We certainly wouldn’t have had a problem if Take 5 indeed was a cheap Sequential in a Novation case, but it actually feels very much like a four-figure synth – very solid and well made. It really is its own synth, then, and for a very decent price, all things considered. But Take 5 grabs that greatness and is unconstrained by any reputation, so it’s doing what the heck it likes with it, creating a synth very much for the 2020s rather than emulating one from the late ’70s.
With its name, five notes of polyphony, two analogue VCOs and a Prophet-5 style filter, you can understand the comparisons with the latest Rev 4 of Sequential’s classic Prophet-5 line. Take 5 has analogue ingredients with digital controls and effects.
