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ARP Instruments, Inc.
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- ARP Instruments, Inc., or ARP Instruments, was a renowned American manufacturer of electronic musical instruments active between 1970 and 1981 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. Established by Alan Robert Pearlman (7 June 1925, New York City — 5 January 2019, Newton, Massachusetts), and named after his initials, ARP directly competed with [url=https://discogs.com/label/221419]Moog Music] and other major analog synthesizer makers at the peak of its success, with a rivalry between Minimoog and ARP Odyssey/2600 performers similar to a proverbial [url=https://discogs.com/label/616528]Canon] versus Nikon "holywar" among professional photographers.
Alan Pearlman first envisioned a new generation of electronic instruments in 1948, while completing his degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. In 1969, he launched Tonus, Inc. company with David Friend, soon rebranded to "ARP Instruments." The first modular synthesizer, ARP 2500, came out in 1970. The company gradually reached mainstream success by the mid-1970s, with ARP synths adopted by a wide range of high-caliber American musicians across genres. The now-iconic ARP 2500 made a notable cameo in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster [url=https://discogs.com/master/25704]Close Encounters of the Third Kind], used to play a memorable 5-note sequence in an attempt to communicate with the alien mothership. In 1977, ARP presented Avatar, the "guitar" synthesizer — virtually identical to ARP Odyssey but controlled by a specialized hexaphonic pickup with pitch-to-voltage converters mounted on an electric guitar. ARP Instruments reportedly spent $4 million in R&D costs, hoping to break into the guitar market; however, the innovative concept didn't see widespread adoption by guitarists and sold poorly. Unable to recuperate massive investments, the firm declared bankruptcy in May 1981. CBS Musical Instruments purchased the assets in liquidation and completed ARP's last prototype, "Chroma," sold as Rhodes Chroma from 1982 to late 1983.
In 2015, [url=https://discogs.com/label/1342961]Korg] re-released the Odyssey, engineered in collaboration with David Friend, one of the original ARP co-founders. In 2019, German manufacturer Behringer followed suit and presented Behringer Odyssey. The following year, Korg had a limited-edition 2600 FS model; once again, a rack-mounted Behringer 2600 "clone" became available in early 2021.
Notable ARP players
◘ Peter Howell at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop used ARP Odyssey II for the lead sound in his "Doctor Who" TV theme remake in the early 1980s.
◘ Stevie Wonder played a custom Braille-labeled ARP 2600.
◘ Joe Zawinul of Weather Report used two ARP 2600s, Quadra and Chroma.
◘ Pete Townshend of The Who wrote the song "Won't Get Fooled Again" on ARP 2500.
◘ Prince extensively used several ARP synths: Pro Soloist and String Ensemble on his first two albums, master release (1977) and master release (79), ARP Pro/DGX, and most of all, ARP Omni and Omni-2 — along the [url=https://discogs.com/label/369848]Oberheim] OB series, it was Prince's main synth on master release, master release, and master release albums; other Prince And The Revolution members regularly played ARP Omni on tours.
◘ Todd Terje has utilized ARP Odyssey, 2600, and ARP Sequencer in most productions. In 2012, his master release on Smalltown Supersound, featuring Todd's biggest hit, "master release," was entirely produced and recorded on ARP 2600.
◘ Tony Banks of Genesis
◘ Vince Clarke of Erasure
◘ Skinny Puppy
◘ Kraftwerk
◘ Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac
◘ Elton John
◘ Jean-Michel Jarre
◘ Klaus Schulze
◘ Eliane Radigue
◘ Herbie Hancock
◘ The Grateful Dead
◘ Devo
