What's New
30 Oct 2003: Added Eric van Baaren's modded Avatar to the Mods page. Go there now.
30 Oct 2003: Added Saint Eric's
Analoge
Synthesizer Reparatie Atelier of Dordrecht, The Netherlands to our list
of
ARP techs on the Techs page. Go there now.
03 July 2003: Added the last three
patch
panel overlays to complete the set of 16 that ARP originally
sold.
You will
find Theremin, Nickelodeon and Electric Bass
transcribed on the Overlays page. Go
there
now.
15 May 2003: Added new photos of a modded Odyssey MK III to the Mods page. Go there now.
30 Apr 2003: Added 7 new pictures
to
the Gallery page sent to me by Jordan Gibson in the UK, and by
Christophe
Jooris in Belgium. Thanks for sending them to me! Go
there now.
30 Apr 2003: Added McIntyre Organ
&
Keyboard Service of Seattle, Washington to our list of ARP techs on the
Techs page. Go there now.
04 Feb 2003: Added an MP3 file of
the
40 minute Roger Powell Odyssey Tutorial to the Patches and Manuals
pages. Thanks to Guy Phethean for sending me an audio tape from
London,
England. Go there now.
04 Dec 2002: Added an MP3 file
segment
to the History page from Herbie Hancock's 1974 hit song Chameleon,
showcasing his classic ARP Odyssey solo. Thanks to Cedric C.
Carter
for this contribution.
Go there now.
03 Dec 2002: Added a picture of
the
cover of the second edition of the book, Learning Music With
Synthesizers,
to
the Manuals page. This will accompany the picture already there
of
the first edition. Thanks to Bob
Hanna for providing this to us. Go there
now.
26 Nov 2002: Added a new patch Lead Ring by Andrew Sanchez to the Patches page. Go there now.
24 Nov 2002: Added installation
instructions
to the Schematics page for adding PPC (Proportional Pitch Control)
to the Odyssey. Thanks to Andy for this significant contribution.
Go
there now.
24 Nov 2002: Added a transcription of
the
original Odyssey Strings patch panel overlay to the Overlays
page.
Thanks to Bob Hanna for sending it to me. Go
there now.
23 Nov 2002: Added an MP3 file to the
History
page of the ARP Odyssey PPC (Proportional Pitch Control) demo.
This was mailed out as a floppy record in Contemporary Keyboard
magazine
about 1979 or so. I'm
unsure of the exact month and year. Thanks to Cedric C. Carter
for
mailing me a copy on cassette so I
could convert it to MP3 format. Go there
now.
23 Nov 2002: Finally added the Roger
Powell
Patches and Tutorial book to the Manuals and Patches pages. Thanks
to Bob Hanna for sending them to me twice! Go
there now.
10 June 2001: Added circuit board
pictures
contributed by Michael Overacker to the Schematics page.
Go there now.
10 June 2001: Added links to various mail-order electronic parts suppliers to the Parts page. Go there now.
05 June 2001: Added an MP3 file of the
original
Odyssey patch Screamo Organo, thanks to Andrew Sanchez
You gotta go check this one out! You'd swear you were listening
to
a Hammond B3. Go there now.
01 June 2001: Added a scan of a 1975 ARP
String
Ensemble ad starring the Carpenters to the Links page.
Go there now.
29 May 2001: Added a new patch Tomita by Andrew Sanchez to the Patches page. Go there now.
29 May 2001: Added Odyssey
disassemby
photos to the Schematics page. Thanks to Andrew Sanchez for
contributing
these. Go there now.
28 May 2001: Added instructions on
how
to do the 4072/4075 filter mod for greater freq response.
Contributed
by
Josue Arias. Go there now.
18 May 2001: Added a new patch from Andrew Sanchez called S/H Sync Lead. Go there now.
26 April 2001: Added an Odyssey promotional poster circa 1976 to the History page. Go there now.
26 April 2001: Added new photos to the Gallery page from Davy Maengkom in Amsterdam. Go there now.
19 April 2001: Added another page detailing the history of ARP Instruments, Inc. Go there now.
19 April
2001:
Added some interesting pictures to the Gallery page from Maciej Polak
in
Poland. Besides his
Odyssey, he also shows a Russian synth, and an extremely rare Solina
String
Synthesizer, which is a
combination ARP String Ensemble and ARP Explorer 1. Supposedly
only
about 100 were ever
produced. Go there now.
14 April 2001: Added More Info on Odyssey Model Changes to the History page. Go there now.
14 April 2001: Added a photo of Steve Siers' keyboard set up to the Gallery page. Go there now.
14 April 2001: Added my patch Top Gun - Danger Zone to the Patches page. Go there now.
13 April 2001: Added a link to Keyboard Museum's info on ARP's Odyssey prototype, "The Hot Rod." Go there now.
08 April 2001: Added a link to CAE's replacement VCF modules for the Odyssey. Go there now.
07 April 2001: Added a link to an ARP Odyssey page in Russian to the History page. Go there now.
07 April
2001:
Added a 1974 Led Zeppelin JIMMY PAGE Arp synth ad and a 1975
THE
WHO Pete Townshend Arp
synthesizer ad to the History page. Go
there
now.
30 Mar 2001: Added a picture of Mike Overacker's Odyssey to the Gallery page. Go there now.
27 Mar
2001:
Added another Odyssey promo poster circa 1981 to the History
page.
Thanks to Kevin Lightner.
Go there now.
16 Mar 2001: Added a page describing the manufacturing and release dates for the Odyssey. Go there now.
25 Feb 2001: Added Andrew Sanchez's Odyssey Slider Pot Value Chart to the Schematics page. Go there now.
24 Feb 2001: Added my newest patch Fletch Lives to the Patches page. Go there now.
24 Feb 2001: Added Yahoo Auctions to the Sales page. Go there now.
23 Feb
2001:
Added a couple of links to photos of Josue Arias' ARP Avatar
modded
with patch point jacks.
Go there now.
23 Feb
2001:
Added links for the Encore Expressionist and Kenton's CV/MIDI
converters
to the Accessories page.
Go there now.
15 Feb 2001: Added the spectral image of Andrew Sanchez hovering in front of his whiteface Odyssey. Go there now.
13 Feb 2001: Added a link to Synthesizers.com on the Links page. Go there now.
11 Feb 2001: Added a link to the email list "Synth-Brasil," a synth discussion group in Portuguese. Go there now.
11 Feb 2001: Added Manhatten Audio Consultants to the Techs page. Go there now.
11 Feb
2001:
Added a link to subscribe to the Synth-DIY email list. If you're
into synth repairs, you'll probably
want to join this list. Go there now.
09 Feb 2001: Added two photos from the Rev. Stevie Fever and his studio setups to the Gallery page. Go there now.
08 Feb
2001:
Added MP3 files of my patches Ted Nugent's Axxe and Rolling
Thunder
to the Patches page.
Go there now.
07 Feb 2001: Added a photo of the keyboard rack that currently holds my Odyssey. Go there now.
06 Feb 2001: Added a link to Marc Chabbert's Odyssey Page in Français to the Links and History page.
05 Feb
2001:
Added a picture of baby Quentin Chabbert in France soloing on a
whiteface
Odyssey.
These babies really seem to like their whitefaces for some
reason.
I added it to the Gallery page.
Go there now.
03 Feb 2001: Added two Odyssey promotional posters from about 1975 to the History page. Go there now.
25 Jan 2001: Added a link to E-mu Synths and Samplers to the Links page. Go there now.
25 Jan 2001: Added photos of Troy Micheal Stultz's Odyssey and studio set-up to the Gallery page. Go there now.
24 Jan
2001:
Added photos of the "ARP Baby"......Adam Ross Peglar (ARP), born
8/31/1999,
playing his dad's
whiteface Odyssey! Go there now.
21 Jan
2001:
Added three more patch panel overlay transcriptions to the Overlays
page,
courtesy of Roger Lesinski.
They are Concertina, Country Guitar and Clarinet or Brass.Go
there now.
16 Jan
2001:
Added a number of MP3 files to the 1976 Odyssey Manual Patches page,
courtesy
of Andrew Sanchez.
Go there now.
16 Jan
2001:
Received three more patch panel overlay transcriptions from Maciej
Polak
in Poland. They are
Cellos,
Classic
Patch and Tuned Noise. I have added them to the
Overlays
page. Go there now.
09 Jan 2001: Added an MP3 file of Andrew Sanchez's 5ths patch to the Patches page. Go there now.
06 Jan 2001: Added a photo of the Anselm Meyer Studio in Germany to the Gallery page. Go there now.
05 Jan 2001: Added new patch S/H Buzz and Burble by Toby Paddock to the Patches page. Go there now.
04 Jan
2001:
Added instructions to the Mods page for installing the Synhouse
MIDIJACK
on the Arp Odyssey.
Go there now.
03 Jan
2001:
January 2001 web site of GAJOOB Music Resource & Review featured a
review of this web site.
I have placed a link to a scan on our History page. Go
there now.
01 Jan 2001: Added MusicTek Services of North Hollywood, California to our Techs page. Go there now.
28 Dec
2000:
January 2001 issue of Keyboard Magazine featured a review of this web
site.
I have placed a link to the
review on our History page. Go there now.
27 Dec 2000:
Added
Kevin Lightner to our Techs page. Our first repair facility for
SUNNY
southern
California! Go there now.
24 Dec 2000: Added The Gear Closet to the Sales page. Go there now.
24 Dec
2000:
Added all 75 patches of the original 1981 Arp Odyssey Patch Book to the
Patches page. Merry
Christmas and sorry for making you all wait so long for them. Go
there now.
14 Nov
2000:
Added a couple of new photos to the Gallery page. These were
submitted
by Toby Paddock showing
him in his lab using his Odyssey as a tracking detuned strobe
trigger.
Go
there now.
05 Nov
2000:
Added a new section to the directory: Gallery: Odysseys in Action.
Here I would like to post pictures
of people using their Odysseys. Submissions are welcome but they
must
include both a person and an
Odyssey. Go there now.
05 Nov
2000:
Added two new patch panel overlay transcriptions from Maciej Polak in
Poland;
Harmonica
and
Gutsy
Wind. Go there now.
05 Nov 2000: Added Sound on Sound magazine's classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
04 Nov
2000:
Found an EXCELLENT article on the history of the Odyssey in the
archives of the UK music magazine
Sound on Sound by author Gordon Reid. He features a detailed
comparison of the Odyssey with
the MiniMoog. Go there now.
04 Nov
2000:
On the Mods page I added a layout for an Odyssey with knobs instead of
sliders ala MiniMoog.
Go there now.
31 Oct 2000: Added patch Sonar by David Berg to the Patches page. Go there now.
26 Oct
2000:
Added two more patch panel overlays from Maciej Polak; Jazz organ
w/
Fuzz Wah and WOW!
Go there now.
25 Oct 2000: Added patch Meteor Scream by David Berg to the Patches page. Go there now.
24 Oct
2000:
Added links to scans of electronic parts lists for the Odyssey circuit
boards on the Parts page.
Go there Now.
24 Oct
2000:
Began adding transcriptions of the original ARP Odyssey patch panel
overlays
to the Patches page.
Thanks to Maciej Polak for transcribing them and sending them to me
from
Poland. Go there now.
24 Oct
2000:
Did
MASSIVE upgrade to the Schematics page with direct links to
scans of every schematic and circuit
board. Go there now.
24 Oct 2000:
Added
patches Air Raid Siren 1, E-Bass, Heavy Bass and Heavy
Bass 2
by
David Berg to the Patches
page. Go there now.
24 Oct 2000: Added Noise Modification Upgrade to the Mods page. Go there now.
19 Oct 2000: Just in time for the holiday, I added Halloween Patch by Toby Paddock. Go there now.
18 Oct
2000:
Added NSSC - The Northern Synthesizer Service Centre to our Techs
page.
Our second repair facility
for Europe and the UK! Go there now.
17 Oct 2000: Added Keyboard Magazine's classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
17 Oct 2000: Added Keyboardplayer.com's classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
17 Oct 2000: Added Synthmuseum.com's classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
16 Oct
2000:
Because the Arp Odyssey and the Minimoog were considered competitors
and
arch rivals in the
synthesizer world, I have included a courtesy link to the Minimoog site
on the main directory page. The
author of that page is attempting to do what we have done with the Arp
Odyssey page. Go there now.
16 Oct 2000:
Added
height, width, depth and weight measurements for the three different
Odyssey
models to the Specs
page. Also added photo of the three versions to the top of the
page.
Thanks to Toby Paddock for
researching the data and doing the HTML work on this. Go
there now.
3 Oct
2000:
Took my old patch Fuzz Guitar and renamed it Ted Nugent's
Axxe.
Figure
more people will try it out
with that name. Go there now.
3 Oct 2000: Added my new patch Touch-Tone Telephone to the patches section. Go there now.
3 Oct 2000: Uploaded massive improvement to my Rolling Thunder patch. Go there now.
3 Oct
2000:
Added a long overdue acknowledgment on the main intro page to
Mike
Overacker for his gracious
donation of the web space for the Ultimate Arp Odyssey Information
Resource
Page. Sorry, Mike!
Go there now.
1 Oct 2000: Added Big City Music to the Sales page. Go there now.
28 Sept 2000: Added ARPtech to the Links page. Go there now.
27 Sept 2000: Added Rogue Music of New York, New York to the Techs page. Go there now.
25 Sept 2000: Added Gerry Dahl of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota to the Techs page. Go there now.
24 Sept 2000: Added Smart Parts of Mt. Prospect. Illinois to the Parts and Schematics pages.
24 Sept 2000: Added Musician's Service Center of San Jose, California to the Techs page. Go there now.
24 Sept 2000: Added Custom Audio Electronics (CAE) of San Mateo, California to the Techs and Parts pages.
24 Sept 2000: Added Vintagesynth.com's e-Classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
24 Sept 2000: Added Free Musician's Classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
23 Sept 2000: Added Sonic State Classifieds to the Sales page. Go there now.
23 Sept 2000: Added Digibid.com to the Sales page. Go there now.
23 Sept 2000: Added Analogsynths.com to the Manuals page. Go there now.
23 Sept
2000:
Added Kurt's Amps and Keyboards to the Techs
and
Parts
pages. Our first Odyssey tech listed for the
western United States!
23 Sept
2000:
Added footnote to the "Odyssey Footpedal CV Mod" on the Mods
page.
Allows MIDI control of the
VCF Cutoff Frequency. Cooool! Go
there now.
22 Sept 2000: Odyssey Owner's Manual added to the Manuals page. Go there now.
21 Sept
2000:
Added links to two photos of Paul Nagle's keyboardless Odyssey MK II on
the Mods page.
Go there now.
21 Sept
2000:
Added listings for Music Control Audio Services Ltd to the Odyssey Schematics,
Manuals,
Techs and For Sale
pages.
Our first Odyssey tech listed for Europe!
20 Sept 2000: Added Mike Jay's Professional Audio Repair to the Techs page. Go there now.
20 Sept 2000: Added patch Complex by Jordan Gibson. Go there now.
20 Sept 2000: Corrected submitter's name from Jason Gibson to Jordan Gibson on Mods page. My apologies!
19 Sept 2000: Added DB Musical Electronics to the Odyssey Techs page. Go there now.
19 Sept 2000: Added notation on the book, Learning Music with Synthesizers, on the Manuals page. Go there now.
18 Sept 2000: Added two patches by David Berg; Spacy Birds/Underwater Bubbles and Think Sync Go there now.
18 Sept 2000: MIDI/CV Conversion with the Vesta Fire MDI-1 added to the Mods page. Go there now.
17 Sept 2000: 12 patches from the original
Odyssey
Owner's Manual added to the Patches page. Go
there now.