Welcome to ODC 2800!
In the 1970s, a select few analog monophonic synthesizers stood at the pinnacle of success, their unique sounds and features inspiring a world of musicians in rock, jazz, and beyond. As usual for such successes, other companies moved to get in on the action with their own designs. Interestingly, if you compare those imitators' feature sets, one thing becomes obvious: the synthesizer they were imitating most closely was not the ubiquitous Minimoog... it was the ARP Odyssey.
The Odyssey took the music world by storm in 1972, and never went out of production through ARP's entire history, even as the original white-panel Mk I version (the ARP Model 2800) gave way in 1975 to the black-and-gold Mk II (Model 2810), followed in its turn by the black-and-orange Mk III (Model 2820) in 1978. Each of the three versions had its own unique sound, with new voltage-controlled filter designs and new performance features, and many have been the arguments over which version is "best." Wouldn't it be wonderful to have access to all three?
Cherry Audio's ODC 2800 starts out as a faithful emulation of the ARP Odyssey, including a choice of all three filter circuits. In classic Cherry Audio fashion, we then take the design even further, preserving the Odyssey sound while adding a third VCO, more envelope functionality, an extra LFO, expanded noise and portamento options, extensive aftertouch control, a powerful arpeggiator, built-in effects... and up to 16-note polyphony.
How To Use This Manual
We've organized this manual as a series of short sections, each covering a particular feature or function set. When relevant, you'll find inline links to other section to make crossreferencing easy, and each section will end with a quick link to the next.
Like every other synthesizer ever made, the Odyssey was laid out for quick and intuitive use, not for making it easy to write a manual without jumping around a lot. For that reason, when we go through the plugin, we'll order things conceptually rather than literally read the panel from left to right. We're going to quickly cover the basic functions available in the Top Toolbar, then dive into the architecture of ODC 2800 – first the actual audio path, then control and modulation features, and finally the many cool extras the plugin has to offer.
Technical Assistance
Cherry Audio's unique online store and automatic updating should make using this instrument a smooth experience, but if you run into any issues or have questions, you can discuss issues online at the Cherry Audio forums:
https://forums.cherryaudio.com/
... or you can communicate directly with our helpful, handy, and devastatingly fashionable tech support staff at the link below.
https://cherryaudio.kayako.com/
Let's get started!
ARP® and ARP ODYSSEY® are registered trademarks of Korg Inc. There is no association, affiliation or endorsement of Cherry Audio or its products by Korg. References here to ARP and the Odyssey synthesizer by ARP Instruments are included as historical reference.
