I'm not seeing the new SOS issue up on the site yet? Either way, it's great to see Novation bringing us a professional studio quality poly synth with typical - for them - excellent UI design. Must buy for me.
I think This synth is in Dave Smith territory given the hybrid architecture, modulation routing, sound quality and full scale design ( vs gadgets and boutique line by Roland for example ) with large LED screen. For some the sticker shock is confusing because of the explosion of gadget synths around 299 to 600, however this is in another league looks like a winner, sounds great.
Novation is the best sound in modern synth, I dont know why nor would i want them to be, just stating a fact. I dont like the word novation and how their chasis and interfaces look on the outside, but they are the best sounding in 21st cent synths, always. Any 2 novations 2001 - 2017, One Knobby Matrixy Analog Synth [ Example: microBRUTE ] and a 1991 Roland JD-800 would be quite a band , the best combo of 4 . PSYGONE is the best use of a JD800 to hear the uniqueness of those. As unique as Novations filtering
Pads without in view 88 key like facilities means the pads melodic range is limited which is my main problem with ableton push but it's great for drum and beats wish they use a fucking keyboard an play like musictrackjp
I always loves novation products, for synth, novation has its unique character like bass station, for some reason I stick to old novation products like supernova and I still love virus, .
The measurements on their specs page show it slightly too wide for a rack, BUT that depends if they're including the wooden sides or not. It'd take up about 5.24U
Both. I have DM12 and just preordered this. They sound completely different and have different applications. This is a better all arounder though. The DM12 just has so much character that it's hard to compare it to this.
You need to listen and listen and listen and the synth that have the best sound and make you smile the most then that is the one you need. Never ask others what synth you will like, only you know that. I bought the DM12, I might get this one later but not at that price, this will be a second hand purchase for sure. I think it is around 500€ too expensive. The Deepmind is amazing, cheap, nice built, wonderful sound, 12 voices and great effects and you can use 4 effects at the same time. Deep modulation also in it, it depends if you want a true warm analog sound or a more digital harsher sound polished with an analog filter.
That's about £6-700 worth of synth, £800 if you must, but £1250 is silly. I have two Novation synths, they are great value, but their eyes are bigger than their belly on this price, and with Behringer putting out clones and the DM12, I can't see people plumping for this as their once a year purchase...not at this price.
Moog Sub 37 is nothing like this ( I own the Sub 37.) Sub 37 is a mono analog. Quite a different thing IMO! Deepmind 12 is more of traditional poly analog synth ( with some modern features I am sure.) I am not a deepmind expert, I just know it's similar in architecture to many 2 oscillator poly analogs. This Peak is a Hybrid with purely digital oscillators and analog filter. IMO, it would make more sense to compare it to the Prophet 12 Desktop. If you asked that question, I can state the P12 can do stuff this can't, but I am sure the opposite is true.
Kinda funny Novation keeps recycling their projects. Old Supernova is based on Bass Station I's filter; Ultranova and Mininova are based on Supernova's filter; Bass Station II is based on UN and MN filter; the Peak is based on Bass Station II filter; and now Summit steals her predecessor's filters and envelopes to build her own sound. Nice!
To the guys that think this is 'expensive' you really need to educate yourself on the value of polysynths. Maybe a microkorg or volca will be up you guys' alley.
It's not ridiculously expensive, but you can get some really good quality stuff for the the same or cheaper. DeepMind 12, Roland JD-Xi, Korg Minilogue, The Prophet 12 desktop isn't much more expensive either. It''s a really nifty synth, but it's a little expensive.
Mechanought The Prophet 12 desktop is $500 more new ($1800), cost more than that when it launched, and has very few front panel controls, especially compared to the Peak. The JD-Xi can't even really be compared, as it's a separate single VCO analog synth plus a digital poly section; you can't route the digital voices through the analog filter. The Minilogue is analog (so already different use case - it's not a hybrid), and has half the voices. It's also from Korg, a very large company. Novation may not be small, but I don't think they're Korg big. The Deepmind 12 is a DCO analog poly, and is indeed a good value, but again, very different from the Peak. Behringer is also a large company. And really, this isn't expensive. Synths in general can be much more than that - even completely digital ones. Roland's System 8 is even like $1500. Novation is offering us a synth with 8 voices, 24 total digital oscillators with a variety of waves and features (and possible future upgrades/changes), 8 analog VCFs, 8 analog VCAs, great modulation options (2 LFOs and 3 EGs per voice, the oscs can modulate each other or the filter, and there's a flexible mod matrix), and more, all in a module with a fantastic UI, for $1300. And just to mention it, I'm not rich or anything - the most I've spent on a synth so far was $500 when the Bass Station II came out in 2013, and I've bought used a lot. Prices are relative, and when you compare the price and value (so keeping in mind features) to other synths, the Peak is actually priced pretty well. I know this is a long comment, but I keep seeing people claim it's overpriced or something, while ironically giving things like the Prophet 12 a pass (or even using it as an example). It's really not bad, and as a lover of hybrids, options in waveforms and modulation, and knobby UIs, I'm really looking forward to it. Their BS2 was a great value, and it looks like that will be true of the Peak.
This is way overpriced... Behringer just showed that it's totally possible to do a 12 voice analog synth, with all the bell and whistles of digital, for less than US$1000. If this novation synth were US$499 it would be reasonable price. Not to mention it looks like most plastic.
I'm the first to crib a RRP, but in reality, this is a $699 synth, given what it is. I don't really care about all this wood nonsense, it just bumps up the price, just so people think it's a vintage look. If people want a bit of wood, they should fashion two cheeks, and glue them on.
Novation is the best sounding brand of modern synth, no idea why, in theory there should be no particular brand that is best, only particular synths, yet i think Novations in-general sound better.
People seem to have no clue synths used to cost a fortune not long ago. I laugh when I see people think $1000 synths are overpriced. What would they have said back in the 1970s when synths cost what a car did? In the 1980s it was only slightly improved. I suspect it's because people do two weird things. One they compare hardware to software prices, which makes zero sense. The other they assume that 'analog' is some magical word that means a synth is more worth it. People suffer from some weird analog disorder. I loved the old Roland Analog synths from the 1980s, but so what? They were so limited in sound palette. My Blofeld and Prophet 12 are so much more interesting to me. My Sub 37 is lovely, for what it is. But it's limited
I have to agree Michael, for the price I think it's good value especially now I've had a chance to try one out, it sounds good, is really flexible and the 'verb is so lush. I'm tempted to sell my Blofeld and/or Sub 37.
Don't forget to flag as distasteful content. Demoing a polyphonic digi/analog synth on a fucking Launchpad. Won't someone please think of the children.
Yep I'm serious and I don't see what's wrong with what I said. Of course Launchpad can't compete in terms of expressiveness. Those pads even with velocity aren't good at it, having 0 travel depth isn't practical for that. But there are a few solutions that does it right like Opal and Continuum. Continuum looks like a piano keyboard but is actually isomorphic : all notes take the same space and are on a regular placement. Those are expensive but if it was popular enough, large scale production would set the price on par with standard midi keyboards. And if launchpad was on a road to set a standard this could happen. It would make music so much easier to access and learn. Playing on an actual piano is nice and all but it's for those who can afford it, just an elitist idea.
yeah I might have been on board with this it didn't use this stupid circuit as a keyboard to demo the peak bad choice Novation I was interested till I saw that stupid circuit bullshit
I agree, in fact I've just gone DAWless except for mastering. Hardware is so much more inspiring and immediate - I found it soul destroying poking things around with a mouse.
Just because this is a hybrid synth doesn't mean it's a piece of software. I've never heard a VST that can get this sort of sonic quality. Synths like Diva and Zebra by u-He are incredible, but they'll never have the life and personality of the real thing.
I liked it. Why do people compare hybrids to analog though? Not the same thing. You want analog, buy analog. I have found analog more limiting, but to each his/her own :) I barely use my Sub 37, but love my Blofeld and Prophet 12.
8 is pretty good. People have done great things with mono even. Sure, if you buy a Motif or similar, you get 100 voices. But that's all digital. This needs voice boards with filter chips or whatever, so like the Prophet 12, is limited by more than DSP. I don't understand how people don't realize there's a limit to voices when you start having to push them through analog filters. Prophet 12 is one of the best at 12 voices. Deep mind 12 also does 12 voices. But the DM12 is a poly analog, and this is a hybrid.
but the interface sucks, the knobs are shit, the software is glitchy and the sound.. well thats rather subjective, but to me it sounds too thin.. but its pretty cheap
The interface is actually excellent. It's just not knobby. Tons of indepth feedback from the display. My Blofeld has no bugs or issues and the knobs work perfectly (admittedly after I had one replaced under warranty). The sound can be a warm as you like with programming. But it would be nice if it had more knobs, I agree on that. At the price it's impossible to beat in my eyes.
In fact once you start adding modulation blofeld voice count starts going down. So nope 25 voices all the time. The Ultranova has more power nevertheless.
Name it's direct competitor that's cheaper with same feature set. I can't, and I am not any sort of Novation fan boy. It's a bit unique. It's more than a Blofeld, but has some stuff Blofeld lacks, especially the large number of direct access controls ( which is a big deal for some people wanting to mess with sound in real time.) It's a bit like the DSI Prophet 12; I would say it's most like the Prophet 12, but at a cheaper price. It has stuff the P12 lacks, but lacks stuff the P12 has. I would not say it's P12 on a budget, but it IS cheaper than the P12 desktop. As for price, synths are at an all time low for pricing overall. People used to pay thousands in the 1980s, when thousands was a lot more money. If it uses quality encoders, and the firmware isn't buggy, pricing seems fair to me.
stop making new awesome synths plz o.O
Very pleasing UI and physical product design and quite a nice sound too. Well done, Novation.
Novation just keeps punching me in the wallet.
I looked up the word “Sinff”, couldn’t find anything in the dictionary.
Welcome to England. Go watch about 8 Guy Ritchie movies and you'll feel right at home :--)
Looks like an 80's synth. I always like Novation's sounds, they're not like Moog rich but have their place.
How many factory presets have Peak....or total user locations pls?
I just sold a couple of other synths (Roland System 1m, Microbrute etc) and preordered the Peak. Great synth!
I'm not seeing the new SOS issue up on the site yet? Either way, it's great to see Novation bringing us a professional studio quality poly synth with typical - for them - excellent UI design. Must buy for me.
It goes on sale tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled...
Great, thanks for replying.
really hope that stand can be bought after release!
good to see these guys back in the game
Anyone seen my tea-cosy?
Hey novation can I have the supernova 3 please?
Ed Sheeran and Captain Birdseye seemed nervous but they got through it OK in the end.
NCO's. Like the Modal 002. But this is only 1200 euros? Wow. Hoping for a keyboard version though. And I hope Modal Electronics will stay alive!
Mmm looking forward to this!
sounding great!
Very much indeed interested in this wonder of synth really . Got to save a bit of money to buy one in the near future .
That Ed?
I think This synth is in Dave Smith territory given the hybrid architecture, modulation routing, sound quality and full scale design ( vs gadgets and boutique line by Roland for example ) with large LED screen. For some the sticker shock is confusing because of the explosion of gadget synths around 299 to 600, however this is in another league looks like a winner, sounds great.
Hi there. Good show. Would Peak work with Ableton's Push 2 under Live 9 ?
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Is someone going to make rack ears?
It would be helpful to demonstrate on a regular keyboard in addition to this.
Nice reverb at 4.04
Novation is the best sound in modern synth, I dont know why nor would i want them to be, just stating a fact. I dont like the word novation and how their chasis and interfaces look on the outside, but they are the best sounding in 21st cent synths, always. Any 2 novations 2001 - 2017, One Knobby Matrixy Analog Synth [ Example: microBRUTE ] and a 1991 Roland JD-800 would be quite a band , the best combo of 4 . PSYGONE is the best use of a JD800 to hear the uniqueness of those. As unique as Novations filtering
i don't know but remember me the Roland JP-8080
My thoughts as well looks like the JP 8080
performance wise how it's in comparison to Nord LA1 or LA4? does it suit in the final mix?
and the full weight 61 keys are on the back or so?
second video I've seen where they're using a launch pad instead of keys
Yeah it's stupid.
Pads without in view 88 key like facilities means the pads melodic range is limited which is my main problem with ableton push but it's great for drum and beats
wish they use a fucking keyboard an play like musictrackjp
This is a noob question... how is he using the novation launchpad to control the Peak?
This will go nicely with my supernova .
Can I hear it dry?
I always loves novation products, for synth, novation has its unique character like bass station, for some reason I stick to old novation products like supernova and I still love virus, .
the yellow hat + launchpad = hipster overload
Are the stands extra?
I want that, so...fucking...badly. Excuse me while I go sell my vital organs so I can afford this.
how much is this in Euro? I see my wallet drip away this year :-D
Demonstrating it with a typical keyboard would be helpful.
Is this rackmountable?
it looks really close doesn't it.. will be a bit of a mess up if it can't be fitted with ears!
I'm pretty sure I saw that Novation will have their own rack for it
Also my question, google no helpy.
The measurements on their specs page show it slightly too wide for a rack, BUT that depends if they're including the wooden sides or not. It'd take up about 5.24U
That was a big mistake by DSI on the OB6, considering its possible without wood sides I believe novation have thought that through.
Price?
Luckily I don't have enough money for this wonder machine
how much does it cost
$1299.99 / £1249
This or Deepmind 12 / 6 ?
Both. I have DM12 and just preordered this. They sound completely different and have different applications. This is a better all arounder though. The DM12 just has so much character that it's hard to compare it to this.
DM 6 plus Waldorf Blofeld or Virus C.
You need to listen and listen and listen and the synth that have the best sound and make you smile the most then that is the one you need. Never ask others what synth you will like, only you know that. I bought the DM12, I might get this one later but not at that price, this will be a second hand purchase for sure. I think it is around 500€ too expensive. The Deepmind is amazing, cheap, nice built, wonderful sound, 12 voices and great effects and you can use 4 effects at the same time. Deep modulation also in it, it depends if you want a true warm analog sound or a more digital harsher sound polished with an analog filter.
Waldorf has a new synth on the way too called Quantum.
Meld $$$$$$
nice demo ;-)
*Here in Germany the PEAK is nearly sold out, i hope i can buy a PEAK in 2 Month ;)*
Very nice, but for the price you can get an Access VirusB with WAY more function!
This one is true analog though, yes?
Digital oscillators and analog filters.
What a monster.niiiiceee!!!
That's about £6-700 worth of synth, £800 if you must, but £1250 is
silly.
I have two Novation synths, they are great value, but their eyes are
bigger than their belly on this price, and with Behringer putting out
clones and the DM12, I can't see people plumping for this as their once a
year purchase...not at this price.
wow - nice!
heiliger strohsack ! geil mann !
How does this compare to the Moog Sub 37 and the Deepmind 12. and also the
Kronos 2
Moog Sub 37 is nothing like this ( I own the Sub 37.) Sub 37 is a mono analog. Quite a different thing IMO! Deepmind 12 is more of traditional poly analog synth ( with some modern features I am sure.) I am not a deepmind expert, I just know it's similar in architecture to many 2 oscillator poly analogs. This Peak is a Hybrid with purely digital oscillators and analog filter. IMO, it would make more sense to compare it to the Prophet 12 Desktop. If you asked that question, I can state the P12 can do stuff this can't, but I am sure the opposite is true.
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sick
Kinda funny Novation keeps recycling their projects. Old Supernova is based on Bass Station I's filter; Ultranova and Mininova are based on Supernova's filter; Bass Station II is based on UN and MN filter; the Peak is based on Bass Station II filter; and now Summit steals her predecessor's filters and envelopes to build her own sound.
Nice!
Dope synth and LOVE novation but Danny shouldn't have gotten out of his head the night before xD jeeeeeeez mdma much xD
@1.28 Honour thy father ?!
Very tempting but the price will put me off
Rarren Doe it's not expensive.
Ed sheeran doing synth interviews... cool
Ed Sheeran haha
Cool :D
To the guys that think this is 'expensive' you really need to educate yourself on the value of polysynths. Maybe a microkorg or volca will be up you guys' alley.
It's not ridiculously expensive, but you can get some really good quality stuff for the the same or cheaper. DeepMind 12, Roland JD-Xi, Korg Minilogue, The Prophet 12 desktop isn't much more expensive either. It''s a really nifty synth, but it's a little expensive.
Mechanought The Prophet 12 desktop is $500 more new ($1800), cost more than that when it launched, and has very few front panel controls, especially compared to the Peak.
The JD-Xi can't even really be compared, as it's a separate single VCO analog synth plus a digital poly section; you can't route the digital voices through the analog filter.
The Minilogue is analog (so already different use case - it's not a hybrid), and has half the voices. It's also from Korg, a very large company. Novation may not be small, but I don't think they're Korg big.
The Deepmind 12 is a DCO analog poly, and is indeed a good value, but again, very different from the Peak. Behringer is also a large company.
And really, this isn't expensive. Synths in general can be much more than that - even completely digital ones. Roland's System 8 is even like $1500.
Novation is offering us a synth with 8 voices, 24 total digital oscillators with a variety of waves and features (and possible future upgrades/changes), 8 analog VCFs, 8 analog VCAs, great modulation options (2 LFOs and 3 EGs per voice, the oscs can modulate each other or the filter, and there's a flexible mod matrix), and more, all in a module with a fantastic UI, for $1300.
And just to mention it, I'm not rich or anything - the most I've spent on a synth so far was $500 when the Bass Station II came out in 2013, and I've bought used a lot. Prices are relative, and when you compare the price and value (so keeping in mind features) to other synths, the Peak is actually priced pretty well.
I know this is a long comment, but I keep seeing people claim it's overpriced or something, while ironically giving things like the Prophet 12 a pass (or even using it as an example).
It's really not bad, and as a lover of hybrids, options in waveforms and modulation, and knobby UIs, I'm really looking forward to it. Their BS2 was a great value, and it looks like that will be true of the Peak.
This is way overpriced... Behringer just showed that it's totally possible to do a 12 voice analog synth, with all the bell and whistles of digital, for less than US$1000. If this novation synth were US$499 it would be reasonable price. Not to mention it looks like most plastic.
I'm the first to crib a RRP, but in reality, this is a $699 synth, given what it is. I don't really care about all this wood nonsense, it just bumps up the price, just so people think it's a vintage look. If people want a bit of wood, they should fashion two cheeks, and glue them on.
Exactly what I thought. I think it sounds really good and have potentials, but cost twice as much as expected.
Please make a keyboard version with a bigger touch screen and software for making patches and price it under 2,000. All I need is 37 keys.
What damn is that fxxxxxg pink thing?? Synth must be played with a keyboard. Black and white did u remember?
LOL....I think it’s a Novation device. Can do some MIDI sequencing or something. Can’t believe they’d okay demoing the synth without a keyboard.
It's a launch pad - which supports poly after-touch; a feature most keyboards don't. I'd quite like to try one out instead of my regular keyboard.
most? i dont know any whom does. and not channel after touch thats crap.
Button Pusher Hipster!
That mustard coloured hat is the coolest
Novation is the best sounding brand of modern synth, no idea why, in theory there should be no particular brand that is best, only particular synths, yet i think Novations in-general sound better.
The guy in the yellow hat is a butcher in my local butchers
WHY??!?!??!?!?!?!?!?? WHY SO MUCH ABUSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It's a 3 oscillator 8 voice hybrid synth... what is out there for less than 1300? This is dirt cheap for what it is.
People seem to have no clue synths used to cost a fortune not long ago. I laugh when I see people think $1000 synths are overpriced. What would they have said back in the 1970s when synths cost what a car did? In the 1980s it was only slightly improved. I suspect it's because people do two weird things. One they compare hardware to software prices, which makes zero sense. The other they assume that 'analog' is some magical word that means a synth is more worth it. People suffer from some weird analog disorder. I loved the old Roland Analog synths from the 1980s, but so what? They were so limited in sound palette. My Blofeld and Prophet 12 are so much more interesting to me. My Sub 37 is lovely, for what it is. But it's limited
I have to agree Michael, for the price I think it's good value especially now I've had a chance to try one out, it sounds good, is really flexible and the 'verb is so lush. I'm tempted to sell my Blofeld and/or Sub 37.
Not a good sales pitch from the mustard beanie dude.
Pads sounds very Juno to me.
i bet it has fixed filter tracking just to make it crapy like the bs II.
I really thought he was gonna play the opening from "A clockwork orange".
No he didn´t.
Unsub and dislike.
Don't forget to flag as distasteful content. Demoing a polyphonic digi/analog synth on a fucking Launchpad. Won't someone please think of the children.
Gyrbae But itz cuwl. Glowz and shinez like a lightbulb.
But well, I cant really complain, I dont have a single MIDI Controller :(
launchpad is isomorphic and isomorphic keyboards are the future, learning chords and scales 12 times on classical keyboards is a useless hassle.
... You're probably serious.
Yep I'm serious and I don't see what's wrong with what I said.
Of course Launchpad can't compete in terms of expressiveness. Those pads even with velocity aren't good at it, having 0 travel depth isn't practical for that.
But there are a few solutions that does it right like Opal and Continuum. Continuum looks like a piano keyboard but is actually isomorphic : all notes take the same space and are on a regular placement.
Those are expensive but if it was popular enough, large scale production would set the price on par with standard midi keyboards. And if launchpad was on a road to set a standard this could happen.
It would make music so much easier to access and learn.
Playing on an actual piano is nice and all but it's for those who can afford it, just an elitist idea.
At some point people played synths with keyboards…
ah yes, the salad days...
yeah I might have been on board with this it didn't use this stupid circuit as a keyboard to demo the peak bad choice Novation I was interested till I saw that stupid circuit bullshit
The resonance is STEPPING! Argh! I am out.
For US$499 I would give it a go
you're broke huh? bummer
agauerm no
Its $1200
1249 is steep for digital.
Jollo Jakar analog filters.
Looks great but sound is weak, it lacks its own character, its almost like its trying to sound like something else
spacezignul it sounds dope
Once upon a time they used real keyboards to play those things, not fake toys.
Actually they used to make music with them...not just random noise.
Just get a VST plugin... Will sound better anyway.
he's here every Tuesday night, folks
Pete Tews vst's last about 5 years. Hardware lasts a LIFETIME.
No it doesn't....
I agree, in fact I've just gone DAWless except for mastering. Hardware is so much more inspiring and immediate - I found it soul destroying poking things around with a mouse.
sounds like crap
TIT.
sounds like any other novation synth, in fact it even looks like...
Just because this is a hybrid synth doesn't mean it's a piece of software. I've never heard a VST that can get this sort of sonic quality. Synths like Diva and Zebra by u-He are incredible, but they'll never have the life and personality of the real thing.
I liked it. Why do people compare hybrids to analog though? Not the same thing. You want analog, buy analog. I have found analog more limiting, but to each his/her own :) I barely use my Sub 37, but love my Blofeld and Prophet 12.
Moms Spagheddi digital synths are great too.
8 voices... haha
8 is pretty good. People have done great things with mono even. Sure, if you buy a Motif or similar, you get 100 voices. But that's all digital. This needs voice boards with filter chips or whatever, so like the Prophet 12, is limited by more than DSP. I don't understand how people don't realize there's a limit to voices when you start having to push them through analog filters. Prophet 12 is one of the best at 12 voices. Deep mind 12 also does 12 voices. But the DM12 is a poly analog, and this is a hybrid.
Michael Bauers supernova had 48.
8 voices ain't much. Blofeld with 25 and a shit ton of modulation in comparison...
but the interface sucks, the knobs are shit, the software is glitchy and the sound.. well thats rather subjective, but to me it sounds too thin.. but its pretty cheap
The interface is actually excellent. It's just not knobby. Tons of indepth feedback from the display. My Blofeld has no bugs or issues and the knobs work perfectly (admittedly after I had one replaced under warranty). The sound can be a warm as you like with programming. But it would be nice if it had more knobs, I agree on that. At the price it's impossible to beat in my eyes.
MUNRO MUSIC doesn't the voice count drop significantly if the fun things, wavetables, are used?
Blofeld has digital OSCs and filters, right? 25 voices is nothing to brag about.
In fact once you start adding modulation blofeld voice count starts going down. So nope 25 voices all the time. The Ultranova has more power nevertheless.
That price is way too high for not fully analog.
Name it's direct competitor that's cheaper with same feature set. I can't, and I am not any sort of Novation fan boy. It's a bit unique. It's more than a Blofeld, but has some stuff Blofeld lacks, especially the large number of direct access controls ( which is a big deal for some people wanting to mess with sound in real time.) It's a bit like the DSI Prophet 12; I would say it's most like the Prophet 12, but at a cheaper price. It has stuff the P12 lacks, but lacks stuff the P12 has. I would not say it's P12 on a budget, but it IS cheaper than the P12 desktop. As for price, synths are at an all time low for pricing overall. People used to pay thousands in the 1980s, when thousands was a lot more money. If it uses quality encoders, and the firmware isn't buggy, pricing seems fair to me.
EightySix analog is overrated and limited.
Thanks for hurting my ears with that high filter sweep at 3: 38 :'(