921 Boylston Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
The David Friend Recital Hall.
The Electronic Production and Design Department announces the 2015 Everything ARP Symposium. The panelists for the event will be founder Alan R. Pearlman and former ARP employees, industry representatives, scholars, musicians, and producers.
ARP Instruments, active from 1969 to 1981, was a pioneering company in the development of the electronic musical instrument industry. The ARP 2600 and ARP Odyssey helped define the sound of pop and jazz fusion music from that time, with major artists such as the Who, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and George Duke using ARP instruments to develop their signature sounds. This symposium will serve as a forum to discuss how these important instruments were developed, marketed, and used by artists. With software emulations of the 2600 and Odyssey, and Korg's recent release of a new hardware version of the Odyssey, the early achievements by ARP Instruments remain relevant to contemporary artists.
Admission: Free"
Update:
Here is the program for the Everything ARP Symposium:
10:00-11:00: Doors open for socializing with light refreshments witch ARP instruments on display.
11:00-11:45: Opening remarks and keynote address from Dr. Richard Boulanger.
11:45-12:00: 15 minute break
12:00-12:45: Interview with Alan Pearlman, founder of ARP Instruments.
12:45-1:00: 15 minute break
1:00-1:45: Panel Discussion: Creating the Market for Electronic Instruments
1:45 - 2:00: 15 minute break
2:00-2:45: Panel Discussion: ARP in Education
2:45-3:00: 15 minute break
3:00-4:00: ARP Players Panel
Update2: videos from and of the event:
Published on Nov 7, 2015 Pirx Modular
"The Everything ARP Symposium at David Friend Recital Hall, Berklee College of Music in Boston on November 7, 2015.
Wonderful opportunity to meet Alan R. Pearlman, founder of ARP Instruments, and many other ARP legends."
And streams of the event:
Everything ARP Symposium; Keynote and Interview
Everything ARP Symposium: Creating a Market for ARP Synthesizers
"While all the hype may be around the Mother 32 Im having a blast playing with my 1st ever Moog - the sweet Werkstatt-01. A bit of self patching and some reverb. I love how this goes from squelchy to clicky with all the fun inbetween - limitless sample fodder :-) Thanks for watching!"
"The Novation CIrcuit has fast become one of my favourite things.... it's an instrument, it's a workstation, it's simply the quickest and most fun way to make electronic music anywhere. I've been using it a lot on it's own and it is a very capable device used this way.
Now that I've had it at home for a few days though it makes perfect sense to fit Circuit into the studio and use it the way I really want to. Of course Circuit feels right at home in this set-up straight away too.
This video is a Sunday evening fully live jam after a nice lazy weekend. It's pretty long but visits a few different places musically... not least the self-indulgent psychedelic live keys wig out roughly 3/4s of the way through resulting from running the Roland JX-3P through a Sherman Filterbank 2.
Circuit is running all of the way through and glues the piece together well.
Here's what was used:
Novation Circuit
Novation Bass Station 2
Roland JX-3P
Elektron Octatrack (With Novation Launch ControlXL mapping)
Elektron Analog RTYM
Elektron Analog Keys
Moog Voyager
Roland SH101
Roland RE-150 Space Echo
Strymon Big Skies
Sherman Filterbank 2
Allen and Heath Zed R16
Expert Sleepers USAMO
Ableton Live (as a big 30 track tape recorder)
FMR Really Nice Levelling Amp"
- Solid aircraft-grade aluminum Halliburton case
- 114HP at 6U, you lose maybe 2HP on the top row due to the hinge
- Room for cable storage and power brick storage
- Removable padded velour in lid
- Can be closed while patched
- Working combo lock for added security"
Animoog is playing a drone-pad sound, controlled with Keystation Mini 32 connected with CCK. The Sub is just playing my favorite lead sound, translated from the Little Phatty.
This isn't the most creative thing I've done, but the 25 + 32 key range makes me more limited than usual. I'm also rusted...