50

anniversary!

Of course the Rob Papen brand has not yet reached its 50th anniversary, although its founder has, however, finally reached his 50th birthday on October 8 and is also celebrating his 35th synth-playing ‘anniversary’. As such, if you were to ask Rob how old he feels, he would probably reply, “Mmm... around 35!”

So from today (October 8) until October 10 we will be celebrating with you by offering an ’appropriate’ 35% discount on software purchased at robpapen.com or at your local Rob Papen dealer! Simply use the following coupon code: ROBPAPEN

Now more than ever, perhaps, it’s an appropriate time to turn back the clock for a crash course in Rob Papen history...

Born as Robert Papen on October 8, 1964, Rob started playing synthesizer at the tender age of 15. Here (below) is his first synth setup with two Korg MS-20 semi-modular monosynths alongside an accompanying Korg SQ-10 analogue sequencer and a not quite so cool-looking Cosmovox organ. From such humble basement beginnings fame and (good) fortune would soon come calling.

Joining forces with fellow synth-playing Dutchmen Ruud van Es and Peter Kommers as part of pioneering electronic music groups Peru and Nova (pictured below) — the latter featuring the same members as Peru, but with a more commercial slant, Rob subsequently scored a number one hit with Nova in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg back in 1982 with a synthesizer-based instrumental called ‘Aurora’. As a result of such success, his synthesizer setup swelled to include additional analogue wonders such as the mighty Roland Jupiter-8 programmable polysynth, a highly-prized instrument that remains central to his setup to this day.

After his music career reached its natural conclusion following Peru’s disbanding, Rob found himself in the enviable position of becoming a sought-after sound designer throughout the Nineties and beyond for many of the leading synthesizer and sampler manufacturers of the time, including Access, E-mu, Ensoniq, and Waldorf, before going on to found his own namesake company in 2005, developing a range of critically acclaimed and commercially successful virtual instruments and effects plug-ins with coder John Ayres.

Today Rob Papen Soundware defines cutting-edge contemporary music production: powerful virtual instruments and plug-ins that intermix innovative design, uncompromising sound quality, and musical, production-grade presets to make tracks truly shine, whatever the musical genre... Inspiration Soundware, indeed!

4 Element synth

Book with 4dVD!

Rob has not entirely forsaken his hardware synthesizer heritage, however, as evidenced by the release of last year’s self- funded, successful subtractive synthesis instructional book/DVD set, The 4 Element Synth, a truly enlightening tome featuring over 200 pages of quality reading material and 10 hours of tutorial content, drawn deep from the creative well of its creator’s unsurpassed knowledge gleaned from so many fruitful years of working with synthesizers, old and new alike. And if you’d like to follow in Rob’s footsteps and benefit from his 35-year synth odyssey, then this is definitely the Rob Papen product for you!

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Yours,

Synthesized October 8, 1964

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