ARP, THE LEGEND REBORN
In 2015, ARP's history was thrust into the spotlight with the rebirth of the ARP Odyssey. Synthesizer fans around the world were ecstatic - authentic reissues of some of ARP's most iconic and legendary synthesizers were finally about to be revealed. From the ARP ODYSSEY FS, with its full-size keyboard, to the long-awaited ARP 2600 FS and ARP 2600 M, ARP synths were once again at the forefront of the modern music scene.
THE ORIGINAL SOUND
Now, with the release of the ARP ODYSSEY FS kit, musicians have the opportunity to take the ARP legend on the road. True to the ARP Odyssey FS, the kit uses the same analogue circuitry as the reissue released in 2015, preserving the original warm and rich sounds that made this iconic synth famous in the 1970s.
The kit also features all the original Rev. 3 characteristics with a full-size keyboard and a black panel with orange silkscreen. And to make assembling the Odyssey easier, an illustrated guide is included;
no technical knowledge or soldering is required and the necessary tools for assembly are provided.With this kit, not only can you get the coveted ARP sound that many legendary musicians have been using for over 50 years, but you can also assemble it with your own hands.
AN EXTRA TOUCH OF ELEGANCE
The ARP Odyssey FS kit is a unique collector's instrument. It is distinguished from all other ARP Odyssey instruments by its own serial number engraved on an elegant metal plate.
Technical characteristics :
- Same features as the ARP Odyssey but with the same dimensions as the original model and with a 37-note large-key keyboard (light touch, no velocity or aftertouch)
- Black finish with orange silk-screen printing
- Max polyphony: 2 voices for duophonic mode - normally monodic
- All 3 low-pass filter types of the original series (Rev 1: 12 dB/octave, Rev2 and Rev3: 24 dB/octave)
Controlers
- Transposition position: -2 octaves, normal, +2 octaves
- Proportional tuning control :
- b (pitch down) pad: -2/3 octaves - (modulation) pad
- # (pitch-up) pad: + 2/3 octaves
Noise generator
Portamento
- Maximum speed: approx. 0.01 ms/oct Minimum speed: approx. 1.5 s/oct
VCO (voltage control oscillator)
- Waveforms: sawtooth, square, pulse (dynamic pulse)
- Frequency range: Vco-1 in low frequency mode, 0.2 Hz-20 Hz : Vco-1 and Vco-2 (bandwidth) 20 Hz-20 kHz
- Warm up drift : 1/30 of a semitone
- Pulse width: 50%-5%.
- Pulse width modulation: ADSR, +45%; Lfo,+15% Voltage controlled response: 1 V/oct.
- Voltage controlled response : 1 V/oct
- Maximum frequency shifts : Lfo sin wave, +1/2 oct; Lfo square wave, +1.5 oct; ADSR, +9 oct; S/H, +2 oct
- Vco1 gives priority to the lowest note, Vco2 to the highest note.
VCF (Voltage Control Filter )
- Types: low pass (1: 12 dB/oct, II and III: 24 dB/oct) Frequency range: 16 Hz-16 kHz Maximum usable Q: 30 Resonance: 1/2- self-oscillation Voltage controlled response: C 3 (left): 0 V, C 6 (right) 3 V
VCA (Voltage Control Amplifier)
Ring Modulator
- Type: digital Input signal: Vco-1, Vco-2 (square wave)
Sample & hold
- Sources: keyboard or Lfo trigger Destination: Vco-1 sawtooth and square, Vco-2 square and pink noise
Envelope generator ADSR
- Attack time: 5 ms - 5 s
- Decay time: 10 ms - 8 s
- Sustain level: 0-100% or peak
- Release time: 15 ms - 10 s
Envelope generator AR
- Attack time: 5 ms - 5 s Release time: 10 ms - 8 s
Pedal input jacks
- 6.35 mm footswitch connector
- Portamento: Monaural 6.35 footswitch
Audio outputs
- Low impedance
- 6.35 mm monaural jack
- Maximum output level: -20 dBu@ 10 kOhm
- Output impedance: 10 kOhm
- High impedance
- Connectors: XLR
- Maximum output level: +4 dBu@ 1 kOhm
- Output Impedance: 330 Ohm
- Headphone output
- 6.35 mm stereo jack connector
- Maximum output level: 50 mW + 50 mW@ 33 Ohm
- Output Impedance: 10 Ohm
External audio input
- Connector: 6.35 mm monaural jack
- Maximum input level: -10 dBu
- Input impedance: 22 k?
- Midi in connector
- USB connector: type B
- CV jack in/out
- CV keyboard (in/out): 1 V/oct
- Connector: 3.5 mm monaural
- Gate in/out jack
- Gate in: +3 V (minimum)
- Gate out: +10 V, note down; 0 V all notes up
- connector: 3.5 mm monaural jack
Power supply and dimensions
- Power supply: AC adapter (DC 9 V)
- Power consumption: 6.5 W
- Dimensions: 585 x 466 x 163 mm
- Weight : 7.3 kg
Accessories
- AC adapters
- 6.35 jack cable,
- 3.25 minijack cable,
- User's manual