such a lovely combo indeed
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I want this combo so bad. Seems like a subtractive sound designers dream pairing 
Can’t justify any new synths at the moment without selling off a lot of existing kit. And my studio is cramped as it is. But one day!
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is the T5 able to interpret MPE?
How tight is the tuning on everyone’s Take 5? Here’s a test with a 5 note chord on an init patch. I know it’s VCOs but to me this feels like a lot of slop, like the vintage knob is stuck halfway up. Thoughts?
how long do you let it warm up before tuning ? 10mins?
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Have you calibrated the voices recently?
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If it persists, you can do a Calibration.
Yeah I’ve calibrated various times at various temps with no change (except a couple of times when it’s been way out, calibration brought it back to ‘in tune’). Clip above was after synth left on for at least an hour.
Curious if anyone’s unit gets any tighter than this?
Mine is rock solid. I believe I calibrated it twice when I first got it when it released, haven’t had to do so since.
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Mine was pretty sloppy when I got it, but calibrating a couple of times helped a lot.
Criticism:
There is no velocity knob, just a button.
Of course you can do it through the mod matrix but it’s a bit anoying
EDIT: I do really like this synth though, but may end up selling it for a rev 2 at some point
Mine is almost as stable as a DCO when running at temp and vintage at zero.
I’m starting to get eyes for one of these. I played one briefly and really liked the basic sound and interface. But I’ve got questions.
I see that VCA is not a mod destination listed in the manual. I’m wondering if there are workarounds. Three things I’m interested in doing:
—Plugging in my Linnstrument and using poly Aftertouch for volume. Is there a workaround like mapping polyAT to osc levels and a very fast VCA envelope?
—drones plus rhythms. It’s a common modular technique: let some sound through your VCAs and then use an envelope for more sound.
—AM as well as FM. Is there a way?
other questions:
How is the audio rate modulation of things other than osc pitch and filter cutoff?
Is FM of oscs and filter linear or exponential?
How forgiving is the gain staging if you’re doing a lot of distortion -and how it handle multiple modulations to the same destination? This is something that bugs me about the Super 6.
With voice and note number modifiers can you fake multitimbral operation?
For someone who’s looking for a utility analog poly synth to go with a lot of modular weirdness what are other gotchas I might want to know about?
TIA.
The only real “gotcha” for me is the envelope routing. If you want to send Env 1 to something that isn’t filter cutoff and you don’t want to also affect cutoff (in other words, if you want to set Env 1 to aux), you must set Env 2 to either Filter+Amp or Filter+Gate. I’ve learned to work with it, but this frequently annoys me.
Not sure on the first question, sorry!
On the second: You can make a drone, and then send the envelopes or LFOs to various parameters (with limits, see above) to modify the sound, of course. The recent-ish update added looping envelopes, which makes this even cooler in theory. You probably aren’t going to get a “2 sounds playing at once” multitimbral thing though, if that’s what you’re asking.
Anything you can modulate with an LFO should be able to be audio-rate modulated. Just keep in mind you only have 2 LFOs to work with. I’ve personally used it for pulsewidth/ osc shape with fine results.
Linear, if I recall correctly from the Gearspace thread.
If I’m going to crank the distortion, I usually turn down the master volume. I honestly don’t think the T5’s distortion sounds very good past maybe 40% on most patches, but when a patch calls for it, the distortion really adds that missing “something.” It sounds best when used on monophonic patches, it can get gnarly in an unpleasant way when playing chords.
Take5 handles multiple modulations to the same destination just fine.
There are a handful of “fake split” style patches in the T5’s default bank. They sound fine to me! I imagine you can get pretty creative with the technique, but it’s not something I’ve put much time into.
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Big thanks for the detailed reply. This would take 1 second to answer in front of the instrument but…am I right that if I left Env 1 routed to the filter, I could just keep the “amount” at zero and use the mod matrix to send it when I want? Or is there a better workaround? I’m usually a “filter+amp” kind of guy (#sh101) though so it may not even be an issue.
Relatedly, what’s the different between “gate” and “amp”?
Correct! You simply won’t have an independent filter envelope on that patch.
Amp affects volume - so on that setting volume and filter cutoff are tied (presumably they use the same VCA on this setting but I don’t know enough about the architecture to confidently say so).
Gate just puts a fast gate on the patch, so a note will come in at whatever speed you have the attack set to (it will control the filter cutoff), and when you release the key/ send a note off message it will instantly stop, regardless of the release or decay settings.
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My offer still stands. If you want to try it, my door is open.
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New T5 owner here (woohoo!)
Has anyone had further issues with the motherboard dying after being plugged in via a powered USB hub? I have an Anker model here and I’m slightly afraid to try it given that folks have had issues with it shorting out. I bought it used so not sure it is still under warranty.
Thanks all.
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FYI, @Unifono had his get fried with and Elektron hub. I wouldn’t chance it personally.
Congrats, btw.
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I had this happen (with some other hub) and needed a mainboard replacement.
With the new 1.1 main board, there is an added resistor near the USB input that I suspect might help prevent this in the future.
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Is there a way to tell which serial numbers have the new 1.1 main board? Or is it easily identifiable upon inspection?