History of the
The following links give background and historical
information:
The
Rise and Fall of ARP Instruments
By Craig R. Waters
Sound
on Sound Magazine's Odyssey History
By Gordon Reid
Keyboard Museum's ARP Odyssey Prototype
Three
Faces of the Odyssey
175K Jpeg Image - Contributed by Toby
Paddock
ARPeggio
Newsletters
These were at
first
sent out monthly to everyone who purchased a new ARP synthesizer back
in
the 1970s. Later they switched to a quarterly publication.
This link is to a few issues archived on Kevin
Lightner's Synthfool page.
ARP
Odyssey PPC (Proportional Pitch Control) Demo
Floppy record originally mailed out in the September
1977 issue of Contemporary Keyboard magazine. This is a 4
megabyte
MP3 file. Original on cassette tape contributed by Cedric
C. Carter
Odyssey
Manufacturing/Release Dates
Contributed by Joachim
Verghese
More
Info on Odyssey Model Changes
Contributed by Joseph
Rivers, curator of the The
Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum, in
Florida
Herbie
Hancock ARP Odyssey Solo
Classic segment from his 1974 hit Chameleon showcases
the versatility of the Odyssey. This is an MP3 file with a
running
time of 3:40. File size is about 3.5 megs. Thanks to Cedric
C. Carter for contributing this.
NOTE: Any
copyrighted
material on this page is posted in "fair use" only, for the purpose of
study, review or critical analysis.
Reprint from 1978 Odyssey Brochure
Odyssey Promotional Poster Circa 1975
Odyssey Promotional Poster 2 Circa 1975
Odyssey Promotional Poster 3 Circa 1976
Odyssey
Promotional Poster 4 Circa 1981
Contributed by Kevin
Lightner
1974 Led Zeppelin JIMMY PAGE Arp synth ad
1975 THE WHO Pete Townshend Arp synthesizer ad
Oddy Reviews on Harmony Central®
MK I (Whiteface) Odyssey Reviews on SonicState.Com
MK II (Blackface) Odyssey Reviews on SonicState.Com
U-Boat's Black & Orange Face Odyssey Page
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