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My favorite TV show theme song.
The Rockford Files
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Okay…you can’t just post a pic of some cool, retro musico-electronico gizmo and run off!
Don‘t leave a guy hangin’.
What is that?
That’s an ARP….the type of synth that was probably used for that iconic theme...previously referred to by @eclecticsynergy .
OP
What does “ARP” stand for? Is it an acronym?
67plexi
Ambassador of Amps
ARP 2600
The Story Of Edgar Winter’s Frankenstein
While you’ve probably heard Winter’s Frankenstein dozens of times – you may not know much about the songs’ origin.
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Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
I remember it too
Jimmy Rockford.
We have cable, loaded. I like the local channels, need TSN for CFL footy.
The missus needs her stuff too.
We also stream.
We watch a lot of tv.
65" curved screen 4k.
I would never watch on a laptop etc.
Priorities I guess. No RV, no snow mobile, no ATV, no boat...
Jimmy Rockford.
We have cable, loaded. I like the local channels, need TSN for CFL footy.
The missus needs her stuff too.
We also stream.
We watch a lot of tv.
65" curved screen 4k.
I would never watch on a laptop etc.
Priorities I guess. No RV, no snow mobile, no ATV, no boat...
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
The ARP 2600 also produced all those iconic synth sounds on the classic Who records like Quadrophenia and Who's Next.
ARP made a less expensive self-contained model called the Odyssey, which was popular with many rock bands in the 70s.
Thanks to a 2-pole filter circuit, it had a reedier sound than Moogs, whose 4-pole filters produced fatter tone.
The Odyssey sounded like The Rockford Files theme most of the time, while the 2600 was more versatile.
ARP made a less expensive self-contained model called the Odyssey, which was popular with many rock bands in the 70s.
Thanks to a 2-pole filter circuit, it had a reedier sound than Moogs, whose 4-pole filters produced fatter tone.
The Odyssey sounded like The Rockford Files theme most of the time, while the 2600 was more versatile.
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
The Crystal Method did the TV theme for Bones.
eclecticsynergy
Ambassador of Electric Synergy
A largish laptop is one thing - I don't watch films often on mine, but at least I can get close to it, and quality headphones make it sound good.
The thing I take issue with is people everywhere watching movies on their cellphones.
Either they have bionic eyes or they just don't care much about the visual aspects of films & videos.
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Movies and the current Trek series through the stereo on the 65". That's movies, for me.
Cellphones? I don't understand it either the experience is lost.
I can’t do the cell phone video either. Maybe FaceTime. When I finished off the basement in 2021 I instaled 6 Polk Audio,speakers in the walls. Added a center speaker and subwoofer driven by a Dennon 7.1 AV amp. It’s a nice setup with the big screen. After I got it all installed and setup I found out that very few movies or shows are recorded in 7.1 format. Big D’oh moment! The amp does a decent job converting the audio.
