On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Paul Schulz wrote:

> Yes, that´s right. The early versions ("Blue Meanie" and "Grey Meanie")
> had a Moog lowpass filter clone.

Not just the meanies had them. The early grey face/tolex 2600s, the ones
with square-looking speaker areas, usually had the moog clone filters as
well. Some, but not many, of the later round looking speaker 2600s had
them too (this is what I have). The orange/white and black 2600s don't
have them
unless as a later upgrade from CMS.



After a law-suit between Moog and ARP

> they changed the filter design. The new filer was used in the black
> 2600s with white lettering and in the orange-black onesand it is said to
> sound a little duller than the Moog VCF clone.

Part of the reason it sounds duller is a design error that limits the top
cutoff, this can be corrected by changing some parts around the circuit
that the module plugs into. The CMS site has details on this.

> Doepfer probably thinks of the later filter design.

That seems likely, yes, since that's what most people will think of when
you say "ARP filter".

-Brandon

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