Oberheim today introduced the Teo 5 Desktop Module, a new variation on the Teo 5 that drops the keyboard.
The TEO-5 desktop module delivers the same synthesis engine as its keyboard counterpart. It features analog oscillators, the Oberheim SEM filter, and an intuitive knob-based interface.
Features:
- 5-voice, 2x VCOs with saw, square/pulse, triangle, and noise
- Oscillator hard sync and X-Mod with through-zero FM
- Simultaneously selectable wave shapes plus sub oscillator
- Discrete SEM-lineage VCF delivers authentic Oberheim tone and presence
- Filter State knob morphs from low-pass to high-pass through notch, with selectable band-pass mode
- Poly and Mono LFOs with 5 wave shapes and tempo sync
- Meticulously modeled envelope responses based on OB-8
- Modulation matrix with 19 slots x 19 sources x 64 destinations in a flexible design where almost any mod route is possible, including audio rate sources and destinations.
- Enhanced unison allows variable voice stacking from 1-5 voices
- Polyphonic portamento
- Vintage knob recreates vintage synth characteristics by adding voice-to voice variations in component behavior
- Full-featured arpeggiator
- Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps
- One dedicated reverb effect with damping, pre-delay, decay and tone
- One multi-effect with stereo delay, BBD delay, tape delay, chorus, flanger, Oberheim phase shifter and ring modulator emulations, vintage rotating speaker, distortion, high-pass filter and Lo-Fi
Pricing and Availability:
The Oberheim TEO-5 Desktop Module is available now, priced at $1,399 USD.
$100 cheaper than pre-tarriff keyboard version, yawn. Will either pick this up or its brother, used, once tarrifs are over. Now to make the same comment on the other article… 😉
It’s adorable that you think prices will go down.
Prices might go down if Novation moves production out of China.
It’s adorable you think there won’t be more synths and more competition in a few years time. TEO-5 and it’s brothers are just some more mass produced synths. Their time will come just like the others, and I will be there to catch their downfall for a good price. Muahahahhahahah!!! >:^) (I am joking)
Anyways, once tariffs lift, the competition has more margin to work with aka more ability to lower prices against their competitors.
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As boring as it gets, same old generic sounds for the last 60 years, just put sampling instead of tri square saw, is that that hard?
At least do wavetables… sampling would be amazing. 🙂
If you want sampling, buy sampler… analog synth here…
The name on the faceplate isn’t worth $1500 USD alone. A used Novation Summit will sh*t all over this offering.
I wish Summit/Peak would get an update to make adding modulations easier like the TEO-5 has.
It’s a minor gripe.
On the other hand: I wish the purposely limited Sequential synths would get an update to make them as flexible and powerful as a Summit/Peak!
Your urge to compare is a minor gripe. The TEO is very powerful and sounds great.
I’ve never heard a Novation hardware that sounds better than the best plugins. But, maybe some day!
The Teo-5 and Summit are both awesome synths, but your comparison is kind of bizarre.
The Summit is a fantastic synth, but it costs twice as much as the Teo-5. And the Summit isn’t designed to make the classic Oberheim sound, where the Teo-5 delivers.
But do we still need “the classic Oberheim” sound in yet another version? With all the hardware and really great recreations, it somehow feels stagnant looking at the old boys Oberheim, Moog, Roland. It’s, yeah nice, but haven’t we had enough of the same sound in a different flavor after a few decades?
Purpose of the TEO-5 is to capture the lower-priced segment of the market with a big name. Otherwise, people might start looking at other companies like Behringer etc.
In many ways it does way more than its “bigger brothers”
This is probably the most complex and advanced Oberheim ever made
The TEO-5, Take 5, Peak and Summit are all made by the same company.
I don’t think they are the same company. AFAIK, they are different companies under the same corporate umbrella. Kind of like Moog and Akai are both under inMusic.
They are both tarifficly priced. It’s a beautiful thing.
One feature that this loses which I’ve not seen mentioned is the omission of the Low Split button. This may seem inconsequential because you will control this with the midi controller of your choice, however, it might’ve been nice to have still had that feature available for those controlling it from a smaller keyboard like a Keystep or something.
I hope they bring poly-chain functionality to this range because it would be nice to have the option of daisy chaining two units together for ten voice polyphony.
Peter, I echo your point about the Low Split function, especially in a module. That should at least be one of several options under a little gear icon in the corner. It sounds like a firmware update waiting to happen. Its easy to want the little powerhouse to be bi-timbral. I get a tiny synth tingle, imagining this in one hand and a Korg Multipoly in the other. Oo!