Learn everything about the Behringer 2600 here: th-cam.com/play/PLlJvIUzIwQ79naxyNxNQnNEj_KcmHp5D5.html Get started with the Behringer 2500 Eurorack System: th-cam.com/play/PLlJvIUzIwQ7-c3uoCt82TRo2a_IZmYjCJ.html ARP 2600 and Behringer 2600 Videos: th-cam.com/play/PLlJvIUzIwQ7-i8ycRAQNnYcPmADP9quhE.html Happy patching! Ralph
Hi Ralph, aside from the Behringer 2600, I also have an original ARP Odyssey. It has a function with the sample & hold where you can switch between LFO speed controlling S&H speed or keyboard control, with each key press changing the 'sample.' I noticed the B2600 didn't have a switch for this and wanted to see if it can be done. It can! Take the output from the AR ENV Generator keeping the attack and release time short, plug it into EXT CLK of the S&H section and voila! Each key press triggers a different sample of the sample and hold. Hope that was a useful tip!
Hello Bill, many thanks for for sharing your patch. I going to try it myself. Hope many of my viewers are going to read this as well and will try it out too. Greetings, Ralph
Hi there, will this stay in time with a sequenced pattern my s and h is not in time with the sequencer im using which is the arturia keystep .ive tried several different things but it still has its own time rate.i would like the sample and hold to match each note
Fantastic, sir! I’ve had my Blue Marvin for all of about two weeks now and haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of the scratch on the surface of this beast. It’s ingenious routings and sound design like this that emphasize yet once more what I’ve been aware of for, oh, all of about two weeks now: that I don’t know jack-scheisse about how to use this thing. But it’s videos like yours that help me inch closer. Prost!
Hi David, glad to hear this. Trust me, the Blue Marvin will be a great buddy for you. Just patch around and you will learn this Synth in no time. Greetings, Ralph
Hi Ralph. First of all, you have an amazing channel with really helpful and inspiring video's. In the late seventies I was already blown away by the sounds of the original ARP2600. It has always been a dream to own one, but it was (and still is) out of reach. However, recently I purchased a Behringer 2600 and subscribed to your channel. One of the hidden powers of the (B)ARP is the fact that one can use external modules to proces signals. In your video there is a part where you show an arpeggio-effect. With the use of some external multiples I created a patch where one VCO is stepping up, and another VCO is stepping down through the arpeggio simultaneously, using the inverter of the voltage processor. Processing that through stereo panning gives a nice effect. Keep up the excellent video's, Ralph!
Thanks a lot for watching my content! In my personal opinion Behringer has added some useful functions to their version of the 2600 Synth. Wishing you lots of fun on your journey with the B2600. Greetings, Ralph
Another new Behringer 2600 owner here grateful for your help. I was working on the arpeggio parts of Depeche Mode's 'Shout' and your video was invaluable.
Hi there, this is brilliant feedback! That's actually the very thing that I am always striving for: Teaching people the core principles which can be applied to other obstructive Synths. Thanks again for your feedback. Greetings, Ralph
Another great video Ralph. Keep them coming learning more and more using these videos. I have to say they are exactly what I needed. You're breaking down all the parts of the 2600 and how to use them. Really good thank you. I've just spent the last couple of hours creating some really interesting sounds.
Thank you! I just received my Gray Meanie last week. It's lots of fun, but I was confused about the electric switch, I thought it had to do with gates and clock division. Now I get it.
Thanks for this video, Ralph. As always, your videos are clear and easy to understand for newbies to the 2600 like myself. It's given me some ideas for other ways of patching of the electronic switch too, and before your video I had no idea what the switch was for.
And that worked! Take the triangle LFO into jack C in the switch, send jack A to an FM Control input on OSC 1, send jack B to the input of the Voltage Processor and take the inverted output of the VP to an FM Control input on OSC 2. Now the pitch of each oscillator alternates, but as one pitch is rising the other is getting deeper, and between each changing note there's a steady pitched note at the base pitch each oscillator is set to. And if you use the square output of the LFO it gets even weirder, giving different rhythms depending on the speed settings of the LFO and the S&H.
@@childsplaymusic Right on! Experimenting and exploring patches is the way to approach and use a modular / semi modular Synth. With my tutorials I want to give the viewer a basic understanding and then they can explore by themselves. Glad that my video triggers this process ;-)
Thanks for watching. The external S&H input requires some trial and error testing depending on the hardware you are going to connect. An external square wave as input signal seems to yield the best results. Greetings, Ralph
After playing with my Blue Marvin last night and now listening to this, I definitely prefer the reverb on the Blue. Thanks for the tips, they are helping.
I agree ☝️ I also have a Blue Marvin and Gray Meanie and I definitely prefer the spring reverb as well. But I prefer to use the standard B2600 for my tutorials 😃
@Rhizosphere you can always add digital fx in the DAW; I still throw a Tal Chorus on this. Ralph is right tho, you like what you like, especially if it's DAW-less
Wow, Thanks for this video my Freind Ralph. Very very interesting and great results. I'm definitely going to try these out. Excellent. Your 2600 videos really show some gems of what these synths can produce. Thanks brother.👍
@@RalphBaumgartl Yes I'm now at work however my mind is back at home in the studio thinking about sample and hold, thinking of adding some Vallhala shimmer reverb and syncing a delay effect along with it:). Ooh the creative juices are starting to flow again lol.
Great videos! it really shows the potential this great synth have... and more, combining it with other semi and modulars. . . this module alone worth more than what you pay for the whole ARP2600... and theres the Ring Modulator (if bought in a MoogerFooger, it would cost maybe 3 times alone) I believe this may be the best synth to enter the modular world, because the internal conections are so clear and with it's own controlls. You sir, are like a Bob Ross of the Synths. 👍
Hello Marco, thank you so much for your kind words. I totally agree with you that the B2600 is the perfect way to get started in the modular world. I already mentioned this fact in the following video. th-cam.com/video/EcyZ8TB1YaA/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching my videos. Greetings, Ralph
Hi Ralph and thanks for this. So the sample and hold takes a sample of a random part of an audio wave? , holds it for whatever period of time the slider is set to and then releases it to a given timing? Have I got this right? A bit like a capacitor charging and discharging?
That's correct! The noise generator is the default pre-wired setting. Just go wild and feed the S&H with all kind of sample sources and see what you come up with. Encountering and exploring the unexpected is part of the Modular Journey. Cheer, Ralph
dude you are the man!! great tutorials ...still, one thing I can't find in your tutorials: how do you sync the rate of the S&H with external cv clock in?
Hi Andres, yes using an external signal to sync the S&H can be a bit tricky. Using an a Square or Pulse LFO wave for syncing seems to work better than Gate/Trigger. I have not made a tutorial yet, because the process depends very much on the external gear/signal one is using. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl I've been banging my head against the wall about this too. Tried all kinds of trigger/gate/square outputs from my eurorack stuff, and nothing ever works.
Greetings Ralph. I owned an old ARP 2600 many years and sold it when circuits began failing at a time I could not get it repaired. It's so great to get my old friend back in this new reliable form! I have a question about the ELEC SWITCH and INT CLOCK. I am able to override the INT CLOCK for the SAMPLE & HOLD using the EXT CLK IN jack. But no matter what I try I have found no way to override the INT CLOCK/RATE slider for the ELEC SWITCH! Can you confirm that the ELEC SWITCH is hard-wired to the INT CLOCK and that the INT CLOCK is hard-wired to the RATE slider, with no way to override the hard-wired behavior? Related observation is that the S/H CLOCK default input in the AR ENV GEN should probably more accurately be labeled INT CLOCK as well. Even when I override the S&H clock using EXT IN, the default signal at the AR is still hard-wired to INT CLOCK and only able to be modified by the RATE slider. I would love to be able to control the ELEC SWITCH rate with a signal that I can accurate control rather than only a low precision slider. Do you know something I am missing that would allow that? LOVE your videos! Many Thanks!
Yes, it's great to have reliable 2600 clones nowadays. Also my original ARP 2600 is increasingly becoming more "buggy". It needs a complete maintenance overhaul. Regarding the External Clock signal, you have to send it to both input slots simultaneously. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl Hi Ralph. Managed to ger the stereo switch patch to work, with a bit of a work around. The Arturia would not let me patch Electro switch sockets A and B directly to the L and R inputs. I had to insert at 2 other points below the mixer and bridge them to the main inputs. I made a screen shot to show you but I can't insert it here for your information I couldn't get the second patch to work well at all. The frequency sweep is very limited in range and nothing I can do makes it any wider. I am sure it is to do with the LFO range, but it still kind of works over a range of about 3 semi tones. OK, so messed around a bit more with flter frequency, resonance and S&H and got something closer to what you made, but different 😊
@@colindavis8242 Hello Colin, thanks for sharing this. I actually thought it's possible to emulate everything that can be done on the hardware 2600. Greetings, Ralph
Vielen Dank für die sehr gute Erklärung und die vielen guten Tips! Der 2600 ist wirklich vielseitig. Kann man die SH rate eigentlich auch extern synchronisieren?
Hi Ralph. Can you sync the SH to midi? I had the Orange Black B2600 but traded it ages ago and now have the Blue Marvin and love it more due to the real spring reverb. Love your vids!
Under various of my videos you will find comment threads discussing this. It's quite tricky to sync the S&H to Midi depending on your hardware. An external square wave yields the best results for synchronization. And this square wave should be synced to a (master) Midi clock. You have to make some trial and error testing depending on your hardware. Hope this helps a bit. Greetings, Ralph
Thanks for the great and very helpful vids, Ralph. One question: how would one go about syncing the Sample & Hold (INT CLOCK) to the master Ableton clock? What would be the protocol? Must one use send CV via say, a Beatstep, and send a pulse wave to the INT CLOCK? If so, how would that be done exactly? Any advice much appreciated!
A Pulse external signal yields the best results. You have to plug it into the External Clock Input of the S&H. In this video here I was using the Sync Signal (it's a pulse) from the Korg Electribe to sync the S&H module of the 2600 Synth. th-cam.com/video/VivHAH_g01g/w-d-xo.html You may have to boost the external pulse signal to make it work. I have tutorials for this on my TH-cam channel as well. Have fun and happy patching :-) Cheers, Ralph
very nice and interesting video. question : how to sync a S&H arpeggio with midi clock? is there anything like a cv2midi conversion or similar? how to have a S&H arpeggio run with same midi tempo/clock?
The 2600 S&H requires a Square or Pulse wave for external synchronization. Thus you need an LFO that can be synched with Midi Clock and then be routed to the S&H of the 2600.
@@RalphBaumgartl Your videos are very inspiring and helpful! I am going to look into and see how I have been using the s&h and write a comment about that. Thank you Ralph !
Love your videos Ralph! Would there be a simple way to cycle a more rhythmic alternation between the electronic switch A & B channels? Rather than the basic “tick tock” of the clock? Should patching an oscillator wave output (set at LF) to the S/H internal clock do this?
Yes, that would probably be one way to approach it. Nevertheless it requires some experiments and patch exploring depending on the sound you are after. You could use an analog sequencer but also the step sequencer of a DAW and use the Arturia Keystep as a Midi/CV Interface...
Hello Ralph. Thank you for your videos. This video reminded me that I have never been able to sync a step modulated filter to Daw tempo. I have the grey 2600 and use Ableton with Arturia Keystep. Do you know a simple (or a hard :))way to do that? Perhaps a video?
@@RalphBaumgartl Thanks for the reply. I was mainly thinking about the cutoff. I can do it inside the 2600, but want to sync the modulation to song tempo in the daw. Vince clarke used it a lot on his earlier records like yazoo-situation, but that was of course before midi and daw. I tried to send an audio pulse from the daw to the B2600 with very limited success. Thanks.
@@spectraldominance I would start like this. Create a step sequencer track in your DAW. Send it to the Keystep via Midi. Take the Gate Out from the Keystep to modulate the 2600 filter. Feel free to modify the gate signal with other modules of the 2600 prior to sending it to the VCF. Greetings, Ralph
I have a trick for the electronic switch I don't see anywhere (I don't know if it works on a real 2600 or just the clones) if you run a pulse vco or clock input into the output clock on the 2600, the switch will start triggering to the additional clock plugged into the output. (I was using an E-OR module and repatching VCO's/clocks and plugged one in wrong in the dark and my electronic switch started going batshit)
Hi Ralf, thanks for your videos really helpful, I have a question, I have a 2600 from behringer Wen connected is making sound all time , I don’t know how to stop it , may you help me? Thanks in advance
Hi there, kindly watch the following videos. Explains everything and clarifies your question. th-cam.com/video/CfezQunKlAE/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/vQx88p4dutc/w-d-xo.html
How do you sync in the sample and hold from other device? I mean if its possible that the rate slider is "deleted" and getting input from other sync in...
THANKS SOO much!, i tried with a sync out signal from volcas with no avail (the rate fader still doing his own thing) even just plugging to nothing doesnt overide it... might me my b2600? there is a way to try maybe sending the pulse from a vco in the same 2600? Sorry!!!@@RalphBaumgartl
and is not fully plugging it in (fully plugged nothing happens, like unplugged) , source pulse lfo on the same 2600, the lights of elec switch work followinf the lfo, but still everytimne the internal clock (rate) goes, it goes too, so if i put the rate higher it makes a mess as it mixes both (clocks).
An external Pulse Wave/Signal works most reliably. Try amplifying the Volca Sync Out signal by one of the methods explained in these tutorials here. th-cam.com/video/-kO1BLgpBE8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/FOMxUmWtEyM/w-d-xo.html Greetings, Ralph
Good Question! Take the Square Wave Output and plug it into the External Clock Input of the S&H module. Now the LFO rate controls the speed of the S&H module. Greetings, Ralph
Another great video. So...how does the external clock input work? Nothing I stick in there does anything. I'd like to sync the sample/hold or the electric switch to my Keystep Pro. EDIT: I found a video showing to insert the plug only about half-way. That works,...but really? Why is it that that's the only way it works? Stupid.
The external input clock for the S&H module is very tricky. So far I have only tested it on my original ARP 2600 with an external square wave as input source which seemed to work.
@@RalphBaumgartl I ended up using the MIDI syncable LFO in my Neutron set to a square wave. Sent straight from the LFO output to the ext clock in of the 2600. Both plugs get plugged all the way in nice and solid...no more half-way plugged in B.S. Works great! Just thought I'd share with your viewers!
@@mikemeengs5720 Thanks for sharing your this. Guess some Neutron users will really appreciate your comment. Depending on the external gear one is using the S&H syncing requires a lot of trial and error testing. But as I mentioned earlier the square wave route is the best way to start. Cheers, Ralph
Hi Tom, according to my knowledge there's no synchronization to Midi. The external clock input to the s&h requires some trial and error testing according to your setup. Square wave signal input seems to work best.
If anyone knows how to effectively sync the S/H from an external clock source I would be really grateful to hear about it. I have tried sending clock out from my beatstep pro, into EXT CLK INPUT on the S/H module... and it really doesn’t affect much or override the internal clock. It’s doing something subtle but certainly not what’s expected!
Hello Aaron, thanks for reposting your question here on TH-cam. Syncing the S&H module is a bit tricky unfortunately. I managed once with my original ARP 2600 but I don't remember which other gear I was using with it. 🤓 Sometimes gear is not behaving as it is supposed to do. For instance the MicroBrute Gate, although it has a 10V gate output, doesn't trigger the 2600 envelopes. Some googling revealed that's also the case with other modules from other manufacturers. If anyone of my viewers has more knowledge about the S&H syncing subject, then kindly share it with us here.
How can i trig the sample from a sequencer (euclidian in my case) ? i connect the gate to the clock in but it have no effect. the goal is to sustain a note cyclically from a melody. S&H input : my cv melody (from keystep arpeggio) S&H Ext Clock IN: the gate out from a modular euclidian sequencer S&H out to an Oscilator Why is it not working?
Hello Daniel, under some of my videos you will find various comment threads discussing this topic. It's quite tricky to sync the S&H to Midi or an external Trig/Sync signal depending on your hardware. From my experience an external square wave yields the best results for synchronization. And this square wave should be synced to a (master) Midi clock or (Master) Sync signal. You have to make some trial and error testing depending on your specific hardware. Hope this helps a bit. Best regards, Ralph
You need a device which can take the Master Midi Clock from your DAW and sync it to a Square Wave. Midi/CV converter and LFO for instance. In this video here I was using the Korg Electribe 2 as Master and used the Sync Out (Square Wave) of the Electribe to sync the S&H module of the 2600: th-cam.com/video/VivHAH_g01g/w-d-xo.html Please note that a Square Wave yields the best results for this process. Depending on your hardware you may also have to boost the square wave signal to make it work. There are also tutorials for this on my channel. Happy patching :-)
@@RalphBaumgartl first of all, thank you for answering ( and so fast). I was afraid you'd say this. I was hoping I could just send a 808 rimshot audio sample to it :(
I've been looking for a way to create smooth panning from the outputs of the electronic switches, instead of the rather abrupt motion demonstrated in the video. I believe it can be done without sacrificing one of the vco's. Any help would be most appreciated! (I'm using the Korg2600m) Vielen Dank from NL!
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Happy patching! Ralph
God bless you, I wish every TH-cam synth tutorial was as well explained.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad you found the tutorial helpful.
@@RalphBaumgartl I watched them all and they all are. very concise and precise.
Best tutorials on 2600 I found ! Thank you !
Thank you very much! Glad you like my tutorials! Greetings, Ralph
Hi Ralph, aside from the Behringer 2600, I also have an original ARP Odyssey. It has a function with the sample & hold where you can switch between LFO speed controlling S&H speed or keyboard control, with each key press changing the 'sample.' I noticed the B2600 didn't have a switch for this and wanted to see if it can be done. It can! Take the output from the AR ENV Generator keeping the attack and release time short, plug it into EXT CLK of the S&H section and voila! Each key press triggers a different sample of the sample and hold. Hope that was a useful tip!
Hello Bill, many thanks for for sharing your patch. I going to try it myself. Hope many of my viewers are going to read this as well and will try it out too. Greetings, Ralph
Hi there, will this stay in time with a sequenced pattern my s and h is not in time with the sequencer im using which is the arturia keystep .ive tried several different things but it still has its own time rate.i would like the sample and hold to match each note
It only syncs when the S&H is off (is more noticeable when the rate is at its lowest)
Fantastic, sir! I’ve had my Blue Marvin for all of about two weeks now and haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of the scratch on the surface of this beast. It’s ingenious routings and sound design like this that emphasize yet once more what I’ve been aware of for, oh, all of about two weeks now: that I don’t know jack-scheisse about how to use this thing. But it’s videos like yours that help me inch closer. Prost!
Hi David, glad to hear this. Trust me, the Blue Marvin will be a great buddy for you. Just patch around and you will learn this Synth in no time. Greetings, Ralph
Hi Ralph. First of all, you have an amazing channel with really helpful and inspiring video's. In the late seventies I was already blown away by the sounds of the original ARP2600. It has always been a dream to own one, but it was (and still is) out of reach. However, recently I purchased a Behringer 2600 and subscribed to your channel. One of the hidden powers of the (B)ARP is the fact that one can use external modules to proces signals. In your video there is a part where you show an arpeggio-effect. With the use of some external multiples I created a patch where one VCO is stepping up, and another VCO is stepping down through the arpeggio simultaneously, using the inverter of the voltage processor. Processing that through stereo panning gives a nice effect. Keep up the excellent video's, Ralph!
Thanks a lot for watching my content! In my personal opinion Behringer has added some useful functions to their version of the 2600 Synth. Wishing you lots of fun on your journey with the B2600. Greetings, Ralph
Another new Behringer 2600 owner here grateful for your help. I was working on the arpeggio parts of Depeche Mode's 'Shout' and your video was invaluable.
Hi Kieron, thank you very much for your kind feedback. I am glad to know that my tutorials are useful when learning the 2600 Synth.
Thank you very much for this video! Thanks to this I figured out how the sample and hold function on my Behringer Cat works 😁
Hi there, this is brilliant feedback! That's actually the very thing that I am always striving for: Teaching people the core principles which can be applied to other obstructive Synths. Thanks again for your feedback. Greetings, Ralph
I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all that you do. Thank you
Thank you 🙏 I am glad you find my content helpful. Cheers, Ralph
Awesome tips!!! You also can adjust the sample and hold level to change the pitch range.
Yes, that's right! I try to keep my tutorials as simple as possible and I hope that the viewers start their own patch exploration....
Again, your videos always teach me something new. Thanks Ralph.
Thank you for your appreciative feedback 🙏
I enjoy the effect of having the s&h controlling the filter cutoff but triggered by the keyboard (trig out to ext clk in)
Agreed ! The S&H offers so many options.
Thanks from France for all your excellent tutorials ! i love my 2600 ❤️❤️❤️🧡
Hello Fabrice, glad to hear that my tutorials are useful. Germany, Ralph
Great tutorial Ralph!
You know what I'll be doing tonight 😄
Let me guess....you may be going through some patches 😉
Thanks Ralph. Your videos are helpful at demystifying a system that initially seemed so complex.
Thank you Rich! I am glad you find my video helpful. Greetings, Ralph
Another great video Ralph. Keep them coming learning more and more using these videos. I have to say they are exactly what I needed. You're breaking down all the parts of the 2600 and how to use them. Really good thank you. I've just spent the last couple of hours creating some really interesting sounds.
Hello Adrian, I am glad that my videos meet your expectations. There are still some 2600 modules left for future tutorials 😉 Have fun patching! Ralph
Hey Ralph, another brilliant and to-the-point tutorial on the Behringer 2600. Always enjoyed appreciated!! :-)
Hello Mark, thanks for watching my content and your ongoing support! Highly appreciated! Greetings, Ralph
Agreed - really useful and to the point tutorial again.
@@richardanderson8696 Thank you 🙏 I really appreciate your feedback!
Please don't stop this video series!!!!! 😀
Another 2600 tutorial will be going online soon....Thanks gor watching my videos!
@@RalphBaumgartl thank you! I hope you get as much enjoyment making them as we do watching and learning 😀
@@fantasyproduct1042 yes 👍 I always make sure to have a good time when creating new videos.
Thank you! I just received my Gray Meanie last week. It's lots of fun, but I was confused about the electric switch, I thought it had to do with gates and clock division. Now I get it.
Hi Trever, please bear in mind that the internal or external clock of the S&H is set the speed (rate) of the electronic switch. Happy patching, Ralph
encore un bon coup de pouce pour mon apprentissage du 2600. Mille merci.
Glad you are enjoying my videos!
Thanks for this video, Ralph. As always, your videos are clear and easy to understand for newbies to the 2600 like myself. It's given me some ideas for other ways of patching of the electronic switch too, and before your video I had no idea what the switch was for.
And that worked! Take the triangle LFO into jack C in the switch, send jack A to an FM Control input on OSC 1, send jack B to the input of the Voltage Processor and take the inverted output of the VP to an FM Control input on OSC 2. Now the pitch of each oscillator alternates, but as one pitch is rising the other is getting deeper, and between each changing note there's a steady pitched note at the base pitch each oscillator is set to. And if you use the square output of the LFO it gets even weirder, giving different rhythms depending on the speed settings of the LFO and the S&H.
@@childsplaymusic Right on! Experimenting and exploring patches is the way to approach and use a modular / semi modular Synth. With my tutorials I want to give the viewer a basic understanding and then they can explore by themselves. Glad that my video triggers this process ;-)
Great video. The S&H has an external clock input. It would be good to know how you can sync that to for example a DAW or a drum machine.
Thanks for watching. The external S&H input requires some trial and error testing depending on the hardware you are going to connect. An external square wave as input signal seems to yield the best results. Greetings, Ralph
Nice tips, Ralph, I will certainly be giving that a try on my B2600. 👍🏼
Hello Rob, then I wish you happy patching :-)
ralph you are an absolute legend never stop
You are too kind and you flatter me ;-) Anyway, I am very glad that you appreciate my content. Greetings, Ralph
Extremely helpful! Thanks Ralph!
Glad that you find it helpful. Have a creative weekend, Ralph
After playing with my Blue Marvin last night and now listening to this, I definitely prefer the reverb on the Blue. Thanks for the tips, they are helping.
I agree ☝️ I also have a Blue Marvin and Gray Meanie and I definitely prefer the spring reverb as well. But I prefer to use the standard B2600 for my tutorials 😃
@Stephen Anthony I heard of US customers who have ordered their units from Thomann in Germany and received their 2600 within a reasonable time....
@Rhizosphere Yes, what you like and prefer is absolutely OK. There's no right or wrong. Anything goes that sparks ones creativity....
@Rhizosphere you can always add digital fx in the DAW; I still throw a Tal Chorus on this. Ralph is right tho, you like what you like, especially if it's DAW-less
Wow, Thanks for this video my Freind Ralph.
Very very interesting and great results.
I'm definitely going to try these out.
Excellent.
Your 2600 videos really show some gems of what these synths can produce.
Thanks brother.👍
Thank you! Glad to learn that you are learning something new from my videos! Have a creative weekend! Ralph
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Yes I'm now at work however my mind is back at home in the studio thinking about sample and hold, thinking of adding some Vallhala shimmer reverb and syncing a delay effect along with it:).
Ooh the creative juices are starting to flow again lol.
Great videos! it really shows the potential this great synth have... and more, combining it with other semi and modulars. . . this module alone worth more than what you pay for the whole ARP2600... and theres the Ring Modulator (if bought in a MoogerFooger, it would cost maybe 3 times alone)
I believe this may be the best synth to enter the modular world, because the internal conections are so clear and with it's own controlls.
You sir, are like a Bob Ross of the Synths. 👍
Hello Marco, thank you so much for your kind words.
I totally agree with you that the B2600 is the perfect way to get started in the modular world. I already mentioned this fact in the following video.
th-cam.com/video/EcyZ8TB1YaA/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching my videos. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl I'll check it up!
Merci pour tes tutos . Je gagne du temps pour utiliser mon 2600 Behringer . 👍🏻
Thank you for watching my tutorial 🙏
Thanks for showing me how to turn off the S&H output with the AR ENV GEN switch. Another thing that can confound noobs like me :D
Hello Cary, I am glad that my video was helpful on your journey with the 2600. Greetings, Ralph
Blimey, I love those sounds leaping from my speakers!
Thank you Stephen! The pan effect can sound a bit brutal every now and then 😉
@@RalphBaumgartl It didn't sound brutal to me, just bold and beautiful.
@@stephenjames4937 Yes, that's a better way to describe it! :-)
Ralph, really gut you are a professional
Thank you! I am glad you like my videos!
Your videos are very helpful!
Thank you Robert. Glad that you find my content useful. Greetings, Ralph
Hi Ralph and thanks for this.
So the sample and hold takes a sample of a random part of an audio wave? , holds it for whatever period of time the slider is set to and then releases it to a given timing?
Have I got this right?
A bit like a capacitor charging and discharging?
That's correct! The noise generator is the default pre-wired setting. Just go wild and feed the S&H with all kind of sample sources and see what you come up with. Encountering and exploring the unexpected is part of the Modular Journey. Cheer, Ralph
Thank you Ralph.
Thank you for watching and commenting 🙏
dude you are the man!! great tutorials ...still, one thing I can't find in your tutorials: how do you sync the rate of the S&H with external cv clock in?
Hi Andres, yes using an external signal to sync the S&H can be a bit tricky. Using an a Square or Pulse LFO wave for syncing seems to work better than Gate/Trigger. I have not made a tutorial yet, because the process depends very much on the external gear/signal one is using. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl I've been banging my head against the wall about this too. Tried all kinds of trigger/gate/square outputs from my eurorack stuff, and nothing ever works.
Another great tutorial, Ralph. Thanks :-)
Thank you for watching Chris!
Greetings Ralph. I owned an old ARP 2600 many years and sold it when circuits began failing at a time I could not get it repaired. It's so great to get my old friend back in this new reliable form! I have a question about the ELEC SWITCH and INT CLOCK. I am able to override the INT CLOCK for the SAMPLE & HOLD using the EXT CLK IN jack. But no matter what I try I have found no way to override the INT CLOCK/RATE slider for the ELEC SWITCH! Can you confirm that the ELEC SWITCH is hard-wired to the INT CLOCK and that the INT CLOCK is hard-wired to the RATE slider, with no way to override the hard-wired behavior? Related observation is that the S/H CLOCK default input in the AR ENV GEN should probably more accurately be labeled INT CLOCK as well. Even when I override the S&H clock using EXT IN, the default signal at the AR is still hard-wired to INT CLOCK and only able to be modified by the RATE slider. I would love to be able to control the ELEC SWITCH rate with a signal that I can accurate control rather than only a low precision slider. Do you know something I am missing that would allow that? LOVE your videos! Many Thanks!
Yes, it's great to have reliable 2600 clones nowadays. Also my original ARP 2600 is increasingly becoming more "buggy". It needs a complete maintenance overhaul. Regarding the External Clock signal, you have to send it to both input slots simultaneously. Greetings, Ralph
I don't own a hardware 2600 but will try out on my Arturia. Great knowledge as usual Ralph 👌
By all means, please try it on your software 2600! I am glad that Arturia users watch my videos too. Thank you 🙏
Why wouldn’t we 😀
@@colindavis8242 Exactly! Any version of the 2600 goes...
@@RalphBaumgartl Hi Ralph. Managed to ger the stereo switch patch to work, with a bit of a work around. The Arturia would not let me patch Electro switch sockets A and B directly to the L and R inputs. I had to insert at 2 other points below the mixer and bridge them to the main inputs. I made a screen shot to show you but I can't insert it here for your information
I couldn't get the second patch to work well at all. The frequency sweep is very limited in range and nothing I can do makes it any wider. I am sure it is to do with the LFO range, but it still kind of works over a range of about 3 semi tones.
OK, so messed around a bit more with flter frequency, resonance and S&H and got something closer to what you made, but different 😊
@@colindavis8242 Hello Colin, thanks for sharing this. I actually thought it's possible to emulate everything that can be done on the hardware 2600. Greetings, Ralph
Very helpful info!!
Thank you Luke
Vielen Dank für die sehr gute Erklärung und die vielen guten Tips! Der 2600 ist wirklich vielseitig.
Kann man die SH rate eigentlich auch extern synchronisieren?
Das ist ein Bereich wo ich noch kein zufriedenstellendes Ergebnis erzielen konnte. Auch in diversen 2600 Foren wird Ähnliches berichtet.
@@RalphBaumgartl Vielen Dank für die schnelle Antwort!
Hi Ralph. Can you sync the SH to midi? I had the Orange Black B2600 but traded it ages ago and now have the Blue Marvin and love it more due to the real spring reverb. Love your vids!
Under various of my videos you will find comment threads discussing this. It's quite tricky to sync the S&H to Midi depending on your hardware. An external square wave yields the best results for synchronization. And this square wave should be synced to a (master) Midi clock. You have to make some trial and error testing depending on your hardware. Hope this helps a bit. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl Cheers Ralph
Thanks for the great and very helpful vids, Ralph. One question: how would one go about syncing the Sample & Hold (INT CLOCK) to the master Ableton clock? What would be the protocol? Must one use send CV via say, a Beatstep, and send a pulse wave to the INT CLOCK? If so, how would that be done exactly? Any advice much appreciated!
A Pulse external signal yields the best results. You have to plug it into the External Clock Input of the S&H. In this video here I was using the Sync Signal (it's a pulse) from the Korg Electribe to sync the S&H module of the 2600 Synth.
th-cam.com/video/VivHAH_g01g/w-d-xo.html
You may have to boost the external pulse signal to make it work. I have tutorials for this on my TH-cam channel as well. Have fun and happy patching :-) Cheers, Ralph
very nice and interesting video. question : how to sync a S&H arpeggio with midi clock? is there anything like a cv2midi conversion or similar? how to have a S&H arpeggio run with same midi tempo/clock?
The 2600 S&H requires a Square or Pulse wave for external synchronization. Thus you need an LFO that can be synched with Midi Clock and then be routed to the S&H of the 2600.
Brilliant, thanks for that.
Thank you Bryn! Glad you like it.
Great synth
It is for sure!
Super vidéo, thank you
Hello Pierre, glad you enjoyed it!
You are the best.
You flatter me 😉
☺ nice. Now I want to play my machines 2👽
Glad my video inspired you....
I love this! Thank you 🙏🏻
Hello Jens, glad to know you enjoyed my tutorial!
@@RalphBaumgartl Your videos are very inspiring and helpful! I am going to look into and see how I have been using the s&h and write a comment about that. Thank you Ralph !
Love your videos Ralph!
Would there be a simple way to cycle a more rhythmic alternation between the electronic switch A & B channels? Rather than the basic “tick tock” of the clock?
Should patching an oscillator wave output (set at LF) to the S/H internal clock do this?
Hi Aaron, for something like that I would use a sequencer...
@@RalphBaumgartl right! Ok thanks.
I’m guessing not a midi sequencer but sending a trigger direct to the S/H ext clk in point?
Yes, that would probably be one way to approach it. Nevertheless it requires some experiments and patch exploring depending on the sound you are after. You could use an analog sequencer but also the step sequencer of a DAW and use the Arturia Keystep as a Midi/CV Interface...
@@RalphBaumgartl thank you Ralph! I think it’s just great that you take the time to answer.
Much appreciated :)
@@chfanz Thanks for your kind words! And never the forget, just patching around and experimenting is the best teacher 😉
Hello Ralph. Thank you for your videos. This video reminded me that I have never been able to sync a step modulated filter to Daw tempo. I have the grey 2600 and use Ableton with Arturia Keystep. Do you know a simple (or a hard :))way to do that? Perhaps a video?
Could you please describe in more detail how you want to modulate the filter....
@@RalphBaumgartl Thanks for the reply. I was mainly thinking about the cutoff. I can do it inside the 2600, but want to sync the modulation to song tempo in the daw. Vince clarke used it a lot on his earlier records like yazoo-situation, but that was of course before midi and daw. I tried to send an audio pulse from the daw to the B2600 with very limited success. Thanks.
@@spectraldominance I would start like this. Create a step sequencer track in your DAW. Send it to the Keystep via Midi. Take the Gate Out from the Keystep to modulate the 2600 filter. Feel free to modify the gate signal with other modules of the 2600 prior to sending it to the VCF. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl Great! I will try this and let you know if it works Thanks alot!
Thank you Ralph, much appreciated. au
Glad my video was helpful to you!
Funny, with the same setting I get strong and loud pops alternating left and right superimposed on the supposed target sound
I LOVE ! 🧡
I have a trick for the electronic switch I don't see anywhere (I don't know if it works on a real 2600 or just the clones) if you run a pulse vco or clock input into the output clock on the 2600, the switch will start triggering to the additional clock plugged into the output. (I was using an E-OR module and repatching VCO's/clocks and plugged one in wrong in the dark and my electronic switch started going batshit)
Hi Nicholas, many thanks for sharing this trick! Cheers, Ralph
Thanks
Thank you so much! I appreciate your support! Greetings, Ralph
Hi Ralf, thanks for your videos really helpful, I have a question, I have a 2600 from behringer
Wen connected is making sound all time , I don’t know how to stop it , may you help me?
Thanks in advance
Hi there, kindly watch the following videos. Explains everything and clarifies your question.
th-cam.com/video/CfezQunKlAE/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/vQx88p4dutc/w-d-xo.html
How do you sync in the sample and hold from other device? I mean if its possible that the rate slider is "deleted" and getting input from other sync in...
Going with a Pulse Signal into the S&H Clock input. Then the internal Rate is over ridden by the speed/rate of the external signal.
THANKS SOO much!, i tried with a sync out signal from volcas with no avail (the rate fader still doing his own thing) even just plugging to nothing doesnt overide it... might me my b2600? there is a way to try maybe sending the pulse from a vco in the same 2600? Sorry!!!@@RalphBaumgartl
i see when i plug it in the lights of the elec switch change a bit but still the rate is doing its thing...
and is not fully plugging it in (fully plugged nothing happens, like unplugged) , source pulse lfo on the same 2600, the lights of elec switch work followinf the lfo, but still everytimne the internal clock (rate) goes, it goes too, so if i put the rate higher it makes a mess as it mixes both (clocks).
An external Pulse Wave/Signal works most reliably. Try amplifying the Volca Sync Out signal by one of the methods explained in these tutorials here.
th-cam.com/video/-kO1BLgpBE8/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/FOMxUmWtEyM/w-d-xo.html
Greetings, Ralph
is there any way to sync the clock rates of the LFO and S&H modules?
Good Question! Take the Square Wave Output and plug it into the External Clock Input of the S&H module. Now the LFO rate controls the speed of the S&H module. Greetings, Ralph
@@RalphBaumgartl thx Ralph.. that was one quick reply!
Is it possible to make random diatonic notes with the sample hold?
Hi Paolo, guess you can do this through a trial and error approach depending on the S&H input source.
Another great video.
So...how does the external clock input work? Nothing I stick in there does anything. I'd like to sync the sample/hold or the electric switch to my Keystep Pro.
EDIT: I found a video showing to insert the plug only about half-way. That works,...but really? Why is it that that's the only way it works? Stupid.
The external input clock for the S&H module is very tricky. So far I have only tested it on my original ARP 2600 with an external square wave as input source which seemed to work.
@@RalphBaumgartl I ended up using the MIDI syncable LFO in my Neutron set to a square wave. Sent straight from the LFO output to the ext clock in of the 2600. Both plugs get plugged all the way in nice and solid...no more half-way plugged in B.S. Works great!
Just thought I'd share with your viewers!
@@mikemeengs5720 Thanks for sharing your this. Guess some Neutron users will really appreciate your comment. Depending on the external gear one is using the S&H syncing requires a lot of trial and error testing. But as I mentioned earlier the square wave route is the best way to start. Cheers, Ralph
is the rate of the sample and hold, lfo, etc synched to the midi, so the rates applied are a time division of the midi clock?
Hi Tom, according to my knowledge there's no synchronization to Midi. The external clock input to the s&h requires some trial and error testing according to your setup. Square wave signal input seems to work best.
If anyone knows how to effectively sync the S/H from an external clock source I would be really grateful to hear about it.
I have tried sending clock out from my beatstep pro, into EXT CLK INPUT on the S/H module... and it really doesn’t affect much or override the internal clock.
It’s doing something subtle but certainly not what’s expected!
Hello Aaron, thanks for reposting your question here on TH-cam.
Syncing the S&H module is a bit tricky unfortunately. I managed once with my original ARP 2600 but I don't remember which other gear I was using with it. 🤓 Sometimes gear is not behaving as it is supposed to do. For instance the MicroBrute Gate, although it has a 10V gate output, doesn't trigger the 2600 envelopes. Some googling revealed that's also the case with other modules from other manufacturers.
If anyone of my viewers has more knowledge about the S&H syncing subject, then kindly share it with us here.
@@RalphBaumgartl Maybe try the preamp or voltage processor to bump up the signal?
BADASS ;)
Thank you 🙏
How can i trig the sample from a sequencer (euclidian in my case) ? i connect the gate to the clock in but it have no effect. the goal is to sustain a note cyclically from a melody.
S&H input : my cv melody (from keystep arpeggio)
S&H Ext Clock IN: the gate out from a modular euclidian sequencer
S&H out to an Oscilator
Why is it not working?
Hello Daniel, under some of my videos you will find various comment threads discussing this topic. It's quite tricky to sync the S&H to Midi or an external Trig/Sync signal depending on your hardware. From my experience an external square wave yields the best results for synchronization. And this square wave should be synced to a (master) Midi clock or (Master) Sync signal. You have to make some trial and error testing depending on your specific hardware. Hope this helps a bit. Best regards, Ralph
is there a way to sync the sample and hold rate to my'DAW's tempo?
You need a device which can take the Master Midi Clock from your DAW and sync it to a Square Wave. Midi/CV converter and LFO for instance. In this video here I was using the Korg Electribe 2 as Master and used the Sync Out (Square Wave) of the Electribe to sync the S&H module of the 2600: th-cam.com/video/VivHAH_g01g/w-d-xo.html
Please note that a Square Wave yields the best results for this process. Depending on your hardware you may also have to boost the square wave signal to make it work. There are also tutorials for this on my channel. Happy patching :-)
@@RalphBaumgartl first of all, thank you for answering ( and so fast). I was afraid you'd say this. I was hoping I could just send a 808 rimshot audio sample to it :(
I've been looking for a way to create smooth panning from the outputs of the electronic switches, instead of the rather abrupt motion demonstrated in the video. I believe it can be done without sacrificing one of the vco's. Any help would be most appreciated! (I'm using the Korg2600m) Vielen Dank from NL!