The ARP 2600: 4012 Filter Part 2

[uur8]

wasnt this invented by kraftwerk?

[AutomaticGainsay]

@uur8 Everything was.

[nonsoundflux]

I feel so nerdy for understanding all of this...

[skoncic]

Marc, thank you for this and for every video you made, They are really inspiring. I only get to enjoy the virtual simulations of these beautiful synths but hoping to get into some real tweaking someday. :D You are the best at what you do here, and it's really exciting for a synth lover to watch you demos.

I hope you are making some new videos, and lookng forward to seeing them.

Cheers

[AutomaticGainsay]

@skoncic Thank you for your kind words, thank you for watching, and I'm very glad I could help!

[555jacky555]

funny terminator

[sjmanikt]

I used to use an ARP 2600 in my Electronic Music class back in 1993 :-D

Back then I was annoyed with anything analog. Now I wish I'd paid a bit more attention!

[RisingPhoenix07]

Haha we totally had this same arp in my sound design class!

[justmenate]

This is awesome! I'm a music creating fan... no musical background, no nothing... I make beats with FL studio and a Casio... and i never new this was out there.... This really blows my mind, as lame as that might be... Thanks for sharing this on YouTube.

[Coneman3]

Funny how it was originally designed as an educational tool.

[WillMillion15]

I'm so intruiged by these machines all of a sudden. I want to get one, but where should I start? What synthesizer would you reccomend me, for a first time absolute beginner?

[pmsan29]

absolutely wicked

[wedrinkmountaindew]

you could get lost in that thing forever...its like a synth version of WoW :)

[jack00008]

sweet Daniel Johnston reference in your screen name.

[wasupthere]

great knowledge you are kindly sharing ! thank you so much. could you tell me how to patch the velocity output to make it velocity sensitive. i did succeed in making the filter be affected by velocity by patching the velocity into the control of VCF. but not sure for normal velocity? thanks

[analogholic]

Man, thanks for your awesome videos! You set a standard how it should be done.

You were the final straw for me getting a Mini D a couple of months ago :)

So I better stop watching this RIGHT NOW hahaha...The GAS is building up heavily :)

Cheerio!

[AutomaticGainsay]

Yes, stop watching! You do NOT want to get a 2600... having a 2600 and a Minimoog is like having two fantastic children constantly in sibling rivalry. It's unbearable! Thanks for your comments and for watching! ; )

[Smajtastic]

one mans unbearable is anothers dream ^^)

[MrSirMrSirMr]

I especially like the effects towards the end that sound like a radio detuning.

[MustacheVerra]

I bet that eats a lot of electricity! lol..

Still it looks\sound cool!

And i don't mind the fact that you give an explanation so keep talking!

[danielbultrini]

I've finished watching this amazing series, and I'm very impressed with the functions of this wonderful synth and the cool intro music, if you wrote it I must say that you're an amazing musicians, and now I have a question, I have finally got the funds to buy myself a synth, around 4000 USD and I'm kinda looking for an analog synth from the 70's would you recommend a minimoog model D or an ARP 2600, I found a few on e-bay (I have no experience on synths, but a lot on the piano, suggestions? )

[AutomaticGainsay]

Thank you! Yes, the music is by me. I would say that you should seek out recordings which contain the two synths and decide which of the two has the sound you seek. Both are fantastic. The ARP has a great deal more functionality, but the Minimoog has that trademark sound. I might suggest getting the best of both worlds and finding an earlier grey-faced ARP 2600, most of which contain a Moog-ripoff filter!

[happyrichie]

my brain, oww, soo... much trippin

[marvinkmooneyoz]

9:30 pwns my ballz

[sfekos]

play

[nunovarela]

Great! but, more music, less words.

[AxiomCrux]

are you going to do one on the vc modifier, or the input section??

[AutomaticGainsay]

More videos coming!

[LFORSK]

shut up---god damn it.-.--.let us hear the thing

[hfyuutr]

where does the intro music come from ? thx

[AutomaticGainsay]

It is from a Godfrey's Cordial (one of my bands) song called "Astral Daytrip."

Godfrey's Cordial can be found at myspace/godfreyscordialmusic

[ChrysusDow]

really like your stuff man :)

About time i got myself a good modular!

[sph9000]

Thanks! These videos are very interesting.

[d3p3ch3mod3]

can i get this for under $200?

j/k i like my micron even though it's slowly falling apart on me even though i bought it brand new

[neolojism]

Same thing is happening to me! Alesis make such cheap crappy hardware. I'm thinking of rack-mounting the board and using it as a sound module.

[d3p3ch3mod3]

with me the live playing stuff still works but setup mode fucks up a lot and it won't save files sometimes.... i just want a nord rack now so i can use the micron as a midi controller

[REALGREYBLUE]

Sweet.

[derekrevell]

Hi, Great video, but, don't you mean the 4012, the 4072 module which came later had a design mistake which reduced the band width of the filter circuit, a simple modification can fix that. Best regards Derek

[AutomaticGainsay]

Ha ha, I can't believe I didn't catch that. Yes, I mean 4012... twas a typo! Thanks for catching it! : )

[AutomaticGainsay]

How is it that everyone is watching this second part more than the first part? What are you people DOING??? : )

[zeckn]

buy reason, save money and space in your room^^

[AutomaticGainsay]

Yes, because space is the most intense concern of the musician! Lord knows creativity has nothing to do with connecting with a musical instrument and its physical interface!  : )

[ivikas123456789]

buy reason and sound like shit!,i hate softsynths.after their employment in music i stoped buying cd-s.I will never pay for music made on the software synth.

[yourkolbaska]

nice video

what is the name of the into music?

[AutomaticGainsay]

It's a song called "Astral Daytrip" by Godfrey's Cordial, one of my bands.

[peloextenso]

great, venden estas cosas?

para que pregunto no tengo $

[AppA]

From 9:30 I was making my way towards the Seven Sister cluster.

I remember you as one of the first synthdudes around, great that you've made more videos :)

I recently bought Novation X-Station (which has nice analog modeling sound), but it just doesn't come close to those freaky modulars.

That's why I'm already saving for a Doepfer system (or whichever system will suit my needs).

Jolly day!

[ronaldjenkees]

man I LOVE LOVE LOVE that intro music!!!!!

fantastic, really.

[filsmyth]

Crunchy.

[JingleJoe]

me too :D (its on marc's myspace music page!)

[Tofuik]

Very nice, loved the lasers as well...heheh

Heh, love the Saw action early on.

Now.. go make those other videos we want :)

[JingleJoe]

wow loved the last minute or so of sound , sounds like the kind of things i used to tune my radio into when i was much younger :)

another great video :) keep 'em coming :D

[CKnoxW]

Sweet, anyway, there was a Blue Meanie on Ebay a couple weeks ago. Acording to the description, it had Moog filters in it, and probably the great oscillators you mentioned.

[AutomaticGainsay]

I think that model had even better oscillators!

[stenophonic]

According to CMS it had better wiring/connections, mainly in the OpAmp department. Apparently they do upgrades for the affected 2600s with the 'substandard' opamps and is only around 300 bucks.

[derekrevell]

It was a Blue Marvin actually, named so after Marvin Cohen the case designer, according to Alan R. Pearlman.

[acousvnt]

So... modulating the filter at audio frequency, eh? (I had to rewind about a minute to catch what you said because I spaced out the first time)... sort of almost in the same conceptual ballpark as ring modulation.

Wow, cool sounds at the end! Sort of like, uh, farting lasers. :)

[AutomaticGainsay]

Ha ha, romantically put. ; )

[spacekk]

Did you ever compare your original 2600 to the Timewarp?

[AutomaticGainsay]

I haven't! But I know in advance, I won't enjoy the feel of the sliders. ; )

[Gwyo]

Watching this inspired me to load up TimewARP 2600 for the first time in about a year. Not quite the same, but close enough for hours of fun (and very similar bubbly noises!)

[cjdrifter79]

Love it! the arp just really sings when it's modulated.

[Dizkneelande]

this thing is incredible!