Thanks for checking it out, merindol73! It is a lot of fun to play with. It's hard right now to keep on track with making something musical. It can produce some really amazing sounds and I lose track of time and what I was doing with it once I get started. So exciting to finally have it on the desk!
I Just acquired one for Christmas. Love it and have already created a plethora of amazing sounds just with using the sample and hold. Thinking on the programming possibilities with this incredible classic synth, I ordered a second one. The fact that these synths are MIDI-based, unlike the original, opens up a window of greater control and creative possibilities!
Very nice! I love your enthusiasm over this fine synthesizer. I do love mine, and it’s a perfect companion for my Korg MS-20. Since the MS-20 has a separate high and low pass filter, it can sit very well together with the 2600. Thanks for taking time to listen and leave such an interesting comment! Cheers.
I’m 2y behind getting one and enjoy the explorations. I couldn’t get sound at first because the 2 way filter switch was not quite all way up or down, just shows we all have something to learn with new gear
Absolutely! Glad you worked it out and I hope you’re enjoying your 2600 as much as I do mine. It’s an amazing instrument and iconic synthesizer. Cheers!
Love these sounds!! It is a very powerful and impressive synth. The humble arturia helps along to. I am ordering my 2600 in a few minutes from now. Selling the Moog Mother 32. Thanks mate!
That sounds so good and brings back memories of my introduction to electronic music by TD, Klaus Schultze and Tonto's Expanding Headband. Berlin School is still my favourite genre.
Really nice Berlin School style arp. Could not agree with you more on most of the points you raise. Getting a sound out of this 2600 proved difficult for me also. I had to completely re-think how I went about synthesis to achieve even the simplest of sounds. Nice one.
I really appreciate your kind comment and feedback. It’s kind of ironic, to me when we think about the dark ages and re-learning things like basic math, I see using the 2600 to learn semi-modular subtractive synthesis in the same way. They did it this way in the early days… why am I having such a hard time?! HA!
@@slim_pkns Just got my Christmas Tree 2600. I'm a sucker for lights..lol. Took me a bit of fiddling and investigating to make it sing..there's so much to this synth, but it's really worth it! Love the sound so far, and it really is a space ship of a synth! You can get lost in it' s universe of possibilities :)
@@payt01 Right?! Sounds like you already love yours as much as I love mine. Even with a bit of a struggle finding what you want. The lush sounds are SO worth it! I hope you'll keep in touch and let me know how things progress. Cheers!
Got mine last year and going strong. The layout on is an improvement over the original and new Korg. Nice you don't need the extra keyboard with the LFO and Portamento.
Nice! Lovely instrument, and huge sound. I have no regrets buying this synthesizer. The ARP 2600 has always been one of those dream synths I wanted to own. Hope you get as much enjoyment out of yours.
Thanks a lot for giving it a listen! I hope to make more like this, but I still have a lot to learn. I try not to just copy everyone else and do the same thing over and over. I really appreciate the comment. Cheers!
I enjoyed you're sequence, go on in this way. I work also a lot with my Blue Marvin in combination with the original Korg MS 10 and MS 20 with the sequencer SQ 10 from the 70's. Also use a Doepfer Dark Time sequencer. One thing at last, you forgot to mention Klaus Schulze, he was the best synth pioneer 😀
Thank you for the compliment and, YES! I did leave off the great Klaus Schulze. I should have mentioned him. I really love the sound of the (remakes) of classic synthesizers. The chance for me to own a 2600 or MS-20 is pretty slim. Thanks again for checking it out!
great stuff! i have owned my Gray Meanie for one week now and love it. videos such as this are a great inspiration. thanks for sharing 🙂 (although now i really want a Timeline so maybe my wallet is not so happy...)
Hey, thanks for listening and saying so! I really appreciate it. The 2600 is such an iconic instrument, to me. I hope you enjoy your Grey Meanie as much as I enjoy my Blue Marvin! Cheers, and thanks again.
Thanks for checking it out and actually looking at it! Cheers! I hope you're enjoying your 2600 as much as I am mine. Please stop in again and let me know how things progress for you.
Thanks for taking time to check it out and say so. I like the real spring reverb on the Blue Marvin. The plain B2600, I can’t speak to. Make sure you limit the right / left spread though when you use it. It will sound like crap if you pan it far out. Remember that it’s really a mono synthesizer and you’ll end up with a lot of noise if the spread is more than 25% or so. I LOVE the synth!
Thanks for taking time to check it out. Yes, it was easy to setup the arpeggio on the KeyStep37. I like that it has transpose and has aftertouch as well. In this case, I didn't use transpose though. I just played a different chord to arpeggiate.
I want to start exploring synthesizers and was looking at a 2600. Can you please explain to someone completely ignorant what is connected and how they are connected to each other?
Certainly. It's great to hear of someone else interested in the ARP 2600 and synthesizers! The 2600 is plugged into TimeLine, then TimeLine to mixer (trace silver and blue tipped cables top right 2600 and far right Timeline; then red/gray tip cables out of the Timeline -> mixer channels left/right). Keystep keyboard has a MIDI DIN cable sending the arpeggio to the 2600 (black and hard to see) and I'm changing the filter envelop by hand to make the sound (timbre) change slowly over time. Since I use the real spring reverb that's on the Blue Marvin, I keep the left/right pan on the mixer small. Otherwise there is a "clanging" clash of sound that isn't so pleasing and some sadly assume spring reverbs suck without knowing. Hope this helps, and cheers!
Thank you very much for the quick response. So you have had good luck with the 2600? ( I know kind of a dumb question given the sounds, just curious given the amount of negativity towards this model) So the TimeLine is providing a delay signal? Any recommendations for a mixer for someone starting out?@@slim_pkns
Okay I have my Blue Marvin at last. I confess I have the black one too with all the lights. I do not understand what this Berlin School is? I know what an arpeggio is but how are the two linked! Please just give me a clue how you do this and I will be happy for hours on end. I have Walrus Slöer pedal to help out or are you using the spring reverb? I am lost.
@@petercane6376 First, congratulations and I hope you’ll have many years of musical enjoyment out of any and all your ARP 2600’s regardless of their make or model! Second… Berlin School as a music genre is kind of a “slang” term. It comes from the fact that some of the most famous of the musicians went to the same university in Berlin to study music. Kluas Schulze, Jarre, and Tangerine Dream, etc. to name a few. The iconic Berlin School arpeggio is accomplished by using a dotted eighth note delay with the instrument (2600, MS-20, Model-D, whatever). Of course reverb is good and likely important to making it sound lush and awesome, but it’s all about the delay for the classic arpeggio. Note that the delay is a timing based on your choice of BPM. 80 bpm dotted eighth settings for the delay pedal are different than at 90 bpm. You can look up what speed you need to set your delay at to get it perfect for the bpm you choose, but not all delay effect pedals have a visual display of the delay time setting. You may just have to play it by ear. This is the power for me in using the Strymon Tmeline. I hope this helps and make sure to read the description of this video. Cheers!
Thank you so much. Yes this helps me tons. Sorry I did not read your notes in the first place. First time I have heard Tangerine dream and I love it. Just up my street. Okay so now I need a Strymon timeline. I have a normal Keystep. The basic one. What do you think of the keystep pro?
@@petercane6376 I like the KeyStep Pro. I use it in my current setup. It really depends a lot on if you have multiple instruments you want to use together and how you like to use a sequencer. I think any sequencer would work, but I like using the keyboard style rather than pads or little buttons. Just my preference. For a while I was even using a Roland MC-707 as my sequencer so I could have eight instruments going at once. So much depends on you and what you like. If you’re just starting out… my advice is to stick to what you have until you really know more about what you feel you “need”. Just my opinion, but the same is true about art supplies, astronomy equipment, and lots of other “things” in this world. Not to sound too preachy.
Not too preachy at all but excellent advice. I have the sq1 and a keystep. I had fun with the sq1 but when it comes to changing the note pitches on the fly it cannot measure up to the basic keystep and with 64 steps. What I do " need" ha ha is the Timeline in order to accomplish the needed delay for Berlin school stuff. I will stick with my keystep until I know it inside out and until the need for a better one calls. Thanks for all your help.
Hi.its me again. There was an El Capistan going for a really good price so I have that. I also picked up the KSPro at bargain second hand price. After reading the 169 page manual and watching you tubes it transpires that you cannot actually play four synths together at the same time with it which is why I bought it. No matter. I have it now. When you first played your arpeggio did you play three notes or six notes and then use the tape delay on top? Its hard to pick it out. I just want to copy you firstly until I get it. I am doing arps on my arp!!!! With the El Capistan. It is great fun. I would love to get a bass line going but I want to change it on the fly so will use my other small keystep to play my other 2600 with a bass line. Does that sound like what they used to do?
@@dp6314 Using CV (volts/Oct) for each oscillator, yes. I could use the Korg SQ64 or Arturia KeyStep Pro to run a cable to each oscillator CV input and turn off MIDI. Then use a sequencer channel for each individual oscillator (3 sequencer channels). Fortunately the SQ64 also has another CV control per sequencer channel (MOD), so could also use pulse width control or something else that’s modulated by individual oscillator or the like to use.
@@slim_pknsbut is it just chromatic steps? Or can you get in-between and tune whatever frequency you like. I learned that the beatstep pro sequencer is limited to midi notes and therefore unusable to me. BECAUSE the endoders on the beatstep pro are midi. They can't do CV, no frequency voltage control.
@@popcycles What you are calling “steps” from a musical standpoint, I assume you mean individual notes and if that is held in constant by something like temperament or something like a scale. No, CV -Control Voltage is generated as an electronic signal of frequency that changes on very small increments. Sound is generated based on whatever the device is creating the signal. So if the SQ64 or KeyStep Pro generates voltage sent to the instruments input, that’s what frequency you will hear and all in between at every voltage it can send. So it “can” play all the in between notes sent. You just need to sync the sequencer sending the voltage to be right for the oscillator tuning. Send C0 or C1 for example, and use a tuner on the 2600 output ( or whatever analog synth like MS-20 you use). Make sure the voltage plays is exactly the note you expect. Now send a tiny bit more voltage and you’ll have the sound from an untuned piano. Make sense? It has every note available.
@@slim_pkns Well way back when that was normal and the real deal. Just get spoiled now even though solid analog is so much fun to explore. Maybe they will add digital "Just" for the saving patch ability in the future. One of the many excellent things digital is great for. Although the controls would probably have to be able to encode position which adds to the price. :)
It's not exactly my first time to play around with patching but I have very little experience and that's exactly why I want to put it together with the Korg MS-20. I may just take you up on your offer to help! I'd like to start adding in the Moog Subharmonicon too. I see so much potential in using all my semi-modular gear with CV & gate. I don't have plans to user full modular gear, but definitely have plans for semi-modular longterm.
Hahah! No, do it! You only live once, and it’s Christmas. Unless you can afford a real one or the Korg $6,000.00 remake…. Thank you for taking the time to listen! Cheers.
I’m only using the Arturia Keystep37 and it’s arpeggio function to control the 2600, in this one. No other MIDI or controller. If you look at my last three or four videos, I’ve used the Keystep37, SQ-64, and MC-707 to send MIDI notes to the 2600. I’ve used the SQ-64 to send CV and gate.
The 2600 is sitting on the LOCI XL. It works great for holding it up and at a decent angle, but it doesn't stay in place when you push a cable into a patch point unless you add a little more rubber to a few points it touches the desk. The little bit of rubber they give you is fine for most things, but not that beast with the patch points. I never intended on using it for the 2600 though. It was a stop-gap until my Tolex case arrived from Great Britain. LOCI - loci.life/
@@slim_pkns awesome thanks for the info mate. The 2600 is a real beast.. sound wise and weight, especially slamming in cables! Ive just got an assortment of IKEA stands but i reckon I'll have to go a proper rack mount housing like you did. Keep jammin mate! :)
@@drstupid1 You'll have to wait for it to be built, but I suggest a proper cabinet for it with a lid. I bought one made in Great Britain and it's wonderful! Search ebay for Behringer 2600 Tolex Cabinet and you'll see it. Seller on ebay is jacobalfie.
@@slim_pkns thanks man. I'm in Australia so can't really wait that long! I just got a laptop stand and shelf brackets from IKEA and made a DIY stand that turned out pretty well. Nice angle similar to the OG and I can nicely sit my keyboard in front without squashing the cables! Didn't take long and now I'm thinking of making stands for some other gear because I've totally run out of space!!
I’ve had bad experience with behringer in the past with a mixing desk, seems like cheap components used….can you guys really testify the quality is good with their synths now days? That behringer badge puts me off….
Look at this. The BLUE WALL OF SOUND!!! Nice one Slim!
It is, isn't it?! Thanks for checking it out, AK.
Delay is king! With an old school synth like this you can just get lost in the delays. Excellent results from your exploration sir.
Thank you very much. I appreciate you taking time to check it out. Cheers and arpeggios forever!
DUDE!!!! It finally arrived! Looks so much fun, can't wait to hear it on your next ambient series 😍
Thanks for checking it out, merindol73! It is a lot of fun to play with. It's hard right now to keep on track with making something musical. It can produce some really amazing sounds and I lose track of time and what I was doing with it once I get started. So exciting to finally have it on the desk!
I Just acquired one for Christmas. Love it and have already created a plethora of amazing sounds just with using the sample and hold. Thinking on the programming possibilities with this incredible classic synth, I ordered a second one. The fact that these synths are MIDI-based, unlike the original, opens up a window of greater control and creative possibilities!
Very nice! I love your enthusiasm over this fine synthesizer. I do love mine, and it’s a perfect companion for my Korg MS-20. Since the MS-20 has a separate high and low pass filter, it can sit very well together with the 2600. Thanks for taking time to listen and leave such an interesting comment! Cheers.
Dawless and the fantastic Sounds of
2600! Back to the Roots! nice set. I love it!😎🥳👍
Thank you very much for the kind comment and taking time to listen. It’s a joy to play! Cheers.
Amazing, old school sounds! 😍
Thanks for checking it out and saying so. Cheers!
I’m 2y behind getting one and enjoy the explorations. I couldn’t get sound at first because the 2 way filter switch was not quite all way up or down, just shows we all have something to learn with new gear
Absolutely! Glad you worked it out and I hope you’re enjoying your 2600 as much as I do mine. It’s an amazing instrument and iconic synthesizer. Cheers!
Love these sounds!!
It is a very powerful and impressive synth.
The humble arturia helps along to.
I am ordering my 2600 in a few minutes from now. Selling the Moog Mother 32.
Thanks mate!
Thank you for listening. I’m glad it help you make your decision. Cheers!
Such buttery arpeggios! I'm starting to want a 2600 too...
Thanks for taking time to check i out and say so. I really appreciate it, #unic0de! I didn't realize you had a channel? I subscribed!
Very beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
@@telantas Thanks for taking the time to listen. Cheers!
That sounds so good and brings back memories of my introduction to electronic music by TD, Klaus Schultze and Tonto's Expanding Headband. Berlin School is still my favourite genre.
Thank you for listening and saying so! I'm sorry it took me so long to reply. I think I'm improving, slowly but better than never! Cheers.
Really nice Berlin School style arp. Could not agree with you more on most of the points you raise. Getting a sound out of this 2600 proved difficult for me also. I had to completely re-think how I went about synthesis to achieve even the simplest of sounds. Nice one.
I really appreciate your kind comment and feedback. It’s kind of ironic, to me when we think about the dark ages and re-learning things like basic math, I see using the 2600 to learn semi-modular subtractive synthesis in the same way. They did it this way in the early days… why am I having such a hard time?! HA!
@@slim_pkns Just got my Christmas Tree 2600. I'm a sucker for lights..lol. Took me a bit of fiddling and investigating to make it sing..there's so much to this synth, but it's really worth it! Love the sound so far, and it really is a space ship of a synth! You can get lost in it' s universe of possibilities :)
@@payt01 Right?! Sounds like you already love yours as much as I love mine. Even with a bit of a struggle finding what you want. The lush sounds are SO worth it! I hope you'll keep in touch and let me know how things progress. Cheers!
Got mine last year and going strong. The layout on is an improvement over the original and new Korg. Nice you don't need the extra keyboard with the LFO and Portamento.
Nice! Lovely instrument, and huge sound. I have no regrets buying this synthesizer. The ARP 2600 has always been one of those dream synths I wanted to own. Hope you get as much enjoyment out of yours.
Thanks for the lengthy description. Yes, these arps are nice.
Thanks for taking time to check it out! I appreciate you saying so.
Very vintage vibe going on there.
Thanks a lot for giving it a listen! I hope to make more like this, but I still have a lot to learn. I try not to just copy everyone else and do the same thing over and over. I really appreciate the comment. Cheers!
Great, in-depth post.
Thanks for taking time to read it! I really appreciate your time and attention.
Awesome !
Greetings from Italy
Thank you for listening and saying so! Radicofani is my favorite place in Italy. Seen the Mille Miglia pass through there a couple of time.
need this one in my life
Thanks for stopping and saying so! Cheers!
nicely done sir
Thanks for taking time to check it out!
I enjoyed you're sequence, go on in this way. I work also a lot with my Blue Marvin in combination with the original Korg MS 10 and MS 20 with the sequencer SQ 10 from the 70's. Also use a Doepfer Dark Time sequencer. One thing at last, you forgot to mention Klaus Schulze, he was the best synth pioneer 😀
Thank you for the compliment and, YES! I did leave off the great Klaus Schulze. I should have mentioned him. I really love the sound of the (remakes) of classic synthesizers. The chance for me to own a 2600 or MS-20 is pretty slim. Thanks again for checking it out!
great stuff! i have owned my Gray Meanie for one week now and love it. videos such as this are a great inspiration. thanks for sharing 🙂 (although now i really want a Timeline so maybe my wallet is not so happy...)
Hey, thanks for listening and saying so! I really appreciate it. The 2600 is such an iconic instrument, to me. I hope you enjoy your Grey Meanie as much as I enjoy my Blue Marvin! Cheers, and thanks again.
Dude that is bigger than I thought it was. Wow
Right?! Like Jules’ wallet in Pulp Fiction, it says “Bad Mutha F&@&3r” on it.
Thanks for the explanation in your notes to the video. I am at a similar point and that was v helpful 👍
Thanks for checking it out and actually looking at it! Cheers! I hope you're enjoying your 2600 as much as I am mine. Please stop in again and let me know how things progress for you.
Very nice - how do you find the reverb on the BM? I thinking of getting one.
Thanks for taking time to check it out and say so. I like the real spring reverb on the Blue Marvin. The plain B2600, I can’t speak to. Make sure you limit the right / left spread though when you use it. It will sound like crap if you pan it far out. Remember that it’s really a mono synthesizer and you’ll end up with a lot of noise if the spread is more than 25% or so. I LOVE the synth!
Wonderful sequence! :)
Thank you for taking time to listen and say so! I really appreciate the kind words.
top!!! congrats!!!
Thanks, Toff! Glad to see your back!
nice!
Thanks for taking time to listen! I appreciate it.
Cleverly crafted sequence (is it easy to do in KS37?) and expose of BARP sound!
Thanks for taking time to check it out. Yes, it was easy to setup the arpeggio on the KeyStep37. I like that it has transpose and has aftertouch as well. In this case, I didn't use transpose though. I just played a different chord to arpeggiate.
I want to start exploring synthesizers and was looking at a 2600. Can you please explain to someone completely ignorant what is connected and how they are connected to each other?
Certainly. It's great to hear of someone else interested in the ARP 2600 and synthesizers! The 2600 is plugged into TimeLine, then TimeLine to mixer (trace silver and blue tipped cables top right 2600 and far right Timeline; then red/gray tip cables out of the Timeline -> mixer channels left/right). Keystep keyboard has a MIDI DIN cable sending the arpeggio to the 2600 (black and hard to see) and I'm changing the filter envelop by hand to make the sound (timbre) change slowly over time. Since I use the real spring reverb that's on the Blue Marvin, I keep the left/right pan on the mixer small. Otherwise there is a "clanging" clash of sound that isn't so pleasing and some sadly assume spring reverbs suck without knowing. Hope this helps, and cheers!
Thank you!@@slim_pkns
Thank you very much for the quick response. So you have had good luck with the 2600? ( I know kind of a dumb question given the sounds, just curious given the amount of negativity towards this model) So the TimeLine is providing a delay signal? Any recommendations for a mixer for someone starting out?@@slim_pkns
Okay I have my Blue Marvin at last. I confess I have the black one too with all the lights.
I do not understand what this Berlin School is?
I know what an arpeggio is but how are the two linked!
Please just give me a clue how you do this and I will be happy for hours on end.
I have Walrus Slöer pedal to help out or are you using the spring reverb?
I am lost.
@@petercane6376 First, congratulations and I hope you’ll have many years of musical enjoyment out of any and all your ARP 2600’s regardless of their make or model! Second… Berlin School as a music genre is kind of a “slang” term. It comes from the fact that some of the most famous of the musicians went to the same university in Berlin to study music. Kluas Schulze, Jarre, and Tangerine Dream, etc. to name a few. The iconic Berlin School arpeggio is accomplished by using a dotted eighth note delay with the instrument (2600, MS-20, Model-D, whatever). Of course reverb is good and likely important to making it sound lush and awesome, but it’s all about the delay for the classic arpeggio. Note that the delay is a timing based on your choice of BPM. 80 bpm dotted eighth settings for the delay pedal are different than at 90 bpm. You can look up what speed you need to set your delay at to get it perfect for the bpm you choose, but not all delay effect pedals have a visual display of the delay time setting. You may just have to play it by ear. This is the power for me in using the Strymon Tmeline. I hope this helps and make sure to read the description of this video. Cheers!
Thank you so much. Yes this helps me tons.
Sorry I did not read your notes in the first place.
First time I have heard Tangerine dream and I love it. Just up my street.
Okay so now I need a Strymon timeline.
I have a normal Keystep. The basic one.
What do you think of the keystep pro?
@@petercane6376 I like the KeyStep Pro. I use it in my current setup. It really depends a lot on if you have multiple instruments you want to use together and how you like to use a sequencer. I think any sequencer would work, but I like using the keyboard style rather than pads or little buttons. Just my preference. For a while I was even using a Roland MC-707 as my sequencer so I could have eight instruments going at once. So much depends on you and what you like. If you’re just starting out… my advice is to stick to what you have until you really know more about what you feel you “need”. Just my opinion, but the same is true about art supplies, astronomy equipment, and lots of other “things” in this world. Not to sound too preachy.
Not too preachy at all but excellent advice.
I have the sq1 and a keystep.
I had fun with the sq1 but when it comes to changing the note pitches on the fly it cannot measure up to the basic keystep and with 64 steps.
What I do " need" ha ha is the Timeline in order to accomplish the needed delay for Berlin school stuff.
I will stick with my keystep until I know it inside out and until the need for a better one calls.
Thanks for all your help.
Hi.its me again.
There was an El Capistan going for a really good price so I have that.
I also picked up the KSPro at bargain second hand price.
After reading the 169 page manual and watching you tubes it transpires that you cannot actually play four synths together at the same time with it which is why I bought it.
No matter. I have it now.
When you first played your arpeggio did you play three notes or six notes and then use the tape delay on top?
Its hard to pick it out.
I just want to copy you firstly until I get it.
I am doing arps on my arp!!!! With the El Capistan. It is great fun.
I would love to get a bass line going but I want to change it on the fly so will use my other small keystep to play my other 2600 with a bass line.
Does that sound like what they used to do?
Awesome, you should build a melodic techno track around this one!
I might try that sometime!
Can you manually tune each note separately as the sequence is playing?
@@dp6314 Using CV (volts/Oct) for each oscillator, yes. I could use the Korg SQ64 or Arturia KeyStep Pro to run a cable to each oscillator CV input and turn off MIDI. Then use a sequencer channel for each individual oscillator (3 sequencer channels). Fortunately the SQ64 also has another CV control per sequencer channel (MOD), so could also use pulse width control or something else that’s modulated by individual oscillator or the like to use.
@@slim_pknsbut is it just chromatic steps? Or can you get in-between and tune whatever frequency you like. I learned that the beatstep pro sequencer is limited to midi notes and therefore unusable to me. BECAUSE the endoders on the beatstep pro are midi. They can't do CV, no frequency voltage control.
@@popcycles What you are calling “steps” from a musical standpoint, I assume you mean individual notes and if that is held in constant by something like temperament or something like a scale. No, CV -Control Voltage is generated as an electronic signal of frequency that changes on very small increments. Sound is generated based on whatever the device is creating the signal. So if the SQ64 or KeyStep Pro generates voltage sent to the instruments input, that’s what frequency you will hear and all in between at every voltage it can send. So it “can” play all the in between notes sent. You just need to sync the sequencer sending the voltage to be right for the oscillator tuning. Send C0 or C1 for example, and use a tuner on the 2600 output ( or whatever analog synth like MS-20 you use). Make sure the voltage plays is exactly the note you expect. Now send a tiny bit more voltage and you’ll have the sound from an untuned piano. Make sense? It has every note available.
Love this monster but the lack of being able to save a patch is a real drag to me...
I get it. Same with the Korg MS-20. I have to create everything from scratch every time I sit down to play. I do love it so...
@@slim_pkns Well way back when that was normal and the real deal. Just get spoiled now even though solid analog is so much fun to explore. Maybe they will add digital "Just" for the saving patch ability in the future. One of the many excellent things digital is great for. Although the controls would probably have to be able to encode position which adds to the price. :)
It's Kitaro, not Berlin School. 😃
Thanks for checking it out and saying so. Cheers!
Hell yeah, it sounds really great! Is this your first foray into modular? if you have any questions about patching I'm around.
It's not exactly my first time to play around with patching but I have very little experience and that's exactly why I want to put it together with the Korg MS-20. I may just take you up on your offer to help! I'd like to start adding in the Moog Subharmonicon too. I see so much potential in using all my semi-modular gear with CV & gate. I don't have plans to user full modular gear, but definitely have plans for semi-modular longterm.
Lush. These are the sounds I wanted to hear from this awesome synth… Must. Not. Buy… 😂
Hahah! No, do it! You only live once, and it’s Christmas. Unless you can afford a real one or the Korg $6,000.00 remake…. Thank you for taking the time to listen! Cheers.
Wow dude this is so dreamy and experimental! Just like my imaginary girlfriend!
Thanks for listening! I appreciate the kind words. I hope we’re not dating the same imaginary girlfriend. Sometimes her filter is all wack!!!
@@slim_pkns I regret applying 'echo' effect :D
What controller and sequencer are used on this? I just bought a 2600 from Sweetwater.
I’m only using the Arturia Keystep37 and it’s arpeggio function to control the 2600, in this one. No other MIDI or controller. If you look at my last three or four videos, I’ve used the Keystep37, SQ-64, and MC-707 to send MIDI notes to the 2600. I’ve used the SQ-64 to send CV and gate.
Sweeeet. What stand are you using, if i may ask? :) Looks good. Is it sturdy?
The 2600 is sitting on the LOCI XL. It works great for holding it up and at a decent angle, but it doesn't stay in place when you push a cable into a patch point unless you add a little more rubber to a few points it touches the desk. The little bit of rubber they give you is fine for most things, but not that beast with the patch points. I never intended on using it for the 2600 though. It was a stop-gap until my Tolex case arrived from Great Britain. LOCI - loci.life/
@@slim_pkns awesome thanks for the info mate. The 2600 is a real beast.. sound wise and weight, especially slamming in cables! Ive just got an assortment of IKEA stands but i reckon I'll have to go a proper rack mount housing like you did. Keep jammin mate! :)
@@drstupid1 You'll have to wait for it to be built, but I suggest a proper cabinet for it with a lid. I bought one made in Great Britain and it's wonderful! Search ebay for Behringer 2600 Tolex Cabinet and you'll see it. Seller on ebay is jacobalfie.
@@slim_pkns thanks man. I'm in Australia so can't really wait that long! I just got a laptop stand and shelf brackets from IKEA and made a DIY stand that turned out pretty well. Nice angle similar to the OG and I can nicely sit my keyboard in front without squashing the cables! Didn't take long and now I'm thinking of making stands for some other gear because I've totally run out of space!!
@@drstupid1 Hey... how's your DIY stand working? Are you enjoying your 2600?
I’ve had bad experience with behringer in the past with a mixing desk, seems like cheap components used….can you guys really testify the quality is good with their synths now days? That behringer badge puts me off….
I love my Behringer 2600 Blue Marvin and the Model D I own. I don’t use a mixing desk though.