PLAY, and press the CLEAR/RESET button (F) which re-sets the Track to the first
bar. Press RUN/STOP (H) and the Track will begin playing back. Just as you had
written it into memory. When the track is finished, press RUN/STOP (H).
The Pattern group is selected automatically.
Automatic Track Selection
When selecting a Track for a long composition (more than 64 bars), all that is
necessary is to select which Track will be the beginning of the composition. It is not
necessary to switch to the next Track once you have used up the 64 bars of memory in
the first Track. The switching will be done automatically for you.
The D.S./D.C. Function
The D.S. function is one of the most important functions of the Track memory of the
TR-606, as it allows the Track memory to be used sparingly. Should you have a song
for which you are composing a Track in which the verses or verse/chorus combination
is basically the same, the D.S. function allows you to repeat the whole segment of the
song, rather than use up more memory by writing the same thing twice.
Fig. 10
| INTRO | VERSE CHORUS | ENDING | REST |
|-----------|-----------------------|------------|----------|
| | | | |
START $ D.S. D.C.
\______ REPEAT ______/ STOP
The D.S. function is applied by designating one bar in the Track as the $ (sign) Bar.
This $ Bar is the bar that the Track goes to when the TAP button (M) is pressed
during TRACK PLAY. The $ Bar is usually the first bar of the verse or chorus that is
to be repeated.
Once the Track returns to the $ Bar and repeats the verse, it continues on through the
end of the song, unless the TAP button (M) is pressed again. The D.S. function can be
activated at any time during Track play, and can be activated by the TAP button (M).
At the end of the song, there is another designated bar, the D.C. Bar. The D.C. Bar
should be the last bar in any Track. After the D.C. Bar plays, the Track automatically
resets to the first bar of the Track and plays all over again. There can only be one $
Bar and one D.C. Bar for each track.
[I can imagine it's not very easy for a guitarist to stop playing, press tap on the 606 to
send it back to the $ bar, then start playing again. If you plan on using your 606 like
this, you might want to rewire the tap button so that it goes through a foot switch -
that would be a hell of a lot easier to quickly press and reset to the $ bar than pressing
the "real" tap button - ed]
Setting the $ and D.C. Bars
To set the $ Bar, your TR-606 must be in the TRACK WRITE MODE in exactly the
same status as when you were composing the Rhythm Track. First, select a Track,
reset the Track by pressing the CLEAR/RESET button (F) and start the Rhythm by
pressing the RUN/STOP button (H).
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