Roland TR-606 - Page 32

ADVANCED
COURSE
(Cont'd)
Fig.
9
Track
1
Track
2
Track
3
The
D.S./D.C.
Function
The
D.S. function
is
one of tlie most
Important
functions of the
Tracl<
memory
on the
TR-606,
as
it ailows the Track
memory to be used spar-
ingly.
Should you have
a song for which you
are composing
a Track in
wlijch
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
INTflO
VERSE
CHORUS
ENDING REST
START
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
-g-
Bar
is
usually the
first
bar ol the verse
or chorus
that is to be repealed.
Once the Track returns
to the
S-
Bar
and repeats
the verse,
it
continues
on
through the end
of
tfie
song unless the
TAP
button
(Q)
is
pressed
again. The
D.S. Function can be activated
at
any
time during Track
play, and can be acti-
vated either
by
the TAP button
@.
At tfie end of
the song, there
is
another desig-
nated
bar, the D.C. Bar. The D.C. Bar should he
the last
bar in any
Track. After
the D.C. Bar
plays, the Track automatically resets
to
tlie
first
bar of the Track,
and plays all over again. There
can be only one
-S-
Bar, and one
D.C. Bar for
each
Track.
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
theRhythrn by
pressing
RUN/
STOP button
(H).
Write
a
few different Rhythm
Patterns
into
Track memory,
and
then
press
the
$
PATTERN
GROUP button
@
(which activates
the D.S.
function) then press
the TAP button
(Q)
which
will
log that Pattern into memory. Once
the
$
button
has
been
pressed,
the
bar has
been desig-
nated as the
$
Bar, and
will be tlie
bar
the
Track will set at when the TAP button
(M)
is
pressed during
TRACK PLAY.
Continue programming a few more Rhythm
Patterns into
memory
and then press the
CLEAR/RESET
button
(?)
(which activates the
D.C.
function)
and then press the TAP
button
(0).
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