Is This The Best Digital Synth EVER??!!

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.

[setvice]

Congratulations sandy, who’s the lucky synth!?

[RickyTinez]

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!

[AerMusicUK]

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!

[JayKaufman]

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 YouTube! 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.

[NathanChisholm]

Bought Summit about 6 weeks ago and its probably one off the best synths ever made period!!

[christopherkouri]

Always loved the sound of Novation synths...and this certainly does not disappoint! Thank you for the vid

[Psychlist]

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.

[_thanksdavid_]

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.

[compucorder]

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.

[kerzwhile]

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!!

[ernestgrouns]

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.

[andrewward]

You can’t beat the ARP Quadra for looks - sounds pretty good, too... 👍😛😍🎹❤️

[mantis]

Mid-late 70s Roland SH-5 and SH-7 are some of the sexiest synths ever, imo.

[PhilAndersonOutside]

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.

[XanderEwald]

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.

[mrkddel]

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.

[Martin]

Wow, I’m blown away at the clarity that thing produces.

[jeffreyboult]

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.

[phatman]

Your studio/set up looks amazing I could spend hours and hours tinkering in there

[ashleypollak]

Thank you for such an indepth review. Have been deep diving YouTube to get my head round a synth purchase. Think you've just got me to the Summit. A fun climb!