Arp Instruments
Arp Instruments was founded in 1969 by Alan Pearlman. Throughout the 1970's Arp were Moogs's main competititors with the Arp Odyssey being a direct alternative to the Minimoog. The Odyssey was a scaled down version of the semi modular Arp 2600.
Sadly, Arp went bankrupt in 1981 due mainly to financial difficulties incurred by the Arp Avatar, a synth module aimed at guitarists, based on the Odyssey but equipped with a guitar pickup. Although an excellent instrument, it didn't sell well and development costs were never really recouped.
Other notable Arp products are the 2500, Soloist, Pro Soloist, String Ensemble, Little Brother, Axxe, Quadra, Sequencer, Quartet, Solus and the Chroma (eventually sold on to CBS/Rhodes when Arp closed).
