Novation

Novation is a UK-based music-technology brand whose products are designed for musicians, producers, beatmakers, composers, and other sound creators. The company describes its purpose as making inspiring instruments and tools, and says its gear is used in home and studio production, DAWless setups, and live performance. It presents itself as having supported music creation since 1992, although the supplied evidence does not identify a specific founding date or founder. Its product range includes synthesizers, grooveboxes, MIDI keyboards, and controllers. The official site highlights Launchkey, FLkey, Circuit, and Launchpad among its core products, and also presents software including Novation Play, Launchpad for iOS, and Components. The brand’s Peak and Summit synthesizers illustrate its emphasis on combining digital oscillator technology with analogue sound-shaping features. Peak is an eight-voice desktop polyphonic synthesizer; Summit is a 16-voice keyboard synthesizer designed to support two simultaneous patches. Novation says it is based in the UK but that its products are used by creators around the world. Its official site describes collaboration with artists and offers global customer support. The supplied evidence does not establish the company’s legal owner, parent company, headquarters city, or current executives, so those details are left unspecified. Novation is a British electronic instrument company specializing in MIDI controllers, synthesizers, and audio interfaces. Its products are widely used in music production and live performance, with the Launchpad and Launchkey series being most notable.

Novation’s official account places its early development in the UK electronic-music scene of the early 1990s. The company says it debuted with the MM10 MIDI controller. Under the guidance of synthesizer designer Chris Huggett, it then released the Bass Station and later the Drum Station. Novation describes these products as delivering sounds associated with the era at prices ordinary musicians could afford. The evidence does not specify the precise release dates of these products. As electronic music gained a broader audience, Novation moved into digital and analogue-modelling synthesis. Its official history identifies Supernova as a significant product, highlighting its analogue-modelling technology and extensive effects. The company says Supernova helped inspire later instruments including Nova and A-Station. The available account does not give their launch dates or technical specifications. Novation also describes a change in music production in the late 1990s: affordable personal computers and more powerful software enabled a growing home-producer community. In response, the brand developed customizable hardware intended to give producers control over changing software-based setups. This account connects its hardware-controller work to the development of computer-based music production, though the supplied evidence does not identify specific product launch dates for that period. The current product range, as represented on Novation’s official site, includes synthesizers, grooveboxes, MIDI keyboards, grid controllers, control surfaces, and audio interfaces, alongside software. The site highlights Launchkey, FLkey, Circuit, and Launchpad. Its Peak synthesizer is described as an eight-voice desktop instrument using New Oxford Oscillators, with analogue filters, VCAs, and distortion, as well as digital effects and modulation. Summit builds on Peak’s foundations as a 16-voice keyboard synthesizer and can split, layer, or switch between two patches. Novation describes its present-day role as supporting creators in DAWless setups, live shows, and studio sessions around the world. It says it is based in the UK, collaborates with artists, and provides global customer support. The supplied sources do not establish the brand’s founder, legal ownership, corporate structure, headquarters city, or a dated chronology of more recent product launches.

• 1992

  Novation says it has supported music creation since 1992

• Early MIDI controller and synthesizer products

  Novation debuted with the MM10 MIDI controller, then released the Bass Station and later the Drum Station under synthesizer designer Chris Huggett.

• Supernova and subsequent synths

  Supernova, noted for its analogue-modelling technology and extensive effects, helped inspire later instruments including Nova and A-Station.

• Hardware for software-based production

  In response to the late-1990s rise of affordable computers and more powerful software, Novation developed customizable hardware giving producers control over software-based setups.

Inspiring, accessible music-making instruments and tools for musicians, producers, beatmakers, and composers, spanning studio production and live performance.

• Launchkey

  A creative keyboard controller for performing and producing in a DAW.

• FLkey

  A dedicated keyboard controller for FL Studio.

• Circuit

  A product line highlighted by Novation as one of its core offerings.

• Launchpad

  A grid-controller product line; the site also lists Launchpad for iOS.

• Peak

  An eight-voice desktop polyphonic synthesizer with New Oxford Oscillators, analogue filters, analogue VCAs, distortion, effects, and modulation features.

• Summit

  A 16-voice, 61-key polyphonic synthesizer based on Peak’s foundations, with two patches that can be split, layered, or switched.

• Components

  Software listed on Novation’s official homepage.

• Bass Station

  An early Novation synthesizer released under synthesizer designer Chris Huggett, described as delivering era-associated sounds at prices ordinary musicians could afford.

• Making a track from scratch with Launchkey
• Scaler x Peak

• 2021-06-22

  Novation launches Circuit Rhythm sampler[5]Novation推出Circuit Rhythm采样器engadget.com

  Reported: 2021-06-22

  Novation's Circuit Rhythm sampler was officially introduced and available to preorder for $400; shipping was scheduled for mid-July.

1. 1Novation | Grid Controllers, Grooveboxes, Synths and Keysnovationmusic.com
2. 2About Us | Novationnovationmusic.com
3. 3Peak Polyphonic Synthesiser | Novationnovationmusic.com
4. 4Summit | Novationnovationmusic.com
5. 5Novation推出Circuit Rhythm采样器engadget.com