Building on the success of the keyboard version, the Take 5 desktop module offers the same powerful analog oscillators and filters that capture the iconic warmth and depth of the Prophet-5, now enhanced with modern modulation and digital effects. The module delivers this sought-after sound in a compact, space-saving design, making it ideal for both studio setups and live performances where portability and efficiency are essential.
Key Features
Desktop Module
- Offers the same legendary Prophet-5 tone and synthesis functions as the Take 5 keyboard.
- Provides the same knob-driven user interface with all the same sound design features accessible from the top panel as the keyboard version.
- Even more compact than the keyboard and painlessly portable - Take your Take 5 anywhere!
Take 5
5-Voice VCO/VCF-based polyphonic synthesizer
OSCILLATORS
- Two analog VCOs and sub oscillator per voice.
- Continuously variable wave shape (sine, sawtooth, variable-width pulse) per oscillator.
- Oscillator sync and exponential FM.
FILTER
- Four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice, based on Prophet-5 Rev 4 design.
- Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control.
MODULATION
- Two 5-stage looping envelopes and two syncable LFOs with assignable routing.
- Comprehensive modulation matrix with 19 slots x 19 sources x 64 destinations.
VINTAGE KNOB
- Recreates vintage synth characteristics by adding voice-to voice variations in component behaviour.
EFFECTS
- One dedicated reverb with damping, pre-delay, decay and tone.
- One multi-effect with stereo delay, BBD delay, tape delay, chorus, flanger, Oberheim phase shifter and ring modulator emulations, vintage rotating speaker, distortion, high-pass filter and Lo-Fi.
- Dedicated Overdrive effect.
PERFORMANCE CONTROLS
- Classic arpeggiator and polyphonic step sequencer.
- Polyphonic portamento (glide).
- Unison (monophonic) mode with configurable voice count, from one to all five voices.
PATCH MEMORY
- 256 user and 256 factory programs in 32 banks of 16 programs each.
IN/OUT
- Left and right audio outputs (2 x 1/4” jack).
- Headphone output (stereo, 1/4” phone jack).
- MIDI in, out, and thru ports.
- USB for bidirectional MIDI communication.
- Volume expression pedal input.
- Sustain footswitch input.
POWER
- IEC AC power inlet for internal power supply.
- Operates worldwide on voltages between 100 and 240 volts at 50 to 60 Hz; 22 Watts maximum power consumption.
