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ARP QUARTET aka SIEL ORCHESTRA, VINTAGE ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER / KEYBOARD
Estimated price for orientation: 790 $
Category: Synthesizers
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Description Brand: ARP
In good working vintage condition with slight cosmetic damage as shown in pics, getting harder to find / more and more in demand... The Arp Quartet/Siel Orchestra is an original analogue subtractive synthesizer, a very characteristic instrument for its time with lush thick strings. Because of its Italian origin and its distinctive routing, the sound is not matched by any other similar synthesizers. It produces its sounds from a divide-down oscillator network and therefore has 49 note (unlimited) polyphony. Although it contains 4 sections of presets (Brass, Strings, Reed and Piano), each which contain two sounds, the only parameters that can be edited are Vibrato (LFO), Brilliance (for the Brass, which also has a separate 'Brass Attack'), Attack and Decay. The Orchestra was later bought by ARP Instruments to be slightly modified, relabeled and then sold as the ARP Quartet. This version replaced the Reed section with an Organ one. Heres an interview where Adrian Utley (synth fanatic) from Portishead rates the synth very highly indeed ;) https://youtu.be/zoT7JkuIReI
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| Brand: | ARP |
In good working vintage condition with slight cosmetic damage as shown in pics, getting harder to find / more and more in demand... The Arp Quartet/Siel Orchestra is an original analogue subtractive synthesizer, a very characteristic instrument for its time with lush thick strings. Because of its Italian origin and its distinctive routing, the sound is not matched by any other similar synthesizers. It produces its sounds from a divide-down oscillator network and therefore has 49 note (unlimited) polyphony. Although it contains 4 sections of presets (Brass, Strings, Reed and Piano), each which contain two sounds, the only parameters that can be edited are Vibrato (LFO), Brilliance (for the Brass, which also has a separate 'Brass Attack'), Attack and Decay. The Orchestra was later bought by ARP Instruments to be slightly modified, relabeled and then sold as the ARP Quartet. This version replaced the Reed section with an Organ one. Heres an interview where Adrian Utley (synth fanatic) from Portishead rates the synth very highly indeed ;) https://youtu.be/zoT7JkuIReI