Oberheim TEO-5 Presets: “Cranium” Sound Pack
“Cranium” is a sound pack for the TEO-5 synth. It includes 64 new Oberheim TEO-5 presets with a strong focus on electronic music such as Ambient, Electronica, Dub, and Melodic Techno. Many of the presets contain sequences and extensive modulations to add movement to the sound.
With a total of 19 pads, the soundset focuses on soundscapes. These include warm retro pads as well as morphing textures and strings. Additionally, there are numerous lead sounds ranging from atmospheric melodic techno leads in the Afterlife style and complex IDM-leads, to staccato-like psytrance plucks.
A versatile selection of bass sounds provides the necessary depth, including sub-basses, TB-303-like, or EBM lines. Nine driving dub chords, as well as a small selection of drone and FX sounds, round off the TEO-5 soundset.
Intensive Use of the Modulation Matrix
A highlight of the Oberheim TEO-5 is its flexible modulation matrix. The patches of the “Cranium” sound set make intensive use of this feature. LFOs, envelopes, etc., have been assigned to a multitude of parameters. Additionally, controllers like the mod wheel and aftertouch are an integral part of each preset.
“Cranium” includes 64 Oberheim TEO-5 presets for Ambient, Electronica, and Techno:
- Pad: 19
- Bass: 11
- Lead: 22
- Dub Chord: 9
- FX & Drone: 3
Easy Installation
In order to transfer this Oberheim TEO-5 sound pack, you’ll need a computer, a stable USB or MIDI connection (USB would be easier), and a SysEx librarian. You can use a MIDI librarian application such as „SysEx Librarian“ for Macintosh, or „MIDI-OX” for Windows to transmit programs or banks.
- Connect your TEO-5 to a computer using a USB cable (or MIDI cable, if you are using a dedicated MIDI interface).
- Press the global button on the Oberheim TEO-5.
- Use the select knob to select midi sysex cable, then use the value knob to choose usb or midi, depending on which port you are using to connect to your computer.
- Open your Sysex librarian software and configure it to send SysEx messages to your Take
- PLEASE NOTE! The next step will replace any existing programs in those same memory locations on the synth so be sure to make a backup first.
- In the SysEx librarian, open the files you want to send. In case you’d like to only send parts of the mountains sound pack, you’ll find Pads in Bank 1, Basses and Leads in Banks 2 and 3, Arpeggiator sounds in Bank 3, and more pads, leads, fx-sounds and dub chords in Bank 4.
- Transmit the programs.
Trouble Shooting
In case something went wrong, please use a direct USB connection instead of a USB HUB or try a different USB cable
License
Single User, royalty-free for commercial or home use
This Sound Set is a digital item
The download link will be provided via email upon purchase.
