Odd-1 Modular Grain Synth
The Odd-1 is a laboratory for modular sound synthesis…or a playground, depending on your mood. Developed around an entirely new grain synth engine, it is organized in rows like a rack-mounted modular synthesizer, and is designed for you to get patching and experimenting straight out of the box.
It’s variable-speed time path enables totally unique sound design, and the binaural spatialization adds dimensionality and movement. In addition to the grain engine there are resonant filters, distortion, bit crush, compression, delay, reverb, LFOs, envelopes, and macro modules. Patch together as much as you want to create rich ambient text…
Odd-1 Modular Grain Synth
The Odd-1 is a laboratory for modular sound synthesis…or a playground, depending on your mood. Developed around an entirely new grain synth engine, it is organized in rows like a rack-mounted modular synthesizer, and is designed for you to get patching and experimenting straight out of the box.
It’s variable-speed time path enables totally unique sound design, and the binaural spatialization adds dimensionality and movement. In addition to the grain engine there are resonant filters, distortion, bit crush, compression, delay, reverb, LFOs, envelopes, and macro modules. Patch together as much as you want to create rich ambient textures, warped loops and, just good, old-fashioned synth and sampler sounds, without being locked in to a sample’s pitch, key or tempo.
With two layers, each with it’s own 60-s audio sample buffer, you have a multi-timbral synth, a wild looper, and an effects processor all at the same time. Performance-oriented patch banks remember all of your moves and get you set up to easily transition between sounds and functionalities in a moment.
[ OVERVIEW ]
Product Details
Estimated Date
Sep. 2026
$795
Beta Pricing (limit 100)
Expected Shipping Date
May 2026
$995
Expected MSRP
[ HIGHLIGHTS ]
“Really, really clever and well laid out. It’s nice when people find ways to make modulation accessible.”
-Jeremy, Red Means Recording
One-of-a-kind Grain Engine
Variable-speed time path with four playheads enables sound design like no other synth on the market today. Pitch and time are fully independent. Grain size, spacing, shape, and stereo placement are easily adjustable with clever ways to randomize parameters. Each sound grain is passed through a binaural spatializer and an optional auditory-inspired bandpass filter.
Modular Experience
Odd-1 is organized in rows, like a modular rack. Every parameter can be modulated, and patch connections are, dare we say, even easier to make than plugging in a cable. Like a big modular synth the experimentation is limitless**. **In addition to the grain engine there are resonant filters, distortion, bit crush, compression, delay, reverb, LFOs, envelopes, and macro modules to play with.
Vivid Color Touch Screen
The large touch screen supports gorgeous sound visualizations, colorful representations of the grain synthesis process, and helpful plots of modulation sources and effects. Each module includes auxiliary parameters for refined details that are just one touch away. With the screen and modular organization, Odd-1 provides an unparalleled amount of depth without a hint of menu diving.
Stunning, More Than Capable
Odd-1 is so slim and portable that it can fit into any desktop space, performance rig or travel bag. Never be without your modular synthesizer, looping, effects processing friend. And with a quad core, 64-bit ARM processor, you can be sure that it offers some of the most capable processing available, inside of that stunning form.
Product Specs
Connectivity
3.5mm headphone
3.5mm stereo line input and output
Multi-channel USB-C input and output
3.5mm TRS input and output
USB-C input and output
4 control signal inputs
Configurable for sustain and expression pedals, foot switches, 0-5v CV and gate
12V DC power barrel
Compute, Storage, Support
3+ GB of user storage
2 GB factory sample library
1 GB of RAM
4-core ARM A72 with NEON
64-bit math when needed
32-bit audio
Transfer and use audio samples in .wav (more TBD; common formats expected)
Mono or stereo samples
Flexible sample rates (44.1, 48 or 96 kHz recommended)
Capture new mono or stereo samples at 48 kHz
Sound Synthesis, Modular Processing
Scrub forward, backwards, freeze or any combination with our vari-speed Time Path
4 independent playheads for harmonies, repetitions, or any wild thing you can imagine
Binaural spatialization of each grain
Auditory-inspired filter for each grain
3 Envelopes
1 Vari-Speed Time Path
4 LFOs
4 Macros
4 Control Inputs
MIDI Key Number, Velocity, Pitch Bend, Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, CC Learning
Every parameter can be held and becomes a modulation destination
2 polyphonic layers, each with a 60-s stereo sample buffer.
Fully independent parameters and mod matrix per layer.
2 echo units per layer.
8 or more voices total, split across layers. Total number depends on parameter settings.
2 filters per voice (LP, HP, BP, BR)
2 non-linear saturators per voice (distortion, bit crush, compression)
[ TESTIMONIALS ]
“I like the form factor, I like the ideas, I like the visual feedback, I like the implementation of modulation…definitely on my radar.”
-Jorb, Jorb Loves Gear
“Such beautiful and wild sounds!”
“The form-factor and look of it is just magical.”
“Pure sound!! Can’t wait to play it!!!!”
“The only granular synth I’ve enjoyed hearing.”
“odd-ibly visionary!””
“Very nice. both sounds and interface. Very hands-on and flexible approach.”
“Now this sounds bloody brilliant!”
“The mod matrix + the waveform display of that LFO…wow.”
“This is phenomenal, I have a lot of ideas for processing vocals for my set up now.”