Editing ARP Instruments

{{Short description|Manufacturer of electronic musical instruments}}
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| founder             = [[Alan R. Pearlman]]
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'''ARP Instruments, Inc.''' was a [[Lexington, Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rise and Fall of ARP |url=https://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=arp |website=RhodesChroma.com |access-date=11 August 2022}}</ref> manufacturer of electronic musical instruments, founded by [[Alan R. Pearlman|Alan Robert Pearlman]]<ref>
{{cite magazine
 | magazine  = High Fidelity
 | volume    = 28 | issue = 1–6
 | page      = 114
 | publisher = ABC Leisure Magazines
 | date = 1978
}}
</ref>{{efn|
The name of founder '''[[Alan R. Pearlman|Alan Robert Pearlman]]''' seems to be sometimes possibly incorrectly described as "Alan ''Richard'' Pearlman", as seen as below:
*{{cite web
 | title     = 'Alan Richard Pearlman': 4 results
 | url       = https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Alan+Richard+Pearlman%22+-site%3Awikipedia.org
 | work      = Google Books Search
 }}
*{{cite book
 | author    = Eberhard Höhn
 | title     = Elektronische Musik: Klangfarben, Klangentwicklung, Klangspiele
 | page      = 120
 | publisher = Hueber-Holzmann
 | date = 1979
 | quote     = ''ARP: Amerikanischer Synthesizerhersteller, benannt nach dem Begründer Alan Richard PEARLMAN.'' (German: "''ARP: American synthesizer manufacturer, named after founder Alan Richard PEARLMAN.''")
 }}
}} 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.

== History ==
===Background===
Alan Pearlman was an engineering student at [[Worcester Polytechnic Institute]], [[Massachusetts]] in 1948 when he foresaw the coming age of [[electronic music]] and [[synthesizer]]s. He later wrote "The electronic instrument's value is chiefly as a novelty. With greater attention on the part of the engineer to the needs of the musician, the day may not be too remote when the electronic instrument may take its place&nbsp;... as a versatile, powerful, and expressive instrument."{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=49}}

===Beginnings===
[[File:ARP2500 - National Music Centre (2017-08-18 11.48.04 by Mack Male @ Flickr 38265398126) edit1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[ARP 2500]]]]

Following 21 years of experience in electronic engineering and entrepreneurship, Pearlman founded the company in 1969 with $100,000 of personal funds and a matching amount from investors, with fellow engineering graduate David Friend  on board from the beginning as the co-founder of the company.<ref name=korg>{{cite web|url=http://www.korg.com/us/news/2014/0217/|title=Korg Announces the development of the ARP Odyssey synthesizer|publisher=Korg|access-date=17 February 2014}}</ref> The company derived its name from Pearlman's initials, and existed briefly as the ARP Instrument Division of Tonus, Inc.<ref name=nmc>{{cite web|url=http://collections.nmc.ca/people/56/arp-instruments-inc |title=ARP Instruments, Inc. - People |publisher=National Music Center |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=ARPSynthPatents>{{cite web|url=http://www.till.com/articles/arp/patents.html |title=ARP Synthesizer Patents |publisher=J. Donald Tillman |date=September 2007 |access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref> Their first instrument, the [[ARP 2500]], was released the following year.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=49}} It was marketed for use in academic contexts as "The concert grand of synthesizers."<ref>ARP 2500 Brochure. Accessed March 24, 2025. https://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk</ref>

===Success===
[[File:Arp2600bluemarvin.jpg|thumb|left|ARP 2600<!-- (blue) -->]]

The [[ARP 2600]] began production in 1971. As an engineer, Pearlman had little understanding of the music industry or its potential audience. He felt the best market for synthesizers would be music departments at schools and universities, and designed the instrument to be easy to use for this reason.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=124}} David Friend and musician [[Roger Powell (musician)|Roger Powell]] toured the US demonstrating the 2600 to various musicians and dealers, and it quickly became a popular instrument.{{sfn|Vail|2000|pp=124-125}} The first significant user of the 2600 was [[Edgar Winter]], who connected the keyboard controller of the 2600 to the main unit via a long extension cord, allowing him to wear the synth around his neck like a [[keytar]]. [[Stevie Wonder]] was an early adopter of the 2600, who had the control panel instructions labelled in [[Braille]].{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=125}}

[[File:Odyssey1.jpg|thumb|Odyssey (rev.1)]]

Throughout the 1970s, ARP was the main competitor to [[Moog Music]] and eventually surpassed Moog to become the world's leading manufacturer of electronic musical instruments.{{sfn|Vail|2000|pp=50–51}} Performers found that ARP synthesizers were better at staying in tune than Moogs owing to superior oscillator design. The 2500 used a matrix-signal switching system instead of patch cords on a Moog, which led to some performers complaining about [[crosstalk]] between signal paths. The 2600 on the other hand, used hardwired ("normaled") signal paths that could be modified with switch settings, or completely overridden using patch cords. {{sfn|Vail|2000|p=50}}

There were two main camps among synthesizer musicians—the [[Minimoog]] players and the [[ARP Odyssey]]/[[ARP 2600]] players—with most proponents dedicated to their choice, although some players decided to pick and choose between the two for specific effect, as well as many who dabbled with products produced by other manufacturers. Notably, the 2500 was featured in the hit movie ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/aug96/arp2500.html|title=ARP 2500|work=Sound on Sound|date=August 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206235210/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/aug96/arp2500.html|archive-date=February 6, 2015}}</ref> ARP's Vice President of Engineering, [[Phil Dodds|Phillip Dodds]], was sent to install the unit on the movie set and was subsequently cast as Jean Claude, the musician who played the now famous five-note sequence on the huge synthesizer in an attempt to communicate with the alien mothership.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=56}}

[[File:ARP Quadra.jpg|thumb|Quadra]]

The [[ARP Odyssey|Odyssey]] was released in 1972. It was designed as a cut-down version of the 2600 for touring musicians, competing with the [[Minimoog]], and contained a three-octave keyboard. Later versions featured a pressure-pad operated pitch control system.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=51}}

The best selling ARP synthesizer was the [[ARP Omni|Omni]], released in 1975. It was a fully polyphonic keyboard that used top-octave divide-down oscillators that had been used on [[electronic organ]]s, and competed with the [[Polymoog]].{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=51}} In 1977, the company peaked financially with $7 million sales.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=52}} The [[ARP Quadra|Quadra]] was released the following year, and contained a number of synthesizer modules combined and controlled by a [[microprocessor]].{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=52}}

===Decline===
[[File:ARP Avatar (top & front).jpg|thumb|left|Avatar (top & front)]]

The demise of ARP Instruments stemmed from financial difficulties following development of the [[ARP Avatar]],{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=53}} a synthesizer module virtually identical to the [[ARP Odyssey]] without a keyboard and intended to be played by a solid body electric guitar via a specially-mounted hexaphonic [[guitar pickup]] whose signals were then processed through discrete pitch-to-voltage converters.<ref name="VailM">{{cite book |last=Vail|first=Mark|title=Vintage Synthesizers|publisher=Miller Freeman Books|date=1993|isbn=0-87930-275-5|page=46}}</ref>

Although an excellent, groundbreaking instrument by all accounts, the Avatar failed to sell well. ARP Instruments was never able to recoup the research and development costs associated with the Avatar project{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=54}} and after several more attempts to produce successful instruments such as the [[ARP Quadra]], ARP 16-Voice & 4-Voice Pianos, and the ARP Solus, the company finally declared bankruptcy in May 1981.{{sfn|Vail|2000|pp=55–56}}

[[File:Chroma Polaris + Fender Rhodes MK1 (front).jpg|thumb|Chroma Polaris (descendant of Chroma)]]

During the liquidation process, the company's assets and the rights to the manufacture of the 4-Voice Piano and also the prototype [[ARP Chroma]]—the company's most sophisticated instrument design to date—were sold to CBS Musical Instruments for $350,000.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=57}} The project was completed at CBS R&D, and the renamed [[Rhodes Chroma]] was produced from 1982 to late 1983.  The instrument has a flexible voice architecture, 16-note polyphony, weighted, wooden keyboard action with 256 velocity levels, a single slider parameter editing system (subsequently implemented on the [[Yamaha DX7]]); and the inclusion of a proprietary [[Digital data|digital]] interface system that predated [[MIDI]].{{sfn|Vail|2000|pp=186-187}} It was controlled internally by an [[Intel]] [[80186]] microprocessor.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=187}}

=== Aftermath ===
[[File:Rhodes Chroma, Expander, Apple IIe computer (lowres), National Music Centre.jpg|thumb|[[Rhodes Chroma]], Expander, and [[Apple IIe]]]]

In 2015, almost three and a half decades after it closed its doors, the company's second flagship instrument, the [[ARP Odyssey]], was brought back into production by [[Korg]], working in collaboration with David Friend, Alan Pearlman's co-founder at ARP.<ref name=korg/> 

==Products==
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[[File:Steve Fisk's ARP 2600.jpg|thumb|The ARP 2600.]]</div -->
* 1970: [[ARP 2500]] analog [[modular synthesizer]], patched with a switch matrix, noted for its reliable tuning compared to competitors Moog and [[Buchla]]<ref>{{cite book|title=Electronic Musician Presents the Recording Secrets Behind 50 Great Albums|editor=Kylee Swenson Gordon|page=184|publisher=Backbeat Books|year=2012|isbn=978-1-476-82136-8}}</ref>
* 1970: [[ARP Soloist]] (small, portable, [[monophonic (synthesizers)|monophonic]] preset, aftertouch sensitive synthesizer)
* 1971: [[ARP 2600]] (smaller, more portable analog semi-modular synthesizer, pre-patched and patchable with [[Electrical cable|cables]])
* 1972: [[ARP Odyssey]] (pre-patched analog duophonic synthesizer, a truly portable performance instrument, a competitor of the Minimoog)
* 1972: [[ARP Pro Soloist]] (small, portable, [[monophonic (synthesizers)|monophonic]] preset, aftertouch sensitive synthesizer—updated version of Soloist)
* 1974: [[ARP String Ensemble]] (polyphonic string voice keyboard manufactured by Solina)
* 1974: ARP Explorer (small, portable, [[monophonic (synthesizers)|monophonic]] preset, programmable sounds)
* 1975: [[ARP Omni]] (polyphonic string synthesizer with rudimentary polyphonic synthesizer functions)
* 1975: [[ARP Little Brother]] (keyboardless [[monophonic (synthesizers)|monophonic]] expander module)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/arpaxxe.html|title=ARP Axxe & Little Brother (Retro)|work=Sound On Sound|date=May 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606105254/http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/arpaxxe.html|archive-date=June 6, 2015}}</ref>
* 1975: ARP Axxe (pre-patched single oscillator analog synthesizer)
* 1975: [[ARP String Synthesizer]] (a combination of the String Ensemble and the Explorer)
* 1976: ˝ARP Sequencer (desktop analog [[music sequencer]])<ref name=MusicTrades_May1976p31>
  {{cite magazine
   | title     = ARP Sequencer
   | magazine  = [[Music Trades]]
   | publisher = Music Trades Corporation
   | date = May 1976
   | volume  = 124
   | page      = 31
   | quote     = 3 FOR THE SHOW 1. ARP Sequencer The long-awaited ARP live performance sequencer is here. Loaded with elegant features, the sequencer interfaces with the ARP Axxe, Odyssey and 2600 synthesizers. ... MUSIC TRADES. MAY. 1976 31.
  }}
</ref><ref name=DownBeat_1976p3>
  {{cite magazine
   | magazine  = [[Down Beat]]
   | publisher = Maher Publications
   | date = 1976
   | volume    = 43
   | page      = 3
   | quote     = The new ARP Sequencer adds rich new textures to your music while it frees both hands for playing keyboards. Just patch the ARP Sequencer into an Axxe, ...
  }}</ref>
* 1977: [[ARP Pro/DGX]] (small, portable, [[monophonic (synthesizers)|monophonic]] preset, aftertouch sensitive synthesizer—updated version of Pro Soloist)
* 1977: ARP Omni 2 (polyphonic string synthesizer with rudimentary polyphonic synthesizer functions—updated version of Omni)
* 1977: [[ARP Avatar]] (an Odyssey module fitted with a guitar pitch controller)
* 1978: [[ARP Quadra]] (4 [[microprocessor]]-controlled analog synthesizers in one)
* 1979: [[ARP Quartet]] ([[polyphonic synthesizer|polyphonic]] orchestral synthesizer not manufactured by ARP—just bought in from [[Siel]] and rebadged)
* 1979: ARP 16-Voice Electronic Piano<ref>
  {{citation
   | title     = ARP PIANO
   | url       = http://synthmuseum.com/arp/arppianobro.jpg
   | format    = brochure
   | publisher = ARP Instruments, Inc.
   | date = 1979
  }}. (courtesy of Kevin Lightner) seen on: {{cite web
   | title     = ARP 16-Voice Electric Piano
   | url       = http://synthmuseum.com/arp/arppiano01.html
   | website   = Synthmuseum.com
  }}
</ref> (model 3363) / ARP 4-Voice Electronic Piano (model 3553)
* 1980: ARP Solus (pre-patched analog [[monophonic (synthesizers)|monophonic]] synthesizer)
* 1981: [[ARP Chroma]] ([[microprocessor]] controlled analog [[polyphonic]] synthesizer—sold to CBS/Rhodes when ARP closed)

<gallery widths="200" heights="120">
File:ARP Pro DGX.jpg|Pro/DGX
File:ARP Soloist.jpg|Soloist
File:ARP Omni Mk2.jpg|Omni (rev.2)
File:ARP Omni Mk1.jpg|Omni (rev.1)
File:ARP Solus.jpg|Solus
File:ARP Axxe.jpg|Axxe
File:ARP Explorer front.jpg|Explorer I
File:Solina String Synthesizer (right).jpg|String Synthesizer
File:ARP Solina String Ensemble.jpg|String Ensemble
</gallery>

== Notable users ==
Some notable ARP users and endorsers include:
:''(in alphabetically order of group or family name)''
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*[[Tony Banks (musician)|Tony Banks]] of [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]] played an [[ARP 2600]],<ref name=SoS/> an [[ARP Pro Soloist]] (on the album ''[[Selling England by the Pound]]'') and later an [[ARP Quadra]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dv247.com/news/Korg%20Oasys:%20On%20Tour%20with%20Tony%20Banks%20and%20Genesis/131452 |title=Korg Oasys: On Tour with Tony Banks and Genesis |work=dv247.com |access-date=August 3, 2010 |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710160126/http://www.dv247.com/news/Korg%20Oasys:%20On%20Tour%20with%20Tony%20Banks%20and%20Genesis/131452 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[David Bowie]] is listed as using an "arp" in the album [[Low (David Bowie album)|''Low'']].<ref name="Low">{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/David-Bowie-Low/release/55556 |title=David Bowie – Low (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100808070943/http://www.discogs.com/David-Bowie-Low/release/55556| archive-date= August 8, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*The [[BBC]] Radiophonic Workshop's [[Peter Howell (musician)|Peter Howell]] used an ARP ODYSSEY II for the lead sound to update the [[Doctor Who theme music|Doctor Who TV theme]] in the early 1980s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRYQEmwPJjQ. |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/dRYQEmwPJjQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Dr Who (How To Remake TV Theme)|website=youtube.com|access-date=April 11, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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*[[Vince Clarke]] plays an [[ARP 2500]], two [[ARP 2600]] and two ARP Sequencers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vinceclarkemusic.com/thestudio/index.html|title=Vince Clarke Music • Studio|work=vinceclarkemusic.com|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907144827/http://www.vinceclarkemusic.com/thestudio/index.html|archive-date=September 7, 2015|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*[[Chick Corea]] played an [[ARP Odyssey]] on the album ''[[My Spanish Heart]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Chick-Corea-My-Spanish-Heart/release/1203348 |title=Chick Corea – My Spanish Heart (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Billy Currie]] of [[Ultravox]] and [[Visage (band)]] used an [[ARP Odyssey]].{{cn|date=November 2022}}
* [[Paul Davis (singer)|Paul Davis]] played an [[ARP Odyssey]], [[ARP 2500]], [[ARP 2600]] and [[ARP Quadra]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Keyboard Magazine|date= March 1977|page=33}}</ref>
* [[Eumir Deodato]] used an ARP as the bass instrument on "Juanita" from the 1976 album ''Very Together''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Deodato-Very-Together/release/7674794|title=Deodato - Very Together (Vinyl, LP) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref>
*[[Dennis DeYoung]] of [[Styx (band)|Styx]] played an "Arp" on the album ''[[Styx II]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Styx-Styx-II/release/1294480 |title=Styx – Styx II (Vinyl, LP) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Daryl Dragon]] of [[Captain & Tennille]] played an [[ARP String Ensemble]] on the album ''Love Will Keep Us Together''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Captain-And-Tennille-Love-Will-Keep-Us-Together/release/723654 |title=Captain And Tennille – Love Will Keep Us Together (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Depeche Mode]] use an [[ARP 2600]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Miller| first = Johnathan| title = Stripped: The True Story of Depeche Mode | publisher = Omnibus Press| year = 2004| isbn =1-84449-415-2 | pages =247–248}}</ref>
*[[Devo]] used an [[ARP Odyssey]] on their ''[[Freedom of Choice (album)|Freedom of Choice]]'' tour.{{efn|Vocalist/keyboardist, [[Mark Mothersbaugh]] reported that the instrument broke down in such a way that it created an entirely new sound which would have been otherwise impossible to achieve. The "broken down" Odyssey is apparently featured in the ''[[Duty Now for the Future]]'' song, "Pink Pussycat".}}<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWURBP8-Was  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/oWURBP8-Was| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Sonic talk to DEVO |work=youtube.com |access-date=May 14, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[George Duke]] played an [[ARP Odyssey]] on the album ''Guardian Of The Light''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/George-Duke-Guardian-Of-The-Light/release/1140733 |title=George Duke – Guardian Of The Light (Vinyl, LP) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Brian Eno]] is listed as playing "report arp" in David Bowie's album [[Low (David Bowie album)|''Low'']].<ref name="Low"/>
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*[[Dave Formula]] played an [[ARP Odyssey]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HkNyo5Oy5k  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/4HkNyo5Oy5k| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=YouTube – Dave Formula's Custom Prodyssey |work=youtube.com |access-date=August 3, 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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*[[Miquette Giraudy]] played an [[ARP Omni]] on [[Steve Hillage]]'s album ''[[Rainbow Dome Musick]]''.<ref name="Rainbow Dome Musick"/>
*[[The Grateful Dead]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Jackson| first = Blair| title = Grateful Dead Gear – The Band's Instruments, Sound Systems, and Recording Sessions, from 1965 to 1995 | publisher = Backbeat Books | year = 2006 | isbn =0-87930-893-1 | page =190}}</ref>
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*[[Herbie Hancock]] played an [[ARP Odyssey]], an [[ARP Soloist]] and [[ARP 2600]]<ref name="Holmes"/><ref>{{cite book|last = Rideout| first = Ernie| title = Keyboard Presents the Best of the 80's  | publisher = Backbeat | year = 2008| isbn =978-0-87930-930-5 | page = 69}}</ref> and an [[ARP String Ensemble]] in the album [[Thrust (album)|''Thrust'']].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Herbie-Hancock-Thrust/release/462620 |title=Herbie Hancock - Thrust (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100916100945/http://www.discogs.com/Herbie-Hancock-Thrust/release/462620| archive-date= September 16, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[Steve Hillage]] played an "Arp" on the album ''[[Rainbow Dome Musick]]''.<ref name="Rainbow Dome Musick">{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Steve-Hillage-Rainbow-Dome-Musick/release/156661 |title=Steve Hillage – Rainbow Dome Musick (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Jean Michel Jarre]] played an [[ARP 2500]].<ref name=SoS/> On the album ''[[Equinoxe]]'' he played an [[ARP 2600]] and an [[ARP Sequencer]].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Jean-Michel-Jarre-Equinoxe/release/1740748 |title=Jean Michel Jarre – Equinoxe (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Elton John]] played an [[ARP String Ensemble]] on the album ''[[Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy]],'' and played an ARP on "Funeral For a Friend" on the album ''[[Goodbye Yellow Brick Road]].''<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Elton-John-Captain-Fantastic-And-The-Brown-Dirt-Cowboy/release/2175776 |title=Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy (Vinyl, LP) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref> On [[Madman Across the Water]], [[Honky Château]], and [[Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player]], ARP performances are credited to Diana Lewis, [[David Hentschel]], and [[Ken Scott]], respectively.
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*[[Kraftwerk]] used an [[ARP Odyssey]] on the album [[Autobahn (album)|Autobahn]].<ref name="kraftwerkfaq.hu">{{cite web|url=http://kraftwerkfaq.hu/equipment.html|title=Equipment / The Kraftwerk FAQ – Kraftwerk Frequently Asked Questions|website=kraftwerkfaq.hu|access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref> The band also used an ARP Omni 1 on various albums and live performances.<ref name="kraftwerkfaq.hu"/>
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*[[Rick van der Linden]] of [[Ekseption]] played an [[ARP 2600]] on the album ''Trinity''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Ekseption-Trinity/release/1931406 |title=Ekseption – Trinity (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Kerry Livgren]] and [[Steve Walsh (musician)|Steve Walsh]] of [[Kansas (band)|Kansas]] use an "Arp" on the album ''[[Song for America]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Kansas-Song-For-America/release/1867322 |title=Kansas (2) – Song For America (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Scott McCaughey]] plays an [[ARP Odyssey]] on several songs on [[R.E.M.]]'s ''[[New Adventures In Hi-Fi]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/REM-New-Adventures-In-Hi-Fi/release/367404 |title=R.E.M. – New Adventures In Hi-Fi (CD, Album) |publisher=Discogs  |access-date=April 9, 2011}}</ref>
*[[Christine McVie]] of [[Fleetwood Mac]] played an [[ARP String Ensemble]] on the album ''[[Heroes Are Hard To Find]]'' and on ''[[Rumours (album)|Rumours]]'', notably her composition "[[Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac song)|Don't Stop]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Fleetwood-Mac-Heroes-Are-Hard-To-Find/release/1073170 |title=Fleetwood Mac – Heroes Are Hard To Find (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Hugo Montenegro]] played an [[ARP 2500]].<ref name=SoS/>
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*[[Gary Numan]] played an [[ARP Pro Soloist]] on the album ''[[Telekon]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Gary-Numan-Telekon/release/1318045 |title=Gary Numan – Telekon (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Jimmy Page]] played an [[ARP 2500]].<ref name=SoS/>/<ref>{{cite web |title=ARP Claims Synthesizers are Source of Jimmy Page's Musical Gifts |website=Synth Magazine |url=http://synth.me/music-gear/arp-claims-synthesizers-are-source-jimmy-pages-musical-gifts |access-date=2014-02-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222031326/http://synth.me/music-gear/arp-claims-synthesizers-are-source-jimmy-pages-musical-gifts |archive-date=2014-02-22 }}</ref>
*[[Anthony Phillips]] played an [[ARP String Ensemble]] and [[ARP Pro Soloist]] on his 1977 album ''[[The Geese and the Ghost]]''. The album's title derived from Phillips' nicknames for two sounds he produced on the Pro Soloist, both of which feature on the title track.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.anthonyphillips.co.uk/faq.htm#eight |title= Anthony Phillips FAQ |first=Jonathan |last=Dann |access-date= December 15, 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Skinny Puppy]] played an [[ARP 2600]] on their early releases<ref>{{cite book|title = Future music, Issues 113–117 | publisher = Larpress| year = 2001| pages = 104}}</ref> and an ARP 2500 and 2600 are currently in use at [[Subconscious Communications]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emusician.com/remixmag/artists_interviews/musicians/remix_dark_arts/index.html|title=Skinny Puppy on recording and producing The Greater Wrong of the Right|author=Justin Kleinfeld|date=April 1, 2004|publisher=[[Electronic Musician|Electronic Musician Magazine]]|access-date=August 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402185910/http://www.emusician.com/remixmag/artists_interviews/musicians/remix_dark_arts/index.html|archive-date=2015-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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*[[Eliane Radigue]] played an [[ARP 2500]] on the album ''Triptych''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Eliane-Radigue-Triptych/release/1913515 |title=Eliane Radigue – Triptych (CD) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Klaus Schulze]] played an [[ARP Odyssey]] and an [[ARP 2600]] in the album ''[[Picture Music]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Klaus-Schulze-Picture-Music/release/81291 |title=Klaus Schulze – Picture Music (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Dave Sinclair (keyboardist)|Dave Sinclair]] and [[Rupert Hine]] played an "Arp" in [[Caravan (band)|Caravan's]] album ''[[For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Caravan-For-Girls-Who-Grow-Plump-In-The-Night/release/1343615 |title=Caravan – For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100902084137/http://www.discogs.com/Caravan-For-Girls-Who-Grow-Plump-In-The-Night/release/1343615| archive-date= September 2, 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
*[[Gerald Shapiro (composer)|Gerald Shapiro]] played an [[ARP 2500]].<ref name=SoS/>
*[[Steven Spielberg]] used an [[ARP 2500]] in the movie ''[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind]]''.<ref name=SoS>{{Cite web |url= http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/aug96/arp2500.html |title=CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE ARP KIND |work=soundonsound.com |access-date=August 3, 2010 |date=August 1996}}</ref>
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*[[Todd Terje]] uses an [[ARP Odyssey]], an ARP Sequencer and an [[ARP 2600]] in most of his productions. He used the 2600 exclusively for his ''It's The Arps'' EP from 2012, which contains his biggest hit to date, [[Inspector Norse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/in-pictures-todd-terjes-oslo-studio-604905|title=In pictures: Todd Terje's Oslo studio|website=musicradar.com|date=August 6, 2014 |access-date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/58444378|title=WHATEVEREST|first=Kristoffer|last=Borgli|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=April 11, 2018|via=Vimeo}}</ref>
*[[Pete Townshend]] of [[the Who]] wrote the song "[[Won't Get Fooled Again]]" on an [[ARP 2500]].<ref name=SoS/><ref name="Holmes"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEPSruBdSqk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/vEPSruBdSqk| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Won't Get Fooled Again|website=youtube.com|access-date=April 11, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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*[[Joe Walsh]] played an "Arp" on the album [[Barnstorm (album)|''Barnstorm'']].<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.discogs.com/Joe-Walsh-Barnstorm/release/2185857 |title=Joe Walsh – Barnstorm (Vinyl, LP, Album) |publisher=Discogs |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>
*[[Edgar Winter]] used the [[ARP 2600]] on the rock classic "[[Frankenstein (instrumental)|Frankenstein]]".<ref name="Holmes"/>
*[[Stevie Wonder]] used a custom Braille-labeled ARP 2600.{{sfn|Vail|2000|p=125}}
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*[[Joe Zawinul]] of [[Weather Report]] used two<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Baraka |first1=Imamu|year=1976 |title=Weather Report |magazine=[[Down Beat Magazine]] |volume=43 |pages= 46}}</ref> [[ARP 2600]]s<ref name="Holmes">{{cite book| last=Holmes| first=Thom| title=Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology, Music, and Culture |url=https://archive.org/details/electronicexperi00holm_285 |url-access=limited| publisher=Routledge| year=2008| isbn=978-0-415-95782-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/electronicexperi00holm_285/page/n265 247]}}</ref> and later an [[ARP Quadra]] and an [[ARP Chroma]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zawinulonline.org/Keyboards.html |title=Zawinul Online - Keyboards |work=zawinulonline.org |access-date=February 26, 2012}}</ref>
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==Notes==
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==References==
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* {{cite book|last=Vail|first=Mark|title=Vintage Synthesizers|publisher=Miller Freeman|year=2000|orig-year=1993|isbn=0-87930-603-3}}
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==External links==
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* [https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/ Alan R Pearlman Foundation- celebrating the inventor and founder of ARP Synthesizers]
* [http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=arp The Rise and Fall of ARP Instruments] (article from April 1983, ''[[Keyboard Magazine]]'')
* [http://www.wayoutware.com/products.html ARP continued into Virtual Instruments ARP 2600 and ARP Axxe (Kikaxxe)] at wayoutware.com WOW!
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060111210022/http://www.roth-handle.nu/instruments/solina_string.html Films and pictures of the Arp Solina]
* [http://www.synthmuseum.com/arp/index.html ARP Instruments at Synthmuseum.com]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090614070042/http://www.retrosound.de/index.html Retrosound – ARP Odyssey and Solina String Ensemble pics and info]}}
* [http://www.mcrow.net/Vintage%20Strings.htm Solina VSTi plugin]
* [http://www.polynominal.com/site/studio/gear/synth/Arp_odyssey/index.html Arp Odyssey page with sounds and pics]

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