Sequential OB-6

Now the final thing i want to talk about is uh the overall quality of the build and, of course, the elephant in the room, the price of the ob6. Now yo...

It's a it's a really nice compact unit. It's got nice knobby interface. It's a really!

especially since the sale price for music gear doesn’t go down for older stuff in the same way as, for instance, computer equipment. hell, they still sell the microKORG for pretty much what i paid for mine. i compared the prophet 6, the ob-6, the hydrasynth, matriarch, and others in this price range. but nothing pulled on my soul in quite the same way.

The OB6 is as close as you can reasonably get to a SEM , OB-Xa, etc, without breaking the bank. Tom said his circuitry was based on these, and in my testing it is close. Vintage OB-Xa and OB-X series can go for $6,000 to $12,000.

For many synths that I have wanted to have a fling with, I’ve been able to fill those needs OR get it out of my system with soft synths (thank you, plogue - chipsynth md is great!) or I just moved on from wanting those sounds. But for the ob-6, every oberheim-like soft synth has not filled that need. I have three paid soft synths (yikes - I know, I know) and several free ones and it’s still hasn’t helped.

That being said, I'm a bit tired of it truthfully. My music style has definitely changed in the 3 years since I've owned it and I find myself not reaching for it as much lately, as it is definitely the brightest sounding synth I own. So when the Take 5 was announced a couple weeks ago for the $1299 price, I said, "hell, maybe I should sell off my OB-6 and buy the Take 5 instead."

Used it for years and years and years and never felt compelled to replace it, even with a Rev2, OB-6, or P-6 because it would've been at a huge loss or a price premium. Then I joined a shoegaze band on synth and found myself needing something that I didn't have to supplement with effects pedals (*makes set-up and practice a lot easier to just have one thing to carry!)*. Namely, I wanted something that was analog, polyphonic, but also had delay/reverb/distortion. Boom, Sequential releases Take 5 and it's cheaper than every other keyboard-based polysynth they offer.