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Prodyssey Oddity?
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:26 am
by gregae
Does anyone find it odd that the Prodyssey (an ARP Odyssey hardware recreation) is actually packaged into a cabinet designed to evoke the appearance of a Minimoog? Back in the day, ARP Odysseys were never built in wooden cabinets, lest they begin to resemble their competitors of the time, Moog Music. Odyssey synths were built in steel chassis with steel side plates, not wood. I recall that ARP avoided anything that made their synths look like a Moog. This was also one of the reasons why ARP used sliders instead of pots - it made the instrument look WAY different from anything Moog was producing.
To preserve a look of authenticity, shouldn't CreamWare have released the Prodyssey without the wood, and used steel or aluminum instead?
- G
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:09 pm
by cut
I took off my wooden end caps. I have my Prodyssey on a rack shelf and it slides out on the shelf so I can program sounds. It just fits on the rack shelf without the wooden caps and takes up 3 rack spaces. So the ends are now metal.
Anyway it's all about the sound. Only 128 presets are shipped with the unit and only 256 preset can be saved in the unit at one time. Can we use to forum to share sounds? I'm in the middle of creating a couple dozen sounds and would like to share them when finished and download others that Prodyssey owner create.
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 12:19 pm
by Anna Lüse
Presets for the Prodyssey by Axel Jungkunst, Germany:
http://www.elektropolis.de/axel.PDY
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:40 pm
by gregae
cut wrote:Anyway it's all about the sound.
No argument here - it's the sound that counts, not the case. Was just commenting about the design asthetic of the Prodyssey (mine is currently under the Christmas tree - no touchy until Christmas).
Thanks for the extra presets, Anna!
- Greg
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 2:22 am
by erminardi
Does anyone has this in Scope OS format? For the Prodyssey plugin? Thanks in advance...

Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:09 am
by Le Bone
Glad to see someone posting some presets. Any problems if I copy this url to "ASB Patch Database for all devices?". Swapping some presets would be great.
I agree, the sound is what it is all about and the Prodyssey rocks. I think having the wood panels makes it fit in nicely with the rest of the ASB range. Remember these are new versions of vintage classics and giving them a uniform Creamware identity makes alot of sense, marketting and ergonomically. You get the best of both worlds, whats that, you want jam on it too..........
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:54 am
by slammah2012
Le Bone wrote:
Glad to see someone posting some presets. Any problems if I copy this url to "ASB Patch Database for all devices?". Swapping some presets would be great.
I agree, the sound is what it is all about and the Prodyssey rocks. I think having the wood panels makes it fit in nicely with the rest of the ASB range. Remember these are new versions of vintage classics and giving them a uniform Creamware identity makes alot of sense, marketting and ergonomically. You get the best of both worlds, whats that, you want jam on it too..........
Could someone repost this sound set???
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 7:27 am
by Anna Lüse
simsalabim
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:42 am
by Le Bone
Thanks Anna, I have popped this into the Patch Database posting with the others.
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:06 am
by Anna Lüse
korrrrekt
Re: Prodyssey Oddity?
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:13 pm
by pr16
gregae wrote:Does anyone find it odd that the Prodyssey (an ARP Odyssey hardware recreation) is actually packaged into a cabinet designed to evoke the appearance of a Minimoog?
- G
yeah, the ARP /Moog antipathy was massive supposedly - notwithstanding the lawsuits ! there was a rumor last year that alan perlman wanted to restart the old ARP after a few words from him in keyboardmag...now that would be really great. ..
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:15 am
by slammah2012
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:12 pm
by hubird
life was simple then, if you did want to emphasize a word you just underlined it:
hot 
Posted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 5:25 am
by gregae
slammah2012 wrote:

Looks like somebody modified their Oddy...
Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 5:36 pm
by dawman
Thanks Brotha' Man Anna Lüse 4 The Presets,
I hope they work in the Klangs.
I bought 1 4 myself, and 1 4 the girls.
I like the wooden sides on the real ARP. But personally prefer the rack mounted Prods, that way I can use whatever controller I choose.
The B2004 Klangs are rare, but really nice to have.
Using these, and hardware reverbs really help in saving DSP's for custom synths and Modular based projects.
Starke Und Ehre.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:44 am
by SPOTS
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:18 pm
by gregae
Those multi-colored lights make it look like a cheap Christmas tree, IMO.
I wonder what was used for the lighted slider caps...
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:38 pm
by SPOTS
You may find more info there:
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/arp ... rp2800.htm
The auction on ebay has exceeded 3,500$ and there is still 1 day to go.

Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:14 pm
by hubird
would love to have it.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 5:42 pm
by Shroomz~>
That just looks silly
