KVR Audio

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:29 pm

And that MatrixBrute has exactly 7 voices of polyphony less.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:33 pm

bungle wrote:Anybody comparing to a similarly priced Prophet and expecting this to hold its second hand value, really ? Its Novation.

Chris Huggett has been making synths as long as Dave Smith

He was behind the WASP that was released in '78, same year as Prophet 5

Buka · Post by **Buka** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:37 pm

Why no audio input for procesing external gear? Bs2 has it.

AnX · Post by **AnX** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:37 pm

EvilDragon wrote:And that MatrixBrute has exactly 7 voices of polyphony less.

I'll take the Matrix everytime.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 4:49 pm

I don't like the sound of the Brutes at all, i think i would much prefer this one. Sounds much more mellow, not so harsh, not so fart dry, and rude. No idea why the Brutes are popular at all. Gotta admit though that the Novation still wouldn't be what i'd buy for the price. I'd probably rather get a capable VA/wavetable synths plus a mono Moog for that money.

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 5:30 pm

The matrixbrute is a great synth too and I would pick it over any moog, unlike the small brutes it can do mellow in spades. it sounds great, really try it at a store.

I think this peak and the MB will make a great pair.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Thu Apr 20, 2017 7:57 pm

Here's the other thing BTW, if it hasn't been posted yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10u_xqpz4dE

$499, quite pricey also...

bungle · Post by **bungle** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 2:31 am

Numanoid wrote:
bungle wrote:Anybody comparing to a similarly priced Prophet and expecting this to hold its second hand value, really ? Its Novation.
Chris Huggett has been making synths as long as Dave Smith

He was behind the WASP that was released in '78, same year as Prophet 5

I have a wasp in front of me, wanna buy it for the price of a peak, no didn't think so lol
This is novation and £1250, they are taking a big big risk with this.

db3 · Post by **db3** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 7:39 am

bungle wrote:This is novation and £1250, they are taking a big big risk with this.

Yeah, Peak is certainly interesting, but I think £1200 is a tad too high. If the hybrid internals had the same build quality and keyboard as a Modal then might be a different story.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:03 am

db3 wrote:
bungle wrote:This is novation and £1250, they are taking a big big risk with this.
Yeah, Peak is certainly interesting, but I think £1200 is a tad too high. If the hybrid internals had the same build quality and keyboard as a Modal then might be a different story.

Well, i owned a Ultranova since around 18 months and a Bass Station 2 since 10 months and did not have a single problem with the hardware yet.
Both keybeds seem to be from Fatar with both velocity and aftertouch (Fatar usually means decent quality...) and playing with those keyboards is very nice, epecially that in UltraNova.

Some older Novation synths like e.g. X-Station might had not so good keybeds but this i only know due to posts of others in a forum.

Also the knobs in Bass Station 2 work nicely and i did not notice a problem there yet.

As already mentioned above Peak inded might be a bit expensive compared to their previous synths but i am sure they have their resons for the price.
Concerning the sheer amount of features in the synth engine Ultranova still might remain their "flagship" synth even if it does not have real analog filters.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:06 am

X-Station also had a Fatar action, pretty good keybed. TP-8 or TP-9, IIRC.

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:08 am

EvilDragon wrote:X-Station also had a Fatar action, pretty good keybed. TP-8 or TP-9, IIRC.

My comment was just based on a post made by others.

Persoanlly I am very happy with the keybeds in UltraNova and Bass Station 2.

DJ Warmonger · Post by **DJ Warmonger** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:11 am

bungle wrote:Ridiculously overpriced and wont sell in the UK very well thats for sure, and yes £1250 in this economy is ridiculous.

It's cheaper than Moog Sub 37, IMO it sits nicely between Sub 37 (sound, analog features) and Deep Mind module (poly synth).

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:17 am

Buka wrote:Why no audio input for procesing external gear? Bs2 has it.

BS2 is monophonic, so it's easy to do audio input there. With polyphony it's quite a bit more complicated.

db3 · Post by **db3** » Fri Apr 21, 2017 8:22 am

Ingonator wrote:
EvilDragon wrote:X-Station also had a Fatar action, pretty good keybed. TP-8 or TP-9, IIRC.
My comment was just based on a post made by others.
Persoanlly I am very happy with the keybeds in UltraNova and Bass Station 2.

I've also owned Novation products, and have had no issues with the hardware—my comment was about perception of value from premium design and materials. i.e. If Peak was in a Modal/Moog chassis with a Fatar keyboard £1200 would sit well.

Peak by Novation