For a long time, the ARP 2600 synth was the very definition of the word ‘unattainable’. Buying one of the original models second-hand can cost you up to $10,000, and even Korg’s full-size remake had a price of $3,899.
Right now, though, you’re being given the chance to acquire a slightly smaller version of the synth at a whopping 42% discount, which brings price down to a much more palatable $1,149. This makes it one of the Black Friday music deals you should definitely be looking into.
It might be downsized, but the good news is that the Korg ARP 2600M sounds just as good as the company’s larger model, being based on the same circuitry. What’s more, it’s a true sonic playground, offering oscillators, envelopes, a filter and an amplifier that can be patched together.
Other features include ring modulation, lag and voltage processors, an envelope follower, audio preamp, a clock-able switch, noise source, a sample-and-hold module, signal inverters, an auxiliary mixer, and a set of parallel-wired/multi jacks.
There’s no built-in keyboard, but you can easily plug one in via MIDI to create a compact and tweakable version of one of the greatest semi-modular synths in history. As we said in our review, it captures the allure of the original and ticks the most important boxes.
Fancy a bit of that? Thought so. The deal on the ARP 2600M is available exclusively at Korg’s shop on Reverb, and it brings the price down to just $1,149.
