Well the p6 and ob6 both have a focus on the filter section letting you really sculpt sounds with very powerful features and strong personality. I have always felt the Trigon was kind of let down by the filter for me because the resonance sounds whispy to me and it had no bass compensation. Plus it is a very simple lpf. I just never really was that crazy about having three oscillators at that expense… but that is me. Maybe Moog fans want aMoog brand more? I’m not really sure… Trigon is an amazing synth, it should get more attention definitely.
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Trigon 6 was announced after Dave’s demise. I guess for a last synth, people expected a flagship and not “just” another 6 series branded synth. Had Trigon 6 been released in 2020 instead of the Rev 4, people would have cherished it (and complained about the non-reissue of the P5).
Releasing Trigon in any case was way riskier for Sequential than releasing yet another Prophet-branded synth. Perhaps, there will another Trigon-based synth in the future, eg a Minigon with 3.5 octaves, a Try 5 with 44 keys or a Tyrant-8 with polyAT keys?
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Little bit of both, I imagine. The T6 is very Moog whereas the P5/P6/P10 work like Prophets, obviously. People go to Sequential to get Prophet-like things and, conversely, people who know how to make the most of 3 osc and a ladder filter are not usually looking at Sequential synths.
So it wouldn’t surprise me if the numbers were low. The addressable market is really only willing-to-look-beyond-prophet installed base + willing-to-migrate-from-moog newcomers. Not huge.
But as both a P12 and Tempest diehard, I’m used to being an unwanted stepchild of the Sequential world. And I wouldn’t say interest in the T6 is any less than those other off-the-beaten-path synths. And those are definitely still worth it despite their low popularity. I’m guessing it’s the same with the T6.
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It sounds really great!
I played it at the last superbooth and was very impressed but I’m not in the market for new synths so I’ve been blocking it out of memory
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As a P6 and OB6 owner, I don’t want another synth with basically the same architecture, the same effects and a ladder filter.
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I was so torn between P6 and T6. Ended up going with the Trigon. I miss that chewiness that the hp filter on the P6 can do but I have come to really appreciate the Trigon tone and love the 2/4 pole option. The feedback/drive knob is not as useful for me as I thought it would be. The feedback is nothing like the tuned feedback on the Pro 3. It goes from subtle to out of control quickly. The drive is subtle. Oh, and the Trigon pots are sturdy 
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I don’t know if the read Elektronauts ( 
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If so, I should speak a bit more politely about the Anderton’s guy 
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But making videos based on Elektronauts topics is probably not the best guide anyways 
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They all sound gorgeous and are a great argument for character and user interface simplicity over versatility. My OB6 plus the Low Frequency Expander (LFE) should be enough for me but am tempted by either another OB6 or the Prophet 6 so I can do multitimbral patches without having to record and overdub.
The Trigon seems like you could push it into all sorts of great places but I think not enough people have pushed it into those places.
The LFE is out of production now so I wonder if sequential would ever be up for building something like it that connects these three.
Seems at first a good idea to have one super synth with all of these inside but the best thing about them aside from that character is the simplicity, playability and lack of menus.
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Absolutely.
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There is the Electra One that could probably do similar stuff but you would need to program it via Lua AFAIR. Not sure about the MIDI LFO thing but I can’t imagine why not but for sure not out of the box, naturally.
Polychaining, multi-device splits & layers, etc. can all be done much more conveniently with JMK Pedals’s Plexus 4: 3 MIDI Ins and Outs plus USB, as if designed specifically for the 6 trinity.
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I’m glad I got the LFE when it was around as it’s perfectly set up for the OB6. But the Electra One could certainly be set up to do so and am going to get one for other fun midi things.
The Plexus looks great but already have a blokas midihub.
I was born the same year as midi and have had so many weird midi setups over the years. Back on topic, it should be obvious because it’s Dave Smith, but the MIDI implementation of the this series is amazing. People complain about not enough LFOs etc but you can easily add more with midi.
I’ve got the Plexus 4 and there is nothing else I wish for anymore in terms of MIDI routing/filtering/merging. The LFE is too big for my needs and space. Electra One is going to have a mini one day, maybe then it will become more interesting (albeit for two other synths).
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That’s be their biggest selling point for me at this point. I love that you know exactly what you can (and can’t) do by just looking at the front panel.
I‘m wondering if the 6es are kinda overpriced at this point. I‘m sure they’re amazing instruments, but at least for the modules, you can now get something of comparable quality with, for example, E7 or Artemis. Don’t even need to mention the Behringer‘s to point out that it’s probably harder to justify getting a Sequential over these alternatives in 2025. Unless it‘s really that Sequential sound you want.
The sweetspot IMO is the desktop versions. More manageable price, plus this long narrow footprint that fits into some weird spaces, and puts all the controls in easy reach.
I realize the relative price will vary in different countries tho, especially in these crazy times …
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