KORG to Re-release ARP Odyssey

Sounds like the ARP Odyssey may be back this year, wonder what a Korg/ARP logo/insignia will look like

http://createdigitalmusic.com/…goes-1972/

I think they're still pondering how to bring it up to date (MIDI, USB, etc) yet retain the looks and original analog (equivalent) electronics inside. Perhaps like Moog did with the Taurus 3, which is great.

A few years back switching through TV channels I came across some BBC radiophonic workshop documentary already half way through, a guy demonstrated how the Dr. Who original theme was composed, with one hand he played the Bass rhythmic rumble and with the other the whistling melody line on an ARP Odyssey, now the ARP use for the main melody line did not surprise me as any synth was able to produce a sinewave based whistle, but the the use of the Yamaha CS80 just for a simple bass line (which again could have been done with many other synths) was surprising:
on one hand it felt underutilised, on the other how versatile that synth really was. That's what the guys had in that studio and used it as they wanted

Funny how the world goes around in circles...
The mentally unstable analogue was displaced by the crystal clear Digital synths cheaper to make, presets recall functions and countless sound synthesis methods/names.

When people got saturated by crystallin perfect sounds always in tune, some grunging up was devised with distorsion, tape saturation, clicks'n'pops, etc. to sound "natural".

Then all the boxes got "virtualised" inside computers, the new synths became studios/workstations and now we come full circle with analog done right

Even Roland announced the AIRA line for reintroducing emulations of their older stuff like TB-3=TB303 bass synth, TB-8=TB808 drum machine, the new VT-3 vocder will sport a LoFi effects, while the rumour machine mentions new Jupiter 8 & 8000...

The question then is if these new re-inventions will re-inspire Musicians as the original instruments did long ago, and even if it would the audience changed.
But, to Korg, Roland & Others that may give the old stuff in a new box a go.

Well, I agree that You not necessarily need the little helpers, for the fun...

Then again, if today we have more options, why not include them? Might still turn out useful one day.

To me personally it's the same, as I never will be able to afford a bigger synth anyway. But i definitely would love to get my hands on one, preferably the original...

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