RIP Alan R Pearlman

[muzines]

Alan R. Pearlman, engineer and founder of the pioneering synth manufacturer ARP Instruments, died yesterday at the age of 93.

http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2019/01/06/arp-founder-alan-r-pearlman-has-died/

Sad times...

[Hugh Robjohns]

But a good long life, and an impressive legacy of formative keyboards.

[Parsongs]

The world has lost a brilliant engineer. The ARP synthesizer was a brilliant product line with superb oscillators and filters. Pete Townshend did some wonderful work with the ARP 2500 and 2600 synths - they are all over Who's Next and Quadrophenia. Eliane Radigue also composed for the instrument.

RIP Alan and thank you for the inspiration.

Tom Parsons

[The Elf]

My music owes much to this man. RIP.

[Martin Walker]

Yes, a true hero of the synthesiser world, whose legacy will carry on for many decades.

Goodbye Alan, and thanks for all the synths

Martin

[Chevytraveller]

For those who haven't seen it yet, this is a brilliant documentary about the many synth pioneers and includes Alan's last interview..

http://brightsparks.movie/

[Martin Walker]

For those who haven't seen it yet, this is a brilliant documentary about the many synth pioneers and includes Alan's last interview..

http://brightsparks.movie/

Thanks - I'll have a look at that later!

Martin

[Eddy Deegan]

Sad to see the passing of another pioneer. RIP.

I got the Bright Sparks film as a direct result of reading the SOS review and I loved it - definitely worth the modest fee they ask for it in my humble opinion.

(https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/bright-sparks btw)

[flicker66]

With the late Robert Moog, they were responsible for taking synths onto the next level. Rest in peace.