ARP Chroma

ARP Chroma

Infobox_synthesizer
image_caption = ARP Instruments, Inc. Logo
synth_name = Chroma
synth_manufacturer = Fender/Rhodes-ARP
synthesis_type = Analog Subtractive
polyphony = 16
timbrality = 2
oscillator =
filter =
attenuator =
left_control =
lfo =
keyboard = 64-key weighted| memory =
ext_control = Apple II interface
fx =
dates = 1982
price =

The ARP Chroma is a model of polyphonic synthesizer developed in 1981 by ARP Instruments, Inc. just before that company's bankruptcy and collapse. The design was eventually released by Fender as the Rhodes Chroma, and was one of the early microprocessor-based Analog synthesizers. It was the first commercial synth with a touch-sensitive keyboard, using 64 weighted wooden keys; some units also included a polyphonic pressure sensor under the keys. The synthesizer had 16 channels normally used in pairs for 8-note polyphony. It was controlled via a panel consisting of multi-purpose touch switches for selecting sounds or parameters of sound with a single slider for adjusting parameters. This approach was later copied by many more successful synths, such as the Yamaha DX-7. The main microprocessor was a 68B09, and it had a computer interface consisting of a 25-pin D-sub connector – this was before the invention of MIDI). An Apple IIe interface card with sequencing software was released later on. Eventually, a third party came out with a Chroma-to-MIDI converter box.Fact|date=June 2008 Fender also released a keyboardless version called the Chroma Expander, which could be slaved to the Chroma via its computer interface.

The Chroma was rather expensive, and Fender wasn't as good at selling high-tech keyboards as it was guitar equipmentPOV-statement|date=June 2008, so it didn't sell as well as it might have. Other factors, such as the introduction of the Yamaha DX-7, may also have played a part. However, it developed a dedicated following.

External links

* [http://www.rhodeschroma.com/ Site and community dedicated to the Rhodes Chroma]
* [http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=arpeggio ARP Chroma announcement]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • ARP Chroma — L ARP Chroma est un synthétiseur polyphonique analogique/numérique programmable conçu par la société américaine ARP en 1980, fabriqué et distribué par la firme Rhodes de 1981 à 1983. Le Chroma est un synthétiseur de scène doté d un clavier à 64… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • ARP (Synthétiseurs) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ARP. ARP Instruments, Inc. était une société américaine spécialisée dans le conception et la vente d instruments de musique électroniques fondée en 1969 par Alan Robert Pearlman. ARP a disparu définitivement en… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • ARP (synthetiseurs) — ARP (synthétiseurs) Pour les articles homonymes, voir ARP. ARP Instruments, Inc. était une société américaine spécialisée dans le conception et la vente d instruments de musique électroniques fondée en 1969 par Alan Robert Pearlman. ARP a disparu …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Arp (synthétiseurs) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ARP. ARP Instruments, Inc. était une société américaine spécialisée dans le conception et la vente d instruments de musique électroniques fondée en 1969 par Alan Robert Pearlman. ARP a disparu définitivement en… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Chroma — Chroma, the Greek word for color, may refer to: Colorfulness or chroma, the perceived intensity of a specific color Chrominance or chroma, one of the two components of a television signal Chroma, a measure of color purity in the Munsell color… …   Wikipedia

  • ARP Instruments, Inc. — ARP Instruments, Inc. was an early electronic music company founded by Alan Robert Pearlman. Best known for its line of synthesizers that emerged in the early 1970s, ARP closed its doors in 1981 for financial reasons. History Alan Pearlman was an …   Wikipedia

  • ARP (synthétiseurs) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ARP. ARP Instruments, Inc. était une société américaine spécialisée dans le conception et la vente d instruments de musique électroniques fondée en 1969 par Alan Robert Pearlman. ARP a disparu définitivement en… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Fender-Rhodes — Klassifikation Gegenschlagidiophon (Elektrophon) Tasteninstrument Verwandte Instrumente Wurlitzer 200 A, Hohner Pianet, Hohner Clavinet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fender Rhodes Electric Piano — Fender Rhodes Klassifikation Gegenschlagidiophon (Elektrophon) Tasteninstrument Verwandte Instrumente Wurlitzer 200 A, Hohner Pianet, Hohner Clavinet …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Rhodes Piano — Fender Rhodes Klassifikation Gegenschlagidiophon (Elektrophon) Tasteninstrument Verwandte Instrumente Wurlitzer 200 A, Hohner Pianet, Hohner Clavine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”