wish I had one. When it comes to modern gear I’m not fully up to speed. And when it comes to digital synths I think the Roland JV-1080 is extremely underrated.
The JV1080 is a fantastic synth, I bought it just to house the cards that wouldn't fit into my JD990 and I ended up liking it more than my JD990.
Probably because of when I grew up, I love the sounds of the early digital synths and samplers, yes even the DX7 and M1 lol! "Warm" was not a complement back then. As far as looks the Matrix 12 looked awesome in person and I think the DX7 still looks clean, although of course the lack of knobs is not worth it. I used Dexed now and finally understand something about FM now
davetbassbos
DX7 is still a great synth. Spend time with it and learn to program it and you can make amazing sounds with it. The DX1 was a lot easier to program and shame they didn’t make it easy on the DX7. The sounds I’m hearing in this video can be done on a DX7. So this is nothing new to me.
I now own a Novation Summit synthesizer, I am learning what it is capable of, I love the sound it produces… lol.... I love my new synthesizer... :-)
Elektron Digitone!! Great little FM synth and sequencer. Totally at home in modular world as well. Not too expensive :)
The Peak is awesome. It's is one of my few "keeper" synths. So usable.
The Summit is overkill for me, but I'd love a keyboard version of the Peak.
Stephen Anthony Sort of. It’s like two Peaks in a keyboard, plus extra features. More than I need.
Great video!