Oberheim TEO-5: Decades of Analog Excellence Reborn | No-talking Demo

[@sweetwater]

Which sounds and styles are you eager to incorporate into your setup? Tell us about your projects in the comments below, and don’t forget to stop by Sweetwater for an in-depth look at the Oberheim TEO-5 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/Oberheim_TEO-5

[@josephwright5921]

Daniel Fisher is THE MAN to give this demo! Sweetwater, give this man a raise. He is already responsible for my bank account getting leaning and Sweetwater’s account getting fatter! I have wanted an Oberheim since the 1980’s. I think I will finally begetting one! Daniel, would you please do an all-instrumental album? Someone needs to join Kebu and pick up the mantle from Vangelis!

[@erik_gerhard]

Sooooo nice to hear that pure, oberheim sound in a relatively affordable package! What a dream come true this is.

[@Take8Recordings]

This is more than a product demo, it’s a piece of art. Thanks Dan!

[@peterkadarmusic9728]

He's great eh? Jeez... what a musical guy.

[@jmarvosa6x3]

seriously the covers he’s playing sound great!!

[@Jexus]

Polybrute 12 yesterday and Teo 5 today. Wow. Great summer ahead. The Oberheim sound + DSI / Sequential style engine means a lot of sonic flexibility. Thanks!

[@MrVoonix]

Since a few years we live in a golden age of synths and electronic music instruments. You have all those classic synths as modern take and many innovative new synths like Polybrute, Astrolab or the Elektron devices. I can't keep up :D - Just wish the Two 5 would have poly aftertouch. Based on interviews with ASM adding that functionally isn't that much more expensive and they were wondering why not more manufactures included it. Most likely as you can't find that many keybeds included with it as part.

[@peterkowalzik7496]

I’m still not over the polybrute demo and now this.

[@bornagainbornagain6697]

Just bumped into this synth and watched 4 other demos, this one completely floored me. Sooooo obvious this gentleman knows what to touch and adjust in live time. Fantastic sounds and almost forgot it was about the machine. I am sold. How much for his ideas? Just kiddin. Thanks for a superb performance on a powerful synth!

[@AndreaPessino]

Wow at this fantastic synth, and extra wow at Mr. Fisher's demonstrating it - one of his best performances ever.

[@damonrose3628]

I thought i wanted the Behringer Ubxa, but nah...THIS is IT!!

[@jorgentraun]

I Agree. I think the UBXa sounds laid-back and lacks overtones compared to TEO5 and in my opinion the UBXa doesn't have the right oberheim filter. the TEO5 does.

[@ConwayBob]

The UBXa is wonderful!!!! But hey, if you can get THIS beautiful beast for only another $300, why not?

[@jmarvosa6x3]

2:56 Wow that Steve Miller + Joe Walsh demo sounds spot on!! Incredible.

[@agerven]

Fantastic. Such a broad range of sounds, pads, basses. Massive as well as subtle. It reminds me a lot of the Matrix 6, which i used extensively in my music: steam engines, caves with water dropping, helicopters, strings and more. But this one truly goes beyond that. With this synth on stage, a keyboardist cannot fail but only enjoy his instrument. Thank you Daniël, many thanks to TEO also of course.

[@lufebarrlob]

This sound demo is an album in itself 😍

[@mrdavies7894]

_NICE_ demo, Mr Fisher! And exciting new development from Oberheim! It's so great to see that logo showing up on _new_ products!

[@julienvitale6691]

My prayers have been answered 🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thank you Tom!!! Great demo, too!

[@HarmonicSonics.]

Excellent demo, wonderful sounds!! Wow this sounds humongous

[@alfiedotwtf]

Dan the Man! Definitely hearing that Oberheim mojo. Instabuy!!

[@DavidV63]

Daniel Fisher always give us best synth demos 🤩

[@foxglove9]

This really can't be said enough. Wow!!

[@tobeyforsman]

The Run Like Hell solo at 1:30 is whats up

[@SnaFOo75]

once again, the fish delivers!

[@EchoKraft]

Wow ! This is on my G.A.S. Radar!

[@Gjallarhorn84]

I was waiting this video from Daniel since this synth was announced

[@fromorf6388]

Me too!!!! what a demo!

[@RabbitintheMoon]

Always bringing the fire to your demos.... Nice flashback sounds at the beginning...

[@paulschilling2996]

That delayed reverb at 15:52 is surprisingly good. I got spatially disoriented there for a few secs

[@pooshNchums]

1:58 cool technique! Thanks for sharing!

[@DaveMcCall]

Now I'll be curious to see if an LFO can control the octave+/- on every new synth.

[@vtxpony]

Great demo! The sound is so nice, plus the ability to split octaves on a short keyboard really expands what's possible. A definite purchase!

[@scottmcauleysounds]

what a sound! like the sibling Take-5, it is maybe small in stature but certainly not in sound and sonic possibilities! love it :)

[@kre8a361]

A heap of music genres can be boosted out of this little beast 🤖

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Trust Daniel Fischer to give you the most practical demonstration of what a synthesizer or a keyboard can do for you just by playing it himself. Much obliged, Daniel.

[@granth2110]

Aaaaaand ordered!

[@lofikorean7051]

small ob6. Amazing

[@lordspam2721]

$1500. That is a pretty nice counter to Behringers OBX release

[@FabioMartinaMusic]

I’ve finally found my first Polysynth WHAT A SOUND!!!!!!!!

[@JEFXMUSIC]

Amazing sound

[@ivanlozano2019]

This is without a doubt my favorite demo.

[@harrisonthacker9707]

They really seem to have knocked it out of the park with its sound.

[@axs203]

Love the form factor…..colour…..sound…….great demo

[@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000]

Now that sounds better than the polybrute 12 to my ears

[@Noiretranquility]

There's no better sound in analog than the oberheim sound IMPO

[@KirklandWilliamsWorkout3000]

@@thedarkestrainbowperfect

[@GuyVignati]

Exact same thing to me. I was so happy for the Polybrute 12, but then I listened to this…and yes even if it’s only 5 voices, I still prefer the sound 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@josephwright5921]

5>12, in this case!

[@klstay]

Your ears, and many others, are hearing correctly. Regardless how expressive PB is the voice architecture choices mean it cannot keep up on "bread-n-butter" analog patches.

[@Dudderlyful]

Jesus that sounds actually amazing

[@user-ht9fr6eh9u]

Blasphemer

[@Dudderlyful]

@@user-ht9fr6eh9u Jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus jesus

[@derrickaf1]

Oh Yea! It’s a great day:)! Mr. Daniel Fisher flexing his wonderful electronic musical skills…based on what I hear to be another great DSI synthesizer! Yes…it’s a great day! Thank you, Sir!

[@shanemaderejr.7675]

Great demonstration of sounds. Not just bleeps and bloops but some real deal STUFF. 👏

[@eTERNIAN69]

Sounds wild and beautiful

[@evanglicanism]

Daniel Fisher is the messiah who delivers the will of the synth Creators to the masses.

[@jonv2911]

This is SERIOUSLY fabulous demo! 👏🏻👏🏻 I’ve been thinking back and forth what analogue synth to buy… Arturia brutes, Sequental pro3, Behringer UB-xa, etc. Judging from what we have here is the real thing analogue, great looks, great sound, very musical, has the presence.. fantastic instrument!

[@DaveMcCall]

2024 is a wild year for synths. Too many great choices.

[@------YeahOK------]

This sounds better than my OB-6 to be honest.

[@botronicmusic]

Very curious what the difference is. Of course, I realize price is a BIG difference but if you can expand on that. I DEF am considering this when I almost pulled the trigger on Sequential Take 5.

[@synth4ever]

Sounds incredible. Fantastic demo Daniel!

[@archiebeatz]

Sweet and lush 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

And there was me saying to myself that I don't want any more synths. How silly of me. I want this. It's on my end of year shopping list lol

[@mroctober3657]

Ok, it's end of year!

[@fjfrancois]

10:55 DAMM "The Fifth Element"

[@Donetur]

It sounds really amazing, better than what I expected to be honest. They really did a great job with this one.

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

crazy ! wow. but where does this stand against the OB X8 ? are there similarities ? cheers

[@daboosreviews8819]

This sounds much more like the OB6 to me. The OBX8 is on another level to my ears. I own both fwiw.

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

@@daboosreviews8819 i also have both, and wondering if i should just collect them all, the mod matrix pulls me in and the sub osc here.

[@dannymolns3573]

OBX8 sounds better?

[@MorbidManoeuvres]

@@dannymolns3573 i would nt say better, just sounding good in different ways. since the Teo has onboard effects / distortion , mod matrix etc

[@Donetur]

@@daboosreviews8819 would you say the OB-X8 sounds more vintage and this sounds more modern? (of course Teo5 still can sound vintage and amazing it seems but I am talking about general trends).

[@zenchiefengineer]

Def my next synth purchase for sure

[@embodie_breaks7089]

Great Demo Daniel!

[@qwe1231]

Of course now you need to to a side-by-side comparison between this and the Take 5.

[@MarcoEckert]

Amazing Sound-Demo! Intense. 🔥

[@andyscott2626]

Dang it. 9:21 got me good/want this!

[@AdamTheAd-vanc3d]

In comes the KLF ❤❤❤❤

[@Noiretranquility]

Nice Steve millers recreation!

[@Sonic-Boom]

Sounds really good.

[@johnjames1813]

Outstanding!!!

[@iam607]

Uncle Fish!!!!

[@josephwright5921]

A beautiful synth that has a way too tiny keyboard! Daniel is the man to show it off!

[@massimocesareAnnaloro]

Demo sempre eccellenti!

[@Stue007]

very good demonstration, thank you

[@SessionsWithMike]

2 of These poly-chained 👌

[@Philandthesynths]

This is exactly what I was thinking, since it will certainly come out in desktop version soon! This would be dope 😉

[@Robert44444444]

@@Philandthesynths - I wouldn't count on that, the Take 5 is the 'Prophet' version of this from Sequential and it's been around for 2yrs and no talk of a desktop version on the horizon.

[@mark35mi]

Amazing sounding synth... even with the dumbing down of youtube. Excellent work Daniel!

[@funkmachine6420]

Sounds really good to me

[@MrFlesh420]

Was about to bitch about this just being another version of the take 5, and how come we can't get something like a matrix 12. Until I saw the price, and heard this thing. I'll definitely be buying one.

[@indigosnow_]

Can't wait to own this someday! I almost got the Take 5 during the sale earlier but this seems even more perfect for my set up which is wild to say. The aesthetic and the modulation factor tops it for me. so hyped. Gonna try and sell some gear I don't use too often for it. Anyone want a microcosm? Or 5 string solid body U Bass? Love em but love this more

[@Kevinjames0976]

Impressive demo .

[@hntrnet]

IN A CLASS OF THEIR OWN. 📈

[@payt01]

Sounds awesome. Can't wait what the TIT-5 or TRIP-5 or whatever they'll call the Trigon 6 derivative will be like :) Another 2 years of waiting is my guess :) This is an awesome little synth though!

[@mudi2000a]

I am for Bob-5 with reference to Bob Moog.

[@lextron-audio]

Gorgeous

[@dannyghostt]

5:04 heaven in waveforms

[@AbsurdTV1]

really great demo video.... oh my gosh....

[@weave_of_k]

Tell Spencer to hold one for me, I’ll be getting one before the new year

[@jeshkam]

10:55 early Steve Roach, dead on.

[@josephwright5921]

Which album? Someone else attributed it to Fifth Element.

[@jeshkam]

@@josephwright5921 Structures From Silence I suppose.

[@garrettscroggin6750]

@jeshkam is right, if you zoom in on the video, the patch is called SilenceStructures 🎉

[@jeshkam]

​@@garrettscroggin6750F**k me, well spotted Garrett! 🙂

[@raffaelesantabarbara1449]

Superbooth 2024 was the place to be this year. Arturia, Moog, Oberheim… Dang!

[@howlinberry1645]

This with my take 5 🥰🥰🥰

[@botronicmusic]

So I was considering the Take 5. And I still may purchase but what would you say the biggest difference is. Did you get into this board?

[@papahuge]

Amazin!

[@claytonlevibrown]

You make a good point Daniel Fisher; why has no synthesizer company created a feature setting to allow for a scanner button that pans through the octaves on the keyboard to make it possible to have an arpeggiation with additional octave scanning function. That's what I'm going to call it, "octave scanning." New keyboard designers need this feature.

[@peterkadarmusic9728]

With powerful, flexible poly synths at this price and sound quality, I think it's getting harder to justify the classic mono synth in the plus $1500 price range. If I were starting out, I'd definitely get something like this first before getting a similarly priced instrument like a Subsequent 37, as good as that instrument is.

[@peterkadarmusic9728]

Oh man... sounded great, Daniel!

[@jumpingman8160]

1:37 Pink Floyd "Run Like Hell"

[@lance134679]

It sounds nasty - in a good way. Great demo!

[@TODDTAMANENDCLARK]

So, is it blue or is it gray? In this video, it looks blue, but on the Sweetwater site, it looks dark gray! (I prefer the gray.)

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Gold and white.

[@kamelhamlaoui9983]

@wm.dennis ok, I don’t like the blue. I would like to a grey( obx) or even better colour cream like the S.E.M’s O.G’s!!!

[@DaveMcCall]

@@CentaurusRelax314 I almost forgot about that dress.

[@valuemastery]

@@kamelhamlaoui9983Having had a Roland System-8 since its introduction, I now love any color that is not green. So it's fine for me 😁

[@kamelhamlaoui9983]

@@valuemastery😂 I gotcha!

[@fromorf6388]

maybe a teo 8 in the future? that would be awesome

[@BenjaminBeak]

The layout is straight up the take 5

[@Matthewsavant]

@sweetwater Does anyone know if the voice boards are discreet analog like the OB6 and OBX?

[@thedarkestrainbow]

J3PO confirmed that the oscillators and LFO are from the Take 5, filter is OB6, envelopes are X8.

[@Music73777]

2:50 Into the future

[@WallyMpls]

Damnit lol I have 3 Oberheims. Oh well. Take my money

[@brentdoncliff2845]

I can hear a lot of Jean-Michel Jarre in this.

[@sweetwater]

I've been listening to Jarre since 1976 :-) -_Daniel_

[@valuemastery]

@@sweetwaterMe too. Jarre was the reason I got into synths ❤ BTW, every time I see a sweetwater video featuring Daniel Fisher, everything else instantly becomes insignificant, and I have to watch. Really enjoy your presentations that much. Wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you.

[@jettsom]

Too many cool synths! I need more money😢

[@Lachenmann7]

The question: If one has an OB-X8 and an OB-6, is there any reason to acquire this? Is there merely one element that is "different?"

[@loweroctaves]

I have obx8 and sold my ob6 but this is a completely different beast. I have take 5 which is my favorite but this might top it.

[@Lachenmann7]

@@loweroctaves What in particular makes it different? Thanks!

[@stergiost.6246]

​@@Lachenmann7 it has more modulation options, so you can create more complex sounds, almost like a poly modular. This has fx(i think obx8 doesn't) and a new approach to fx cross modulation goys Calle di think zero cross fm. It is important cause the osc remains in tune. I find that the only disadvantage are those 5 voices if you want to play bigger chords..

[@Lachenmann7]

@@stergiost.6246 Looks like I'll end up getting it, eventually, even if I don't need it. Oy! (I do have the OB-6 and the OB-X8. But I'm an addict.)

[@stergiost.6246]

@@Lachenmann7 I have also the ob6 and thinking very seriously to buy it. If you do not use more than 5 voices, maybe this one is the only oberheim you need... I really like it

[@josephwright5921]

Can we get this in a module and use our own controller?

[@jaynocats6066]

Amazing sounds and someone who can really play too. How many times have you all watched this "demo" honestly? lol.

[@jonathangraham9625]

Do you still have the Teo 5? Any way you could do a comparison between the Teo 5 and Ob6?

[@kenkimble8780]

The more he plays the more I realize Daft Punk used this synthesizer!

[@ShawnBrandon888]

Seamless sound transition or is that how video is edited?

[@sweetwater]

Hi Shawn. The transitions are crossfading from one example to the next via editing. I'm pretty sure that previously held notes don't stay on the previous sound, but I no longer have a TEO-5 handy. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

[@JaniceLalla]

Want!

[@tendingtropic7778]

interested in the dimensions (in cm). need to measure my desk to see if it will fit ;)

[@tylergates4075]

I'll take 1

[@iamelohym]

Third Eye Open Φ

[@fotoniknoise]

All Stranger Things sounds in one synth

[@BobHam-cv3op]

Quit teasing us and ship it already lol!