ARP ODYSSEY now on Korg.com site!

RKfan · Post by **RKfan** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:51 am

I thought I heard that they are doing limited special editions too (whiteface, black and gold)..

RKfan · Post by **RKfan** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:00 am

Product Specifications:

Keyboard: 37-note (Slimkey, No velocity sensitivity, No aftertouch)
Maximum Polyphony: 2 voices for duophonic; normally monophonic
Controllers: Transpose Positions: 2 octaves down, normal, 2 octave up
Proportional Pitch Control: b (Pitch down) Pad: about -2 / 3 octave – (Modulation) Pad
# (Pitch-up) Pad: about +2 / 3 octave
Noise Generator: Noise Spectrum Types (white and pink)
Portamento: Maximum Speed: about 0.01 msec./oct
Minimum Speed: about 1.5 sec./oct
VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator): Waveforms: Sawtooth, Square, Pluse (Dynamic Pluse)
Frequency Range: VCO-1 in low freq. mode, 0.2 Hz – 20 Hz: VCO-1 and VCO-2 (audio range) about 20 Hz – 20 kHz
Warm Up Drift: 1/30 semitone from turn on max
Pulse Width: 50 % – 5 %
Pulse Width Modulation: ADSR, +45 %; LFO, +15 %
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.
* VCO-1 is low note priority, VCO-2 is high note priority.
VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter): Types: Low pass (I: 12 dB/oct., II III: 24 dB/oct.)
Frequency Range: 16 Hz – 16 kHz
Maximum Usable Q: 30
Resonance: 1/2 – self oscillate
Voltage Controlled Response: C3 key (left edge): 0 V, C6 key (right edge) 3 V
VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier): Dynamic Range: 80 dB
Ring Modulator:
Type: Digital
Input Signal: VCO-1, VCO-2 (square wave)
Sample & Hold:
Command Sources: Keyboard or LFO trigger
Sampled Signals: VCO-1 sawtooth wave and square wave, VCO-2 square wave and pink noise
ADSR Envelope Generator:
Attack Time: 5 msec. – 5 sec.
Decay Time: 10 msec. – 8 sec.
Sustain Level: 0 – 100 % or Peak
Release Time: 15 msec. – 10 sec.
AR Envelope Generator:
Attack Time: 5 msec. – 5 sec.
Release Time: 10 msec. – 8 sec.
Control Input Jacks:
Pedal: ?6.3 mm monaural phone jack
Portamento Foot Switch: ?6.3 mm monaural phone jack
Audio Output Jacks:
LOW:
Connector: ?6.3 mm monaural phone jack
Maximum Output Level: -20 dBu@ 10 k? load
Output Impedance: 10 k?
HIGH:
Connector: XLR connector
Maximum Output Level: +4 dBu@ 1 k? load
Output Impedance: 330 ?
Headphones Jack:
Connector: ?6.3 mm stereo phone jack
Maximum Output Level: 50 mW + 50 mW@ 33 ? load
Output Impedance: 10 ?
* Controllable by volume knob.
External Audio Input (Ext Audio Input) Jack:
Connector: ?6.3 mm monaural phone jack
Maximum Input Level: -10 dBu
Input Impedance: 22 k?
MIDI Connector:
IN
USB Connector:
Type B
CV IN/OUT Jacks:
Keyboard CV (IN/OUT): 1 V/oct.
Connector: ?3.5 mm monaural phone jack
GATE IN/OUT Jacks:
GATE IN: +3 V (minimum)
GATE OUT: +10 V, key down; 0 V all keys up
Connector: ?3.5 mm monaural phone jack
TRIG IN/OUT Jacks:
TRIG IN: +3 V pulse min., 10 ?sec. Duration minimum
TRIG OUT: +10 V pulse on key depression, 10 ?sec. Duration
Connector: ?3.5 mm monaural phone jack
Power Supply: AC adapter jack (DC 9 V)
Power Consumption: 6.5 W
Dimensions (W x D x H): 502 x 380 x 120 mm / 19.76″ x 14.96″ x 4.72″
Weight: 5 kg / 11.02 lbs
Accessories:
AC adapter, phone cable, mini-phone cable, owner’s manual, dedicated semi-hard case
Options:
VP-10 Volume Pedal, PS-1/PS-3 Pedal Switch

Pricing and Availability.

The new Korg ARP Odyssey has an MSRP $1400. Availability is TBA.

This comes from Synthopia

RKfan · Post by **RKfan** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:01 am

Actual price $999 in US

xp50player · Post by **xp50player** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:35 am

Good luck to the people selling restored models on eBay for $2800-$5999. Ok, now make me a Quadra.

Kevin Nolan · Post by **Kevin Nolan** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:39 am

Slim keys !

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:55 am

jeremykeys wrote:I probably shouldn't have posted this here but to me it's just so freaking awesome that I had too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcd0-l-SxXc

Forgive me but I love fusion! And these guys are amazing! There's a Kronos so it ain't all bad.

SMOOTH!

Haven't seen Coster since the early seventy's - looks like he's got Jordan's goatee on backwards!

Thoraldus · Post by **Thoraldus** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:58 am

Kevin Nolan wrote:Slim keys !

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!

Borrowed from the RK-100S Keytar???

Bertotti · Post by **Bertotti** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 4:09 am

true to original or not I really don't want slim keys and don't think I would spend that kind of cash on something without aftertouch and velocity sensitivity no matter how true to the original it is. Now one caveat, the sound, I suppose if it really blows me away I could be swayed but now, not so much.

Broadwave · Post by **Broadwave** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:21 am

Bertotti wrote:true to original or not I really don't want slim keys

Same here - Would it really have cost much more for a full sized version?

On the plus side, I do like the fact that Korg have given a choice of transpose mode, either pre or post portamento along with all VCF revisions...

... BUT, just to be 100% pedantic - There's no switch to invert the phase of the VCO's - This may seem trivial, but it's a serious oversight. REV 1 and early Rev 2 Oddys had "falling" sawtooth outputs, the others had "Ramp" sawtooth - when you use VCO 1 to modulate the VCF or as a source for the S&H, the results are distinctly different between the MkI and MkIII.

Ultimately, the key size is a deal breaker

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:30 am

I wonder why they keep going with the size reduction with these reissues - first the ms20 and now this?

Broadwave · Post by **Broadwave** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:37 am

roblabs wrote:I wonder why they keep going with the size reduction with these reissues - first the ms20 and now this?

This is their ultimate aim - "Pico Pocket" versions of their entire line

billysynth1 · Post by **billysynth1** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:56 am

Slim keys...ahhh ok

Billy

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 8:03 am

womp womp

Ksynth · Post by **Ksynth** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:47 am

http://www.jrrshop.com/korg-arp-odyssey

Price looks like $999 usd

80% the size of the original and slim keys? Urgh

No firm release date yet.

Another review

http://www.musicradar.com/us/news/tech/ ... nth-614102

Jan1 · Post by **Jan1** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:44 pm

I'm sure Behringer loves KORG's decision to slap 'slim-sized' keys on the Odyssey...