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Oberheim TEO-5: Tom’s legacy, now on desktop, $1399
They’re built on the same platform, the development of which was overseen by the late Dave Smith. They cost roughly the same price and take up the same amount of space. But TEO-5 is not Take 5. Look to the Oberheim desktop instrument for the SEM multimode filter, linear through-zero FM, and its own unique effects. Here’s the synth Tom and team built.
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Sequential Take 5: Dave Smith’s legacy, now on desktop, $1299
One of Dave Smith’s last projects was overseeing the tech platform that would become Take 5. And that was a breakthrough: everything great about the Prophet-5 meets fresh modulation and effects and an accessible price. Now, you can bring Take 5 home for $1299 as a compact desktop unit. Oberheim’s TEO-5 desktop is also out today at that price, thanks to that underlying tech, but let’s talk Sequential first.
Peter Kirn - July 1, 2025
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endorphin.es Ground Control is now standalone, desktop MIDI+CV+gate sequencer, too
The flagship CV/gate and MIDI sequencer from endorphin.es is now available in its own “ultralight” aluminum 42HP housing – atop last year’s V2 update and recent smaller tweaks. All your step sequencing and polymetric and polyrhythmic needs are here.
Peter Kirn - February 22, 2023
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With svelte new Mac Studio, Apple again has a desktop workhorse – here’s what to know
Peter Kirn - March 9, 2022
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SPICE is a one-stop modular distortion box – and it needs support
Peter Kirn - March 25, 2019
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Crazy8Beats puts MIDI, analog sequencing, and insanity in one unit
Peter Kirn - March 8, 2018
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