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ARP 2500

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. Manufacturer:
ARP

Model:
2500

Production period:
1970-81

Quantity produced:


Also:
- another ARP 2500
- the ARP 2500 brochure (courtesy of Kevin Lightner)
- ARP 2500 modules

Famous Fingers
Who played this instrument?

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ARP 2500

image courtesy of Kevin Lightner

ARP 2500

image courtesy of Atmosfear

"Unveiled in 1970 under the name, Tonus, Inc.," this was ARP's first synthesizer. Modular in design, it uses [color-coded] sliders for patching, doing away with other modulars' messy cords. However, the sliders introduced problems with cross-talk. [Where patch cords are necessary, and they are for some things, the 2600 uses mini-jacks, not 1/4-inch] It was available in custom configurations.

"Along with Philip Dodds [ARP vice-president of engineering], the 2500 made a cameo appearance in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977,1980), where it helped man communicate with the visitors from outer space through music and mathematics."

[excerpted with permission from the book Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail, copyright Miller Freeman, Inc]

The 2600 is part of ARP's "2000 series" modular system which is confusing when you consider that the modules were numbered in the 1000's.



Famous Fingers
Who Played This Instrument?

Wendy Carlos, Vince Clark, David Hentschel - Genesis producer, J.M. Jarre, Hugo Montenegro, Guido Mylemans, Roger Powel, Gerald Shapiro, Skinny Puppy, Pete Townsend, There is also a 2500 rumored to be stored at the London Science Museum

[Let us know if you have any further additions to this list.]

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