ARP ODYSSEY:Tutorial and Demo

I've just gone through this video with my unit, very helpful thanks! First live performance on Saturday - what can go wrong...

amazing, thanks

This video took my frustration away after I thought I'll never understand this synth... Now I learned already the basics and start to feel it, due to your explanations, thank you so much!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Probably the most concise, easy to understand, yet thorough explanations of any synth that I’ve ever seen. Well done, and thank you!

Amazing!

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Just got mine from Behringer. As a totally new synthi user I highly appreciate this video. Especially the overview with the graphical presentations helps a lot. For me this should be the video to start with. Phantastic job !!!

Thanks for going thru the trouble to make this. It was IMMENSELY helpful.

That was a nice tutorial. Cheers!

Came here for the same reason as @Big They. It seems so simple now you've explained it! Thank you.

Excellent video, using it with my Behringer Odyssey :) cheers.

Such an interesting synth. i have a software version included with my MPC One. Trying to learn this synth and how to separate the Vco's like a separate track to play together at different timing. if that makes sense. idk but i love the possibilities ive seen.

My other half just asked what’s wrong with our doorbell ?

Great tutorial for me.. very nicely organised and optimised content .. great .. Thank you :)

I’m actually using this video to help me understand the “Odyssey” plugin that recently came to Akai Force.

I normally consider myself reasonably synth savvy, but the interface has been a real headscratcher for me. Many thanks!

Always so clear and didactic. Thanks man!

I'm just looking for one thing specifically, how do i change the pattern/chord of an arpeggiated instrument (e.g., Soft Acid)?

This is whole very impressive to me but how do you deal with pitch tracking when moving the osc ? I mean if you want to use all this in a musical way it gets really complicated, doesn't it ?

And I just mean this question in an honest way!

There is a lot of info to process, good tutorial, Thanks.

watching this because i'm trying to learn the Odyssey synth on the latest MPC update. Really liked the sound but it was very confusing. This helps a lot but still trying to get used to it. Thanks!

Very helpful, thank you for your time.

today all MPC freaks will look like me this Tutorial!!

I just bought that synth and it's amazing. Your review has clarified several doubts I had, thank you very much!

Question. Every time I try to quickly change notes, there’s a bit of a drag/delay that comes along the notes which makes it sound cluttered when I play this. I’m wondering how I can fix that. Is that a duophonic thing? Cause I also noticed that you can’t really play chords on this thing lol thank you for the help

This is so helpful. Thanks a lot!

Thanks! Just got one and it was very helpful!

Absolute godsend! Bought one of these yesterday on a whim and it took me an hour just to get a sound. Playing beautifully now and this is exactly what I need. Worth mentioning that Korg also have a PDF of patches on their site which can be helpful too. Thank you so much for putting this together.

That was absolutely useful cheers!

This video actually helped me understand my BARP 2600 better! So bonus video points :)

Hey Starsky, is there any difference between the black and the white modules of this synth? This is REV 3 and the white is REV 1. Same thing, just a different looking outer shell or do they sound different? Cheers

There were so many other musical features you didn't even bother to try to demonstrate, like tuning the VCO 1 Square Wave Modulation to a musical interval or using VCO 1 in the Low Frequency mode to Modulate the Filter. You didn't use the Pedal to modulate the Filter or VCO 2 when Phase Synchronized to VCO 1.

Not so puzzling anymore. Thanks

Maybe I missed it , probably a switch but how do I tune it? My octaves are out of tune. I keep tuning it but if I change let's it's out of tune again.

If you want to punish your ears then wear headphones for this review. :)

Great tutorial, informative and concise! Cheers from Boston!

I can't tell you how awesome this video is! To have someone walk you through each feature one by one is super helpful- very well done- much respect! Now if you could do one for the wave station, or mono-poly? Cheers!

I just recently got Karp Odyssey module. Hoping someone can help me. I am wondering what connection to use to connect to my mixer. Why is there both a high (xlr) and low (1/4") on this synth? And in this video both are plugged in? Is the high/xlr balanced? I can only use unbalanced with my mixer. Help and advice about this would be appreciated.

Great demo !

Thank you! Very thorough!

This is great! I wish I'd had this to guide me a month or so ago when my Barp Odyssey arrived. Great sounds but totally different controls from any other synth I've played. There was much head scratching.

Arp is a head fuck. Great video.

I purchased the Korg Arp Odyssey (White) back in 2015. I was excited to get my hands on the synth I heard on so many records back in the day. Unfortunately I was lost and unable to get a decent sound out of it (however I was the go to guy whenever someone needed a sound of someone farting). It's been sitting in my studio untouched for many years but with the lock-down I decided to revisit the instrument and more importantly educated myself. I found several videos but I have to say that yours in my opinion was the most informative and easy to follow. I've been watching your reviews for years and I just wanted to thank you for such an informative video.

Thanks very much for your time and energy for sharing this video!

Just got the Behringer today and it just so happens to be my very first synth. Maybe not the best choice to cut my teeth on eh? But I started getting sounds pretty quick. I certainly have questions though and this video is just what I needed. Thanks.

Thank you, great movie and tutorial!!!!!!!!

Thank you!

This was helpful to understand my Bodyssey.

Great tutorial, especially the explanation on the S&H mixer. The Ring modulator sounds clangorous!

Picked one up yesterday, this got me going straight away, awesome tutorial, many thanks!

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