[sdiy] Arp Clones: was Copy,Clone...blah, blah...

[Tim Parkhurst]

Hey Les & All,

What the world REALLY needs is an ARP 2600 "Voyager." (programmable, touch
screen controller, lotsa MIDI, etc.) The hard part would be keeping the all
the patch points programmable. While the Voyager has a lot of modulation
routings, there still would be more available in a true modular system.
Maybe do the same normal connections found on the original 2600, and then
each input can also select from 7 more sources/destinations (a total of 8
choices). Anyway, such a beast might be an expensive proposition, but think
of the POWER! BwaaaHaHaHaaaa!


Tim Servo

"AR envelopes are okay if you have a bunch of them." - Albert Einstein

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~timservo2/

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mizzell [mailto:lesmizz at bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:36 AM
> To: Dana.Scott; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: [sdiy] Arp Clones: was Copy,Clone...blah, blah...
> 
> 
> ::  If I were to build an ARP 2600 clone, do you think I could sell them?
> 
> Well, Phil at CMS is sorta doing that, but he's impossible to find.  Phil
> does build some absolutely beautiful gear, but this does you no good if
> there's a three year wait and you can't get him to start off with, huh?
> 
> I'd actually be interested, but you'll need to make some small
> improvements
> over the original first!
> 
> 1. It needs two complete ADSR generators - kill that crappy AR gen!
> 2. Needs Sync on the Oscs
> 3. Would like to see both hi and lo pass filters...something with more
> balls
> than the production Arp filter!
> 4. The speakers are cool, but hey, get rid of them and you've got room for
> maybe a LFO or two and some other goodies.
> 
> 
> I was never a big fan of the Arp filter for some reason. I eventually sold
> my 2600 years ago (big mistake!) and think I got around $500 for it at the
> time. Was in pretty good condition too. It was originally owned by the
> University of Florida and there were a few mods done to it - mostly blinky
> lights added here and there.
> 
> I got to work a lot on a 2500 system in college and really liked the 1047
> Multimode filter (anybody got a schematic?!?!?! Puuuleeese?!?!?), plus had
> a
> friend with a Blue meanie that freaking screamed (I gave thought to
> killing
> him to get it!!  Just kidding - sorta!), but once they changed the filter
> design the later models sounded "wimpy" in my opinion!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Les Mizzell



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