Talk:ARP 2500

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Example[edit]

I know the song "Life's Been Good" by Joe Walsh uses an ARP 2500. —Gm1121983 21:09, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

And it sounds like a robot. —Squidward Tentacles 21:11, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Baba O'Reilly[edit]

On the "Classic Albums" DVD about "Who's Next", it is not clear that the 2500 was not used. Townshend states that a different synth was used, and an insert is shown of am EMS VCS 3. But recreating the sound, he's clearly manipulating the analog sequencer on the 2500 - something that the very simple VCS3 lacked. He seems to have produced the basic sound via the organ, feeding that into a filter and controlling the filter with the sequencer. K8 fan (talk) 01:24, 17 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Baba O'Riley[edit]

Actually, neither of the ARP models were used for the Baba O'Riley track. The original intent was to input Meher Baba's life data into the synth and use the output, but it proved problematic. Instead, Townshend used the Lowery Berkshire organ with the Marimba Repeat function engaged. This is different from a normal repeat effect in that certain notes are repeated either on or off the beat creating a much more complicated repeat pattern. For example the following group of notes sound ON the beat when these keys are held F-G, B-C#, and these other notes G#- A#, D-E repeat off the beat creating the alternating pattern heard on Baba O’Riley. In addition, a setting called Wow-Wow is used, much like a guitarist’s wah-wah pedal. It’s not that obvious in the Who’s Next version as it’s only being used as a tone control; but in Pete’s original demo, the effect is used in the regular way. It’s often been reported that Pete recorded the part at half speed, making playback sound fast and frantic (Terry Riley often did this), and again sounds possible but it is actually performed in real time.

He didn't use the ARPs for Won't Get Fooled Again either. That song utilized the EMS VCS3, which you can see in many photos from the era sitting right on top of his Lowery Organ. For Won't Get Fooled Again Pete is playing block chords spread between the two keyboards of the 1968 Lowrey Berkshire Deluxe TBO-1 organ and the output of the organ is fed into the audio input of the EMS VCS3 mk1 synth. The first bit of processing to be applied to the organ sound is a low-frequency oscillator (LFO) controlling the frequency of a voltage-controlled filter (VCF), using a sine or triangle wave shape. In other words, the synth is turning the tone of the organ from mellow to bright, up and down automatically. Step 2 has the output of Step 1 being fed into a voltage-controlled amplifier triggered by a square wave LFO. This means the VCS3 is turning the volume of the organ on and off in a repeating fashion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.134.97.62 (talk) 22:44, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Monophonic or duophonic?[edit]

That's what I like: the main article says "monophonic", whilst the info box says "duophonic". Can anyone please elaborate on the discrepancy there? -andy 77.190.12.81 (talk) 07:38, 16 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've questioned this myself; there were multiple keyboard variants build, with up to 4 voices. So depending on the module build-out, 4 complete voices could be played.UniversalNation (talk) 21:37, 6 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

11-08-2013 I have spotted the ARP 2500 in the You Tube video for Vangelis Chariots of fire single (Titles) which has over 10 million viewings, and I can recognise the sound of this distinctive synthesizer in this music. I would like to suggest an edit expert adds Vangelis (Chariots of fire - soundtrack). It would be more informative to readers to have in brackets after the artists name a specific music title that the ARP 2500 is featured in their work, if notable and popular publicly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.100.54.203 (talk) 12:11, 11 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Quality scale[edit]

Can someone please check if a) we can remove the "additional references" banner in the article b) level up on the quality scale? UniversalNation (talk) 00:56, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]