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Korg ARP 2600 M £1,699

Korg are back with a smaller take on the ARP 2600. Bruce

Aisher checks whether any magic has been lost in the process

CONTACT WHO: Korg WEB: korg.com KEY FEATURES 3 x VCO, low-pass VCF (two types – early and late 24 dB/oct), VCA, 2 x Envelopes

(AR and ADSR), Noise Generator (white and pink), Ring Modulator, Sample & Hold I/O: External Audio Input, MIDI IN, USB port x 2 – Type A and Type B

DIMENSIONS: 520 × 129 × 311mm WEIGHT: 6kg

REVIEWS

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FM | REVIEWS Korg ARP 2600 M £1,699 Korg are back with a smaller take on the ARP 2600. Bruce Aisher checks whether any magic has been lost in the process CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Korg WEB: korg.com 3 x VCO, low-pass VCF (two types – early and late 24 dB/oct), VCA, 2 x Envelopes (AR and ADSR), Noise Generator (white and pink), Ring Modulator, Sample & Hold I/O: External Audio Input, MIDI IN, USB port x 2 – Type A and Type B DIMENSIONS: 520 × 129 × 311mm WEIGHT: 6kg 68 FMU379.rev_korg.
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Korg ARP 2600 M | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + It looks like a (small) 2600 – and sounds like a 2600 Extremely flexible sound design tool Integrates well with modular gear - No dedicated LFO Limited envelope options Small sliders on the dark case can be tricky to see J ust where do you start a review of a legendary synth on which everyone has an opinion? Perhaps not by trawling the internet to find out what defines the 2600 sound, or why a particular make of clone is/isn’t true to the original.
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Reviews | Korg ARP 2600 M THE ALTERNATIVES Antonus 2600 £2,999 Based on the TTSH DIY version of the 2600, this handbuilt synth claims to be the next best thing to an original ’70s grey-face. antonus-synths.com Moog Matriarch £1,999 The Moog Matriarch expands their smaller semi-modular Mother synth with more oscillators, filter, envelopes and connectivity. moogmusic.
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Korg ARP 2600 M | Reviews was noticeably purer-sounding than both the Antonus, an Arturia software emulation or even the synth’s own VCO-2 output, which all have some even harmonics added to the odd-only mixture of a truer square wave. This was noticeable, but may simply be related to the VCO duty-cycle calibration. Other than these points, it was surprising how close one could get the various comparison synths to respond on simple patches.