Talk:ARP 2600

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I moved the following section from the article because of the self reference in the "Version III" and "Version IV" sections. As I lack the knowledge to fill in the missing information I could not remove the self reference without leaving a partial list, so I moved the whole thing here until someone can finish it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osmodiar (talk • contribs) 16:17, 8 June 2005 (UTC)

Version I, the "Blue Marvin" or "Blue Meanie"

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The "Blue Meanie"

• Officially named the 2600. Commonly called the "Blue Meanie".
• Produced in 1970.
• It came in a blue aluminum case. Being their first model, it was prone to breakdowns and was highly unreliable. Due to their all aluminum design, they were very hard to service.
• The Blue Meanie folds like a breifcase, for easy, portable, design. The carrying bar turns out to be more of a hindernce to many players though. Keyboard was modular, but one was sold with it.
• Between 50-100 "Blue Meanies" were built in a garage before the ARP plant was open.

The early 2600s were built in a small facility on Kenneth Street in Newton Highlands, NOT a garage. Marvin Cohen was NOT an engineer at ARP. He was the CFO and later the president.

Version II, the "Grey Meanie"

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The rare and coveted, "Grey Meanie"

• Appeared in 1971.
• Factory produced.
• First version of ARP that denoted the rectangular 'ARP' logo on its right speaker grille.
• Only a few "Grey Meanies" (at least two) exist. Apparently, around 10 were made. They are the same design as the other 2600's internaly, they just have a grey/black color scheme on the exterior casing.
• The keyboard on the Grey Meanie came with a handle as on the synthesizer, for more portablilty.
• One of the extremly rare Grey Meanies is now kept at the London Synth Museum.
• The original Model 4012 filter used in the Grey and Blue meanies was a copy of Moog's patented ladder-filter design. This led to a law-suit between Moog and ARP which forced ARP to design their own filter.

Version III

More info to come! ;)

Version IV

More info to come! ;)

Infamous Moog filter?!

I always thought the Moog ladder was one of the more highly regarded music filters in history. I don't see how "infamous" is the right word to describe it. Shouldn't it be "famous ladder filter"? 70.112.164.209 03:19, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

YouTube links

• "Sesame Street - Shape Organization" - Cartoon with shapes organizing themselves Sesame Street - Sounds like an ARP - More info anyone?

174.51.99.65 (talk) 07:41, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

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add Rob Coleman as best performer on an arp2600 ever. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.85.178.79 (talk) 15:10, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

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list of "notable" users

sigh.

a list of professional keyboard players who *haven't* used a 2600 at some point in their careers would take up less room.

votes for drastic thinning?

duncanrmi (talk) 13:59, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

I’ve cleaned this up a lot. If someone wants to list a player as one who has used the 2600, they need to find a reliable source showing the artist in question using a 2600. Yes, even stuff like Vintage Synth Explorer is OK; it just has to be a reliable source (I’ll even accept stuff like them saying, on their own webpage, “I use a 2600”, if the artist is otherwise notable) Samboy (talk) 14:11, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Samboy. Apologies, as I was working on an article edit offline when you cleaned up the list, so I inadvertently copied the older (longer) list back into the article when I saved my edit. Thank you for restoring your shorter list. If I come across other mentions of notable 2600 users that can be properly referenced, then I will expand the list accordingly. synthfiend (talk) 14:13, 15 April 2021 (UTC)