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Korg ARP Odyssey Synthesizer (2015) – single sound demo

Marko is probably the first german guy to demo the machine for everyone to check all basic features of the Korg Odyssey 1 / 2 OSCs, Sync, Ringmod, Filter Sweeps .. it’s all in – don’t listen if you can’t „abstract“ the sound from the music you might want to do. ok, not the first.. Erste Demos vom Korgessy.   UPDATE: Test/Review in German of both – a Mk3 Original vs the new Korg one is here – all done by Marko „Retrosound“ Ettlich for Amazona.

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wARP – the next generation after Korg – ARP 2600 style synth

Roberto Raineri-Seith just posted this „wARP“ synth – are we getting a new  2600 from a non Korg organisation soon (from switzerland)? it has 4 waveforms on VCO1 and 3 unlike the original which is great for ringmod and FM. so it is not just „a clone“ – the AR / ADSR envelopes are kept. 3243,57€ (3400 SFr) which is a very fair price – UPDATE but atm the euro is weak so it’s a bit more than posted earlier. especially because switzerland isn’t a cheap place to live. alternate ideas is…

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Synthileaks II: Korg SQ1 Step Sequencer, MS20M Desktop (flat design), Korg ARP Odyssey Updates

SynthiLeaks II pre NAMM 2015 brings us: the 1 Voice, (2015)  Korg MS20M Analog Synthesizer this is what you get when you did your 2hrs work – all assembled – see the above link for all parts of that kit: which is a rack or desktop MS20 without keys (seems to be a kit, m is for „module“ in the meaning of „expander“) rumour: switch between old and new filter type on MS20M? the MS20M is totally superior to the normal MS20: it has: • OSC Sync (VCOs) • FM (VCOs) !! • Filter Switch…

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ARP Odyssey Korgessey Behringeressy. Korgs new ARPsichord #NAMM

ARP ODYSSEY is the one by Korg and seems to have full sized keys, 3 filters (2pole white face, moog and „Arp“ type of 24dB/oct) along with a drive switch and I assume it might have MIDI as simple as the MS20 mini has – note on and off – no velocity since the Odyssey has duophonic modes and is always in that mode it needs to be aware of 2 held keys. they seem to sell it under ARP rather than Korg?.. ..will  be here at NAMM 22.Jan 2015. as…

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ARP2600 Clone – TTSH – Two Thousand Six Hundred (DIY Kit) by Human Comparator

the ARP2600 Synth is almost as hard to get as the Jupiter 8. so why not just clone it – take the soldering iron to make it real? this is how it looks like.. Here’s a final well built Twentysixhundred TTSH ARP 2600 Minisynth – and it seems very right in size. At least for me. It will be available as a kit containing PCBs and front panel (Nothing is pre-built). -> The goal is to release it this fall, September preliminary. The exact price is not set yet. It will…

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Aftertouch controlled 2nd LFO in ARP Odyssey

They report for $485 you get a set of knobs added to the front of your Odyssey (matching colour to white/black faced ones) – Controllable are VCA, VCF or VCO1 or both, the LFO has 2 wave forms. all is meant to be controlled by Aftertouch which is the main new feature added: Hier sind die Informationen auf Deutsch – der Odyssey bekommt einen zusätzlichen LFO, den man per Aftertouch auslösen kann. Er wirkt wahlweise unabhängig auf Filter, Lautstärke oder Tonhöhe oder auch nur auf den ersten Oszillator. Das Ganze…

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