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2601 v1.0 improved the jacks and slider controls of the previous model, but still included the disputed Model 4012 filter. In 1977, 2601 v2.0 introduced ARP’s new Model 4072 filter, as well as the orange-over-black design theme of ARP’s other synthesizers. One final version of the 2601, v3.0, was
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Inc. of Japan reissued the ARP 2600 as the ARP 2600 FS, a faithful reproduction of the original 1972 gray version. The re-issue adds features, including: the ability to select between the 4012 and 4072 filter types found in the 1970s versions, balanced XLR outputs, MIDI, a basic sequencer /
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ARP 2600P v3.0 (1972–74) or v4.0 (1974) panel details
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522:Both VCF versions available, selected with switch
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62:Technical specifications
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434:Raiders of the Lost Ark
225:subtractive synthesizer
1009:ARP 2600 Patch Diagram
1004:Vintage Synth Explorer
659:Keyfax Omnibus Edition
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714:Vintage Synthesizers
343:ARP 2600 Blue Meanie
309:, and a four-octave
252:modular synthesizers
229:ARP Instruments, Inc
1233:Analog synthesizers
1168:Guitar synthesizers
932:. Denmark: Bjooks.
712:Vail, Mark (1993).
686:. Denmark: Bjooks.
558:Cherry Audio CA2600
536:Software emulations
429:Ark of the Covenant
413:The sound designer
327:'s 4-pole "ladder"
307:envelope generators
187:Spring reverberator
162:Velocity expression
1143:String Synthesizer
552:Arturia ARP 2600 V
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1184:Sequencers
898:3 November
858:7 December
808:2023-03-19
802:MusicRadar
763:"ARP 2600"
639:References
513:LED faders
446:Borderline
444:1984 hit "
153:expression
139:Attenuator
92:Oscillator
80:Timbrality
73:Monophonic
34:Steve Fisk
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492:Behringer
490:In 2020,
442:Madonna's
424:Star Wars
415:Ben Burtt
316:In 1973,
231:in 1971.
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1098:Explorer
832:13 April
454:Thriller
452:single "
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245:ARP 2500
221:ARP 2600
199:Keyboard
131:low-pass
22:ARP 2600
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1128:Quartet
1113:Pro/DGX
1103:Odyssey
566:Gallery
542:Arturia
504:chassis
421:in the
396:Braille
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182:Effects
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115:Analog
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419:R2-D2
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