unknownforce's Reviews

Awesome keyboard but weak sound engine

The Fatar keyboard is awesome. Especially for that price. For this I'm thankful to Modal. But the sound engine is... oh well... very digital: sharp and very clinical. Even later updates didn't change that. It's good for background sounds but it's nowhere near synths like Virus which are also digital and very old. I expected more from this synth but at least the keyboard compensates it. I'm using it only as a master midi keyboard.

The fattest of analog synths

It sounds better than I expected. Fat, alive, solid, bold. Making basses and leads with this synth is simply a pleasure. It's not super versatile but with a bit of sound design, it can do more than one could expect by looking at the parameters/interface. I have plenty of other analog synths but not one of them is as fat as Odyssey. Not even 2600. 2 Pole filter is where the magic is. USually I prefer 4-pole filters but this one is simply magical.

Any weak spots? Yes: the digital effects section. It's super gentle to the point that it's useless. It's also mono but it has a ping-pong effect... Oh well, it's better to forget that those effects exist.