Manuals
for the
ARP Odyssey
Synthesizer
The following site has a scanned Odyssey service/technical manual:
Roger
Powell's ARP Odyssey Patches and Tutorial
This book and tape was originally included with the Model 2800
whiteface
Odysseys when they first came out in the early 1970's. Thanks to
Bob
Hanna for e-mailing me scanned images of this
valuable
book.
Thanks to Guy Phethean for the
audio
tape (which I converted to MP3 Format).
The following sites have Odyssey technical and owner's manuals for sale:
Music Control Audio Services Ltd.
Book Recommendation:
Learning Music With Synthesizers
Written by David Friend, Alan R. Pearlman and Thomas
D. Piggot.
Published 1974 by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 74-77567.
Part I of this book is a theoretical introduction to
the
the science of synthesizers. Part II is a hands-on guide that
walks
you through principles learned in Part I on the actual ARP
Odyssey.
Part III gets into experimentation and studio techniques (admittedly of
the 1970's). 213 Pages. Recommended for the true Odyssey
aficionado.
They can be found on ABEBOOKS,
a
worldwide network of used book dealers. They can also
occasionally
be found for sale amongst the Odysseys on eBay.
For a picture of the front cover of the first edition, click here.
For a picture of the front cover of the second edition, click here.
Comments, suggestions and additions may be emailed here.
