ARP Odyssey Mk. III (Model 2821) Vintage Synthesizer with Flight Case, Patch Book and Manuals

Description

Forget all your modern day ARP Odyssey reproductions - this is the real deal and a great example of a legendary vintage synth from the late 1970s.

I have owned this fantastic synth for many years and it was well looked after in my smoke and pet-free home studio before being stored in its flight case.

The Odyssey has CV and Gate ports which means it can be used with a step sequencer, or a MIDI sequencer if you happen to own a MIDI to CV converter.

I also comes with a very sturdy flight case, original manual, patch book and printed service manual.

The keys are even and they all play fine, however please note one of the slider caps is missing (see pics). This doesn't affect playability at all and replacements can be easily sourced online.

If you know your vintage synths this one needs no introduction. Famous Odyssey users include Billy Currie (Ultravox), Gary Numan, John Foxx, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode), Chick Corea, Roger Powell, George Duke, 808 State and countless others.

Further information from the web:

The ARP Odyssey was an analog synthesizer introduced in 1972. Responding to pressure from Moog Music to create a portable, affordable (the Minimoog was US$1,495 upon release) "performance" synthesizer, ARP scaled down its popular 2600 synthesizer and created the Odyssey, which became the best-selling synthesizer they made.

The Odyssey is a two-oscillator analog synth (the Minimoog has 3 oscillators and its sound is considered "fatter"). The Odyssey was the first synthesizer with duophonic capabilities (the ability to play two notes at the same time). Many cite ARP's semi-modular 2600 as the first duophonic synthesizer; however, the 2600 was originally shipped with a monophonic controller keyboard, with a duophonic keyboard not being released until after the Odyssey's release. One potential appeal of the Odyssey is the fact that all parameters, including a resonant low-pass filter, a non-resonant high-pass filter, ADSR and AR envelopes, triangle (not sine) and square wave LFO, and a sample-and-hold function are editable with sliders and buttons on the front panel.

There were many versions of the Odyssey over the years.

Odyssey Mk III (Model 2820-2823) was produced from 1976 to 1981 - The Mk III featured the new 4075 filter design. The rest of its specifications are virtually identical to the Odyssey II except that the overall look and quality are further updated to match the look of the latest ARP synths with the orange and black "Halloween" color scheme. It also used a unique ARP pitch-bender design called the PPC (Proportional Pitch Control), where three pressure-sensitive buttons are used to control bend up, down, and vibrato; older Odysseys used a simple knob for pitch bending. The Odyssey Mk III is the most common Odyssey model - Mk III Odysseys have XLR outputs, in addition to unbalanced 1/4" outputs.

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