Since you have 4-pole filters and meaty bass very well covered, I’d suggest something to contrast and mix easily with that. If it was me I’d go for something Oberheim flavoured since it’s a totally different sound and the state variable filters make them relatively easy to fit around other things, even rich synths like Moogs.
I’ll be putting my money where my mouth is and picking up a TEO-5 at some point since it should complement my Matriarch very well.
this. I’ve had it. I’ve also had the OB6, and currently have the Muse, Prophet 10 and OB-X8 (plus some vintage polys currently and previously). I love all of these, but if I were slimming down to one poly synth, the Rev2 is what I’d choose. the built-in effects, flexibility and multitimbrality all make it an excellent one synth solution.
you DO have to put in a bit more work with the Rev2 to make it sound great, versus some of the above ones (and others) that get there quicker. but it’s the ability to do this that makes it such an awesome synth.
Do you have the 16 voice version?
I no longer own it. I’m stupid with polys at the moment, so keeping it would have been overkill on top of overkill.
both versions are excellent though. which version is for you just depends upon what you’re doing with it.
Yup. I started with 8 and upgraded to 16. I found that 16 voices was a bit too much when I only used one patch. With very long releases, sounds never stopped playing. Of course, that can be very appealing to some. I used split/layer mode with the 16 most of the time and then it was a nice luxury to know I will just always have eight voices per patch and can always assign anything to any layer.
The Vermona p4 mk2 sounds fantastic and does what it does very well, but its quite limited in some ways.
It’s also pretty large so make sure you have space for it.
If you consider the Take 5/Teo 5 be aware that the number of keys can feel limiting if you’re used to bigger keyboards. I underestimated how constricting they can feel.
That’s the nice thing about the Rev2 keyboard, you get 61 keys. Unfortunately on the 16 voice version, bi-timbral functionality is kind of gimped. It’s quite frustrating and contributed to me selling it. But I do miss it.
Op2, I tried out the teo-5 for a while in store and was very impressed! Lots of variety and tons of personality in a small space! If you are a piano player you might miss the 30 or so keys that aren’t there, but I don’t think that’s the point.