From Andrew Horton Sent Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 16:34
From Andrew Horton Sent Mon, Mar 26th 2018, 16:34
Which filter is the best Odyssey filter? I have the reissue and can't decid= e. On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:53 AM, Lorne Hammond <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xx> wrote: > ahh well. power supply and the keyboard pcb are about stability and that = is > tied to tuning. looking at an old ody the next feature is how worn out th= e > scratchy sliders are, because if you want to paly those sliders live flui= d > smoothness makes a huge difference in "your" sound. > > so I sold off a mark I with sliders in poor condition but with the cool > filter to finance a mint Mark III with road case. The xlr output was a h= uge > improvement in sound (not tone, wimpy filter) for recording. No regret a= nd > buyer got a good karma deal. > > > > Counting fixes to design flaws you can have a (4012=3D2600 only), 4023 (1= 2 db > 2 pole, SEM-ish before the sem), 4035 (moog copy), (4072=3D2600) 4075 lim= ited > freq response , then 4075 w/resistor fix. Then custom low/mid/high. > > My mark II whose 4035 died was redone by JL at cantos with a filter from = a > solus. Lovely and nasty. > > > > The VCO boards were upgraded not for tone, but for scaling stability, tha= t > matters. But you can replace worn trimmers as needed on any board. > > The early keyboard pcb influences tuning (not just solos) and the Mark II= I > also included a better power supply. > > > > But the biggest difference is two things, playability for modulation of t= he > sliders (and Pedals!! I am huge on the pedals for arps which so many peop= le > ignore). > > and the filter absolutely. > > > > If you want to get real weird then there was the 2 voice kit for the > minimoog (rare) and the Rivera family of mods. > > Again the Moog reissue address a lot of these (useful were extra lfo done > like the Minimoog reissues and my fave adsr positive or negative into VCO= 3 > for pitchbends that end in tune (fingers crossed). > > The worst mini mods were the many failed attempts at preset tunings. > > > > Lorne > > > > From: annika morgan [mailto:xxxxxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx] > Sent: March-26-18 8:21 AM > To: Lorne Hammond <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xx>; analogue <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Subject: Re: [AH] Arp Odyssey documentation weirdness > > > > Do the board versions have much impact on the overall sound or is it most= ly > in the different filters? > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:01 AM Lorne Hammond <xxxxxxxx@xxxx.xx> wrote: > > my model two had a 4035 filter and rotary pitch and a Mark II keyboard, a > real mix of boards. They simply used up old boards from the previous mode= ls > > while assembling till the stock was gone. Any ARP dealer with a tech cou= ld > add cv/gate/trigger jacks with the factory kit. As sequencers became more > common people had that mod done. > > > > I have a PPC factory kit picked up at VEMIA to change a model from rotary > knob to PPC (which I like, lots don't, but the best bends are on the top = of > the pads not the middle). > > So it was unlike a modern model launch, unveiled with all new boards. > > > > Then to that add old machines coming in for repairs and getting a new boa= rd > or filter. Or having that high end filter flaw fixed. > > > > Within the Model I and even Billy Currie's Model II the MK 1 keyboard pcb > has the portamento circuit after the two octave switch, > > changed to pre in the Mark II (& changes for pitch stability). Currie mad= e > great use of that in his solos. > > > > It is an easter egg in the reissue (that little pen push hole on the far > right does either). Very cool and deeply thoughtful luxury design. > > Currie also played the sine to vco 1 slider a lot in his solos to get tha= t > screaming solo, and used a portamento pedal.. > > > > Lorne > > > > From: annika morgan [mailto:xxxxxx.x.xxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx] > Sent: March-25-18 9:01 PM > To: Analogue Heaven AH <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> > Subject: [AH] Arp Odyssey documentation weirdness > > > > According to the table on this page: > > http://www.vintagesynth.com/arp/odyssey.php > > > > The 2810 Mk II with a rotary pitch knob with 4035 filter did not come wit= h > CV. > > > > But my Odysssey is a 2810 model with a B1 voice board, a 4035 filter, a > rotary pitch knob AND CV gate/trig. > > > > So basically the odysssey I own shouldn=E2=80=99t exist according to this= table, yet > it does indeed exist. > > > > Maybe someone scavenged the 4035 board into it at some point before I > received it? Be curious to know what kinds of weird board configurations > there exists out there amongst Arp Odyssey owners. Whatever the case may = be, > mine is a weird one for sure. > > > >