Roland TR-606 - Control Descriptions

ADVANCED
COURSE
Control
Descriptions
(e)
INSTRUMEWT mix
Controls
Thesu
coiiirols.
located
at
ihe
lop cenwr
of the
control
panel, are
used lo
achieve
a balanced
mix between
the
various
instrument
voices
available witli
the
TR-606.
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TEMPO Control
This
rotary pot
is used to
control the Tempo
ol
the
TR-6Q6's
rhytlirns.
Tempo
is
not a
program-
mable
function
and may be
varied
during
the
writing or
playing of
Rhythms or
Tracks for
maximum
control artd
flexibility.
(C)
TRACK/INSTRUMENT
Salactor
This
8 position selector
serves
tor a dual
pitrpose.
During the
programining of
Rhyttim
Patterns,
it is
used
to select
any
one
of 7
dif-
frent
instrument
voices
or Accent program-
med.
The
second
function of
the control
is
as a
selector
for the
B memories
used
in composing
Rhythm Tracks.
Each one of
the Memories
1
to
7 contains storage
capacity
for 64 bars of
a Rhy-
thm
Track,
while tnemory
8 has a storage capa-
city for
256 bars of
a
Rhythm Track.
Each of
these
memories
may be
accessed
individually
for
programming
or
playback. Up to
four
tracks
may
be chained
together
for
composing
Tracks
of extended
length,
with
a maximum
track
length of
256 bars.
(a)
MODE Salector
This rotary
control
is
used
to
select one
of the
four
basic
operation
modes of
the
TR
606:
PATTERN
WRITE Moda
allows
you lo pro-
gram the
available
Rhythm Patterns
(IB
each
in
Pattern
Groups
(N)
I and
III
to
be programm-
ed
with any
desired
rhythm for each
of
seven
available
instruments
plus Accent.
PATTERN
PLAY
Moda
allows
pertormance
of
the
32 available
Rhythm
Patterns you
have
programmed.
Rhythm
Pattern
selections
are
made
using the
16 Selector
Switches (K) and
the Pattern
Group
(N)
Selector.
Within certain
guidelines,
adjacent
Rhythm
Patterns
may be
chained together
to
performs
as signle,
or more
complex
Rhythm
Patterns.
TRACK PLAY Mode
allows the
performance
of
an entire
Rhythm
Track composition
program-
med
into one
or more of the
8
TRACK
Selector
positions.
TRACK WHITE
Moda
allows any of
the
16
Rhythm Patterns
programmed
into Pattern
Group
I (N)
(or tlie
16 Pattern Group
II rhy-
thms) to be
combined
into
compositions
(Tracks) and programmed
into any one or
more
consecutive
memories
selected by the
Track Selector.
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POWER
SWitch/VOLUME
Control
The
master VOLUME
Control
(A)
also
serves
as
the
power On/off
Switch, cutting
off
all D.C.
power
to the
TR-606
when
rotated
fully
counterclockwise.
For the
TR-606 to
perform
any
function,
this switch must be
rotated
clock-
wise past
its initial detent.
Tfie 'On'
status of
the
TR-606
may be checked
using the
various
LED
indicators
(L)
on the
front panel.
Once
the POWER
SWitch/VOLUME
Control(g)
is past its
initial
detent,
it
will control the
overall output
level present
at the Output
and
Headphone
output jacks
for
amplification and
monitoring.
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CLEAR/RESET Button
Depending
on the
MODE Selector
(§}
position
and
the
RUN/STOP
condition,
this button
will
perform the
following functions:
When
stopped
in
the
PATTERN
WRITE Mode,
this button
will clear an entire
rhythm pattern
by pressiiig
it while tiolding
tfie
SELECTOR
Switch ©down
for
the
Rhythm Pattern
to be
cleared.
The
Scale and number
of
Steps
in
tlie
Rhythm
Pattern
will not change.
When
running
in
the
PATTERN PLAY Mode,
this button
has no effect.
When
stopped
in
tfie
TRACK PLAY
Mode
or
TRACK
WHITE
Mode,
this button Resets the
TH-606 so that
it will begin with bar 1
of
the
Track
selected when the RUN button (h)
is
pressed.
If
litis button
is
pressed while the
FUNCTION buiton(I)is
held down, tlie
D.C.
bar
will
be
displayed
using
the LED
indicators
®.
When
running
in the
TRACK PLAY Mode,
this
button
has no
effect.
When
tunning
in the
TRACK WRITE
Mode,
this button
writes
the
current
bar into memory
as a D.C.
bar,
signalling the end of the track.
(g)
BATTERY
CHECK/RUN Indicator
This
LED
will light to indicate the Run
condi-
tion. If the
indicator
flashes or does not
illumi-
nate
in the Run
condition
even
if the other
LEDs
still
illuminates,
replace
all
of
the
batteries
with new
ones.
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RUN/STOP
Button
This button
alternately
starts and stops the
running of
rhythms
and
will
perform
different-
ly
according to
the position of
MODE Selector
®.
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SCALE Selector
This selector
determines the
number of
steps
assigned to each
quarter note
beat,
as
shown
by
the
relationship
between
the
graphic
illustra-
tion to the
right of the
SCALE
Selector
(3)and
the
16 SELECTOR
Switches
(K) below.
The
position
of
the
SCALE Selector(T)is
memoriz-
ed
into
computer
memory
when the
FUNC-
TION buttonQ)
is pressed
while running
in the
PATTERN
WRITE Mode.
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