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All rights reserved. 2 CONTENTS COPYRIGHT AND LEGAL NOTICES............................................2 The Effects Section . 35 Distortion .........................................................35 INTRODUCTION..............................................................4 Chorus ...........................................................35 Key Features .............................................................4 Delay.............................................................35 About This Manual ........................................................4 Reverb ...........................................................35 What’s in the box .........................................................4 The FX Menu ......................................................35 Registering your Novation Summit...........................................4 The Modulation Matrix ....................................................38 Power Requirements ......................................................4 The FX Modulation Matrix .................................................39 The Settings Menu .......................................................40 HARDWARE OVERVIEW . 5 Top Panel ................................................................5 APPENDIX ..................................................................45 Controls, section by section ................................................5 System Updates using Novation Components................................45 Rear Panel ...............................................................9 Patch import via SysEx....................................................45 Sync values tables .......................................................45 GETTING STARTED..........................................................10 Arp/Clock Sync Rate ...............................................45 Menu Navigation .........................................................12 Delay Sync Rate ...................................................45 Bi-timbral synthesis ......................................................12 LFO Sync Rate ....................................................45 Loading Patches .........................................................12 List of Wavetables .......................................................45 Comparing Patches ................................................13 MIDI operation in Single and Multi Patch modes..............................46 Quick Initialisation . .13 Modulation Matrix – sources...............................................46 Saving Patches ....................................................13 Modulation Matrix – destinations . .46 Basic Operation – sound modification ......................................14 Modulation Matrix – destinations continued..................................46 The OLED display..................................................14 FX Modulation Matrix – sources............................................46 Parameter adjustment ..............................................14 FX Modulation Matrix – destinations . .46 The Filter knob.....................................................14 MIDI parameters list ......................................................47 Keyboard controls..................................................14 Sound designers.........................................................49 The Arpeggiator ...................................................15 List of factory Patches with designer credits ...........................50 MIDI control.......................................................15 The Animate Buttons . .15 SYNTHESIS TUTORIAL.......................................................16 SUMMIT: SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM.......................................21 SUMMIT IN DETAIL ..........................................................22 Voices..................................................................22 Glide.............................................................22 The Voice Menu ...................................................22 The Oscillator Section ....................................................25 Oscillator Waveform................................................25 Oscillator Pitch ....................................................25 Pitch Modulation...................................................25 Waveform Shape ..................................................25 The Oscillator Menu................................................25 The Mixer Section........................................................27 The Filter Section ........................................................27 Filter type and slope................................................27 Resonance........................................................28 Filter modulation ...................................................28 Filter tracking......................................................29 Overdrive .........................................................29 The Envelopes Section ...................................................29 The Envelopes Menu ...............................................30 The LFO Section.........................................................30 LFO 1 and LFO 2 hardware controls..................................30 LFO 1 & 2 Waveform ...............................................31 LFO 1 & 2 Rate ....................................................31 LFO 1 & 2 Fade Time ...............................................31 LFO 3 and LFO 4 hardware controls..................................31 LFO 3 & 4 Select ..................................................31 LFO 3 & 4 Waveform ...............................................31 LFO 3 & 4 Rate ....................................................31 LFO 3 & 4 Sync....................................................31 The LFO Menu ....................................................31 The Arpeggiator .........................................................33 Tempo............................................................33 Arp Mode .........................................................33 Arp Rhythm .......................................................33 Octave range......................................................33 Note duration......................................................33 Key Latch .........................................................33 Arp data transmission ..............................................33 The Arp/Clock Menu ...............................................33 3 We’ve tried to make this manual as helpful as possible for all types of user, and this INTRODUCTION inevitably means that more experienced users will want to skip over certain parts of it, while those with a bit less synth experience will want to avoid certain parts of it until they’re Thank you for purchasing this Summit sixteen voice polyphonic, bi-timbral synthesiser, confident they’ve mastered the basics. As with other Novation synthesiser User Guides, the best sounding synth Novation has ever made. Summit is the natural development of we’ve included a “Synthesis Tutorial” (see page 16) which explains the principles of our Peak desktop synth, which was itself conceived as a polyphonic version of the Bass sound generation and treatment that are the foundation of all synthesisers. We think this Station II analogue synth. Summit is essentially a two-part, multi-timbral hybrid instrument will be of help and interest to all users. built around a dual implementation of Peak’s synth core. Based on Peak’s New Oxford Numerically Controlled Oscillators, Summit’s two part structure gives you unrivalled control There are a few general points that are useful to know before you continue reading this of sound design in both 16-voice single mode and 2 x 8-voice bi-timbral mode. You can manual. We’ve adopted some graphical conventions within the text, which we hope all bring multiple, layered sounds into the mix, while retaining full control of every aspect of types of user will find helpful in navigating through the information to find what they need to each synth engine. We have also included a great effects section to help add further colour know quickly: and depth to Summit’s sounds. Abbreviations, conventions, etc. As well as superlative sound quality, Summit gives you two