Another beauty via §ILLON§, who brought us the custom KORG Legacy MS20 controller below, as well as the custom Casio SK5 posted here."Note that this is however not the final version. Nice woodside panels will be used and there is a paint job to do on the keyboard metal panel. But basically you'll get the picture and it's fully working.
For the tech part:
- change the sliders caps to match colorful original Arp Odyssey caps- added a 25 keyboard with aftertouch (originally a E-mu Xboard 25).
- Unit has now its dedicated volume slider.
- The three led switchs under pitch and mod wheels correspond to: Octave - / Latch / Octave +
- The three little pots next to volume sliders correspond to: pitch bend range / aftertouch to filter range / aftertouch to pitch range.
- The 2 switchs next to the pots correspond to: env retrigger / last note mode
It was very easy to do the job actually. The E-mu is a great controller and very resistant. I unsoldered most of the pots and while doing that I had a strange feeling: I was here unsoldering knobs from a midi keyboard because I had too much of them, and I remembered those days when you would have sold your mother to get a midi keyboard with just two real time controllers."
The thin wood side panels remind me of the Orange and Black Odyssey. Very nice work. I love it. Click here for one more shot and be sure to click on the images above for the full sized shots.
Wow, that is a thing of beauty. Someone had a thread going on VSE hoping someone would relicense ARP or whatever since Moog & Smith been all the excitment lately, RIP Alen or not hah that was funny, but seeing this might be worth noting. ProOdyssey very ARP Odyssey like in looks with that controller attached, that might be worth trading an original or an A6. Got my hampster's excercise wheel rolling.
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"Got my hampster's excercise wheel rolling."
ReplyDeleteYes, me too!
It does look rather snazzy; if someone belted me over the head with it I sure as all heck wouldn't complain.
Too bad it doesn't sound anything like a real Ody.
ReplyDeletemmm It does sound like an Ody, and much more thanx to polyphony and that minimoog filter emulation.
ReplyDeleteCheck the Sound on sound review
lojArnold Schwarzenegger farting sounds nothing like a real oddy, a prodyssey on the other hand sounds a bit more like one.
ReplyDeleteObviously you both haven't owned a real Ody.
ReplyDeletecreamware's emulations are really impressive. don't know about the prodyssey, but the prophet and minimoog boxes do not disappoint. best analog emulation out there, bar none.
ReplyDeleteThe Prodyssey does a nice job of covering alot of Odyssey sounds, if you ever played both you'd have to agree, the Creamware clones are great bargins. Not replacements for the originals but alot less hassles, broken and stiff sliders,costly repairs, insane ebay prices for broken gear, no thanks! I love what Creamware has done and this DIY mod is smokin.
ReplyDeleteIt's sort of hard to tell who's talking to who with anonymous comments ain't it?
ReplyDeleteGod, this is awesome. I love it!
ReplyDeletewhere oh where did those new colored slider caps come from and what are their specs so I might order some?!?!
ReplyDeleteAmazing work, by the way.
JR
For the sliders, check
ReplyDeletehttp://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/arpomni/slidercaps.html
As mentionned, those are made for switches but you only need to twist them with your finger and they fit on the sliders.
Wow, it really looks fantastic...
ReplyDeleteMakes me wish a was a bit more handy.
Does anyone know of someone who would do modifications like this against money?