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ARP Instruments

ARP Instruments, Inc. was a Lexington, Massachusetts[1] manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by Alan Robert Pearlman[2][3][a] in 1969. It created a popular and commercially successful range of synthesizers throughout the 1970s before declaring bankruptcy in 1981. The company earned a reputation for producing excellent sounding, innovative instruments and was granted several patents for the technology it developed.

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Background[edit]

Alan Pearlman was an engineering student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts in 1948 when he foresaw the coming age of electronic music and synthesizers. He later wrote:

1970 – analog modular synthesizer, patched with a switch matrix, noted for its reliable tuning compared to competitors Moog and Buchla[28]

ARP 2500

(article from April 1983, Keyboard Magazine)

The Rise and Fall of ARP Instruments

at wayoutware.com WOW!

Arp continued into Virtual Instruments Arp 2600 and Arp Axxe (Kikaxxe)

Films and pictures of the Arp Solina

ARP Instruments at Synthmuseum.com

Archived June 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

Retrosound – ARP Odyssey and Solina String Ensemble pics and info

Solina VSTi plugin

Arp Odyssey page with sounds and pics