# ARP Omni
“This is a very rare synth and there are few of these advertised now. There are even fewer in 100% working condition and excellent cosmetic condition so grab yourself a rare piece of vintage synth history while the auction lasts.
This is a significant development in Arp’s history of synth building in that the synth benefits from a string section, a kind of organ/Hammond section and a synth section also. This is quite unusual to find all three in one box of analog tricks and is a masterstroke in Arp’s engineering skill. This is very analog if you can have very analog as opposed to not very analog!!! If you know what I mean!!! What I’m saying is that this has all the analog stuff inside, you know the wonderful voltage controlled oscillators that need to warm up over a 10 minute period and a fantastic voltage controlled filter which simply cannot be matched by its digital successors in today’s analog modelling market. The richness of this synth is unparalleled and some of the bass sounds attained by using the actual synth section are crisp. You can get wacky blips and bleeps out of this thing too. The organ and kind of Hammond organ sounds are quite convincing but obviously not sampled and therefore sound slightly manufactured but that’s quite fun. I just love the string section. There is just nothing quite like Arp’s string synths. They have that rich 70s sound which conjures up memories and images of 70s sitcoms and early 80s and I mean very early 80s cheeeezzzy pop music. It really is great, I mean you know what can replace these things really? Nothing. It’s a beauty.” Link