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I love that Duophonic split oscillator action. That filter is mean as hell too. Just sounds so punk. Like the whole thing sounds so wavery and unpredictable. in the best way.
Right around 4:40... Going from those pan pipes to that sudden squelch and on from there was awesome! You had the rest of your performance in perfect Harmony till the end. This has to be one of your top five videos and most creative of this series. And I'm not saying that just because I own an odyssey (the Behringer). The transitions we're just so "ON". Long seamless streams of shapeshifting. Bravo! I love using the simple short-keybed synths, even just duophonic or quad...to develop themes and actually having that as the backbone for more organic and acoustic tracks, guitar, drums, everything... I always thought I'd really love to try a Mopho 4x to compose.
@Krisp 85 - The synth in this demo IS a mono-synth so that kind of limits it to basslines and wild single note melodies. Also, check out a lot of Jexus' other videos. The guy can really play and gets amazing sounds out of his synths that no-one else has been able to.
Very inspiring and the best oddy vid on the tube! Finally got a nice mk2 myself and I must say this vid speeded that decision up! Good fun and great sound (tried settings from what I could see, no luck) at 1.20 with the car chase. Wish there were more vids like this, but there's only one such thing as the oddy! :D
Still have my first synth: Odyssey, circa 1981, with the finger pad vibrato/pitch thingies, but the second oscillator kept going out. I guess I gotta get it repaired before using it again!! Man, the soundscapes I did in the early 80's just using the ARP and my Juno-60...called it "Scenic Music", going through Echoplexes...heaven
Still got 'em--you can hear one online--"Along The Way"--at: soundcloud.com/stargazer21 (my artist title). I also have music on Reverbnation and Soundclick under that moniker. I need to digitize the others for upload, but they're pretty long, like 45 min. long! Thanks for asking and for the curiosity. Cheers M8
Thanks! I have searched for this particular one but I'd never guessed it would be the Woodpecker one! I'm listening to it right now! You make fine stuff, I've followed you, my name on soundcloud is lewis'weirdmusic It would be great to hear the whole album. I'm also recording on cassette right now.
gotta say buddy, u know the oddyssey inside and out. i had one. theyre great machines. and youve tamed it. u popped on a saddle and rode that synth all around the sonic rodeo. good job :D
I love all your videos. You are the best. I've just gotten the new Arp and it is very difficult to use. I've also discovered the Blofeld because of your videos. That will be arriving in in two days. I am keeping the Arp but by no means is it for the novice like me. I will get back into it someday but for now I really need the presets of the Blofeld. I'm sure it's a lot easier than the Arp. Thanks for all your fantastic playing and creativity.
The arp is actually pretty easy, it has everything laid out for you! You just need to learn how to use a synthesizer, there are lots of great resources online
That sound at 05:32 sounds really interesting. And that synth sounds pretty interesting overall. Well, it also depends on what you do with it of course...
+cane creek I've gotten it just a few weeks ago. Definitely for expert level synth people. I find it a complete nightmare actually. I just ordered a Blofeld to work with for now. Still keeping the Arp reissue , not chickening out just yet though. I bought the black and orange one.
A nightmare? xD I think it's a straigthforward synth, you got everything in you face. I think it's only a matter of taste. I had also a Blofeld which I sold and bought an Alpha Juno instead, the Blofeld is more metallic than warm but it can produce warm sounds too.
ARP is so much like moog that it is crazy. I do have to say that moog is more reliable. What killed the ARP was dust getting in the sliders. Still a great synth! Thanks for posting.
Now that I've played with the ARP ODYSSEY I can safely say it is the BEST SYNTHESIZER EVER. Even better than the minimoog. Yeah I know the minimoog is warm and fuzzy and it has character but the odyssey can take you to 1000 MORE DIMENSIONS!!!!!!!!
thats crazy i was watching this video only 45mins ago again. Well im yet to find a synth i was after for a reasonable price over here in comparison to japan yet. But i guess it changes as the currencies change up and down. If one of these or a Korg 800 DV it would be nice.
The new synths are mostly digital and made to be as cheap as possible, so they don't sound as good. But honestly, the new analogs can sound just as good. The only problem is a lot of them are too simple (VCO, VCF, VCA, controlled by LFO and EGs, no extra stuff like S&H, ring mod, noise, etc) and can't make a lot of the more unusual sounds that analog synths are known for.
Hello, Jexus, if you're alive please answer, have you played KARP? How does it sound in comparison? Because this synth inspires me too and I don't want to sacrifice sound to modern features, size etc.
no, my reasoning is because the RAmini is exceedingly rare, and Odysseys are not. i've only seen a couple RAminis for sale over the last 5-10 years, while in the same time-frame hundreds of oddys have changed hands. it's an opportunity thing.
