Happy 606 day to everyone.
I love my funky little Roland drum.
Small in stature, but big in sounds
The TR-606 Drumatrix was designed to compliment the TB 303.
Launched in 1981, it was neglected in favor of it's bigger brothers the 808 & 909.
It still sounds great, esp with the Analogue Solutions mods.
The 606 is a useful interfacing device.
In the insta video, its the master clock.
It can also be the slave, and receive DIN clock (or MIDI clock if you use a midi to din converter).
DIN sync sends 24 pulses per quarter note.
Also known as Sync24
This is the rear view of the DIN cable.
It looks just like a MIDI cable, but the signals it carries are different.
Pin 3 is the clock
Pin 2 is ground
Pin 1 is Start/stop
The important signals are the clock & Start/stop
The clock is a pulse wave 0/+5 volt.
stop = 0 volt, start = +5 volt
There are plenty of Midi to Din converters in the market, however conversion of
DIN to MIDI clock is more complicated.
Conversion from din to midi requires a microprocessor.
So this might be possible using an arduino.
Currently, the only devices that can do this, that I'm aware of are:
Roland SBX10
Korg KMS30
Innerclock Systems Sync-Split2
The Pioneer Toraiz may also do this job, though I haven't tested this yet.
The roland TR-707s and 727s have both din and midi. .... though its a bit weird needing to use a drum to sync a drum.
The Roland SBX-80 may be another option
sOME pics of the Analogue Solutions/Roland TR 606
This is it's breakout box
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