I have an ARP Solina and ARP Omni 2.
They sound very similar but not identical which surprises me because I think they would have used the same circuitry for the strings.
The Omni has a bit more of an edge to it. The Solina has a more glassy sound, but I prefer it with a phase shifter the way Styx has it in the middle of Come Sail Away.
I always thought that the Solina sound would be an interesting sound in a Mellotron with the tape warble affecting it.
I think I paid $800.00 for the Solina back in 2005 and $300.00 for the Omni in 1993.
In the 70's I think the Solina came out before the Omni, but I could be wrong.
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 2:02 PM, john barrick
<barrickjohn262@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry - NO longer sounded the same.
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 10:38 AM, john barrick
<barrickjohn262@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm also hearing that the third version was still being produced in the mid '80s after ARP's demise, and that the circuitry had been redesigned so much that they longer sounded the same.
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john barrick
∗Leo got it right the first time∗
∗then he added a second pickup and got it righter∗