MATRIXSYNTH: ARP Odyssey Mk III with Mods


Monday, July 29, 2013

ARP Odyssey Mk III with Mods

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via the seller/listing: "This synth has some nice modifications added, including extra CV IN jacks along the lines of the after market modifications that are popular on the Arp Avatars. A pitch bending knob has been added - this is the easiest way to adjust the intonation n the fly...much easier than retuning using the slider switches and also more practical than the pressure sensing bend pushbuttons. Five switches have been added to the face of the instrument. Several are “multipliers” which expand the range of the slider they are next to, like the one for the portamento slider. One or two of them are “reverse polarity” switches, like the one for the ADSR gate. On the input panel a number of CV IN jacks have been added. I’ve tested one or two of them with an external CV voltage source and the ones I tested work…I didn’t take the time to figure them all out because I didn’t use them for my playing, but it would be easy for the Buyer to figure this out. My guess is that these were added by a professional because they are very neatly positioned and the switches are very carefully placed and so neatly done they look as if they were factory installed. There is a also a MIDI jack which I tested once; I don’t think it works correctly, it DID produce a response from the synth (single, unchanging note?) but it didn’t play music. The MIDI and CVs weren’t important for my use, so I haven’t experimented with them much..."






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