2026: A Year in Gear (What You've Bought or Want to Buy in 2026)

[Constructed Identity]

This arrived today:

TEO-5 module is more logical than the keyboard version, still sounds great.

image is on imgur, which now seems to be region-restricted, so i cant see it. (fwiw, that's now happening all over KVR)

It's just a picture of the module. The deciding factor was that it has a good, high quality cable and a universal power supply. HEAR THAT HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS Oh, and I know it sounds good.

[cryophonik]

This arrived today:

TEO-5 module is more logical than the keyboard version, still sounds great.

Nice! I had the keyboard version early on and I also upgraded to the module

But, seriously, I really like this module format - it’s slim, but not crowded and Tom didn’t cut any corners with the controls.

[kritikon]

Arrived 3 days ago but was on nights & not had a chance to play with it until today.



Haven't really got into serious programming with it yet, mainly ploughing through the presets and tweaking a bit to figure it out. First impressions are - WOW. Several levels more and better than I expected it to be. It fulfills the Juno thing obviously, but can do so so much more.

Second impression is the quality of the FX. Hadn't realised they were TC, Midas etc. It has a pretty darned good shimmer on it and the reverbs and rev/delays are stunning. The rest of them are equally good. I really like some of the recent Korg synth FX but I think these beat them. Really didn't expect that from Behringer, it sounds way above the class I think most people assume of Behringer. With headphones on - f**k me, they're stunning . Not bad for a 10yr old synth

Thirdly - I remember how awful the J106 unison was/is. So nice to be able to imitate the Juno with Deepmind but have a lovely proper unison. And 12 voice. I think I blew my eardrums .

The sync isn't what I'd call a class leader, but it can make some interesting vocal sounds - not what I usually associate with sync at all. It's a powerful beast, capable of some really intricate subtlety methinks. Had some nice clangs and bells etc too. TBH it feels more like a souped up Alpha Juno or Jupiter 6 kinda vibe rather than a bog standard Juno. But on steroids, obvs.

f**k it, I assumed as it was a Juno-based thing that it'd be pretty easy to patch - it kinda is but I think I'm going to have to d/l a manual. No fkn idea how to program the sequencer, but it obvs does some great things. So pleased I saw sense and bought Deepmind for the same price instead of the JN80 - this is more like a JN8000, only it's a JN12000.

Actually - best synth and value that I've bought for a long while. Really didn't expect it to be quite this good . And of course it comes with a shitload of warm fuzzy nostalgia from the Junos. Maybe I can throw away my old knackered 106 finally. Don't need to fix it any more...