ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 32: Advanced Ring Modulation

This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the ARP-2600, either the Behringer, the Korg reissue, or the original! I've tried to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer.
This thirty-second video shows some advanced ideas for how to use ring modulation and combine it with sample and hold. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful.
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[@finerband123]

This rocks!!

[@ljs8888]

Cool, thanks!~

[@EthanJamesMusic1]

great! thanks!

[@spacebraincircuits1358]

Thank you much! Great explanation! I was wondering what I was doing wrong. This is a perfect reference

[@EthanJamesMusic1]

thanks! happy to help

[@lucaslavaine1287]

unfortunately, I can't reach the same kind of song on the arturia emulation... Wonder what I do wrong

[@PaulPomeroy]

Thanks, Ethan. Good tutorial. Referring to what you say at 1:34: Can you explain the difference between Audio and DC more fully here?

[@EthanJamesMusic1]

Short answer: at Audio: the output of the ring modulator is -5 to +5 V and the inputs are suppressed, meaning that you are only hearing the sum and difference frequencies at the output. at DC: the output is 0 to +10 V and the inputs are somewhat allowed into the output frequency. In practical terms, this means with the switch at DC, you hear more "modulation" types of things happening, and at Audio, you hear more "harmonic (or non-harmonic)" ouput. If you want me to try to make a video demonstrating, let me know.

[@PaulPomeroy]

@@EthanJamesMusic1 Thanks. That covers what I was wanting to know.