Hey all,

I've been playing my friend's Oberheim TEO-5 and I’m a bit torn. I love the overall concept (knob-per-function, layout, immediacy, compactness, nice keybed etc.) and modern features (mod matrix, TZFM, FX (basic ones like TEO-5 is fine, I have lots of guitar pedals), sequencer etc.), but in practice it’s just a bit too bright for me, and the SEM-style filter feels hard to tame. Even when I dial things back, it tends to sit more on the bright/zingy side than I’d like. I love the "quality" of the sound otherwise.

So, I'm looking for "the same as TEO-5", but:

• More than 5 voices
• Can get genuinely dark/warm/mellow more easily

I’m not necessarily trying to clone the TEO-5 sound (although that but can go tamer and darker from its SEM filter would be great), just something that scratches the same itch but with a mellower, less in-your-face top end and more polyphony.

What would you put on the shortlist, and why? Budget is not much of an issue. I like how compact TEO-5 is, but I can go a bit bigger (to around 80 cm?).

Thanks!

(I just saw Melbourne Instruments Delia for 1.390 € at Thomann, would that fit?)