Arp 2600M vs. Antonus 2600 Comparison: VCF Distortion

No talk, just sound: Quick example of the ARP 2600M and the Antonus 2600 to demonstrate the different behaviours.
You can hear how the Korg/Arp 2600M has a more aggressive sound and distorts/growls more even with resonance up but it doesn't really distort as much when reso is at zero. The Antonus breaks up the sound at full VCO levels when resonance is at zero but sounds cleaner than the Arp 2600M when the resonance is up. Also note the VCA clipping out on the Antonus, when i turn up both envelopes.

[@Bata9999]

Yo thanks for doing this! They both sound good!

[@tomnoise23]

No talk, just sound: Quick example of the ARP 2600M and the Antonus 2600 to demonstrate the different behaviours.
You can hear how the Korg/Arp 2600M has a more aggressive sound and distorts/growls more even with resonance up but it doesn't really distort as much when reso is at zero. The Antonus breaks up the sound at full VCO levels when resonance is at zero but sounds cleaner than the Arp 2600M when the resonance is up. Also note the VCA clipping out on the Antonus, when i turn up both envelopes.

[@MrDudleytheCat]

Great video. Thank you. More comparisons of these two would be 👍. Keep ‘em coming.

[@tomnoise23]

Cool, thank you too. I'm gonna upload a longer comparison of the Behringer with the Antonus and the Korg later. Great if it's helpful to someone.

[@MrDudleytheCat]

@@tomnoise23 comparison of the tube reverb would be great 👍 is there any hum/hiss/noise with the verb?

[@tomnoise23]

@@MrDudleytheCat Maybe worth to check out the latest video on my channel? ;-)

[@TheObxpander]

So the 2600m can be overdriven at both the VCF and VCA stages? Is this a case where sliders have to be 50% or under to ensure 0% drive?

[@tomnoise23]

With the sliders around 70/80% it's quite clean. But it also depends on how many soundsources are mixed into the VCF. It sums up. On the original it was much more sensitive but you can use this as a little reserve on the sliders to make up for a level loss when using resonance on the filter.

[@thehillbillysynthesist]

The Antonus looks nicer :) . So lets get serious, which one does Rez covers better ? Also, are the sliders on the Antonus a little less fiddly than the 2600m?

[@tomnoise23]

You can cover Rez territory on all three - imo it's not really a competition,
The slider size on the Antonus are the same as on the Behringer = 45mm vs. 30mm on the 2600m.
But to be honest - I don't have any issues with that. For example, a Roland SH-101, Jupiter 6 or a Juno 60 also have 30mm Faders - I never heard anyone complaining.

[@thehillbillysynthesist]

@@tomnoise23 Are the bigger sliders much of an advantage? I do find the ones on the 2600m a bit fiddly .

[@tomnoise23]

@@thehillbillysynthesist I see. Sure, they are 1 1/2 the size and there’s more space in between. There’s only even bigger faders on the Macbeth M5 🙂

[@DSLmande]

Was both devices calibrated to the same specs ?

[@tomnoise23]

Both factory calibrated. I didn’t mess with that.

[@inanesilence]

if you need choose one, what would it be?

[@tomnoise23]

I would choose Antonus. Not only for the sound but also for easier maintenance and service, if needed. Korg is mostly smd and much harder for me to repair.