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Christmas 1976 my parents gave me an Arp Axxe, which was a simpler, less-expensive version of the much more famous Odyssey [1]. It was great for a kid to learn
by cicero 8y ago
Christmas 1976 my parents gave me an Arp Axxe, which was a simpler, less-expensive version of the much more famous Odyssey [1]. It was great for a kid to learn about electronic music because the controls were laid out to where you could visualize the signal flow. It also came with a great textbook. I learned a lot about sound and analog signal processing as well as had a lot of fun. May Mr. Pearlman rest in peace.
1: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/02/17/korg-is-bringing-back-the-arp-odyssey/ http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2014/02/17/korg-is-bringin...
- hahamrfunnyguy 8y agoThe Axxe was almost my first synth. When I first got into synths in the mid 90's, I was looking for a starter synth. The music store had an Axxe for $150 and a Korg Poly 800 for $80. I ultimately went with the Poly 800, but looking back it would have been pretty cool to have the Axxe!
- dep_b 8y ago"less-expensive" as in still a hell of a christmas gift for almost anybody!
- cicero 8y agoYes, it was. I don't know what happened that year, if my dad got a promotion, won the lottery (just kidding, there was no lottery then), or what, but we hadn't had a Christmas like that before.
- timc3 8y agoAwesome parents.
- cicero 8y agoYes they were. Thanks.