#tr-606

[spiritshrine]

trying something new - teaching myself some midi sequencing in cubase 3.0 on my atari 1040ST this weekend... finally got it talking to the rest of my studio

[hardfloor]

**FRIENDS**

[ymofan04]

Roland TB-303 & TR-606

[xtalosc]

Visit Original Link

made with mpt and earthbound samples and 606

[imgs-of-old]

EPSN0227 and 0241 from May 2006

[nat-909]

Dockside Records crew toys

[palsen]

On the Kitchen Table

That modular thing, that escalated quickly.

It's like building a character in a role-playing video game. You distribute endurance, strength, dexterity and such to make the avatar/modular reflect your play style. And like some characters are quick and stealthy and others heavy hitters, some builds will render an East Coast synth voice, while others are suited for a more experimental kind of noise.

My first iteration of modules was based on dedicated, no frills core functionalities, such as Doepfer's essential modules. It was good to start with the basics. By doing this I was able to test different routings, patch them in how I wanted and learn the signal path.

I didn't want to build a complete system, made entirely from one manufacturer's modules. Because part of the beauty with modular is putting together one's own rack made of different modules from different places and with different sounds and approaches.

Right from the start I decided for a quite small system, a limited case of 6U, 84 HP. But one or a few function per module demands more space, so after a while I began to replace them with functionally dense modules, in other words, I levelled up. Still I didn't want to go to far; I don't want a computer-like module that solves everything – I reckon that would be contra-modular.

I run sequencer/clock outside of the system, for the time being. Maybe it's a little bit cheating, but this way I save space in the case. Anyway, I'm using an Analog Keys, and with it I can drive two separate sequences, process the modular signals through the synth's filters, envelopes, effects and so on, and trigger an old DIN-synced TR-606. And using all four voices of the synth itself at the same time. The Rosie output module has send and return for external effects, so I got a BigSky plugged in there. All in all, it's quite a powerful and portable little setup.

As for the case, I just cut up a cardboard box and gaffered it together to fit two Happy Ending Kit rails. It's very slim, very light, maybe not too stylish though.

The housing is really a project. It's like a doll house that is defragmented, partly from an interior design thinking. Well, I want it to look nice and neat. Then again, most time is spent researching which modules that go in and out, based on functionality and compability with the ecosystem.

Nevermind the patch in the picture, I just needed something so sound and didn’t want to clutter the image too much. The photo is from the kitchen table.

[spiritshrine]

in the midst of it all tonight gals bought a second patchbay to give my setup a little more wiggle room and i'm paying the ultimate price (redesigning my signal flow and rewiring my studio) but i'm making headway...