🔥 Sequential Take 5 - playing through EVERY preset (no talking!)

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Here's my initial thoughts - TOP 3 best/worst features on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6bWdKqBp9WArKc

[@Dudderlyful]

Thank you for not only taking the time to show us all of the presets, but to actually play it too!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️ lol...but now the video is nearly two hours long!

[@Dudderlyful]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy not a problem!

[@jnny7182]

Indeed!

[@mantibarlow6248]

Thank you for doing this. I feel like you made it sound musical, rather than just constant knob tweaking.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍟🍟🍟 - thanks for the feedback. A synth has to inspire music from me, that's my main test.

[@philware1546]

Some people like knob tweaking

[@HiLoMusic]

This looks like something YOU yourself had fun making, which makes it more endearing to watch and listen, I'd play my presets this way :)

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol...it's true. I judge a synth by how much it inspires music. Thanks for commenting

[@artemvsprime]

I simply can’t get enough of the sound of this, wow!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@dustynewman]

Just bought mine today and I literally cannot wait for it to get here. Excellent playing and demonstration of the sounds!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Enjoy!

[@jello-tarzan]

Thanks, great video! At around 10:00, part of the preset sounded so close to drum brushes... Amazing possibilities with this cool analog synth. ❤

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️✌️

[@ryanhursh6322]

Wow, that first melody really resonated with me. I didn’t care for the preset at first but the more you played the deeper I went into it. Great work!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✊✊✊

[@bombpg]

I just ordered mine yesterday and can't wait! Amazing demo of the sounds. You're very talented!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Glad you like the demo!

[@frankwitte1022]

Excellent ... these are the kinds of synth-vids I love to listen to ... It is so great to hear a musician on the keys!

[@MariooDisco]

Excellent demo 👏Do you know if take 5 can transfer audio through usb, like the virus do?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

No it can't

[@islandeyes3166]

pretty impressed with how many of the more out there patches you were able to make into some actually usable. seems like a great machine!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍟🍟🍟

[@oriomenoni7651]

Thank you very much for this video! I was hoping something like this would come out. Man this synth sounds awesome!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌👌

[@benjaminbrodie9801]

AWESOME DEMO SIR! Enjoyed seeing this little beastie in action. You worked some magic on this synth. Keep up the great work. Cheers!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌👌

[@jr6786]

I dont even want this synth but landed here and this is the best video i have come across on youtube for some time!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Haha - thanks. Not sure how I made your top spot for YT videos, but I'll take it.

[@b.low...101]

You did an exellent job on this video. Having said that - the Take 5 has only a few patches that are usable for my taste. I'm dissapointed in a majoraty of the presets and will have to buy and figure out how to get patches into mine. Not terribly happy about that.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Thanks....bummer you're not happy with the patches

[@JohnnieFerro]

Wow - some pretty wild sounds coming out of that thing. Thanx for such an extensive demo!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@percboi3000]

Great sounding synth, surprisingly excellent playing for a sound demo.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Glad you appreciated it

[@Shred_The_Weapon]

Simply paging through the presets and playing what you feel like goes a long way when you’re a skilled player like you are. I had to watch your tweaks to each patch to remind myself that you can create and save your own sounds.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️ glad you liked it!

[@ajotech]

Outstanding video, thank you pink Buddha

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@ajotech]

Can’t wait to see and hear your sound updates for the take five.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol...I was only demoing it. Went back to the manufacturer. But it's a great synth!

[@electrosonicnebula]

the baroque clavichord interlude is very funny indeed.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ZozillaThaGreat]

Seems very noisy , is it the unbalanced otuput doing this ?. or recorder ? Thks for the demo !

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yeah...it was the recording mostly. Didn't realize until after and then didn't have time to redo

[@mwl5]

Would you recommend this for a beginner synth? I really like the Prophet 6 sound but can't afford one. I have a Minilogue and like how hands-on it is, but it doesn't sound as warm as this. Adding EQ, chorus, etc to the Minilogue can only go so far.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes...it's a very good middle ground

[@ayyappanmusic]

Amazing playing!

[@Shenmue79]

46:19 to 49:39 is my favorite part. Well done.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@MatthewHyatt]

Man, it really has an Oberheim undertone to it. I dig it.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍰

[@hermano8160]

The difference from going through the Behringer DeepMind's 'factories' and this is fascinating: where the Behringer just leaves you lost in what the hell one should ever use that preset for, the Take 5 instantly inspires to perform. One gets sucked into the Sequential just by watching. I guess that explains double the price.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol...yeah, I thought the Deepmind sounded horrible

[@hermano8160]

Not horrible but not nearly as urgent as a Sequential, very true. Overall unaccessible for ad hoc performance and intuitive hands-on. It sure is good for the money with powerful app and all but all that power is cumbersome to really engage with.

[@ClubNoiseband]

Yeah deep mind doesn’t compare to this - this sounds much better. And Deep mind is missing the fun factor. Too many options and menues, no intimacy. I prefer synths like this now that I think about it

[@ClubNoiseband]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy not horrible missing a force or lacking visceral. And Hey man you’re playing is real good, really musical

[@ProdByUnbothered]

Can you design your own sounds on this noe or is it just presets, new to synths so not sure if its a stupid question but yeah. Are there any options for sound design?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yeah totally. And can save your sounds as well. That's the really nice thing about a hybrid analog and digital synth.

[@jeremyg2245]

This is an amazing demo.... just had to say it. Great work, you've sold me on this lol - now i have to get my funds together 😂

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@Martin1519]

That overdrive knob is freakin incredible

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

💣💣💣

[@Oceans_Resurrection]

hello, I have a problem with the Take 5 that I received yesterday. the stereo delays do not work. For example, the first delay, simply called delay, is stereo. But if I plug my headphones into take 5 or if I listen to my speakers, there is no stereo. Do you have any advice for me? I said that the synth is set to stereo and not mono in the global menu.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

huh - that does seem weird. Unfortunately, i don't know what to suggest for you. Sorry! Hope you get it figured out!

[@Oceans_Resurrection]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Thank you, the sequential support told me to use the mod matrix to get a stereo effect on the delay ; thanks for answering !

[@sub-jec-tiv]

YES in depth! Thank you!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️✌️

[@ChillMode34]

I know you played the Prophet rev 2. Is this warmer on the filter? Does it sound better to you?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Well...there's drive on this one. So that something the Rev 2 doesn't have. Hard to get drive and grit on that.

[@istvantoth7431]

Great demo bud, thanks!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️

[@hoagy_ytfc]

Is there really this much background noise, or is that something that's a feature of KZbin's audio encoding? e.g. in the gap in playing at about 14:05

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Prob with my recording. Just didn't want to redo

[@Sam_Utah]

Good synth. I want one. But what is special is your idiomatic expressive playing, bringing the patches to life and showing some of their potential. Your baroque "harpsichordish" segment made me stand up and cheer. Nice work.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Hey - thanks for the comment and feedback. Glad you liked it!

[@10oclocktic]

This is cool Im jammin along with my Roland Kit ..Lets hope Santy is good to me his year !!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌

[@frederickbrummer5680]

There's a bit of hiss on this recording and I'm wondering if that's coming from the synth or might have come from something else in your setup. Do you have any thoughts on the noise floor of this synth?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

It's from my setup. I didn't realize I had another channel of when recording. Didn't want to go back and redo the whole thing again.

[@frederickbrummer5680]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy that's great news, thanks for the reply, and thanks for your awesome vids!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍟🍟 🍟

[@aquaticborealis4877]

Beautiful sounds. Really appeals. Is there anything in this compact size that sounds better than this? In an analog kind of way. I already have an Argon 8, which cover the more digital realm. I also have a Summit, but I want something I can take with me easily. This synth seems ideal.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

It's compact. And at this price point...? Not that many options.

[@cresk]

I think this is a pretty decent / polite sounding synth for the price point. The overall sound quality sounds great and not too ‘phat’ which might be perfectly sitting in the mix without interfering too much with other frequencies, such as drums and / or vocals. Might be great for synth pop? Anyways, not sure how it holds up in some serious sound design sessions though.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yes...if you're using a mix, you don't want a synth sound to be so huge like the Rev2.

[@PacificIslandDrive]

Is this your ‘replacement’ polysynth, for the REV2?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Maybe!

[@PutItAway101]

I like those voicings with 10ths in the left hand, good way to play low chords without turning to mush

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌yup yup

[@adamz3090]

Is this synth capable to connect daw's and record multiple channels with different presets?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Not exactly sure what you mean by this...? You can record into any DAW, and have a DAW play the synth via MIDI. But that's about it.

[@carlomurjahn]

Thanks! Brilliant!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️✌️

[@DickvanDrie]

The part instantly got my attention is at 10:36 nice

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍭🍭🍭

[@wolfpackpresets]

Great job, thanks!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️✌️

[@uirehuigedkahds]

Does anyone else notice the very high noise floor? Is that coming from the synth or your interface? Very noticeable. Great playing btw, excellent demo.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Sorry...problem with my recording

[@bustincircuits7701]

Thanks for this!!!!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍭🍭🍭

[@MELOPSMUSIC]

Do you think there are sweet strings ? I feel a bit agressive

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol...I don't understand your comment

[@audiolego]

Pink, for bass? Is it beefy? I really like the sound. Perfect for techno pop rave synth pop ebm.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Oh yeah...mono bass is sweet on this

[@whateverman999]

To anyone wondering about the squealing high-pitched noise floor - this is NOT an issue with the recording (assuming PBA realized that by now). I’m about to return this synth for this reason - I have gotten ear fatigue and a headache lol very quickly every time for the two days I’ve owned this. It’s unbelievable to me that they sell this synth with this issue and no one seems to complain. Checked this especially noisy patches against this video and they’re all there! So definitely not a problem just with me unit. Guess I’m going to try the rev2 now, but I’m so freaking bummed - this was my first analog polysynth, and I really liked the sound overall but for me it’s unusable.

[@whateverman999]

Please please tell me by the way if I am missing out on some possibility for dealing with this issue! I would really like to keep this synth, since from what I can tell I prefer it to the core sound of the rev2.

[@eastwoofer]

Squealing high-pitched noise floor? Anyone else hear this?

[@electrosonicnebula]

pretty good clavichord and electric piano sounds for a synth!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌👌

[@electrosonicnebula]

Or maybe these two sounds are pretty basic stuff for poly synths? Kind of newbie here, but sure love this synth and demo.

[@luisbarrera5740]

I'm stuck between this of the pwm mantis. This one sounds civilized, like it'll play well with others. The mantis sounds punk. Like an angry ms20

[@sebastianduda87]

(First synth) Rev2 8,Prologue16 or Take 5 ?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

That depends...do you want it for sound design? That you do yourself?

[@cresk]

Try OB-6

[@ish233]

Cool demo

[@MySolarSystem]

Hello! What you think right now about this synth? I sold my Digitone and DFAM to buy it. If you will be on my place, you would do the same? With Best Wishes, NIkolay!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

hmmm....well, those other devices are totally different than this. So not sure how to advise you. I LOVE the DFAM, but for totally different reasons. The Take 5 is a great synth (with a bad name), so I'm sure you'll like it!

[@MySolarSystem]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademyThank you! Yes, DFAM its percussion. Maybe i will keep it, and not sell) Thanks again for your great video, it help me mDe decision to buy it!

[@TheManInCommand]

Subbed!... because you actually played it and not tap the keys while flipping through presets lol

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Haha...*actually* playing a synth is the only way to really test it

[@matrixmodulator]

where is that high pitch background noise coming from? it's almost as loud as the synth sound :S

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

It was a prob with my recording. I didn't realize there was another channel open (until afterwards) that was making the the extra noise. Couldn't stomach doing the WHOLE THING over again. 🤷‍♂️

[@scart_records]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Fair enough!!! We all make mistakes! Lovely demo.. thinking of buying one. Curious of what's beyond the presets, like how intuitive the UI is for sound design. But it sounds capable!

[@BeauTylerMakesMusic]

Nice!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I'm loving this thing. For the price point, it's amazing.

[@dmomcilovic9185]

There seems to be a lot of noise and hiss with many of the sounds, or the chorus ??

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I think it was a prob with my recording

[@robertpennycook1936]

One thing I dont like about it is the filter is where it is on the preset, so when you touch the knob you can go from 5-90 instantly which sounds very jarring. Nonetheless this seems like a real toss up for me between this and the hydrasynth.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Very different than the Hydra though

[@lucaselmore3874]

That second patch reminds me a lot of Stars of the Lid :)

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️

[@crime_wavcorp]

thank you

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍟🍟🍟

[@painauchocolate2395]

Sold on the first patch

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤘🤘🤘

[@andivax]

Why so much hiss?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I made a mistake in the recording

[@andivax]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy ahh ok. So it's not the synth itself hiss. Thank you!

[@jokchung]

The pluck at 10:35 sounds exactly like deadmau5. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍑🍑🍑

[@jokchung]

@@ZenMountain the deadmau5 pluck is one of my favourite sounds 👍🏼😎

[@eladreltuc]

If you had to pick this or a Hydrasynth which would you choose?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

I haven't really tried out the hydra on my own. But from what I've heard, it just sounds too digital for me. I want that analog warmth.

[@errorkit]

This - Hydra has PolyAT and a Million Mod Options but the Sound is always plinkyplanky - you have a analogWarmth Option but that adds only some midBass like the BassComp on the Prologue16 - You have to hear Sequential VCOs for yourself while touching the Synth - Touching the Hydra gives you no Feeling - its a nice modern Controller but a Sequential Synth is an Instrument. Depends on what you need and how long you're in the SynthGasStage 😂

[@LesterH25]

Flip, I'm getting one based on this. Keeping my Rev 2 though.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol...i mean, why not? (If you can afford both)

[@tory6733]

24:31 🤯

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

😎😎😎

[@cambiarbeats564]

Should i Get this or the grandmother?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Tough choice.... If you play more with sound....do the grandmother. If you play more chords and keys (and want easy presets) do the take 5

[@cambiarbeats564]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy im about to end up with the rev 2

[@gz625]

How much this synth is better than DeepMind6?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

TONS...I thought deep mind sounded horrible

[@nickedwards9198]

Pretty similar price to the UB-Xa. Can anyone rich enough say which one they prefer? Objectively

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Haven't really explored the Behringer

[@eduugr]

Wow this sounds so nice... I'm thinking in selling my Minilogue XD :O

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍭🍭🍭

[@philphilphil]

11:50 🔥

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@Giovanni-lm3jt]

Its multitimbral ?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

No...that's different

[@Dolores5000]

Gorge

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍦🍦🍦

[@TheBusterMan]

Tempting,but,this or a Korg Minilogue XD ? I can live with the 4 voice on the XD,and the price is much cheaper.

[@errorkit]

get both and compare - Minilogue in my Ears always sounds thin and metallic - Sequential VCOs are thick but depends on your Music Style / Mix Style and Workflow (DAW / DAWLESS / LIVE / STUDIO)

[@TheBusterMan]

@@errorkit Thanks for the reply. I know what you mean about the metallic sound.I have heard some decent custom patches on the XD,though,too.I'm after a synth with good effects,which both have,and I like late 70's/early 80's spacey type strings/drones/analog brass,etc.Will have to do a little research.The price is a bit high on the Sequential,but if it's worth it,may get it.

[@errorkit]

@@TheBusterMan check Behringer Poly D for 70s Sound and Brass / Peak for Drones

[@TheBusterMan]

@@errorkit Thanks,mate.Will check them out.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

4 voice is really tight for me. 5 is basically perfect

[@htechdance]

EVERY preset except for the 8 banks Sequential added via the OS 2 update. Free of charge and fat as ever! Now a full 16 banks of 256 presets. They even have a pdf that lists them all.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Haha...yes. I can't exactly update this video after its published.

[@ReadTheBibleDaily]

RIP DAVE.. Just passed away

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Wait....what??? I don't know that.

[@INeedsMoneys]

Why are you jumping over the best patches?

[@INeedsMoneys]

Reaaally frustrating… smh

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol....we clearly have a different idea is which ones are the "best patches" 🤣

[@rayrecordings]

2:25 The Thing

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DKS-SYNTH-LAB]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🍦🍦🍦

[@robfel68]

Me: How long is the demo? PBA: Yes

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤣🤣🤣

[@synriser6742]

Great sounding synth but I will stick to my beloved Pro2.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

👌👌👌

[@christianthompson1473]

Your new favourite synth! I hope it doesn't go the way of your previous ex's...😶

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Haha

[@EarlyMist]

Goes to show you really need to hear an instrument to make a decision. I like about 5% - 10% of these presets. I assume they are a good example of its capabilities.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️ that's the point of the video

[@yotaka9396]

I found the nature of TAKE5's sound similar to Prophet-600.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yeah - I agree

[@kaspartambur]

1:03:47 - oh...

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️

[@11martijn111]

Did anyone else recognize the sound at 10:37 as the sound of 'the veldt' by deadmau5 straight away?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

🤣🤣✌️

[@LeclairChansons]

Listen to Rupert Hine the song The Set Up, made in 1982. Depending on the filter it sounds the same.

[@hausverkehrs3676]

My least favourite sounding DSI of sequential or w.e

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Well...now you know not to buy it!

[@chrissneider7550]

Okay

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Lol....? Not sure what that comment means

[@chrissneider7550]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy I mean, it's fine, it's nothing out of the ordinary...

[@HarmonicMolecues]

it sounds analog but very plain, drab, so yesterday, can its power be unlocked for greatness?

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

We shall see...

[@HarmonicMolecues]

@@electrosonicnebula yeah whatever

[@HarmonicMolecues]

@j s why yes, how observant of you!

[@greatgrandpabeebe2736]

💛✨️🖖

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️😎

[@joejoe3170]

Sounds good but looks like an ugly pro 3 they should of given it a new layout/color would be flying off the shelves...

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Omg...you are so right

[@howischris_]

Gotta get your hands on a super 6 ;)

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Yeah...well $$$

[@howischris_]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy I’ll loan you mine 👌🏾

[@dmomcilovic9185]

Sold mine after 3 weeks, I did not like Super6

[@howischris_]

@@dmomcilovic9185 well I’m sorry to hear that. Best of luck on your synth journey, my friend.

[@LoveMeBack]

This should have been the Pro3 in the first place.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Haha....but that's a mono synth. My sub37 is all the mono I need.

[@LoveMeBack]

@@PinkBuddhaAcademy Parafonic. That’s why I’m saying it. Make either a mono or a poly synth.

[@LoveMeBack]

@@ZenMountain Parafonic. It’s there even when not forced to use. Are you forced to us all polyphony/voices of a poly synth? Does that make it a mono synth?

[@hdjsos]

Great synth but the name/design is kind of wack!

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Omg...so true

[@coreyj4962]

Sounds so harsh on all the demos I’ve heard

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

Sounds like it's not the right synth for you.

[@philipgahan9649]

If I was blindfolded I couldn't tell what synth it was, sounds very generic, nothing special.

[@PinkBuddhaAcademy]

✌️✌️✌️