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Instruments • Re: KORG Collection 5 with ARP 2600 Emulation coming Summer 2024

That's a shame. Too bad it's not the next Repro.
Many people disagree with that hypothesis

It sounds very much like a hardware 2600 which doesn't sound like a Prophet 5, a Minimoog, or a CS80

The 2600 has a unique ability to both sit well in a mix and still be felt and heard

It's why it's featured on so many progressive rock records from the 1970s

People expecting an authentic sounding 2600 plugin to be some massive thick phat analog beast that is up in your face will be left disappointed
It's difficult for me to articulate what I love about the sound of the 2600. "Pure" is the word that springs to mind. The bass frequencies are beautifully crystal clear. Of all the classic synths, I think it has the most unabashedly ELECTRONIC character, and stability that is unmatched by the synths of that era. Sequences and arpeggios slice through mixes in a very distinct way. It just has a special sound that is unlike anything else. If you want "phatness", obviously you can reach for a Moog or something like that. But if you want to get lost in space, then yeah, that's what the 2600 does for me, and I think Korg has nailed that sound, both in hardware and software.
How about releasing a 2600 sound bank…?

Statistics: Posted by abernathy — Sun Aug 04, 2024 4:17 pm



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