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.

Contents 1 Version I, the "Blue Marvin" or "Blue Meanie" 2 Version II, the "Grey Meanie" 3 Version III 4 Version IV

[edit] Version I, the "Blue Marvin" or "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.

[edit] Version II, the "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.

[edit] Version III

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[edit] Version IV

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