LEAK: Oberheim TEO-5 – Take 5, Oberheim Style?
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Oberheim TEO-5: Is Oberheim about to release its version of the Take 5? · Source: gearspace.com
Is Oberheim about to release the TEO-5? A few weeks before Superbooth, images of what looks to be a new Oberheim synth have been leaked online. The Oberheim TEO-5 looks suspiciously similar to the Sequential Take 5.
Oberheim TEO-5
The leak was discovered by a user on gearspace.com, who shared a few pictures allegedly leaked by a European retailer. If the images are real, Oberheim will likely unveil the new synth at Superbooth 24 in Berlin in a few weeks.
Oberheim has partnered with Sequential several times, most notably for the OB-6 – a version of the Prophet-6 with Oberheim voice boards. Consequently, it would make perfect sense to apply the same concept to the more compact and affordable Sequential Take 5.
The (presumably 5-voice polyphonic) Oberheim TEO-5 appears to have two oscillators per voice with triangle, saw, and variable pulse waves, as well as oscillator sync and X-Mod. In addition to this, the synth seems to have a sub oscillator and noise. The filter is the classic SEM-style state-variable affair with a continuously variable characteristic from lowpass to notch to highpass. A bandpass mode is also available.
Everything else – the preset system, display, arpeggiator, sequencer, and effects – seems very similar, if not identical to the Sequential Take 5. This would be exactly what the two companies did with the Prophet-6/OB-6. Judging by the pictures, the envelopes and LFOs also offer similar capabilities to the Take 5.
A more affordable and compact alternative to the OB-X8 and OB-6 would be a nice addition to Oberheim’s line-up. We’ll keep you updated!
Price
Oberheim has yet to announce the new synth. If it is indeed real, we can expect it to arrive in time for Superbooth 24 in Berlin, which begins on May 16. The leak states a price of €1699.
More information about the Oberheim TEO-5
- oberheim-teo-5-leak-4: gearspace.com
- oberheim-teo-5-leak-2: gearspace.com
- oberheim-teo-5-leak-3: gearspace.com
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4 responses to “LEAK: Oberheim TEO-5 – Take 5, Oberheim Style?”
I had the Take-5 for a short while. Very nice synth, but i sold it because it wasn’t as ‘vintage analog’ as i expected. I hope this Oberheim harkens back to 80s Oberheims, just in a smaller package, and not a more more modern ‘digital’ type of tone. But, i guess i won’t be surprised if they don’t want to cannibalize sales from their more expensive products.
That’s a prime candidate for a 3rd party overlay. The lines might be traditional, but I can hardly read the controls.
You have to read between the lines. Literally.
it has all the modern features you can expect from an analog synth like this; including a mod matrix; for a somewhat reasonable price; maybe it will deal a blow to the B clone sales (the B clone has 16 voices and is a bit less expensive; yes; but first it’s a clone; and second it has way less features; a rigid architecture; no mod matrix; no effects).