Re: [AH] Novation Peak

From Marshall Craig
Sent Thu, Feb 28th 2019, 02:51

Same here- Peak with a VAX77 and its wonderful response to PolyAT, a =
rare enough thing in the hardware world (with honorable mention to Dave =
Smith/DSI/Sequential). btw- the Moog One doesn=E2=80=99t respond to =
PolyAT. Maybe "one day,=E2=80=9D but I am not holding my breath or =
spending my money. Too bad the VAXMIDI didn=E2=80=99t work out, very =
glad to have the VAX77.=20

Marshall

> On Feb 27, 2019, at 5:21 PM, alt-mode <xxx@xxx-xxxx.xxx> wrote:
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> +1 on these comments.  I have been enjoying pairing the Peak with an =
Infinite Response Vax77 controller that sends Poly Aftertouch and =
getting some wonderful CS-80-like PolyAT brass and related sounds.  The =
PolyAT implementation is just =E2=80=9CAftertouch=E2=80=9D in the mod =
matrix and treats channel and poly AT the same from a programming =
perspective.
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> I haven=E2=80=99t had a chance to play with the FM implementation.  I =
wasn=E2=80=99t terribly impressed with all of the wavetables but I =
wasn=E2=80=99t looking for a Solaris replacement.
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> I=E2=80=99ll be bringing my Peak to the AHNE/Boston Modular New =
England Winter Synth Fest this Saturday if someone wants to try it out.
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>         Eric