With the release of TimeWARP 2600 V2, the plugin no longer supports use as an audio insert plugin. While earlier builds may have included this functionality, the current version focuses on providing the iconic ARP 2600 sound as a powerful software instrument within your DAW. Users can load TimeWARP 2600 V2 as an instrument track and enjoy its vintage analogue sound for synthesis, but unfortunately, audio processing as an insert effect is no longer available.


For those looking for TimeWARP 2600’s vintage analogue power, it's fully compatible with modern DAWs as an instrument, offering impressive flexibility and sound-shaping tools, but this does not extend to use as an audio insert plugin.


Some DAWs, include the capacity to redirect audio directly into a software instrument via Input assignments or side-chain - Note, that not every DAW has this ability. 


If your DAW supports/includes this feature...

  • Set up a virtual instrument track that is running the TimeWARP 2600 plug-in
  • Set up a second audio track, or select a track already recorded in your DAW.  (If this is a new track, select either mono or stereo in the track-creation window; this will determine, in turn, the channel options offered by the TimewARP 2600 for this track.)
  • In the mix window display for this track, send the track’s output to the TimewARP 2600 track input. 
  • You can then use the Line Output jacks in the Preamp section to route this signal to other inputs on the panel.
  • You can also use the Line Input jacks in this section to route audio from the plugin into itself.
  • If you are processing an existing track, press play on the transport control to hear the audio being processed by the TimewARP 2600 in real-time. 
  • You need to select an appropriate TimewARP 2600 patch (such as those in the Voice Guitar Effects categories in the Factory group) to successfully process audio this way.
  • If you are processing a live track, enable the track’s record mode, and then audio from your input will be fed through the TimewARP 2600. You need to select an appropriate TimewARP 2600 patch (such as those in the Voice Guitar Effects categories in the Factory group) to successfully process audio this way.