Roland TR-606 - Composing the Rhythm Track

BASIC COURSE
(Cont'd)
Composing
the
Rhythm Track
We liave programmed ten
Rhythm
Patterns
shown in Fig. 2 into
the memory locations
#1
—
#10.
Tluough [he use
of these
iliythms, we
will now
compose an
entire composition
in
Track
#1
according to
the
following conit)osi-
tion table.
Fig.
3
Track
Composition
Table
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1-2
1-5
1-6
1-7
1-8
i-9
1-3
1-9
1-4
1-9
1-3
1-9
MO
PROCEDURE
1
.
Stop
the
rhythm.
2.
Set
the
MODE
selector®
to TRACK/
WRITE.
MODE
3. Set
the
TRACK/INSTRUMENT
selector
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to
Track #1.
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4.
Press ttie CLEAR/RESET
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This button re-sets the first bar of
the
Track.
5.
Select in
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GROUP
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6.
Start
the rhythm by
pressing RUN/STOP
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The
rhythm
previously recorded
in
the 1st
bar of the Track
will
be
heard.
Choose a new 1st bar
Rhythm Pattern by
pressing a
SELECTOR switch
(K), in this
case
#1
.
"
The
new Rhythm
Pattern will play at the
end
of the
old
rhythm, and
will repeat.
8. Press
the TAP
button
(M)
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TAP
SlEPnESET
10.
The running
Rhythm Pattern
will be re-
corded in
the Track Memory as the 1st
bar, and the
Track Memory is
advanced
to the 2nd bar, and it will play the pre-
viously
recorded
old rhythm.
You can re-select a
new 2nd bar Rhythm
Pattern and
then press the TAP
button
@
to
record
it
in
Track Memory.
(Repeat
the
PROCEDURES 7
S S
for
bars following
the 2nd
bar within a
block.
4
patterns can be
witten at
once
between the 5th
and
8
th bar by
following
method given in
CHAINING THE
RHYTHM
PA TTERNS,
see
page 1
1.)
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Continue
switching Rhythm
Patterns
and
logging them into
IVlemory by press-
ing
the TAP button
@.
Repeat
the
PROCEDURES
7 & 8
for
writing
from the 9th
bar to
the one be
fore
the last
bar.
TAP
SIEPnCSEt
At
the last bar,
where
the SELECTOR
switch #10
is
pressed in this
case,
choose
a
rhythm
and then press
the CLEAR/
RESET
button (F).
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