KVR Audio

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:48 pm

metrosonic wrote:
buescher wrote:very interesting comparing 2 to the original. i'm sure that with a little practice everything that can be induced out of the original is readily available in the new and improved. but at the moment 2 seems like almost an entirely new synth, capable of the most ethereal polys, strings, and polyrhythmic romps, while the original remains easy access to that basic Odyssey goodness.
I think this is the genius of what the GForce team have achieved. It loads all the patches I made for v1 without problem but the new features takes it into poly Oberheim territory.

When I heard that GForce weren't updating the presets system I was a tad irked but now that decision makes much more sense. And to be honest I now use my DAW to manage all my synth presets so it's not really an issue.

Oh yes I am very pleased about this, I can load my V1 patches perfectly and they all import into Kore anyway so once I've made a usable template for it I'll just import the whole lot and manage them from there.

This is a very worthwhile upgrade - I am in duophonic squelch heaven right now.

metrosonic · Post by **metrosonic** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 5:53 pm

teempee wrote:
metrosonic wrote:Dave Spiers certainly knows his onions when it comes to analog synthesis and he puts all that knowledge and passion into every instrument he develops.
I think much (all?) of the DSP is done by OhmForce, which probably means Laurent. At least he's the first one mentioned in "Thanks and acknowledgements" after ARP's founders.
http://www.gforcesoftware.com/gforce/about
https://www.ohmforce.com/Company.do

It's not just about the DSP chops though, I always think of Dave Spiers as a hands on Creative Director for all the products GForce release. The coding is one thing but because Dave designs a good many of the factory patches he's able to feedback to his coding team exactly what he's looking for and more importantly advise on those characteristics that makes his instruments so musician friendly.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:07 pm

mmmm, poly oddity. Good stuff. Many vintage polysynth sounds coming out of this thing now.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:31 pm

aMUSEd wrote:Oh yes I am very pleased about this, I can load my V1 patches perfectly and they all import into Kore anyway so once I've made a usable template for it I'll just import the whole lot and manage them from there.

Kore template made:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/564 ... mplate.ksd

I made this with the Mac VST so I am not 100% certain this will work across platforms though - if I have a chance I will make a Windows one too on my laptop if it doesn't.

Bank import into Kore tested and working.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:44 pm

aMUSEd wrote: Bank import into Kore tested and working.

Scratch that - looks like there a bug - importing the default bank went fine but with every other bank I have tried to import it just imports the default bank again

kelvyn · Post by **kelvyn** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:00 pm

Upgraded today and have been working with it the whole afternoon and I think this is going to be one of my favorite synths. I highly recommend trying out the demo. To be honest I wasn't expecting this to be as good as it is.

metrosonic · Post by **metrosonic** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 8:54 pm

The 18 tutorial videos on the GForce YouTube channel are definitely worth going through too, and not just for the new features. I've owned Oddity v1 since it was first released but found myself learning a raft of new tricks going through these videos.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... 94kmpsZP-x

Ned Bouhalassa · Post by **Ned Bouhalassa** » Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:10 pm

Here's one of two demos I've had the joy of making

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https://soundcloud.com/ned-bouhalassa/r ... ity-2-demo

fluffy_little_something · Mon Dec 01, 2014 11:34 pm

Wanted to try it, but my AV program put it in quarantine because it says it contains a trojan

waiting man · Post by **waiting man** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:27 am

Ohh, he's grown and he's weirder, like a cousin back from an Amsterdam trip.

State of the arp!

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 12:44 am

Just waiting on my license from JRR... playing with demo meantime!

Jon

beely · Post by **beely** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:13 am

metrosonic wrote:The 18 tutorial videos on the GForce YouTube channel are definitely worth going through too, and not just for the new features.

I watched thosed - it sounds really great. I really like Minimonsta because of some of those features that are now in Oddity2 (patch morphing, lfos and envelopes for almost every parameter etc) and it's a really good synth model of having something complex but still conceptually simple.

Great stuff!

BasariStudios · Post by **BasariStudios** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 4:52 am

Ned, that Demo was amazing, most likely your demo will be the ONLY reason i will buy Odd.2.

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:36 am

I've just finished installing Oddity 2 and playing around for a while. All I can say is WOW! This really exceeds my wildest expectations! It sounds so good, and poly mod is so much fun. This is without a doubt going to be one of my new go-to synths. And all the presets sound fantastic too! I kept finding myself getting inspired to start new songs every time I switched presets. I'm not usually one to gush about synths, but this is really great. Huge round of applause for the whole team at GForce.

Sound Mechanics · Post by **Sound Mechanics** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 9:58 am

I just tested the demo and it does sound great next to Monark and SH-2 as a polysynth.

Does anybody have a real Odyssey to compare mono/duophonic patches?

Gforce introduces the new oddity version 2