Fifty Years of ARP: The 2500 in 2020 (a synthposium) Part One - Engineers and Developers

Alan R. Pearlman Foundation

Introduction by Dina Pearlman
Opening Remarks by Jean-Michel Jarre

Moderator:
Jim Michmerhuizen

Panelists:
Dave Friend, Technology entrepreneur, co-founder of ARP Instruments
Barry Ober, Audio Engnieer, member of the original ARP 2500 Engineering Team
John Niclasen, NicomSoft Software Engineer, Physicist, Musician, Developer of G2500 Virtual Analog (Virtual ARP 2500) – and John Ångstrøm, Creative Input, Collaborator, Musician.
Kristin Warren, Performer, creator of various interactive instruments interfacing with the 2500

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G2500 'Synth'posium

"Celebrating 50 years of ARP 2500

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See this post for details on the G2500, the virtual ARP 2500 modular system in software.

Fifty Years of ARP: The 2500 in 2020 Online Event This Saturday, September 26

via The Alan R Pearlman Foundation:

ALAN R. PEARLMAN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES “FIFTY YEARS OF ARP: THE 2500 in 2020” SYNTHPOSIUM EVENT

Celebrating five decades of the 2500 synthesizer with interviews, panels and more

STONE RIDGE, NY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2020– The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation has announced “Fifty Years of ARP: The 2500 in 2020”, a virtual event to be held on September 26th at 12PM EST on Zoom via Eventbrite. The event will be free for all participants with a suggested donation. Registration and other information can be found here.

The event will focus on the ARP 2500, the groundbreaking synthesizer made famous in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. It will feature panel discussions and interviews with original ARP engineers, software developers, artists, composers, producers, educators, and others. Participants will be able to interact live with panelists via Zoom.

"We are beyond thrilled for this deep dive into the iconic ARP 2500,” said Dina Pearlman, ARP Foundation founder and daughter of Alan R. Pearlman. "We’ve assembled an amazing collection of engineers who made the original 2500s, artists who have used them, and ARP historians and organizations that work to preserve them."

The Foundation continues its work with contributors, collaborators, vendors, manufacturers, venues, and owners of rare original ARP synthesizers. Among their goals is the creation of installations where students can utilize ARP synthesizers as part of their music curriculum, and to explore the endless possibilities of electronic music.

For more information about the Foundation, visit www.alanrpearlmanfoundation.com.

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G2500 - ARP 2500 Soft Synth Demos

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An ARP 2500 for Your Mac

Published on Mar 11, 2019 G2500

via NicomSoft

"G2500 is the virtual version of the classic ARP 2500 first created and released in 1970 by Alan R. Pearlman.

The G2500 is made from in-house developed proprietary and optimized virtual analog modules to reproduce the unique and fat analog sound of the original bringing it to your desktop. All the original control features from the ARP 2500 are there, and because you can now save your carefully programmed patches, the G2500 is even better than the real thing!

Features

Ten different virtual modules also found in the original:
1002 Power Control
1004-T Oscillator
1005 Modulator Amplifier
1006 Filter Amplifier
1016 Dual Noise / Random
1027 Ten-Position Sequencer
1033 Dual Envelope Generator
1036 Sample & Hold / Random Voltage
1047 Multimode Filter / Resonator
1050 Sequential Mixer
A new 1102 I/O Control virtual module not found in the original
A virtual version of the 3001 Keyboard also found in the original
Play notes using 16 keys on the computer keyboard and selecting octave with two additional keys
Audio input from any system sound input device selected in the Preferences
Audio output to any system sound output device selected in the Preferences

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