More immediately striking was that the Minimoog had knobs and the Odyssey had sliders. GForce The Oddity VSTi v1.15 AiR[Theslayerz. bittorrent.am David Bowie - Space (Live Marquee Club 1973) Series TV Shows 22. Put simply, the Minimoog had three oscillators and the Odyssey had two - the Minimoog was monophonic and the Odyssesy was duophonic - the Minimoog had no dedicated ring modulator while the Odyssey did. The Odyssey was seen as ARP's rival to the Minimoog but in truth there were sufficient differences between the two to negate this argument in these more enlightened times.
Its place in synth folklore is assured and very well-deserved, but due to the small numbers produced and the desirability of the instrument the chances of finding one in good working order nowadays for less than a king's ransom is slim.
The multi-award winning Oddity is modeled on the classic ARP Odyssey synthesizer, manufactured between 1971 & 1981 and used by artists as diverse as Gary Numan, John Foxx, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Chick Corea, Roger Powell, George Duke, 808 State, Portishead and countless others.
