ARP 2600 Vintage Modular Analog Synthesizer Video Demo 3

We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a lot of fun toys. One of our favorites is the ARP 2600. We've sold many of them over We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a lot of fun toys. One of our favorites is the ARP 2600. We've sold many of them over the years, and each one sounds different. This is a video of 1 of a couple short "jam sessions" I had with the we just put up for sale. Its knobs are off as we were wrapping up cleaning and servicing this unit. We've got a keyboard for it but it wasn't used for this noisemaking session. ARP 2600s are well known for their filter instability. This one in particular is quite unstable - the filter clips really easily when the resonance is low, to the point where the sound can sometimes disappear, so it's great for distorted noises. Simply altering the volumes of the signals going into the filter and VCA can cause some very interesting rhythmic effects. Because of its unique sound, we decided to leave the filter the way it is rather than tweak it or replace it with a "better behaved" one. This video is a departure from my normal 10 second clips, so hopefully this won't bore you guys to death. :) Enjoy. Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com

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[simeonemusic]

Ever wondered where that bass pattern in Michael Jacksons Thriller came from? Check this video st 01:05 it's re-born for years I've been able to match the gear to some great songs on just hearing them once or twice I'm kinda strange like that don't ask me where that comes from ;)

[123synthland]

uhhh, im not so sure about that, but thanks cause i think thrillers an amazing track :)

[fuckingharpsichord]

why is it that all the video's from Retrosound get 4 or even 5 stars when they suck

and that the cool synthclips from 123synthland get only 3

what a cruel world..

[kaferere]

@simeonemusic I believe the bassline in "Thriller" was played on a Synclavier.

[ThePhillips85]

any chance you could give a quick run through of how to set up the sequencer on the arp what patches are needed?

[psicolor]

Impressive!

This vid made me groovin from the first second on!

[oprechtvanmensen]

if somebody would learn me similiarties of this i probably could be making beats sooner....

[123synthland]

thanks :)

[SurfingOnSineWaves]

Sorry, you're right.

Great work, by the way!

[123synthland]

thanks for the support guys, but lets not dis anyone else's videos here.

[SurfingOnSineWaves]

I'm with the harpichord-guy.

Those retrosound-vids ... how cheesy can you get?!