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The TQ-5 was an entry level FM Workstation in a keyboardless, sparsely decorated desktop unit. It takes after the smaller line of FM synthesizers like the DX-100, DX-21, DX-11, TX81Z, and FB-01. These featured 4 FM operators per voice, and 8 voices of polyphony. And like the latter three, 8-parts multitimbrality was featured. The TQ-5 also had easy "Quick Edit" keys to access some basic parameters for instant tweaks. The TQ-5 was capable of many of the good (and the bad) sounds FM synthesizers made.
The TQ-5 featured built-in digital effects and an 8-track sequencer (with 8 song capacity) rounding out the "workstation" aspect of this machine. Designed for use as a stand-alone FM workstation or as a MIDI module, the TQ-5 was poised to bring high-end FM sounds to entry-level users. Unfortunately it was released in 1990 when the DX and FM synthesizers were no longer the "in" thing in the market, so the TQ-5 tanked. Really low second hand prices help it to retain its original purpose...to provide an FM workstation for entry-level for musicians on a budget.
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