The Full-size Odyssey We’ve Been Waiting For

Date:2020/2/10 20:05:40 Hits:

Introduced at Winter NAMM 2015, the 86%-sized re-creation of the historic ARP Odyssey was an instant hit. Many vintage synth fans, however, were clamoring for a full-sized version of the legendary analog synth. The wait is over. The new Odyssey FS nails nails the circuitry, sound, feel, and cosmetics of the three revisions of the original Odyssey — which were deployed by a veritable who’s who of keyboard heavies.

From its introduction in 1972, the original Odyssey gained a substantial following for its distinctive sound, which came in a wide range — shrieking leads, industrial effects, squelchy basses, and much, much more. Additionally, the Odyssey is duophonic, letting you play two notes at once (each one commandeering one of the instrument’s two oscillators). It also has oscillator hard sync, which lets you craft those visceral tearing patches famously deployed by The Cars on their 1979 hit “Let’s Go.”

During its decade or so of production, the Odyssey sported three different filter designs. Type I was a 2-pole, with an open sound and biting resonance. Type II was a 4-pole ladder filter: round, fat, and rich — great for basses. Type III was also a 4-pole design and similar in many ways to its predecessor, but smoother and silkier when you pushed the resonance. The new Odyssey FS contains all three filter types — all available at the flick of a switch.

The Odyssey FS also gives you generous modulation options, including two envelope generators. Another feature is Sample & Hold, which includes an Output Lag slider that generates a glide effect between voltage steps, effectively rounding off the edges of the LFO waveform. When you set the LFO to be triggered via the keyboard, this gives you an outrageously cool auto-wah effect on each note you play. And using Ring Modulation in conjunction with oscillator sync or the wealth of pitch modulation available, you can create all manner of clangorous, thunderous — and completely magical musical mayhem.

There’s are many more features, including Portamento, Proportional Pitch Control, a white/pink noise generator, CV, Gate, and Trig in/out patch points, and a new Drive circuit, but we’ll stop here and simply say that if you’re into analog synthesis, you owe it to yourself to have a sound design session with the ARP Odyssey FS. Be forewarned though: there will be no going back.

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