Maker
Novation
British electronic instrument maker
Novation is a British maker of electronic instruments founded in 1992, known for synthesizers and MIDI and USB controllers including the Bass Station and Launchpad.
Models
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Novation Circuit
Drum machine · United Kingdom
The Novation Circuit, released in 2015, is a standalone, battery-powered groovebox with two six-note polyphonic synth engines derived from the MiniNova, four sample-based drum tracks, and a 16-step grid sequencer, designed for fast, computer-free pattern-based music making.
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Novation Peak & Summit Series
Synthesizer · United Kingdom
The Novation Peak and Summit form a family of hybrid polyphonic synthesizers built around the FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators (offering analogue-style, wavetable, and FM oscillator behavior) feeding an analog state-variable filter per voice. The desktop Peak provides eight voices; the keyboard Summit doubles this to a bi-timbral sixteen voices.
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Novation Summit
Synthesizer · United Kingdom
The Novation Summit, released in 2019, is a sixteen-voice bi-timbral keyboard synthesizer that effectively combines two Peak engines, allowing two independent patches to be split or layered across its 61-note keyboard. Each voice uses three New Oxford Oscillators and an analog state-variable filter.
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Novation Bass Station II
Synthesizer · United Kingdom
The Novation Bass Station II, released in 2013, is a monophonic analog synthesizer focused on bass and lead sounds. With two oscillators, two filter types, a sub-oscillator, and a built-in sequencer and arpeggiator, it updates Novation's original Bass Station for modern use.
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Novation Peak
Synthesizer · United Kingdom
The Novation Peak, released in 2017, is an eight-voice desktop polyphonic synthesizer. Each voice has three digital, FPGA-generated New Oxford Oscillators capable of analogue-style, wavetable, and FM behavior, feeding a single analog state-variable OTA filter, with multiple analog-style distortion and modulation options.
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Novation Circuit Series
Drum machine · United Kingdom
The Novation Circuit series is the company's line of standalone, battery-powered grooveboxes combining polyphonic synth tracks (derived from the MiniNova engine), sample-based drum tracks, and a grid step sequencer, including the original Circuit, Circuit Tracks, and Circuit Rhythm.
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Novation Circuit Tracks
Drum machine · United Kingdom
The Novation Circuit Tracks, released in 2021, is an all-in-one standalone groovebox with two polyphonic synth tracks, four sample-based drum tracks, and two MIDI tracks for sequencing external gear, all driven by a 32-step sequencer with micro-timing, probability, pattern mutation, and selectable scales.
Categories
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Synthesizers
Hardware synthesizers, synth model families, and related electronic instruments.
Representative model
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Novation Bass Station II
Synthesizer · United Kingdom
The Novation Bass Station II, released in 2013, is a monophonic analog synthesizer focused on bass and lead sounds. With two oscillators, two filter types, a sub-oscillator, and a built-in sequencer and arpeggiator, it updates Novation's original Bass Station for modern use.