You have just programmed your first pattern into the TR-606. This Rhythm will be
stored in memory and can be edited at PATTERN WRITE position.
Steps and Programming
With the TR-606, each measure is divided into a certain number of parts which we
call STEPS. The Rhythm you just programmed used a 16 Step measure, which we
played in 4/4 time. Therefore the measure was comprised of four quarter notes, each
quarter note was comprised of four sixteenth notes, and each sixteenth note
corresponding to one STEP. So, for each Step in Program Score 1, each Instrument
Voice had either a beat or a rest. (The rest is added automatically when you do not
program a beat in that place).
The Program Score is a transcription of the music score using the system that
indicates the minimum number of notes and rests. However it is not completely
musically accurate in that a quarter note, for example, when transcribed to the
Program Score from a music score, is written as a sixteenth note, followed by three
rests. This also follows for whole notes, half notes, and eighth notes as well.
The SELECTOR Switches (K) is arranged in the order of the sequence for the
Rhythm Pattern. This means that in Rhythm Score #1, the #1 switch will indicate the
beginning of the measure, and #16 equals the end of the measure. When the LED for
step 16 lights up, one measure has been played.
Setting the SCALE (I)
The SCALEs (I) on the panel above the SELECTOR Switches (K) indicate the
SCALE (I) (or number of steps for each beat). Different SCALEs (I) are chosen for
different Rhythms so that all the Rhythms will be in time with each other when you
switch from one Rhythm to another as you did in the
Playing Rhythm Patterns
Section. Some Rhythms you may write may require as small a division as thirty-
second notes, while other Rhythms you write need only sixteenth notes as the smallest
division. By choosing the proper SCALE (I) for the Rhythm, the Rhythm Patterns will
all be able to be played back in time with each other when you switch between them.
The SCALE (I) must always be chosen to match the minimum division of the beat to
be used in the Rhythm pattern. We will now program a Rhythm in 4/4 time: one that
uses a 12 Step measure and the Number 3 Scale.
More details are explained in the last part of this manual (P. 30).
Fig. 5
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BD x-----x-----
SD ---x-----x--
OH x-----x-----
CH ---x-x---x-x
AC ---------x--
Stop the Rhythm and set the MODE SELECTOR (B) to PATTERN WRITE. Press
SELECTOR Switch (K) #1 so we can program in this position. The LED on that
switch should light up and flash. Press the CLEAR/RESET button (F), erasing the
memory. Press the RUN/STOP button (H) and set the SCALE selector (I) switch to 4.
Press the FUNCTION button (J) but do not let it up. While holding it down, press the
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