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The ARP Axxe is a monophonic analog synthesizer created by ARP during the 1970s. As a cheaper, scaled-down version of the Odyssey, the Axxe was simplified to the point of becoming, arguably, the most standard analog synthesizer. It has a single VCO (filtered into two different waveforms) that is passed through a basic low-pass filter and VCA. Modulation is also rather inflexible but can be applied to nearly every section of the synthesizer. Noteworthy is the addition of sample-and-hold and the ability to pass external audio through the filter (in the tradition of the Minimoog). Two versions of the Axxe were manufactured, the later containing orange silkscreening and a slightly modified case. The earliest units of the original version lacked ARP's innovative "Proportional Pitch Control" pads, but featured an illegal replication of a Moog filter that was later recalled.
