# Oddment ODD-1, a granular instrument with a touchscreen

A compact hardware instrument that builds sound from samples and incoming audio using a granular engine, with SYNTH, LIVE and LOOPS modes. A matching ODD-1v plug-in shares the same engine and patches.

- Category: Interface (product)
- Made by: [Oddment](https://www.oddment-audio.com/odd-1) on Oddment Audio
- Original: https://www.oddment-audio.com/odd-1
- On Afterware: https://afterware.xyz/p/oddment-odd-1-a-granular-instrument-with-a-touchscreen

## Can I build this?

- Parts: ESP32-S3

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## Build sheet

- Engine: Granular, shared with plug-in
- Modes: SYNTH, LIVE, LOOPS
- Display: Color touchscreen
- Price: $999 with odd-1v license

## Story

The ODD-1 is a compact hardware instrument for capturing, transforming and layering sound. Rather than starting from oscillators, it treats samples and incoming audio as the raw material for playable sounds, moving textures and synchronized loops. Each of its two layers has four playheads with independent pitch, speed and time settings.

It has three modes. SYNTH builds playable sounds from loaded or recorded samples. LIVE keeps a 60-second rolling buffer of incoming audio and turns it into an instrument. LOOPS records separate loops with their own lengths and tuning while keeping them in sync.

The hardware pairs a color touchscreen with physical encoders, stereo line in and out, headphone output, TRS and USB MIDI, and four inputs that can be set to CV, gate, expression or sustain pedal. The purchase includes a license for the ODD-1v plug-in, so patches can move between the box and a DAW.

## Resources

- [Product page](https://www.oddment-audio.com/odd-1)

Tags: granular synth, hardware instrument, touchscreen, midi

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