one again some day. A wonderful synth, but not without some faults. Oscilator

one has only saw and square waves, oscilator three has saw and variable-width

(though not voltage-controled) pulse waves. Only oscilator 2 had saw, VC pulse,

triangle and sine waves and none had sync. In typical ARP fashion, one of the

envelope generators was ADSR, the other being the much less usefull AR. That said, the rest of the machine was divine. The ring-modulator was very

usefull (and not just for bell sounds). I especially enjoyed the lag processor,

electronic switch and sample-and-hold modules. The full patchability of the

unit made it possible to feed the signal back on itself in usefull ways and

some non-standard signal routinings. Some favorite tricks:

* In a two oscilator patch, run the kybd CV through the lag processor for one of

the oscilators - wonderfull wailing banshee sound.

* the LFO square wave and the square wave from the electronic switch to control

several oscilators - great psuedo-sequencer.

* run the filter output through the (overdriven) instrument preamp - Instant

ARP VanHalen.

of the "analog wanna-be" synths built today. The key

elements are flexibilty and sound quality. I use this

extensively for dance/pop tracks, as well as post fx. My machine was one of the first 100 ever built - white

silk screen on dark grey. THIS MAKES IT AN

EPOXY-FREE MACHINE ! !