page_title: ARP Odyssey
section_title: Odyssey Mk I (Model 2800)
hierarchical_section_title: ARP Odyssey / ARP Odyssey models / Odyssey Mk I (Model 2800)
caption_attribution_description: ARP Odyssey Mark 1
context_page_description: The ARP Odyssey is an analog synthesizer introduced in 1972. Responding to pressure from Moog Music to create a portable, affordable "performance" synthesizer, ARP Instruments, Inc. scaled down its ARP 2600 synthesizer and created the Odyssey, which became their best-selling synthesizer model.
  There were several versions of the Odyssey over the years, and it was reissued by Korg in early 2015, in cooperation with the original designer and ARP co-founder, David Friend.
  The ARP Odyssey was used as the lead for Peter Howell's incarnation of the Doctor Who theme.
context_section_description: ARP Odysseys produced between 1972 and 1975, referred to as Mark I, were white-faced Odysseys that used a 2-pole voltage-controlled filter, which were similar to Oberheim SEM modules. Some late models used a black and gold color scheme and include CV/gate jacks like the later Mark II's. These earlier units contained a greater number of internal adjustments and were slightly more difficult to calibrate.
caption: ARP Odyssey Mark I
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