Hey, everyone, this is Peter from Roland.
We are really excited to announce
the TR-06 drum machine.
The TR-06 is based off of the
TR-606. The TR-606
came out in 1981 and
it was really popular because it was
very affordable and very easy
to use.
It also was an iconic drum machine
in the popularization of
genres of music like acid.
The TR-06 is a detailed
replica of the TR-606
with substantial upgrades and
modernized features.
Using ACB, the TR-06
has a lot of sound-shaping options.
This gives the user the capability
of crafting their own ideal 606
sound.
This uses things like effects,
things like individual tone shapes
per drum, and a lot of
other capabilities that wouldn't be
possible with traditional analog
circuitry.
In addition to bringing back the 606
Song Mode and Step Sequencer, we've
also added advanced programing
options to things like Step Loop,
Sub Step, Probability, Velocity
per step.
A lot of tools making it really easy
to come up with interesting grooves.
Also provided are a generous five
trigger outputs and one trigger
input, making it really easy to
connect to semi- modular and modular
pieces of gear.
This makes it so that you can
synchronize the gear with the drum
machine, so the drum machine can act
as a drum sequencer.
Or you can use the trigger input for
not just clocking it, but also
using some of the internal, really
creative, timing effects.
Combining these upgrades gives the
TR-06 new life above
and beyond the original capabilities
of the TR-606.
Let's take a listen.
So using ACB, I can
shape each of these drums
individually. Take
the kick drum, for example.
I'm gonna tune it, hop back, go
to the Decay,
draw out a little bit.
Maybe tune it down some more.
Go to the snare drum.
Snare drum has a really cool
controller.
We can control the timbre of it.
Call it snappy.
Go to the hi-hats here.
Also included are compressors for
the kick and the snare drum.
So I'm able to create more of a
punchy type of sound between those
two instruments.
And let's say I wanted to add some
reverb or some effects
to some of the instruments.
If I go into the menu system here
and go to where it says Send,
I can send each of these drums
individually to the Send effect.
Now the Send effect can be anything
from a delay to a reverb to
a flanging effect.
There's a lot of stuff in there to
play with. So, to hear it
raise the depth knob.
Go to where it says Delay Type.
I say it's on Type 2.
Switching it to Type 1
gets more mono-style delay.
There's a stereo ping-pong.
There's a tape echo.
And it creates a really fun kind of
performance control if I want to
create buildups or breakdowns,
that type of thing.
So, let's check out the
overdrive as well.
There's a Drive knob here
which lets me add distortion.
This is like a really cool type of
like industrial type of sound.
This, too, can also be changed.
So if I change it to Overdrive
number 2,
it's kind of like a bit-reduction
sample rate-reducer type of effect.
There's also a multi-mode filter.
Sequencing the TR-06 is really easy.
Got a kick
drum pattern playing.
I can use this knob to select snare
drum.
Then using the tap button and
manually programing, I can get a
basic rhythm happening.
I can hold a step and then use the
Accent knob to use different
levels of Velocity.
Let's go to the hi-hats.
One cool thing is I can go to the
menu and go to the Mute page
and mute things in real-time.
There's a really easy performance
mechanic that lets me kind of bring
things in and out at the push of a
button.
One of the upgrades is Sub Step.
And if I hold this button right here
and press a note, I can select
how fast I want the Sub Step to
be.
Now, perhaps my favorite upgrade
to the sequencing is the
Probability.
So this function is pretty
standard in terms of
what normal probability is suppose
to behave like. If I press
a step, I'll see
Probability set to 100 percent.
It's 100 percent that this note will
come in.
I can lower that in increments of
10.
This gives me a lot of cool
variations that I can do.
But here's the thing that's a lot of
fun to do.
So, I'm going to put in
a bunch of snare notes and I'm going
to give them a probability of zero.
And you'll see why I'm doing this in
a second. So let's do that
for
the hi-hats here.
Add some more of those.
Now, if I hold the Menu button
and use the Value knob, it's going
to adjust what's called Master
Probability.
So I'll hold it and turn it up.
So you notice how all of those notes
are now being brought into the
pattern.
Turn all the way down really quickly
and it gives me a very drastic
change in the pattern sounds like.
Lastly, Step Loop is a really fun
feature to do. If I want to do
basically a drum machine version
of a drum fill.
I can hit the Step Loop button.
Let's start by pressing one step.
It basically slices that pattern
on any number of steps that I press
down. So if it's
one step, it's going to loop
it every 16th.
Now, if I press multiple steps,
it's going to slice between any of
the steps that I press down.
The TR-06 comes with a generous
amount of trigger outputs.
In this example, I'm using the TR-06
to clock the TB-03 sequencer,
using the trigger out from the Low
Tom.
So let's play the pattern here.
Now I can select
the Low Tom. Let's program some
notes.
Now we're still hearing the Low Tom.
Now we all need to do is just turn
the volume down.
Now it's getting its trigger source
and we're not hearing the Low Tom
doubling over it.
So that's a really cool, kind of
easy way to fix that issue.
Add in some more notes.
Now, this will respond to
all of these sequencing effects that
the TR-06 has.
So I can add in those
kind of probability
parameters that we were talking
about.
Let's go to Sub Step as well.
It has a really cool effect to kind
of create an evolving type of group
this way.
Now, one trick that I like to do
is take advantage of the trigger
input. The trigger input isn't
just for clocking when it comes to
the TR-06.
You could use it for
basically trigger effects.
So I have accessed it through
the menu and I
can make it function like
a normal trigger in with controlling
the clock. But I can also do things
like control the start point,
whether it kind of goes to the head
of the pattern.
I can have a trigger, a random
pattern each time he gets an
input or I can shift
it to the right or to the left.
So I'm going to take this other
cable and I'm going to take
the output of the TB-03 and
put it to the trigger in of the
TR-06.
So this basically will say
that every time there's a note
triggered on the TB-O3, every time
there's a gate, it will
shift the pattern of whatever
I have selected to the left.
So let's play it and see what it
comes up with.
So you see that now the sequence is
moving to the left every time that
it gets a note from the TB-03.
Now, I can just let this play for
probably a half an hour and it won't
play back the same each time.
It's always going to give me
something completely different.
The TR-06
is a massive upgrade to the TR-606.
It has the upgraded sequencer.
It's got the awesome sound engine.
It has the trigger outputs that
let you sync pretty much anything.
It also has battery power and USB
connections. So any kind of musical
situation, you can plug this thing
in and it just works.
So for more information, check out
Roland.com or check out the links in
the description below.
Thanks for watching.