[sdiy] Arp Odyssey Mods

[Tony Clark]

>     I've been looking on the net and its surprising to me that no one
> besides Phil Cirocco has ever modified their Arp Odysseys. Basically I want
> to patch most of its functions out to the front panel. Does anyone have any
> documents or schematics for this?

   No documents that I'm aware of, but I have worked on one of the CMS 
modded Oddys.  Take a guess why Phil stopped modding them!  They are a 
major, major pain in the ass to work on!
   The majority of the patch points are rather easy to put in, most 
involve cutting the trace that goes to the "mod depth" sliders and 
installing a normalled 1/8" jack inline.  The big problem with the CMS 
mods is that the jacks barely sit above the board, so trying to get 
numberous jacks to properly stick through the mounting holes so you can 
somehow convince them to accept the retaining nut is an exercise in extreme 
patience!
   Then again, working on just the Odyssey itself is a serious exercise 
in frustration!  Not my favorite ARP product to work on.  Anyhoo, good 
luck if you decide to try and patch it out!  I'd personally rather buy an 
Avatar and patch THAT out, since at the very least, you don't have to worry 
about the keyboard being in the way.

   Cheers,

   Tony

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