The authenticity started to wobble when I inspected the sine waves (see the last two graphs on this page). The equivalence is clear, and, as one would hope, the sound from these is all but indistinguishable. The first two graphs below show the sawtooth waveform generated by VCO2 on my grey-face ARP 2600, and on 2600V. I began by evaluating the primary modules in the signal path: the VCOs, VCF, VCA, the output section, and the envelope generators that control them. It's called 2600V, and as I've done with my previous reviews of Arturia's software emulations, I put it up against the original hardware synth to see just how close the emulation was. It's the fourth software-based emulated synth to emerge from Arturia, and as with their previous emulations, it aims to produce a sound as close as possible to that of the hardware instrument, whilst also sympathetically extending the original's feature-set with more modern facilities such as polyphony and MIDI capabilities. This month, we'll look at the first of these. But perhaps this is about to change, with the almost simultaneous release of two ARP 2600 software synths. Nevertheless, the bias toward Moog survives to this day, as demonstrated by the host of digital imitations of the Minimoog. With no Moog equivalent, this combined pre-patched synthesis with the flexibility of a modular synth, all housed in a neat suitcase that didn't need a pair of roadies and a transit van to move it from one gig to the next. Sure, you could compare the Minimoog and the Odyssey, but where were the equivalents to the wonderful Pro Soloist, the Axxe, and the Omni? The Satellite, the Micromoog and the Opus 3.? Give me a break. But apart from this and the original Taurus pedals, Moog's record was never better than patchy. We see how it fares up against the original. When appropriate, users may be asked to resubmit their discussion topic with a more neutral tone.Arturia's 2600V at its maximum 1156-pixel height, with the 1601 sequencer emulation and keyboard visible.Ĭompleting the quartet of vintage synth emulations they began with Moog Modular V, Arturia's latest plug-in aims to reproduce the sound of the greatest semi-modular of them all, ARP's 2600. Support the people that make all of this possible.ĪPPROACH CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS WITH CARE - Discussion posts that are inflammatory, aggressive, or otherwise likely to provoke flame wars, intentionally or not, will be removed at the moderators’ discretion. If you use our community to encourage any sort of IP theft you will be banned, no questions asked. Posts that contain insults, attacks, or conspiracy theories based on your opinion of the value of gear will be deleted. NO PRICE SHAMING - Some equipment doesn’t cost much, some costs a lot. Posts lacking a comment will be automatically removed after 1 hour. “Here is a track I made” or "look at my new synth" is not sufficient since the point is to encourage discussion. LEAVE A COMMENT ON LINK/PHOTO/VIDEO POSTS - Link, photo, and video posts must include a meaningful comment by the OP. Posts violating the spirit of this rule may be removed at the moderators discretion. NO LOW-EFFORT CONTENT - Low-effort content includes: memes, jokes, pictures of boxes/receipts/shipping notifications, pictures of gear without explanation, self-promotion without participation, etc. If you are not willing to field questions then your post will be removed. If you are the manufacturer or developer of a commercial product, please message the mods before posting, but we will usually allow new product promotion as long as you stay to answer questions.ĪNSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR OWN CONTENT - Links to streams of your music are allowed only if you intend on fielding questions about your production and your use of synthesizers in your music. Links to uncommonly great specials/deals are allowed. NO SALES POSTS - Sale/trade/buy posts are not allowed. Fair warning to all: racism, sexism, hate speech, political intolerance regardless of viewpoint (especially any witch-hunting or brigading), deadnaming, or harassment of any sort will result in an instant and permanent ban. NO PERSONAL ATTACKS - Please keep comments constructive! Personal attacks, insults, and bad faith criticism of users equipment or music will not be tolerated.
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