User Manual

ARTURIA – ARP 2600 V – USER MANUAL 3
Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 6
1.1 The birth of ARP Instruments and the ARP2600 ................................................................................. 6
1.2 Arturia’s secret ingredient: TAE
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1.2.1 Aliasing-free oscillators ........................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.2 A better reproduction of analog oscillator waveforms ...................................................................... 9
1.2.3 Direct Filter Circuit Modeling ................................................................................................................ 10
2 ACTIVATION AND FIRST START ................................................................................... 12
2.1 Register and Activate .......................................................................................................................... 12
2.2 Initial setup ............................................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.1 Audio and MIDI settings: Windows ...................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2 Audio and MIDI settings: Mac OS X .................................................................................................... 15
2.2.3 Using ARP 2600 V in plug-in mode ....................................................................................................... 15
3 USER INTERFACE .......................................................................................................... 17
3.1 The virtual keyboard ............................................................................................................................ 17
3.2 Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 17
3.2.1 Save Preset ............................................................................................................................................ 17
3.2.2 Save Preset As… .................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2.3 Import preset ......................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2.4 Export preset .......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.5 Resize window options .......................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.6 Audio settings ........................................................................................................................................ 20
3.2.7 Preset browser overview ...................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.8 MIDI Learn assignment ......................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.8.1 Assigning / unassigning controls ................................................................................................................... 22
3.2.8.2 Min / Max value sliders .................................................................................................................................. 23
3.2.8.3 Relative control option .................................................................................................................................. 23
3.2.8.4 Reserved MIDI CC numbers .......................................................................................................................... 24
3.2.9 MIDI controller configuration ............................................................................................................... 24
3.2.10 The lower toolbar .................................................................................................................................. 25
3.2.10.1 Current control value .................................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.10.2 Midi Channel Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.10.3 Panic button and CPU meter ....................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.10.4 Maximum Polyphony ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.3 The Preset Browser ................................................................................................................................ 27
3.3.1 Searching presets .................................................................................................................................. 27
3.3.2 Using tags as a filter .............................................................................................................................. 28
3.3.3 The Preset Info section .......................................................................................................................... 29
3.3.4 Preset selection: other methods .......................................................................................................... 30
3.3.4.1 Selecting a preset by its Type ....................................................................................................................... 31
3.3.5 Playlists .................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.3.5.1 Add a playlist ................................................................................................................................................. 31