ARP Axxe (1975–1978)

The ARP Axxe is a fully analog synthesizer built from 1975 to 1978, with a list price of $1,195. ARP positioned it below the flagship ARP 2600 and above the preset-oriented ARP Soloist. It was meant as an affordable, portable instrument for working musicians.

A period advertisement in Modern-Recording (April 1976, p.43) called the Axxe “popular, inexpensive” and “the basic variable synthesizer,” and noted that Herbie Hancock had endorsed it. Beyond that, the record is thin. No detailed technical specifications - oscillator count, filter type, keyboard size, or patch memory - have survived in the sources available to the Archive. What is known is simple. It was a mid-1970s entry point into ARP’s fully programmable analog line, neither the preset-only Soloist nor the full-blown 2600.

If you have a service manual, schematic, or original brochure for the Axxe, the Archive would welcome a contribution.

Known Specs

• Type: Fully analog synthesizer
• Production years: 1975–1978
• Original list price: $1,195
• Lineup position: Below ARP 2600, above ARP Soloist

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