ARTURIA – ARP 2600 V – USER MANUAL
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Table of Contents
1
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 6
1.1
The birth of ARP Instruments and the ARP2600 ................................................................................. 6
1.2
Arturia’s secret ingredient: TAE
®
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1.2.1
Aliasing-free oscillators ........................................................................................................................... 8
1.2.2
A better reproduction of analog oscillator waveforms ...................................................................... 9
1.2.3
Direct Filter Circuit Modeling ................................................................................................................ 10
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ACTIVATION AND FIRST START ................................................................................... 12
2.1
Register and Activate .......................................................................................................................... 12
2.2
Initial setup ............................................................................................................................................. 12
2.2.1
Audio and MIDI settings: Windows ...................................................................................................... 12
2.2.2
Audio and MIDI settings: Mac OS X .................................................................................................... 15
2.2.3
Using ARP 2600 V in plug-in mode ....................................................................................................... 15
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USER INTERFACE .......................................................................................................... 17
3.1
The virtual keyboard ............................................................................................................................ 17
3.2
Toolbar .................................................................................................................................................... 17
3.2.1
Save Preset ............................................................................................................................................ 17
3.2.2
Save Preset As… .................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2.3
Import preset ......................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2.4
Export preset .......................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.5
Resize window options .......................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.6
Audio settings ........................................................................................................................................ 20
3.2.7
Preset browser overview ...................................................................................................................... 20
3.2.8
MIDI Learn assignment ......................................................................................................................... 21
3.2.8.1
Assigning / unassigning controls ................................................................................................................... 22
3.2.8.2
Min / Max value sliders .................................................................................................................................. 23
3.2.8.3
Relative control option .................................................................................................................................. 23
3.2.8.4
Reserved MIDI CC numbers .......................................................................................................................... 24
3.2.9
MIDI controller configuration ............................................................................................................... 24
3.2.10
The lower toolbar .................................................................................................................................. 25
3.2.10.1
Current control value .................................................................................................................................... 25
3.2.10.2
Midi Channel Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.10.3
Panic button and CPU meter ....................................................................................................................... 26
3.2.10.4
Maximum Polyphony ..................................................................................................................................... 26
3.3
The Preset Browser ................................................................................................................................ 27
3.3.1
Searching presets .................................................................................................................................. 27
3.3.2
Using tags as a filter .............................................................................................................................. 28
3.3.3
The Preset Info section .......................................................................................................................... 29
3.3.4
Preset selection: other methods .......................................................................................................... 30
3.3.4.1
Selecting a preset by its Type ....................................................................................................................... 31
3.3.5
Playlists .................................................................................................................................................... 31
3.3.5.1
Add a playlist ................................................................................................................................................. 31
