Trilex wrote:
Of course I don't have either of these instruments, but a review on "sound on sound" had a really technical comparison between the two
while the saw wave is realistic, the filter isn't really a good representation of a real one)
You get filter discrepancies between the same analog Synthesizers of the same make and model in hardware form.Just because they use the same circuitry and filter type doesn't mean they all sound identical.
A software clone some 30 years later is gonna sound different to an Analog equivilant there makeup up is totally different before you even compare the two
An oscillator is easier to model,whereas a filter isn't especially if your cloning a hardware filter in software,the 24db Filters invented by Moog will tell you that,if it was easy to replicate a filter the same everytime all the hardware synths that ever featured a 24db Low pass filter would have sounded the same as the Minimoogs,they can clone the oscillators,but its the Filter which gives a synth its characteristics,yet they never have got a 100%Clone of a Minimoog on any synth thats been made,thats how you would tell the difference blindfolded,on a Filter texture..My 4 year old son could of told you that.How do you expect a Software ARP2600 one to sound the same as the Hardware ??
And if you've never experienced the difference in real life how can you make a judgement based on some review??on that judgement the reviewer would need to compare every model of Hardware ARP2600 against the Software for a real conclusion,and simply a Software clone will reproduce the same filter fluctuations and drift again and again whereas the Hardware wouldn't be so precise.
I wasn't aware of that the 2500 has been used for any albums either.
I know that isn't a clear proof, but then that information must be from an intern talk with MG or something 
