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MartinHines · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 12:27 am Post subject:

Sweetwater in the U.S. did have some ARP2600 units for sale, but they are now sold out:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ARP2600--arp-2600-semi-modular-analog-synthesizer-system

From the webpage above:

Jan1 · Platinum Member Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 765

I’m willing to bet that KORG will do another run considering the incredible demand, it’s really unheard of. Some stores reached the limit of what they were able to deliver in just a few hours.

burningbusch · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:17 am Post subject:

Korg certainly could revisit this and do a second run, assuming there are no supply issues. When Moog stopped the Minimoog D reissue it was because they ran out of certain parts.

I suspect a fair number of people who were able to nab a 2600 are speculators hoping to make money on a flip. And I don't think most resellers require money down to hold and even if they required a small down payment it would obviously be fully refundable. Point being, there could be a number of people who are in the queue, but when the time comes they might either not have the money or changed their mind. So if people are serious, they should get on a waitlist (or two).

Behringer is doing some fun things, but Korg owns the ARP name and collaborated with Friend for this project. The Korg/ARP 2600 is more like a re-issue than a clone. That's something Behringer can't do. They can only copy/clone. I paid $3000 (later price was $3500) for my limited edition Minimoog D reissue. Behringer's D is cute and sounds really good but you simply can't compare the playing experience. The $3800 price for the Korg/ARP 2600 is entirely reasonable in my book.

Busch.
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Liviou2004 · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:41 am Post subject:

Narioso

Liviou2004 · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:26 pm Post subject: Re: Behringer on its way - Part 1

Narioso · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:30 pm Post subject:

I saw part two of Behringer teaser - it's here as a full synth.

So my hunch was completely off....but to go for a mono synth again I would wait for modules to maybe build moog, prophet or arp type sound.
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burningbusch · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:55 pm Post subject:

RKfan · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 7:36 pm Post subject:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkhYuS6vxGU&fbclid=IwAR1Dxc4sSwUIMfFtOeNFycRhK0C3ifTqoewwNMK-Yo0EpWn5rKZlQm4BAt8

Hooked On Sonics · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:13 pm Post subject:

Sharp · Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:23 pm Post subject:

Liviou2004 · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 7:54 am Post subject:

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Kevin Nolan · Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:34 pm Post subject:

Narioso · Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:40 am Post subject:

If guitar manufacturers do everything from what pros would use to affordable stuff for various levels of players - why shouldn't synth companies.

You start out with a guitar you can afford and move up the ladder as you grow more mature and notice the differences when holding a $2000-$3000 guitar.

The genre of EDM has grown an immense interest in music making for many people. And with these very affordable Behringers, Boutiques, and Korg too - they can enjoy that.

So many things were out of reach for most of us with no professional ambition, just love for music.

In the 80's Fostex came with a very affordable cassette porta studio - that made me move from sound-on-sound on a reel to reel tape machine. Endless fun.

Then sacrificed one track on that for sync of sequencers and external mixer and it grew even more.

But then hit the ceiling for what I could afford. I wanted a 16-track fostex reel-to-reel and since I could no longer reduce that gap to full professional level - interest dropped.

So I really envie young people today what is available for reasonable money. I wish I had that when I was their age.

Now as retired doing music full time just for the love of it - and money not an object - still love the DeepMind and Neutron.

Poly-D and 2600 from Behringer sound terrific too to my ears. The developer in the teaser for 2600 also gave good impressions in how he work, and on second generation prototypes etc. Explained about surface mount also being more stable oscillators and things like this. Felt really thorough in how he worked, having done modules before forever and all.

I can't say I am interested in the full range they released the last year - mono synths just go that far for me and Neutron gave ideas what to try in cross modulation for DeepMind. So Neutron expanded thinking about modulation - fun to just have a cable on the right, and what happends if I put on left side here, and here, and here etc.

Forward I will use Neutron more for effects than playing as such.

I saw some interesting things on 2600 panel - if that might bring some new ideas what you can do.
- some things from each oscillator to ADSR whatever that can be
- some things from osc 1->2, and from 2->3 etc. - sync mod or what

With the vast amount of modulation you can do with Wavestate it could be fun with a 2600 to explore too and expand thinking a bit.
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