@Narcis005 just not doable to get that kind of texture with software, that soundquality and punch, of course everyone will say you can and then they give you shitty examples of something that resemble it, but it's not it. There is something in the character that you can't really describe or touch, it's the soul of analog.
@M3sslah Bla bla bla the analog sound is far superior and will always be bla bla bla... Of course you can get this kind of sound/textures with a decent virtual analog synth. Digital sound is not that phat or punchy or whatever ? Ok, let's just say its 99% the same. That 1% of the analog characer justifies that this dinosaurs must still be alive ? Not for me. The diference is so ridiculous it's just not worth it. For me, this video just shows a curiosity from the past, nothing else.
@Mezcaline24 If you only think it's 1% difference then that's good for you, but there is no way you get the character of analog on software as it is today and that is just how it is. I know you feel the need to protect your VST shit because you can't afford to buy hardware, you just want to convince yourself that you are not missing out. Music sounds boring today because it turned to software, there is no live feeling left, and if there is they are using analog gear.
Wow!what a synth.I always imagined what it would be like to use one of these beasts,I have never ever seen one in real life.
I am developing a virtual ARP quadra for Native Instruments Kontakt sampler on mac and pc.
I don't know if you use Kontakt but if you do I would love to send you a version of it for free wehn I finish it(next two weeks) just so I can hear what you could do with it.
Although you probably have a real Quadra don't you? :-)
I wish I had a Quadra. Interesting synth. Right now I am focusing on trying to write rather than collect, so a few synths have gone. For the minute I am using a Polyfusion, 2600 and VCS3 with a Fenix on the way...
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super amazing work man! it's sad you had to sell it!! i fully agree with you that it's a modular that albeit not as "practical" as most, it's one hell of a beast that can be used as the drive and core of a track you produce! i'm currently messing with a Red Square v2. not nearly as amazing as the 2500 but none the less fun as hell and versatile! keep sharing the vids man! you know your modulars!!
@povkilla Yep sad but such is life! I still have a few nice toys though!
Appreciate the kind words and yes I am sure the Red Square is cool indeed. Most modulars have their own thing and for me it's more about how as an indivudual you get on with your synths.
For the minute I am getting into my Polyfusion which is more "normal" than other modulars I've had but it's a beast!
@vjrei sounds like you just don't understand synthesis very well. If you want examples of the power and usefulness of modular synths, look up "Modular Test I Feel Love" here on YouTube, or listen to On The Run by Pink Floyd or Won't Get Fooled again by The Who.
Originally sold for $8500.- in the seventies. A lot of money back then. Today - IF you can find one or IF you can find someone who is willing to sell it in the first place - you can get one for $20,000.- up to 25.000,-. Although there are rumors saying that some 2500's in mint condition changed owners for up to $100,000.-
@buchla300 Its very good but they way you know how to use it like that ;)! beats catchy , looks very hard ! but you look like if you know wat your doing;)!
The Mix Sequencer is at it's simplest an 8 into 1 or a 4 into 2 mixer but each input can be turned on sequentially (and you can decide for the triggger to run with a trigger and they can be activated manually)
Also, you can use it for audio or voltage so you can turn on and off certain voltages (so if you put row 1 of the sequencer in ch 1 row 2 into 2 and 3 into 3, you can make a sequence up to 30 steps long. Harder to explain than to do!
Yes. You could route different patches and switch between them or different voltages or different sequencer rows or different VCO's (maybe input 1 is 3 VCO's in unison and Ch 2 is 3 VCO's tuned to a chord and everytime it receives a trigger it switches between the 2 sounds, Very flexible.
The sample & hold tricks on this video could be accomplished by a run-of-the-mill Arp Odyssey, or any of the software clones. If you are a teenager in 2009, get a good tweakable software synth like Reaktor or Massive or NI Modular V, and for a couple hundred dollars or less, you could have as much synthesizer power as a modular synth of the 1970s.
I happen to have this and it is one of the most fabulous instruments I have used. If you can't afford or find one, yes there are plenty of alternatives, but the 2500 is one of the greatest synths made and to use on in the flesh (like I have been doing for 20 years) is a different matter.
Pete Townshend used an Lowery Organ through a EMS VCS-3 synth.
And the title of the song is Baba O Riley, not teenage wasteland.
Pete Townshend only got the 2500 after the recording sessions of Who's next. However he used the 2600 on a couple of other songs (going mobile, the song is over...)
I used to play for hours on my old Roland SH-101, discovering new sounds, melodies and sound-effects. Sold it eventually after loving it for over 13 years. ;-) I'm still happy with that choice because i now own software versions of Korg's MS-20, Polysix and Wavestation, as well as a Korg Micro X and an Electribe EA-1. All bought second hand and in perfect condition. :-)
Thank you very much for posting this. Have fun and enjoy creating your music. I know i did. Take care, ciao.
Wavestations and Polysix is a nice combination. I used to have both. Great things. From what I've heard the software versions are excellent too. Despite me having some nice analogues, I really think it's important to remember music comes from you, not the machines..
Yep. For the past two nights I've left Trilogie de la Mort on repeat at an audible volume while I sleep. Could be my own creative effort associated with the music but I've rarely had such deep dreams that seem to reach to the bottom of my mind and dreamless sleep so fulfilling.
I've been listening to a lot of Eliane Radigue's music recently which makes use of the ARP 2500 exclusively (or so I've read). Her music is slowly shifting spaces that seem to suggest deep states of meditative awareness, with an obvious Tibetan influence (the synthesizer can be often mistaken as a monk's chant...).
All fans of the ARP 2500 should check some of it out.
Led Zeppelin'Gruppenfuhrer'Jimmy Page used an ARP2500, almost exclusively, in recording the soundtrack Kenneth Anger requested from him for his controversial film "Lucifer Rising".
bidding started at $10,000 ..I think it fetched $12K. I've wanted an ARP2600 ever since watching The Edgar Winter Group blow-away Madison Square Gardens with one back in '73 on ABC's "In Concert"...then he pulled all the stops the following year with "Frankenstein" on The Midnight Special...My enthusiastic interest in synth's arose curiosities within fellow band members who were among our High School's best students...With our Band Director we were able to get a new Odyssey...& I miss the thing.
To Teroniusmonk, this particular system is not polyphonic, so the only way to get chords is by pre-tuning the oscillators to different intervals, but the ARP 2500 has been used for conventional music, in conjuction with multi-track recording, back in the 1970's. David Hentchel used the 2500 for the opening of Elton John's "Funeral For A Friend", that's one example.
Oh my dear!Lucky you!You've a very great instrumentation with ARP!I've 45 years and I can't forget old analog sounds ever overcome and endless experimentation.Digital is beautiful but the analog to me remained in the heart!
While this thing looks (and sounds) funky, i'd rather have a 2600. The price is much better, and it sounds just as good (imo). It's not like a sequencer is THAT important anyway...
I use my 2600 all the time and it's my fav synth, but the 2500 sounds very different to these ears, PLUS it has a huge amount of modules that aren't available in the 2600.
This is the synthesizer I want more than any other. Accumulating the funds to buy one is hard. Locating someone who has one of the hundred or so that exists, and is willing to sell theirs, is nigh-on impossible!
Thanks buchla300 for the video. I will own a 2500 one day, but until then I have your excellent video to enjoy!
the arp 2500 is more versatile than the moog modualr's due to the superb filtering and op amps which kept everything in tune a bit longer. vince clarke used his realyl heavily for a few years, cause you can hear it all over erasure's albums fromt he 90's
My Lord. I love 2500s. If I had one you'd never see me again. Thing I love about modulars is how completely random they are - you can make patches that you could never replicate ever again, so you have that one chance to play what you're gonna play with it or spend thirty hours writting the patch sheet out if you want to use it again. Kick ass, thanks for sharing.
Yeah, or something musical. Can you play chords or musical lines with it? In every video I have seen, people are just bleeping and twiddling knobs with it.
I am also a way better guitarist than keyboard player, so I make blips and noise...and twiddle knobs.
In any case, take it for what it is. Me showing an old synth. I haven't had time to do anything better with it, but will do soon. I get your point though. It's not the height of musiclity, but it's another thing in music.
I;ve used this and my other synths to make records for nearly 20 years now
Hye man , what a chance to have this mythologic complete machine...Could you post a video clip with the Equinoxe 04 patch of jean michel jarre ...this sound is amazing !!!
My pleasure! 2600's are incredible. Although the 2500 is more impressive (and more powerful in many respects) the 2600 is my desert island synth. I don't think I have done much music that doesn't have a 2600 in there somewhere! So flexible.
Yes, I've owned it for quite a while now. Maybe 15 years or so. It came from a Planetarium in the States. The keyboard is the original. The top section with white keys is duophonic (can play 2 notes at once) and the black section is monophonic.
The main cabinet has 6 VCO, 6 Envelopes, 3 filters, noise & Random, Dual Sample & Hold and the sequencer section.
The 2 wing cabinets have various other modules. In total 4 sequencers and a few extra VCO's etc.
I spy a Zyklus MPS! Also pretty rare.
davedagreat69 5 months ago
I'd hate to see the size of it's gig bag.
I'd love to see some music made with it.
Sounded like a moog to start with. How reliable is it?
johnyboytown 6 months ago
The 2500 is a beauty. Good noodling too.
edgeeffect 7 months ago
isnt that the same dungeon frankenstein was made?
lol, great work mate keep it up!
KUPHSER 8 months ago
mmmmmm modulars
maxauto44e 10 months ago
him is the deadmou5´s daddy?
dedodan1 10 months ago
Lol 4:14 synthpoop!
tionik06 11 months ago
mr roboto owned one of this
gothicsakura82 1 year ago
@Narcis005 just not doable to get that kind of texture with software, that soundquality and punch, of course everyone will say you can and then they give you shitty examples of something that resemble it, but it's not it. There is something in the character that you can't really describe or touch, it's the soul of analog.
M3sslah 1 year ago
@M3sslah Bla bla bla the analog sound is far superior and will always be bla bla bla... Of course you can get this kind of sound/textures with a decent virtual analog synth. Digital sound is not that phat or punchy or whatever ? Ok, let's just say its 99% the same. That 1% of the analog characer justifies that this dinosaurs must still be alive ? Not for me. The diference is so ridiculous it's just not worth it. For me, this video just shows a curiosity from the past, nothing else.
Mezcaline24 2 days ago
@Mezcaline24 If you only think it's 1% difference then that's good for you, but there is no way you get the character of analog on software as it is today and that is just how it is. I know you feel the need to protect your VST shit because you can't afford to buy hardware, you just want to convince yourself that you are not missing out. Music sounds boring today because it turned to software, there is no live feeling left, and if there is they are using analog gear.
M3sslah 2 days ago
Do this with software, oh I forgot, you CAN'T!
M3sslah 1 year ago
3:18 sounds like Karn Evil 9 2nd Impression by ELP.
DelRockford 1 year ago
this is sick, what a beast!
jurennn 1 year ago
Wow!what a synth.I always imagined what it would be like to use one of these beasts,I have never ever seen one in real life.
I am developing a virtual ARP quadra for Native Instruments Kontakt sampler on mac and pc.
I don't know if you use Kontakt but if you do I would love to send you a version of it for free wehn I finish it(next two weeks) just so I can hear what you could do with it.
Although you probably have a real Quadra don't you? :-)
Peace.
SPFXsynthesisers 1 year ago 2
@SPFXsynthesisers Hi and thanks for the offer! Great!!
I wish I had a Quadra. Interesting synth. Right now I am focusing on trying to write rather than collect, so a few synths have gone. For the minute I am using a Polyfusion, 2600 and VCS3 with a Fenix on the way...
Thx
David
buchla300 1 year ago
Awesome synth. Do you like your Buchla or the ARP 2500 the best?
I guess they both excel at different things.
MrCamelneck 3 months ago
DROOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ursamage 1 year ago
real synth rulezz , f...k vst instruments
ematech 1 year ago
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OnlyGoodCommie 1 year ago
badass
AAtaak 1 year ago
super amazing work man! it's sad you had to sell it!! i fully agree with you that it's a modular that albeit not as "practical" as most, it's one hell of a beast that can be used as the drive and core of a track you produce! i'm currently messing with a Red Square v2. not nearly as amazing as the 2500 but none the less fun as hell and versatile! keep sharing the vids man! you know your modulars!!
povkilla 1 year ago
@povkilla Yep sad but such is life! I still have a few nice toys though!
Appreciate the kind words and yes I am sure the Red Square is cool indeed. Most modulars have their own thing and for me it's more about how as an indivudual you get on with your synths.
For the minute I am getting into my Polyfusion which is more "normal" than other modulars I've had but it's a beast!
Thx again
David
buchla300 1 year ago
wow that actually does sound amazing ! ! way more impressive than most analogue gear !
surfrecordslondon 1 year ago
@surfrecordslondon It's a great synth. I like the fact that it can be quite subtle but still rich.
Multitracking one high quality synth can really give you great results. People seem to forget this. Thanks for your positive comments. Appreciate it.
buchla300 1 year ago
@surfrecordslondon thx!
buchla300 1 year ago
Endgeil ........hilfe ich will auch son ding
nadeharry 1 year ago
the coolest tapestry ever !
Yanggroup 1 year ago
3.19 is brill put a beat over that....chemical brothers.
Some of the sounds remind me of Logans run...
brilliant synth.
forgottencinema 1 year ago
awesome ....
Dragonstud 1 year ago
want 2 have it 2
..... nur geil
nadeharry 1 year ago
You know, it is fun to get sounds out of it, but it does not have any other use other than spend time doing just what you see in the video.. :)
vjrei 1 year ago
@vjrei I dunno. I made quite a few tracks where it was central to them and it probably paid for itself 10 times over.
Sure there are more practical synths around but for me, it helped me out loads of time musically.
buchla300 1 year ago
@vjrei sounds like you just don't understand synthesis very well. If you want examples of the power and usefulness of modular synths, look up "Modular Test I Feel Love" here on YouTube, or listen to On The Run by Pink Floyd or Won't Get Fooled again by The Who.
danakerman 1 year ago
caralho bicho tu é muito doido, deve fumar varios e ficar viajando nessa parada ai ne?
BrunoMeirellesRJO 1 year ago
Does it come with usb?
bilbring 1 year ago
love when it gets loud at 4:00 \m/
keepitacrime 1 year ago
Ey David would you sell it for a very good price?...i mean 3 cabinets...iam looking for one
fuaelo 2 years ago
Thx but I did sell it already :-(
House purchasing
buchla300 2 years ago
is ther any possibility to know how much could it cost?...
fuaelo 2 years ago
Originally sold for $8500.- in the seventies. A lot of money back then. Today - IF you can find one or IF you can find someone who is willing to sell it in the first place - you can get one for $20,000.- up to 25.000,-. Although there are rumors saying that some 2500's in mint condition changed owners for up to $100,000.-
telescopereplicator 1 year ago
you know you're hardcore when theres decaying brick walls in your studio. :D
Nice modular
l31rd 2 years ago
decaying brick isn't really the best for a studio ;oP
looks dope though ha.
0e0 1 year ago
You should use a drummachine witht the next recording!
waveshaper 2 years ago
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i dnt kave a clue wats going on :')!
wat ever happend to a midi keybored and abelton live with vst plugins
montyladd 2 years ago
I couldn't afford them.. I'm stuff with this pile of junk.
buchla300 2 years ago 12
@buchla300 Its very good but they way you know how to use it like that ;)! beats catchy , looks very hard ! but you look like if you know wat your doing;)!
montyladd 2 years ago
now somehow i've realized my life isn't complete without one of these...
y3k23k 2 years ago 2
aww. I was waiting for you to flip on that 808 :-)
spastikman 2 years ago 6
Zyclus sequencer??? ohhh (ummm, Vangelis Direct)
memoscope 2 years ago
wow love the sounds coming from that, I bet it sounds amazing in the room
vxsixtynine 2 years ago
Im so confused about what the arp 1050 mix sequencer actually does. Can you help explain its function to me? Thanks!
sleestack808 2 years ago
The Mix Sequencer is at it's simplest an 8 into 1 or a 4 into 2 mixer but each input can be turned on sequentially (and you can decide for the triggger to run with a trigger and they can be activated manually)
Also, you can use it for audio or voltage so you can turn on and off certain voltages (so if you put row 1 of the sequencer in ch 1 row 2 into 2 and 3 into 3, you can make a sequence up to 30 steps long. Harder to explain than to do!
buchla300 2 years ago
so it mixes inputs and turns them on or off? So you could have different patches being set to play in a sequence? Its very confusing
sleestack808 2 years ago
Yes. You could route different patches and switch between them or different voltages or different sequencer rows or different VCO's (maybe input 1 is 3 VCO's in unison and Ch 2 is 3 VCO's tuned to a chord and everytime it receives a trigger it switches between the 2 sounds, Very flexible.
buchla300 2 years ago
Just found out about Eliane Radigue and her uses of this particular synth. Really makes me wanna get one.
jeffreycollins 2 years ago
put a kick on it!!
sabotage1111 2 years ago
Hey, good idea!
buchla300 2 years ago
The sample & hold tricks on this video could be accomplished by a run-of-the-mill Arp Odyssey, or any of the software clones. If you are a teenager in 2009, get a good tweakable software synth like Reaktor or Massive or NI Modular V, and for a couple hundred dollars or less, you could have as much synthesizer power as a modular synth of the 1970s.
NewShimmer 2 years ago
Yes, you can have the features in software.
The sound? Sorry. Nope.
And anyway, it's not a competition.
I happen to have this and it is one of the most fabulous instruments I have used. If you can't afford or find one, yes there are plenty of alternatives, but the 2500 is one of the greatest synths made and to use on in the flesh (like I have been doing for 20 years) is a different matter.
buchla300 2 years ago
you definitely get more flexibility in the software, but compared to this beast even the best synth software sounds like a broken toy.
television321man 2 years ago 4
Having a gear tart moment, BRB.
OH YEAH!
DagGirl 2 years ago 3
wow im jelous
Tekesaurusrex 2 years ago
wow...very nice.
Thanks David.
jenamu6 2 years ago
That is realy cool i buy my own :p
hondaprelude9296 2 years ago
OMG ... awesome ... are all these synths in your collection? You should open a museum ....
danceofthedruids 2 years ago
Super synth !!! Powerful analog sound !!! Nice !! :D
SashaTrancer 2 years ago
The 2500 was used in The Who's "Teenage wasteland"?
JustWickedSwede 2 years ago
Yes. Pete Townshend owned one. And it was used on quite a few of the Who songs from the 70's. Frankenstein by the. Edgar Winter group used a ARP 2600
jdukulele 2 years ago
No, not at all.
Pete Townshend used an Lowery Organ through a EMS VCS-3 synth.
And the title of the song is Baba O Riley, not teenage wasteland.
Pete Townshend only got the 2500 after the recording sessions of Who's next. However he used the 2600 on a couple of other songs (going mobile, the song is over...)
styx49 2 years ago 2
You're thinking of "We Won't Get Fooled Again". That track had a Lowrey running through a VCS3. But "Baba O' Riley was done with a 2500 :)
plungerdrum 2 years ago
You're thinking of "Who Are You". It's the ARP 2500, triggered by his guitar.
SundownerDrifting 2 years ago
Isn't this the synth used for the "Voice" of C3P0
ejust1620 2 years ago
I think that was the ARP 2600 semi modular.
buchla300 2 years ago
C3PO had a human voice. R2D2 was a 2600.
Envergure 2 years ago
Sounds great!
I used to play for hours on my old Roland SH-101, discovering new sounds, melodies and sound-effects. Sold it eventually after loving it for over 13 years. ;-) I'm still happy with that choice because i now own software versions of Korg's MS-20, Polysix and Wavestation, as well as a Korg Micro X and an Electribe EA-1. All bought second hand and in perfect condition. :-)
Thank you very much for posting this. Have fun and enjoy creating your music. I know i did. Take care, ciao.
Hyper5nic 3 years ago
Thanks!
Wavestations and Polysix is a nice combination. I used to have both. Great things. From what I've heard the software versions are excellent too. Despite me having some nice analogues, I really think it's important to remember music comes from you, not the machines..
Cheers
David
buchla300 2 years ago
damnnnnnnn. im coming to rob you tonight
dormiturefl 3 years ago
If you managed to make it off with all that I imagine he'd have a hard time not being impressed by the theft.
albatros777 3 years ago
Join the queue
edgeeffect 2 years ago
I really like the loop you designed.
hoteleden 3 years ago
Yep. For the past two nights I've left Trilogie de la Mort on repeat at an audible volume while I sleep. Could be my own creative effort associated with the music but I've rarely had such deep dreams that seem to reach to the bottom of my mind and dreamless sleep so fulfilling.
sektiana 3 years ago
I've been listening to a lot of Eliane Radigue's music recently which makes use of the ARP 2500 exclusively (or so I've read). Her music is slowly shifting spaces that seem to suggest deep states of meditative awareness, with an obvious Tibetan influence (the synthesizer can be often mistaken as a monk's chant...).
All fans of the ARP 2500 should check some of it out.
sektiana 3 years ago
Yes I have a couple of recordings of hers. She is still working in Paris. Trilogie de la Mort and Adnos I-III
Are excellent.
buchla300 3 years ago
I sold mine (wihout sequencer) for about 2500cad a few years ago... shame on me!
kx3kx3 3 years ago
I had 2 and swapped one for a Fairlight!
buchla300 2 years ago
you lucky bastard :)
MalteSer001 2 years ago
can you sync it's arps to midi? that would be really sick. Sick as it is too. Nuts.
justindr660 3 years ago
Sure. You send it triggers from a midi-cv/gate interface or from a drum machine with trigger out.
buchla300 3 years ago
Led Zeppelin'Gruppenfuhrer'Jimmy Page used an ARP2500, almost exclusively, in recording the soundtrack Kenneth Anger requested from him for his controversial film "Lucifer Rising".
zeppelinjugend 3 years ago
@zeppelinjugend holy shit, I didn't even know that page used a 2500. Thanks for the valuable info
SatanicaLvx666 1 year ago
bidding started at $10,000 ..I think it fetched $12K. I've wanted an ARP2600 ever since watching The Edgar Winter Group blow-away Madison Square Gardens with one back in '73 on ABC's "In Concert"...then he pulled all the stops the following year with "Frankenstein" on The Midnight Special...My enthusiastic interest in synth's arose curiosities within fellow band members who were among our High School's best students...With our Band Director we were able to get a new Odyssey...& I miss the thing.
zeppelinjugend 3 years ago
...saw a nice one sell this past year on eBay
zeppelinjugend 3 years ago
some people get all the luck
SuicidleLemming 3 years ago
That was Dope!
SOULMECHANIXBEATS 3 years ago
Hey, would you give us also a demo of the Zyklus MPS?? It was my young boy's dream....
omissis75 3 years ago
I'm afraid I sold it :-( It was (and still is) a great sequencer but I just didn't use it as much as I should have...
Sorry!
buchla300 3 years ago
The 2500 was mostly an educational synth for Uni's and school's. This looks and sounds fantastic. They're like hen's teeth. Go for Arturia 2600.
bondbug73 3 years ago
i wanna get a modular. any idea on where i could get one?
SpeshelEdTed 3 years ago
How old is that synth?1960's or 1970's
AncilWayneSmith 3 years ago
It first came out in 1970 I believe. Probably made until 1975 or so.
buchla300 3 years ago
1981, actually.
gregvb 3 years ago
Yes I was reading this recently.
They made it for over 10 years. I wonder how many were actually sold later on though?
buchla300 3 years ago
isn't this what GarageBand is for??? Just kidding, you're great!
musicmaniacfreak 3 years ago
LOL
I must actually do a better demo of the 2500. I just did this in a hurry and the synth is really capable of beautiful stuff
buchla300 3 years ago
Great sounds! I particularly like the snappy sound on the envelopes/filters. great for those percussive arpeggio effects.
MacXpert74 3 years ago
3:20 Sweet patch!
ericptree 3 years ago
Now, just throw some 4/4 drums on that and you have a pretty good EBM song.. hehe
azynkron 3 years ago
I wouldn't leave that room...ever.
DylanJWheeler 3 years ago 18
classic..
Yunneck 3 years ago
Sounds like acidtrax!!
tr80808 3 years ago
I love the way the vca and filters overdrive. Is it possible to install individual 2500 modules in a modern modular set up?
sleestack 3 years ago
Come on, play Close Encounters. :-)
DavePerry2012 3 years ago 2
Interesante aparatito...
Gacodream 3 years ago
whats this experiment for..? are you a scientist or something..
panfart 3 years ago
yes he is a scientist.. a MAD one..
javierdieval 3 years ago
A masterpiece!!!
Baptone 3 years ago
i'd like to be you for a month
shaft9000 3 years ago
To Teroniusmonk, this particular system is not polyphonic, so the only way to get chords is by pre-tuning the oscillators to different intervals, but the ARP 2500 has been used for conventional music, in conjuction with multi-track recording, back in the 1970's. David Hentchel used the 2500 for the opening of Elton John's "Funeral For A Friend", that's one example.
shadowln 3 years ago
I would (will) pay generously to lay down tracks of this beautiful synth! -seriously! -Andrew
19andrew80 3 years ago
This synth has so MUCH MORE guts than the 2600!! -to the comment directly below.
19andrew80 3 years ago
nice technique, although the 2600 is still my fav synth
footinmouthindustrys 3 years ago
Oh my dear!Lucky you!You've a very great instrumentation with ARP!I've 45 years and I can't forget old analog sounds ever overcome and endless experimentation.Digital is beautiful but the analog to me remained in the heart!
LuxX63 3 years ago
While this thing looks (and sounds) funky, i'd rather have a 2600. The price is much better, and it sounds just as good (imo). It's not like a sequencer is THAT important anyway...
KojiroGanryuSasaki 3 years ago
hmmm
I use my 2600 all the time and it's my fav synth, but the 2500 sounds very different to these ears, PLUS it has a huge amount of modules that aren't available in the 2600.
Still, a 2600 is an amazing synth..
buchla300 3 years ago
great how much this modular synth costs?
MPOURNOUZIS 3 years ago
Hard to say as they don't really turn up too often.
I think $10,000 upwards though.
buchla300 3 years ago
does JMJ played on this ?
cybercow222 3 years ago
Yes he has one
buchla300 3 years ago
This is the synthesizer I want more than any other. Accumulating the funds to buy one is hard. Locating someone who has one of the hundred or so that exists, and is willing to sell theirs, is nigh-on impossible!
Thanks buchla300 for the video. I will own a 2500 one day, but until then I have your excellent video to enjoy!
OSMOBIproductions 3 years ago
Holy crap, dude.
I want your equipment, the Buchla, ARP, EMS, and Polyfusion synths...
I'd kill for all of that.
xxsmokeymcpotxx 3 years ago
You just copied from the related list eh? ;)
snevelin 3 years ago
Yes, definitely.
I shun my knowledge and past experience with synthesis, and instead I pride myself in making myself out to be a poser.
You caught me.
xxsmokeymcpotxx 3 years ago
I was joking. Just seemed funny when the exact same names showed up on the related list.
I like the video though, the 2500 is a great synth. But I'd prefer a 2600 or a good old PPG Modular (quite rare) to this, to be honest.
snevelin 3 years ago
2500 is more my style than a 2600, but I can see where you're coming from.
I can't say I've even been hands-on with a PPG, but I would give anything to do so, out of a VST.
xxsmokeymcpotxx 3 years ago
very cool
DeefexNYC 4 years ago
wow...
now i know my dream synth! but it's unaffordable.
tubewatch66 4 years ago
corr
this is brilliant
how much does one this good cost?
djfldgf8 4 years ago
espectacular!
Kernelproject 4 years ago
Amazing set up! Thanks for sharing.
thechallengeresponse 4 years ago
awesome
risingdamp10 4 years ago
wow, never even heard of the 2500 before. But, just like every other analog synth, I know I need one.
Sarumanza10 4 years ago
christ, you've even got the optional wings as well.
Mate, your system is worth approx 20 thousand uk pounds plus, just as an average benchmark.
the demo isnt the best, but your 2500 looks like its in superb condition.
armalyte 4 years ago
the arp 2500 is more versatile than the moog modualr's due to the superb filtering and op amps which kept everything in tune a bit longer. vince clarke used his realyl heavily for a few years, cause you can hear it all over erasure's albums fromt he 90's
armalyte 4 years ago
My Lord. I love 2500s. If I had one you'd never see me again. Thing I love about modulars is how completely random they are - you can make patches that you could never replicate ever again, so you have that one chance to play what you're gonna play with it or spend thirty hours writting the patch sheet out if you want to use it again. Kick ass, thanks for sharing.
tr80808 4 years ago
Just had a Close Encounter of the Third Kind....nice!
Great gear man, take care of that thing!
shawnster123 4 years ago
Play some The Who with it.
teroniusmonk 4 years ago
What, you mean that rock and roll fad that my Dad used to listen to?
buchla300 4 years ago
Yeah, or something musical. Can you play chords or musical lines with it? In every video I have seen, people are just bleeping and twiddling knobs with it.
teroniusmonk 4 years ago
I happen to love the WHO btw!
I am also a way better guitarist than keyboard player, so I make blips and noise...and twiddle knobs.
In any case, take it for what it is. Me showing an old synth. I haven't had time to do anything better with it, but will do soon. I get your point though. It's not the height of musiclity, but it's another thing in music.
I;ve used this and my other synths to make records for nearly 20 years now
buchla300 4 years ago
if i had a modular analogue i'd never stop playing with the noises it can make
d3p3ch3mod3 4 years ago
Melody is only one of the elements of music.
farstriderr 4 years ago
This thing seems to be broken...
I can pick it up... really it's no problem
;-)
AssistiveListening 4 years ago
hmmm, what a wonderful machine
moogman2000 4 years ago
Hye man , what a chance to have this mythologic complete machine...Could you post a video clip with the Equinoxe 04 patch of jean michel jarre ...this sound is amazing !!!
cbass909 4 years ago
really liked your video
such a juicy sound your synth delivers
I just purchased to Virus C
I can juice the analog sound of it
But.... It's not analog
Someday I will have one
haha
XYtoTheDoubleG 4 years ago
good
synth64 4 years ago
Great video !
and "Ghosts" is a great album too...
oursdescollines 4 years ago
Many thanks!
buchla300 4 years ago
This is nice! Really nice. Thanks for putting this lovely clip on youtube. It is rare to find good videos of the ARP 2500.
/Owner of an ARP 2600
tomwave2600 4 years ago 3
My pleasure! 2600's are incredible. Although the 2500 is more impressive (and more powerful in many respects) the 2600 is my desert island synth. I don't think I have done much music that doesn't have a 2600 in there somewhere! So flexible.
buchla300 4 years ago
Very strong combination of modules! Hope to see more from you.
fystasjoppheng 4 years ago
Very nice! Great synth you have there,did you owned it for a long time? What keyboard is it-the orginal?
fystasjoppheng 4 years ago
Hi there and thanks for your comment!
Yes, I've owned it for quite a while now. Maybe 15 years or so. It came from a Planetarium in the States. The keyboard is the original. The top section with white keys is duophonic (can play 2 notes at once) and the black section is monophonic.
The main cabinet has 6 VCO, 6 Envelopes, 3 filters, noise & Random, Dual Sample & Hold and the sequencer section.
The 2 wing cabinets have various other modules. In total 4 sequencers and a few extra VCO's etc.
buchla300 4 years ago
Hi i hope i'm not being rude,may i ask how much you paid
for it? you see i may have a opportunity to purchase,one
myself,it has a main cabinet like yours plus 2 wing cabinets
i would be grateful for whatever intel you can give me.
however,there is one difference,this one is not in perfect
working condition.i have the owners manual,but no service
manual.
myleftnutts 4 years ago