A full-featured subtractive synthesizer, the Take 5 sports two VCOs and a sub oscillator per voice, a classic 4-pole, resonant analog filter from the Prophet-5 Rev 4 design, 44 full-size keys, and a premium Fatar keybed.

Its clever key-split feature gives players access to a wider playable range than many other compact synths by enabling players to divide the 3.5 octave keyboard into two separate performance zones.

Dual Digital effects and a dedicated overdrive, continuously variable wave shaping, and front-panel access to analog FM ensure the Take 5 can cover a wide range of sonic territory, from vintage to modern. Oscillators Two analog VCOs per voice Continuously variable wave shape (sine, sawtooth, variable-width pulse) per oscillator Hard sync: oscillator 1 syncs to oscillator 2 Square wave sub-octave generator (oscillator 1) per voice Keyboard tracking on/off for each oscillator Front-panel FM (frequency modulation) Mixer Oscillator 1 amount Oscillator 1 sub-octave amount Oscillator 2 amount White noise amount Low-pass filter Four-pole, resonant, analog low-pass filter per voice, based on Prophet 5 Rev 4 design Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control Bi-polar filter envelope amount Envelopes Two 5-stage envelope generators (ADSR + delay) with variable routing (filter, amplifier, gate) Velocity modulation of each envelope amount Envelopes freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations Low frequency oscillator Five wave shapes: triangle, sawtooth, reverse sawtooth, square, and random (sample and hold) Clock sync (internal or external MIDI clock) Freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations Digital effects One dedicated reverb with damping, pre-delay, decay and tone One multi-effect with stereo delay, BBD delay, tape delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, ring mod, vintage rotating speaker, distortion, high-pass filter Dedicated Overdrive effect Vintage knob Recreates the characteristics of vintage synthesizers by introducing micro-fluctuations in oscillators, filter, and envelopes per voice. Aftertouch Source: channel (mono) aftertouch with bi-polar amount Aftertouch freely assignable to multiple modulation destinations Clock Master clock with tap tempo BPM control and display MIDI clock sync Arpeggiator Up, down, up+down, random, assign modes Syncs to MIDI clock Re-latching arpeggiation Sequencer Polyphonic step sequencer with up to 64 steps with ties and rests Performance controls Full-sized, semi-weighted, 3.5-octave premium Fatar keyboard with velocity and aftertouch Spring-loaded pitch wheel with selectable range per program with independently adjustable upper and lower pitch wheel range transpose controls Low-split mode creates two independent performance zones with different octave ranges Hold switch latches held notes on Polyphonic glide (portamento) Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all five voices, and key modes Factory switch: when off, the front panel is live; what you see is what you hear Patch memory 128 user and 128 factory