[sdiy] Best Filter pissing contest -was RE: TOP THIS USELESS BLATHER

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Thursday 07 July 2005 06:58 pm, Tim Parkhurst wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joseph Palermo [mailto:fatjoebear at tmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 2:22 PM
> > To: peter at buzzclick-music.com
> > Cc: Synth diy list
> > Subject: Re: TOP THIS USELESS BLATHER ! (was Re: [sdiy] JAy)
> >
> > I had the pleasure of playing an arp odessy this morning, it had just
> > been serviced by phil cirocco( haven't heard the name before, its not
> > my
> > synth, is he a good tech?). Its really nice but I think the filters on
> > my moog rogue are alittle warmer
> > E.O.J the Bum
> >
> > --
>
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> E.O.J., you got pretty lucky there. Phil Cirocco is quite possibly THE top
> ARP tech in the country! Only a very few people (including Kevin Lightner)
> can match Phil C. 

I don't remember if I know that name or not,  where is he located?

FWIW,  I was doing pretty well with ARP stuff for a while there.  I worked on 
them in the NYC area,  and then worked for a company that was an "official" 
service center until they went out of business,  and then was one of two ARP 
warranty service centers in PA,  until _they_ went out of business.

I always did like their stuff.

> On top of that, I'm pretty sure he hasn't worked on Odysseys for a long time
> (he has his own modules, in addition to supplying replacement 'potted'
> circuits, and I think he still does 2600 work). Check him out at
>
> http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/arptronics/Arptronics.htm

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Huh!  He's also in PA!  Must be that "other guy" who's in the Allentown area,  
somewhere.  I'll have to look him up one of these days.  :-)

Those "potted" modules can be a pain,  all right.  As well as finding some of 
the other stuff,  like the sliders.  I have an Omni sitting in storage that 
needs a "release" slider to be replaced,  ferinstance.  Though I have been 
known to _build_ replacement keyboard modules for the 2600,  on more than one 
occasion.

> And yeah, the ARP filters are generally not considered as 'warm' as Moogs,
> but they do have a nice character all their own. Still very musical. And
> personally, I think the ARP Odyssey is one of the best analog mono designs
> out there. It's amazing what they crammed into that box.

Yeah!  :-)

I liked that almost as much as I liked the 2600,  back in those days.