Ultravox’s Billy Currie refers to it as the ‘first punk synth’ due to its snarling aggression, thanks in part to an on-board ring modulator, oscillator sync and duophonic capabilities. The instrument comes with over 1000 categorised patches and vast Modulation options via additional XLFO and XADSRs.ĭuring its lifetime the Odyssey, due to it’s versatile and distinctive tones, was used by artists as diverse as Gary Numan, John Foxx, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Chick Corea, Roger Powell, George Duke, 808 State and countless others. Oddity2 takes the character and operational architecture of the 3 generations of the original and transports its spirit into a new dimension.
