Korg is not Arp. It paid a license fee for fifty year old brand named after a dead man.
If the Korg is right for you, that’s cool with me. My B2600 sits on my desk. I don’t need a rolling case and I already have monitors for when I am not using headphones.
In my opinion, Behringer designed a new more capable instrument and Korg made the 2600 Mini a less capable one by intent (missing everything that was on Arp’s keyboards) to avoid cannibalizing sales of the premium full size version.
And, the Korg has a copy of the Moog ladder filter. [1] Lots of guitars are shaped like Stratocasters and Telecasters. Synthesizers.com sells knockoffs of Moog modules. Your DAW probably has a Rhodes VST or two.
[1] When Alan R Perlman built the first 2600’s for Tonus (before changing the name of his company to “Arp”), he copied Bob Moog’s ladder filter. Moog sued for patent infringement. Perlman had to change the filter and that’s what most original 2600’s have.
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Korg is not Arp. It paid a license fee for fifty year old brand named after a dead man.
If the Korg is right for you, that’s cool with me. My B2600 sits on my desk. I don’t need a rolling case and I already have monitors for when I am not using headphones.
In my opinion, Behringer designed a new more capable instrument and Korg made the 2600 Mini a less capable one by intent (missing everything that was on Arp’s keyboards) to avoid cannibalizing sales of the premium full size version.
And, the Korg has a copy of the Moog ladder filter. [1] Lots of guitars are shaped like Stratocasters and Telecasters. Synthesizers.com sells knockoffs of Moog modules. Your DAW probably has a Rhodes VST or two.
[1] When Alan R Perlman built the first 2600’s for Tonus (before changing the name of his company to “Arp”), he copied Bob Moog’s ladder filter. Moog sued for patent infringement. Perlman had to change the filter and that’s what most original 2600’s have.