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This is probably my favourite synthesizer ever:



New Order used it....can be heard to great effect on the song Procession, New Order's second single, released in 1981. It also happens to be brilliant. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZ3E6rWNd4

God that is cool

Can you tell what exactly makes it so special to you?

Sure...
I really love string machines. I bought a really old Eminent Solina years ago which I still have today. It was the sound I heard on the records by Joy Divison and The Cure. Really icy, cold, complex string sounds with no limit on polyphony.
Years later I discovered that Joy Division used an Arp Omni II string machine not a solina, although they sound very similar.
Now the Arp Quadra is basically an extremely souped up Arp Omni.

The Quadra has that fantastic solina/omni string sound, but even better because it has stereo phaser built in. The phaser is one of the best sounding phasers ever, with many options. It has a very powerfull seperate bass section, a twin VCO monosynth, and a polysynth section. It is 4 part multi-timbral. All sections route to a mixer, have seperate outputs and are routable through the stereo phaser.

It also has an arpeggiator and portmento, and basic memories.

It basically a powerfull, fun machine that sounds truly amazing..probably the best sounding string synth ever built.

I own a Solina, Arp Quadra, Arp Omni II, Roland RS-505, VP-330 and an Roland RS-09..so im fully synth stringed out 

Man you nuts!
What the hell do you NOT own?!?! 

Is it possible to route other external signals through the phaser section of the quadra? I own a vintage mxr 100 phaser pedal which I really like (especially for my E-mu II solinas) though that one's mono...

your collection must be awsome,
Greetz,
Elm.

Haha...you probably right..I question myself constantly! Im not rich..just got credit and an obssesion!! a bad combination.

Seriously though I've picked most thing up very cheaply...My Omni II was completely wrecked and very cheap..I spent a lot of time restoring it.

I got a memorymoog too...it only cost £700 and I actually got it for free as I bought an Oberheim Xpander from the same guy which I sold for a £700 profit. Again the Memorymoog was completely broken, I spent hours fixing it up!

Im not sure about the phaser on the Arp Quadra..The Quadra does have an external input and a slider to control the external volume but im not sure if it's routable to the phaser..Not tried it.

Elm wrote: Man you nuts!
What the hell do you NOT own?!?! 

Is it possible to route other external signals through the phaser section of the quadra? I own a vintage mxr 100 phaser pedal which I really like (especially for my E-mu II solinas) though that one's mono...

your collection must be awsome,
Greetz,
Elm.

eggwheat wrote: Im not sure about the phaser on the Arp Quadra..The Quadra does have an external input and a slider to control the external volume but im not sure if it's routable to the phaser..Not tried it.

If it's got an Input, I'm pretty sure you can send it through the phaser.

So you got a memorymoog, too  ...................................................   

You have a superb collection, the Quadra in particular is a gem.  I have the use of one occasionally and I love how it still sounds modern if used right.

How much do those Quadras normally go for? I haven't been able to find any on Google Shopping.