Owner`s manual

CHAPTER 1 -

The ARP 2600

How this Manual is Organized

This is not a textbook; it’s a survival manual.

Chapter 2 is about installing and con guring the software so you can get up and running.

Chapter 3 is a brief introduction to the vocabulary and methods of classical analog synthesis, so that

we can understand each other throughout the rest of the book.

Chapter 4 is a module-by-module reference, including the digital extensions made possible by the

fact that the TimewARP 2600 is software – a piece of computer behavior – rather than a collection of

electronic hardware.

Chapter 5 is not in this book, but is a collection of patches, with accompanying documentation, located

in a separate document  le called

Patchman.pdf

found on the distribution CD (or as a download from

Patchman.pdf found on the distribution CD (or as a download from Patchman.pdf

www.wayoutware.com). The patches and commentary are keyed to the numbered chapters, sections,

and subsections of this manual. Some of the patches form a tutorial sequence, and some illustrate

vocabulary lessons and concepts.

How To Use This Manual

You’ll probably need to do a quick run through of Chapter 2 as you install the TimewARP 2600 and

learn some of the basic setup operations. After that, you can pretty much mix and match, according

to your experience:

If you’re new to audio synthesis, you’ll want to walk through the tutorial patch sequence in

Patchman.pdf,

referring back to Chapter 3 for concepts and Chapter 4 for detailed module speci cations

while you explore, and learn to control, the vast range and patch repertoire of the TimewARP 2600

software synthesizer.

If you already have some experience with audio synthesis, you might go directly to Chapter 4 for the

detailed module-by-module speci cations of the TimewARP 2600. If you know and love the original

ARP 2600 itself, take particular note of section 4.1, where we describe what you can do with the

TimewARP 2600 that you could not do with its analog ancestor. These digital extensions include patch

load/save, additional VCO sine-wave outputs, dual-channel signal input, automatic Y-connections at

all signal outputs, sixteen keyboard micro-tuning options, MIDI Beat Clock synchronization, and MIDI

controller mapping (with subranges) for all the panel sliders.