[sdiy] KORG to Remake ARP Odyssey

[Neil Johnson]

For those that haven't yet heard:

http://www.korg.com/us/news/2014/0217/

"Tokyo, Japan - February 17, 2014 - KORG INC. is proud to announce
that a faithful recreation of the legendary 1970s analog synthesiser,
the ARP Odyssey, is being developed by Korg for release later in 2014.

The ARP Odyssey was released in 1972 by ARP Instruments, Inc. and
quickly became famous for its unique rich sound and innovative
performance controls. It was a staple for many recording and
performing musicians worldwide and was used on countless hit records
over many years. The Odyssey was one of the highlights of the ARP
company and became a long selling product. With slight updates and
improvements it was sold through to 1981.

Korg is also proud to welcome Mr David Friend as our chief advisor on
the Odyssey. David Friend established ARP Instruments, Inc. along with
Alan Robert Pearlman and is a past president of ARP Instruments, Inc.
He was also the lead designer of the original Odyssey in addition to
designing or co-designing many other products.

After ARP, Mr Friend became a successful technology entrepreneur. In
2010, he was named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in the
Emerging Technology category for the New England Region, he has been a
lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management and is now Chairman & CEO
of Carbonite, Inc. He has been a trustee of the New England
Conservatory and Berklee College of Music.

In the last few years, KORG INC. has released several top selling
analog synthesizers such as the monotrons series, the monotribe, the
volca series and the hugely successful MS-20 mini, a faithful fully
analog recreation of the 1978 MS-20. With Korg's technology
capabilities and planning ability for analog synthesizers, and in
collaboration with David Friend, we believe the legendary ARP Odyssey
will become a "must have" for an all new generation of music makers.

The ARP Odyssey is scheduled for release in September 2014."

Neil
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http://www.njohnson.co.uk