LED 2 flashes. Select one of the two PATTERN GROUPS (N) by pressing the
PATTERN GROUP button (N). Again, the PATTERN GROUP selection is available
only under Rhythm Stopped condition. Start the TR-606 playing by pressing
RUN/STOP (H) and you will see that the Rhythm runs from 2 to 3 to 4 and then back
to 2 again.
Press the TAP button (M) while the Rhythm is running. This action causes the
running Rhythm to re-start from the first step of the Rhythm immediately. This re-set
type of action allows for diverse and creative Pattern changes while a chained Rhythm
is running as the Rhythm re-starts from the first step of whatever Rhythm is playing
rather than from the beginning of the chain. For example, if you press the TAP button
(M) while playing Rhythm Pattern 4 of the chained Rhythm 2, 3, 4, the Rhythm will
re-start from the first step of #2 rather than #4.
[This is a stupid example. A better one would be: "if you press TAP while playing
pattern 2 of the chained rhythm 2, 3, 4, the rhythm will restart from the first step of
pattern 3 rather than pattern 2" - ed]
Writing Rhythm Patterns
As mentioned earlier, your TR-606 will not only play back Rhythms but also allow
you to write them as well. Because we are not just writing the Rhythms but storing
them into computer Memory as well, we call this process "Programming". We will
now program the Rhythm Score written in Fig. 2.
Fig. 2 Rhythm Score 1
1234567890123456
BD x-----x---x---x-
SD ----x-------xx--
OH --------------x-
CH xxxxxxxxxxxxxx--
AC x---x-----x-x-x-
Stop the Rhythm if it is running, and set the MODE selector (B) to PATTERN
WRITE. This will cause the LED on the Rhythm Pattern selected to stop flashing.
Press SELECTOR Switch (K) #1 and set the PATTERN GROUP (N) to I. Clear the
Memory in #1 position by pressing the CLEAR/RESET (F) button while holding
down the #1 SELECTOR Switch (K). When this is done, the PATTERN GROUP
indicator LED (O) will flash to indicate that the memory in position #1 has been
cleared.
The TR-606 programs Rhythms in a Step Sequence process, which breaks each
measure (and each beat) down into a series of steps so that the programming can be
completely accurate. To Program a Rhythm, you must first set a Scale position, which
basically determines how many steps there will be for each beat (quarter note). This
process will be described in detail later in this section.
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