New song created using Novation Peak as sole instrument!

as some of you know I am currenty writing a review of the Novation Peak synthesizer. I was so impresed with its kitchen-sink synthesis powers I made this tune with it for the article and for Novation's promotional uses. Every sound patched from SCRATCH as an intiitalised noise with 1 oscilator in saw mode. There's minimal external processing and very cosnervative EQ and dynamics control. All soudns besides one highy processed drum loop in the end section were made with Peak. If any of you have a peak I will probably make my presets bank available for download soon.

Expect the article (including lots more media) at the end of September! novation did a bang up job with this synthesizer. Read the review for lots of detail as well as how-tos. I also used a little bit of EQD Transmisser reverb on the 'bridge' section's sustianing, melodic pad line as a couple separate tracks to widen the part and give it even more motion, so if you like the some of the swirrling ambience go check out that review which is already live!

http://equipboard.com/posts/earthquaker-devices-transmisser-review

CHEERS!

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the second one, uses some mini moog, mks50, drumulator (filtered), live shaker and re-sampling to achieve results tht the peak didn't so on its own but 90% or more peak

We seem to be watching a but of a revolution in new synths.

So many it's taken me a bit just sorting out what's a good fit.

I'm still very green to programming & a knob rich panel is nice to get a very wee bit of an idea but for most of my research when I'm looking at the options on offer I'm left watching demos on YouTube, patch samples on SoundCloud, etc. & lord most of them suck.

Even hands on at a shop isn't really enough sometimes with the deep routing options, fx, etc. a load of these new builds offer.

So help me if I see another #Ambient synth review...

and don't get me wrong- I LOVE ambient & generative music and all...but more often it's shorthand for "I have no idea how to use this thing pass me the reverb/delay/etc pedal."

That's all well & good I guess (is there really a large group of people out there who really need tutorials on how to make ambient music of this caliber?!?! Debussy must be turning in his grave)

Anyhoo-

What Jim did here blew all that shit outta the water!

Not only do I have a excelent idea of the sounds the Peak is capable of I've been slowly working my way thru his COMPREHENSIVE AS ALL HELL patch info in the review that now serves as a study guide for exploring the synths I already have as well (along with some deep Peak lust).

I checked out the Peak breifly before James got his Peak for review & was blown away with the sound & playability tho I had no idea just how capable it was. The other reviews I saw/read/heard did very little to inform on it as a musical instrument- mostly what I got where a handful of timbre examples, a very quick pass at the more obvious functions (please. tell me. What does VCO mean again? ugh...)& a whole lot of skipping around for something useful (without much luck).

To say nothing of building a whole jam outta one box (OP-1 and the like excluded)! It's a TON of work & it's a kick ass tune! What a killer way to really be introduced to a synth! It packs into a few minutes more than a series of 30 minute YouTube function by function scroll thru and goddamn those can be dull.

That said even if it's not your taste there's still so much here- heavy synth patch builds, arrangement, etc. Jim went hella deep here with his full skill set.

Check it out- Jim went way over the top here.

Hats off sir. Hell of a job.