| Avatar | |
|---|---|
 ARP Avatar | |
| Manufacturer | ARP Instruments, Inc. |
| Dates | 1977 |
| Price | US $3000[1] |
| Technical specifications | |
| Polyphony | Monophonic |
| Timbrality | Monotimbral |
| Oscillator | 2 |
| LFO | Sine, Square |
| Synthesis type | Analog Subtractive |
| Attenuator | ADSR, AR |
| Storage memory | none |
| Effects | 1 |
| Input/output | |
| Keyboard | none |
| External control | CV/Gate |
The ARP Avatar was a guitar synthesizer manufactured by ARP Instruments beginning in 1977. While innovative, being one of the first commercial guitar-controlled synthesizers, it was a commercial failure, and is widely blamed for the financial collapse of ARP Instruments.[2]
- ^ Colbeck, Julian (1996). Keyfax Omnibus Edition. MixBooks. p. 145. ISBN 0-918371-08-2.
- ^ Pinch, Trevor; Trocco, Frank (2004). Analog Days: the Invention and Impact of the Moog Synthesizer. Harvard University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-674-01617-0.