Behringer Odyssey [DEMO & WALK THROUGH]

Leonard from Kosmic Sound demonstrates and gives a detailed walk through of the new Behringer Odyssey Analogue Synthesiser!
The Behringer Odyssey is an analog synthesizer featuring 37 full-size keys, Arppegiator and Klark Teknik FX, 32- Step Sequencer, 3-Way Multi-Mode VCFs and Dual VCOs. Based on the ARP Synthesizer from the '70s, this product features modern updates for expanded capabilities and allows you to create almost any sound! The Odyssey has been designed with attention to detail regarding original analog circuitry and VCO, VCF and VCA designs offering classic sound performance and elevated sound shaping capabilities. Dual Voltage Controlled Oscillators produce the Odyssey’s voices, whilst the Voltage Control Filter forms the heart of its sound. A 3-way position switch updates this product and allows you to choose a VCF filter that suits your vision. Two Envelope Generators, AR and ASDR, add to your crafting tools, whilst the Sequencer lets you program 32 steps of notes before saving them as a pattern and Klark Teknik effects provide world class-presets to incorporate into your music.
Browse the Behringer Odyssey Analogue Synthesizer here: www.kosmic.com.au/behringer-o...

[@niknayme3754]

Best budget synth of 2019, in my opinion. The first batch have white LEDs, the later batches have multicoloured ones. This is great synth for basses, leads and SFX. If you've got one and want to learn the different sounds it can make, look on the internet for the original Arp Odyssey manual and patch sheets. This synth is an improved repro of the original 3 Odyssey models that sold between 1970-1981.

[@brianhintze6440]

Great video, and well presented as always. Keep up the nice work and looking forward to more videos.

[@davidl8094]

Well presented. Great sounding synth. Thanks...

[@ArrayzableMusic]

Second button in the effects-section is also for TAP-TEMPO! Super easy to sync delay effect with arpeggiator or sequencer. Plus when the sequencer is synced via midi the tempo/gate slider works as a clock divider/doubler - awesome!! Love this synth! And this is a good presentation! :)

[@lillehammerexperimental]

That sounds dope! so it works with midi clock? Thanks!

[@fl_7997]

The arp odyssey is one of the vintage synths that has been on my bucket list for many years. I’m so pleased with this Behringer odyssey that I’m beyond words. I love the old dx7 feel and speed of the Keybed and the controls make sense once you play it a bit. Awesome range of tones. Highly recommend!

[@VincentPresley]

I bought a Beh Ody and it sounds so thin compared to a real one. Seriously terrible "clone" and if I were ARP I'd be insulted. I was excited about the coming 2600 but I'm going to pass. I can't imagine 3 of these weak osc sounds much better than 2.

[@dennisdalesandro6105]

thank you so much for the video, great job! I took it out of the box and actually thought it was broken at first! Now i can use it and its awesome!

[@NTayls80]

Dynamite. Thank you for going in depth with it - I really want one!

[@adnana7918]

Really outstanding tutorial. Thank you

[@rufo]

The Behringer Odyssey is awesome! I've got one (one of the early ones with only white LEDs) and I use it all the time.

[@powermix24]

RuFo your music is stellar!! you make some brilliant tracks that showcase this synth to a T.

[@evandrogoltz2166]

Great video!

[@flimbosquest]

What a nice surprise, good to see you again!

[@rlins8688]

Good job. Thanks.👍

[@kevingamache1512]

This so brings the sound of the 70s back to me I just bought a wavestate after having bought the deepmind 12 Next is this bad little boy Great vid

[@sophoninja]

hey yeah so if you want like big warm and lush pads would you get this or the wavestate first??

[@kevingamache1512]

@@sophoninja Wavestate. I owned a wavestation ex that was part of what was stolen from me in 2012. A few years ago i bought a wavestation A/D which is a rackmount ex. Love it. I also have the korg wavestation vst. Fun but i prefer hardware. In january i finally got the wavestate. LOVE IT. Too much fun. I bought the Bodyssey because its all metal and has effects and is a lot less expensive then buying an odyssey from my youth that i will likely need repaired. Oh and the originals and the korg arps are plastic. Just fine but for the price, effects and sturdy build. Behringer was right for me Two totally different machines. But me? Wavestate first, odyssey second.

[@cliftoncameron5632]

This is a beautiful synthesizer. Great sound and build.

[@dickheadrecs]

Aussie Ringo Starr is sick at synths

[@vincentpresley1220]

Thanks!! I've been using analog and digital synths for 23 years from simple Moogs to crazy menu diving in old Ensoniqs and for some reason this Odyssey just really confused me. So many sliders effecting modulation. When it arrived at my house I couldn't get a simple tone out of it and was convinced it was broken. This video made me wrap my head around the layout. Thanks. My personal favorite vintage synth for sound, versatility, and ease of use and understanding is the Yamaha CS15 with it's two VCFs (both can be LF BF HF), two vcos, two vcas, and lots of routing options. This Odyssey is definitely a completely different thing.

[@terrypussypower]

27:42 Pure "GONG" or "HAWKWIND"!

[@musicandfilms9956]

Seems like a fine recreation of this synth. The use of self-oscillation in the filter at 15:15 is heard at the end of Ultravox's 'Artificial Life' from their sophomore album Ha! Ha! Ha! (1977), as Billy Currie used his then-new ARP Odyssey to make some really cutting lead sounds.

[@signaltouch7413]

thank you for your videos ! can you please tell hoe to MIDI Local off this thing ? thank you

[@Arperture]

It would have been ideal if Klark Teknik had added a digital tuner to the effects section. Other than that, it's perfect.

[@massebassepearpung]

I have to use my Behringer Model D and it´s 440 Hz tone as tuner. My Behringer Odyssey will go out of tune from time to time. The FX unit would be much nicer if the synth hade stereo out. Reverb and delay in mono? No thanks. :-)

[@Arperture]

@@massebassepearpung Yeah. That's perplexing. The delay module has a ping pong option as well - which makes no sense in mono.

[@Arperture]

@@massebassepearpung But to be fair, I do use the onboard delay alot with an external Eventide Space pedal. That gives it a wider field.

[@joepoyda1812]

@@Arperture I might be wrong but wouldn't the Headphone out be a stereo signal? it does seem odd there's no stereo line out but the headphone socket could be a workaround.

[@thomasadams675]

Can you pipe in other audio sources like a guitar or a different keyboard and affect the sound with this unit? Then use every feature you could use if you’d played it on the built in keyboard?

[@panskibinski]

it looks that there is "ext audio" input at the back of it

[@mattkaz9604]

Good video. That's not really the switch to turn the keyboard off though - it turns of tracking on osc 1 only, making it a low frequency oscillator for mod uses and it no longer tracks, but osc 2 is still keyboard controlled.

[@richardtester2859]

I am worried about mine. The timbre of the first G on the keyboard is thinner and less ballsy than the other keys. When I flick the octave switch, same thing happens 2 Gs up. Maybe its just a setting.

[@VincentPresley]

It's not a setting, they're just not made well at all and the osc are thin as fuck

[@goodboid]

Where the heck have you been? We missed you!

[@fabriceletourneur5191]

Hello, is it possible to drive a VST in ableton with the Odyssey’s knobs via midi out ?

[@TheTerracide]

no

[@sanjaybarnes5717]

Is this a walk through or a run through?

[@althecampervanman1619]

Can the synth play polyphonically out of the midi out to trigger other stuff? I want to use this synth to trigger loops and sounds from an AKAI FORCE. Cheers Al

[@rareform6747]

Your voice Big Audio Dynamite ! LFO wobble ....

[@kevingamache1512]

I just ordered thistle Damn I'm poor but happy Great vid

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

You can play thistle?

[@kevingamache1512]

@@Reggie-The-Dog Haha doggone word predictor got me again. I thought i would fix but nope i will leave it and see if a new folk music trend begins. Have a good one

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

@@kevingamache1512 That's too bad. I would love to see someone playing thistle.

[@kevingamache1512]

@@Reggie-The-Dog me too That's why im leaving my faux pas In hopes to inspire some one, haha You never know my be a bassy whistle or maybe a trebely clicking

[@TheFinalMinutes]

So chuffed I bought one of these...

[@traviscrum5860]

As in mad?

[@TheFinalMinutes]

LOL no I’m very happy with it!!

[@craff_single]

This a good video. A lot of the thumbs downs probably come from Behringer haters.

[@bkoufeldt]

Just bought one of these used. When I set a sequence and press play nothing happens. Also, when I hit the ARP button, all sound cuts out. Is this a bad unit or am I missing something?

[@cesarq6011]

great video! Returned the plastic made Bassstation 2 for this badboy & man o man it is powerful. Can someone post a link of how to use the Odyssey sequencer in depth?

[@distortimus7631]

Isn't the sequencer the same as the one on Crave?

[@toneyrockstv]

I heard the theme to The Warriors lol

[@greedydotmf]

Great product + great presentation = great video. I contemplating buying one mainly because of 12db filter which leaves your low end intact - such a beauty. Full-size keyboard and fx are very valuable as well since it's a rare inclusion at this price point. As of one week I own a CAT and while there are some similarities in architecture, sound palette is different enough to think about having both. There is a great video by Starsky Carr on that topic.

[@sylvainleduc2366]

the keys looks to be fragile , we can ear some CLAC when they are push ...

[@bradfordkeithmadison953]

Yeah what’s the deal with the Christmas tree multicolored LEDs? Mine has all white. Odd. Odd-yssey.

[@pokerdealer2003]

B. K. Madison I was wondering same thing why have I seen both

[@bradfordkeithmadison953]

The Mayor - the very first batch apparently had all whites

[@pokerdealer2003]

B. K. Madison wonder what I’ll get I’m on hold right this second with sweet water about to order one.

[@josephwright5921]

I believe the newer models have colored LEDs that match the color of the caps on the faders on the original

[@mixxndj]

If you could get one, would you get Odyssey or the Poly D ??

[@powermix24]

Odyssey

[@NessunaOffesa]

Same question for me right now!

[@NessunaOffesa]

@@powermix24 why? sorry for asking, I'm stuck in hesitation

[@vincentpresley1220]

Poly D is a poly synth so if that's important it's the clear winner. Odyssey can only do 2 notes at once. I bought the Odyssey and Model D right before I saw the Poly D. I'll wait a bit and keep watching videos and most likely end up grabbing that too. Behringer's prices are too damn good and it's hard to say no. That 2600 is also tempting me.

[@VincentPresley]

Picked one of these up and just wasn't feeling it. Eventually I messed around with my old ARP Axxe and even that single osc vintage synth has a lot more punch to it than the Behringer and Korg "Odyssey" "remakes". I think the Behringer Model D sounds great and stands it's ground next to my vintage Moogs but the Odyssey is definitely way thinner. I ended up getting an original ARP Odyssey MKI instead.

[@graphene1487]

why weren't you feeling it? Needing more detail on this. Someone may read your comment and be swayed by an otherwise unsupported argument.

[@VincentPresley]

@@graphene1487 I didn't know why but I just felt very bored by it and then, like I said I went back and played a single osc Axxe and even that sounded way better. The Beh Odyssey (and korg) are just thin and weak sounding. Most people will just drown their thin osc, cheap new synths in tons of reverb and think that makes it "fat". I bought 5 Behringer synths this year and sold 4 as quick as I could. Even the Model D (which I originally liked and mentioned in my last comment) wasn't worth keeping. It definitely has more balls than the Beh Ody but ultimately my 2 Osc Rogue Moog sounds way better than the 3 osc D and stays in tune a lot better. Finally I just think these things are fine for first time buyers but they're not great, are not going to hold any value, and based on the build quality I seriously doubt any of this stuff will last very long and certainly not 30 - 40 years.

[@graphene1487]

@@VincentPresley to each their own I guess. I've got a Korg MS10 and the Behringer Crave and I find them pretty equal in sound quality. On the Behringer Odyssey were you using the XLR out? The other outputs aren't at line level, so that could be affected your experience. Moog is nice, but not the end all be all.

[@VincentPresley]

@@graphene1487 1/4" outs

[@graphene1487]

@@VincentPresley ahhhh that makes all the difference then! The XLR should be primary line out. Some people prefer to buy a xlr to TRS to connect to an interface. Makes a big difference in sound quality. Would've helped if Behringer had pointed this out, but had to go to KZbin for answers.

[@ChazSeamus28]

this thing is lit up like a Christmas tree.. pretty sweet! is there any software for it? to do presets that way?

[@Arperture]

No way to do presets as there is no way to digitally control the signal path. A good option, however, is to use Korg's Odyssei app on an iPad to create and save presets and then dial them up on the hardware when you need to remember a sound.

[@gxlxn]

Synth demos are just about talking and technical infos. But no actual playing. It is like car review without driving.

[@willdatsun]

You sure like C

[@JustinPember]

I can't believe you guys closed :(

[@synthanatomy]

when a shop reviews a synth which they sell...presentation not a review

[@kosmicmi]

I agree this is more a demo and a walk through. I've changed the title so its not misleading.

[@golf-freq]

"Review" is a word that is often misused on KZbin, as it has come to have a meaning most often synonymous with "demonstration." It is presumptive that a seller wouldn't broadcast fault with the wares he intends to sell. I think nitpicking Kosmic's use of language is fruitless. See there? We can all be critics.

[@richardthayer9146]

TOO MUCH TALKING!!!!!!!!

[@martinleblanceigtved6578]

It’s a review

[@Reggie-The-Dog]

Idiot.