Since last fall, Sequential has reignited the living legacy of its most-famous creation, the Prophet-5. It reintroduced the synth with the Prophet-5 Rev4 and, for the first time ever, created a desktop version. Now, it's taking some of the Prophet's legendary features and packing them into a $1,299 synth.
The Take 5 is a brand-new instrument from Sequential. It's a VCO/VCF-based, five-voice poly synth with the Prophet-5's famous 4-pole analog filter. But instead of a 61-key keyboard, it hews closer to the form of the smaller Pro 3.
As Sequential calls it, "It’s the perfect gateway to subtractive synthesis and the creative power of Sequential’s best synths," one that offers "genuine Sequential sound and quality at a price within your reach."
The features, according to Sequential, include:
- Two analog VCOs per voice
- Continuously variable wave shape (sine, sawtooth, variable-width pulse) per oscillator
- Square wave sub-octave generator (oscillator 1) per voice
- Keyboard tracking on/off for each oscillator
- Front-panel FM (frequency modulation)
- Four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice, based on Prophet 5 Rev 4 design
- Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control
- Bi-polar filter envelope amount
- Two 5-stage envelope generators (ADSR + delay) with variable routing (filter, amplifier, gate)
- Velocity modulation of each envelope amount
- Envelopes freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations
- Five wave shapes: triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, and random (sample and hold)
- One dedicated reverb with damping, pre-delay, decay and tone
- One multi-effect with stereo delay, BBD delay, tape delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, ring mod, vintage rotating speaker, distortion, high-pass filter
- Dedicated Overdrive effect
- Vintage Knob recreates the characteristics of vintage synthesizers by introducing micro-fluctuations in oscillators, filter, and envelopes per voice.
- Arpeggiator and 64-step sequencer
- Full-sized, semi-weighted, 3.5-octave premium Fatar keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
- MIDI In, Out, and Thru, and USB port for bidirectional MIDI communication
The Take 5 is available for pre-order on Reverb now, with an estimated ship date in late August. Order yours here.