Instruo Troika | Life after Retirement

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"One of the first Instruo modules I am aware of is Troika. It's a three oscillator VCO that started as a hand made heavy brass panel module and was officially retired a month ago. There aren't much videos around except for the official 'how it's made' and a handful of videos from a time where Eurorack was still a niche (six years ago). The official lifespan is 2016-2023. Honestly, I never had much interest in the Troika until I gave it a try last Jamuary in VCV Rack. It sounds absolutely amazing and it immediately went to my wishlist. When Instruo announced the module's retirement I got one.
My module has serial 22 so I can't help wondering how old 'brand new' really is.

When I started to make this video, my mindset was 'Moog/Subtractive/Eastcoast' because of the 3-Osc design. I recreated the mimimoog layout with a few special guests like Maths and Clouds, and AJH Transistor Ladder as the iconic Moog filter.

It's been three days of enjoying cool music and this morning I realized how important a 3-Osc VCO is for approximating 99.9% of the best 80's sounds ever. It sounds more like an ARP 2600 because of all the patchpoints (and Maths as the LFO). It got even better when I swapped the ladder filter for Instruo's 1047 multimode filter which was part of the older ARP 2500. So my personal conclusion is that Troika is a super interesting VCO for anyone with a love for the 70's-80's and want to go a few steps further than the Moog and the ARP can offer.

I was able to buy a used one about a year ago, but decided not to do it, because I did not see any added value to the stuff I alread have. I can now say, if you find a reasonably priced used one, it's worth it."

The First Ever all ARP 2500 Album Opens for Preorder Today on BandCamp

via the Alan R Pearlman Foundation

It's BandCamp Friday, and we have a treat for you!

The first ever all ARP 2500 album opens for preorder today on BandCamp!

Check out the album Now!

The ARP 2500 by David Baron
Distrubuted by Here & Now Recordings

About the Album:

Although it went largely unnoticed at the time, the 2500 became one of the most famous synthesizers in history when it was featured prominently in the film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, where it was used to communicate with an alien spaceship.

ARP instruments founder Alan Robert Pearlman was a Nasa scientist. Between 1970 and 1981 only 100 ARP 2500's were ever made, each a custom order, no standard configurations. ARP 2500 one of Jean-Michel Jarre's favourite instruments. All the sounds are completely unique. You pretty much need a degree in physics to operate one!

Pete Townsend "Mine plays six notes at once, can have 20 sets of preset control voltages available, six audio signals mixed and instantly usable at various levels. The most incredibly subtle tone colours can be produced using the multimode resonator in conjunction with a normal filter, and the sequencer will provide exhilarating cascades of arpeggios."

David Baron "The Arp 2500 was the only sound source. I sequenced one or two patches at a time and then built the compositions in layers. A lot of the audio FX were created through the use of pedals. The reverberation came from the Bricasti, EMT 240 Plate, Roland Space Echo 501, and a Vermona Spring Reverb. The Arp 2500 always ran through the Avedis Key Pre. I used very little dynamic compression/limiting. Time delay effects were mostly created ‘in the box’ but also with rack mount outboard including the AMS Tape Phase Simulator, an Eventide Instant Flanger, and a MXR Flanger/Doubler. The instrument stays in tune (for the most part). The filters can distort so some care has to be used when gain staging. The envelopes are very snappy. The sound is beautiful and creamy yet percussive and forward."

About David Baron
Record producer, film composer, musician, arranger, engineer located in the historic Woodstock, New York area. An avid collector of vintage analog synthesizers and recording gear. He owns a private recording studio called Sun Mountain Studios located on top of a mountain overlooking the Ashokan Reservoir.

Some artists he has worked with: Lumineers, Shania Twain, Jade Bird, Shawn Mendes, Vance Joy, Meghan Trainor, Lenny Kravitz, Jeremiah Fraites, Josin, Matt Maeson and Lana Del Rey.

He blends retro and modern, orchestrated and raw. The contrast that brings out the emotion of a scene or in a song.

David releases his own music on UK-based Here and Now Recordings.

Album Credits
Releases November 17, 2023

Written recorded and produced by David Baron

Album cover designed by Dina Pearlman-Ifil derived from an old ARP 2500 brochure originally designed by Margaret Shepherd in 1970 for Tonus, Inc / ARP Instruments.
Photograph courtesy of the Alan R Pearlman Foundation
alanrpearlmanfoundation.org

About the Alan R Pearlman Foundation
The ARP Archives & The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation is a small, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Our mission is to celebrate the legacy of inventor, musician, entrepreneur and engineer Alan R. Pearlman, by making his innovative inventions publicly accessible, and by inspiring future generations to imagine and create.

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Original 1971 ARP Soloist Model 2700 ex Dennis P. Colin

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video upload by Synthchaser

via this auction

Some pics of the inside bits below.

Pics and video for that one captured below.

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Synthi 100: Live in concert

video upload by Faculty of Fine Arts and Music

Follow-up to this post. This one was sent my way via Sam.

"In a live performance recorded on 16 May 2018, Interactive Composition staff David Haberfeld, Anthony Lyons and Mark Pollard showcased new works on our Synthi 100 synthesizer.

Find out more about the event: https://precinct.finearts-music.unime..."

Not directly related, but also worth a look if you found the above interesting: Arp Fields - ARP 2500 live in concert

"Mark Pollard, Anthony Lyons, Les Craythorn and David Haberfeld get wired in to the Synthi 100. By Giulia McGauran."

Mos-Lab Arp 2500 Demos

Cymatic - ARP 2500 - Mos-Lab video upload by Smartti1970

"Synthesizer ARP 2500 Mos-Lab
FX: Lexicon Pcm80, Eventide Space"

The illusion is Deep - ARP 2500 Mos-lab


"Synthesizer: ARP 2500 by Mos-lab (rented from a studio)
FX: Eventide & Lexicon Pcm80
(contains a lot of FX so this is not for those who want to hear the pure sound of the Arp2500 )"

Synthesizer Arp 2500 - demo with Multi-mode filter 1047 & Filt Amp 1006 & Sequencer

"demo with just a view variations with the Synthesizer Arp 2500 - (Mos-Lab)

Fx: Lexicon Pcm80
Eventide Space
0:00 drone one oscillator filter cut off with Filt Amp
1:20 filter cutoff with 1047 filter multi mode, sequencer"

Synthesizer ARP 2500 - Mos-lab - demo with Dual Sample & Hold 1036 module

"Just a view variations filter the Sample & Hold module with the Synthesizer ARP 2500 - (MOs-Lab)

0:00 Drone one oscillator + Lexicon Pcm80 Eventide Space
0:30 Second Oscillator on , off
0:39 third Oscillator Low octave, filter cut off Filt Amp
2:12 Filter cut off Filter 1047
4:12 One Sample & Hold on cut off
5:52 Sample & Hold on VCA and VCF
7:19 Samle & Hold on VCF and resonance
9:10 second Sample & hold, first drops driping sound
10:12 sweet spot with drip drop buble sound
11:27 rain drops more
12:17 white noise added to sample & hold"

CMS 1000 SERIES ARP 2500 Inspired Eurorack System

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Note CMS fully restored this vintage ARP 2500 posted back in 2007. Phil Cirocco of CMS / Discrete Synthesizers is an ARP specialist. See the CMS label for additional posts. via Discrete Synthesizers aka CMS

Left: "The photo shows a suggested arrangement of modules for a 12 module CMS Euro-Rack system. This is Phil Cirocco's personal machine.

UPDATED - 1/20/2023

1000 SERIES MODULE NEWS"

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Pinging the ARP 2500

video upload by zack dagoba

"This is a self playing patch on the ARP 2500. There are no envelopes used in this patch - it uses a gate from one of the S&H sections to "ping" the Resonant Multimode Filter - a very cool feature that gives a really nice, organic sounding tone, that can be pitched however you want. Its like having an extra voice to make use of. This patch also uses frequency modulations to vary the timbre in an evolving way. Video shot on a vintage Sony DSR500 camera"

Kurzweil K2000 - "Personality" Soundset

video upload by LFOstore

"We are continuing to put our hands on a legend – Kurzweil K2000 Synthesizer!

BUY: https://www.inspireuplift.com/Kurzwei...

Its having one of the most deep synth & sample engine at the date of release
and very straight forward sounds with nice & deep effects.

And we made our own sound collection (vol.3) of the best Analog & Ambient Timbres called “Personality” Soundset.

Here you will find:

Lush Strings & Futuristic Pads
Great Analog Emulations
Musical Leads, Plucks & Bells
Unusual & Modular Sounds
Moving “Arp like” sounds
Drones & Spheres

Fully compatible with K2000 series: rack, original, VP.
Also with 2500/2600 Series.

Loading via KRZ format for easy loading via floppy disc & Sysex file to load
via midi in seconds.

By Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of 'Organica' for Waldorf Blofeld
& 'WS Universe' for Korg Wavestation."

ARP 2500 Bible - Matrix Switch Patching

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"This video explores the Cherry Matrix Switch patching system used by the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer. We're demonstrating in detail the possible uses of a matrix switching system using a one-of-a-kind Cherry Matrix Switch 10x10 module. We're patching a system made up of the Behringer ARP 2500 modules.
Check it out!"

Vintage ARP 2500 electronic music synthesizer model 2002 track in progress by Jay Wires

video upload by Jay Wires

"ARP 2500 vintage modular synthesizer from 1970 + drums, track in progress, programmed by Jay Wires on a very early Tone Tweakers-refurbished ARP 2500 model 2002. Check out Jay Wires music at jaywires.com and buy vintage synths that work like new at tonetweakers.com."

ARP 2500 Bible - 1050 Mix Sequencer Part 1

video upload by O.Z. Hall

ARP 2500 Bible 1050 Mix Sequencer Part 2


"The ARP 2500 was the flagship modular synthesizer from ARP throughout the 1970s.

This is part 1 of a two part video series on the Behringer clone of the ARP 2500 1050 Mix-Sequencer.

Part 1 review every control on the 1050 Mix-Sequencer in detail
Part 2 demonstrates the three example applications from the original 1970's ARP 2500 Owners Manual.

a free PDF of this manual is available here:
https://guitarfool.com/ARP2500.html
see the three PDFs on the top left of this page.

here is the PDF of the script for this video, if you're interested:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mIO4...
It includes the configuration for each of the three examples."

KARP 2600 BARP 2500 short Jam

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"I'm using the Korg ARP 2600 synth for the lead voice (and bass). The Behringer ARP 2500 modules are handling the sequencing and the sequenced voice. Drums are from the Mutable Instruments Peaks module driven by the Euclidean Circles module from VPME.de"

ARP 2500 - 1027 Sequencer with 1050 Mix Sequencer - advanced techniques

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"The combination of the 1027 Sequencer with 1050 Mix Sequencer is so powerful, it's difficult to cover in a single video. This is a video I made to explore the use of the 1050 Mix Sequencer to control which CV output is routed to the VCO. Additionally, I'm using the 1027 individual gate outputs to control the clock rate on the 1027 Sequencer for different interactively selected rhythms."

John Frusciante with an ARP 2500

Spotted this one in a Stranded Records email. John Frusciante has been mentioned in few posts here.

"John Frusciante is best known for his work in the band Red Hot Chili Peppers. His solo career, however, charts an entirely different path: from experimental rock and DIY 4-track recordings to ambient and electronica.

Record Collection recently announced reissues of a slew of Frusciante's long out-of-print records including 2004's Inside of Emptiness, The Will to Death and A Sphere in the Heart of Silence, 2005's Curtains, 2009's The Empyrean and 2014's Enclosure. Recommended for fans of Syd Barrett, Michael Rother and Vini Reilly.

Get them here"

ARP 2500 SERIES OWNERS MANUAL & Literature

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Additional Tone Tweakers Listings, also on Reverb

"We believe this is a past owner’s combination of bits of 2500 literature, all in a spiral binder - the original manual plus a couple other ARP promotional sheets on the 2500. The colorful one looks like it’s a page taken out of a more complete arp product catalog that included the later version of the 2500."

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Vintage Maxell Tape Poster w/ ARP 2500

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via this auction

"MAXELL TAPE PROMO POSTER "THE TAPE THAT MAKES SENSE OUT OF THIS" (1970's)

SIZE: 35" x 23"

Very rare 1970's Maxell Tape promo poster. An awesome image of an ARP Model 2500 synthesizer. Near mint, never displayed. Don't miss out."

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ARP 2500 MELODIC PERFORMANCE FEAT. VINCE PUPILLO JR.

video upload by EMEAPP

"This video features EMEAPP's associate director (and chief knob twiddler) Vince Pupillo Jr. taking our beautiful, fully-equipped ARP 2500 system for a melodic and rhythmic ride (along with a vintage ARP 1613 Sequencer). This performance was originally recorded for Alex Ball's amazing film "Electromotive-The Story of ARP Instruments" which chronicles the timeline of Alan R. Pearlman and the company and instruments which resulted, with the crown jewel being the 2500. Enjoy the blippy bloopies!"

Roland Jupiter-4 Plug-in - Sounds Only Sonic LAB

video upload by sonicstate

This got me thinking of augmented reality synths. Imagine playig an ARP 2500 relaxing in your recliner.

"Jim Heywood, our resident sounds only guy, has a System-8 and took the Jupiter-4 Plug-in for a spin - though in this video he was using the System-8 to control the plug-in version - you can also run it as a plug-out in the System 8 - so we could see the full UI.

In his hands it does sound fairly delicious, and indeed you can grab the bank of presets he made via our http://Patreon.com/sonicstate.

Roland Jupiter-4 plug-in/plug-out is available now via Roland Cloud, either as a single one off perpetual license $199, or as part of the Roland Cloud Pro plan ($9.99/month) where it can be one of the two optional instruments, or as part of the Ultimate plan ($19.99/month) where you get everything they have. http://Rolandcloud.com"

YuSynth's Mos-lab ARP 2500 Clone

video upload by yusynthman

Pics up after :54 seconds in or so.

SFF2022 - MOSLAB 2500 avec Yves USSON

video upload by Les Sondiers

Starts at 2:28 or so.

These were spotted on Mod Wiggler by Soviet Space Child.

Note Mos-lab recently announced they are switching to their ARP 2500 module production only. Their Moog modules have been put on indefinite hold.

Future Retro Closes Shop

via Future Retro

"Due to the current state of the world and global parts shortages we are forced to close our doors.

Thank you for 25 years of business, and all the relationships we had with our network of dealers and wonderful customers all around the world!"


Yet another synth manufacturer impacted by global supply chain shortages. Also see:

Synthesizers.com Is Up for Sale

Mos-lab Switches to ARP 2500 Production Only - Moog Format Production Put on Hold