I now have a real deal Roland TR-606! Batteries are running low, but notice the interesting effect on those hi hats - They’ve been huffin’ helium gas!
Can anyone tell me what that VGA port on the side is? I bought it off someone off Craigslist, and they didn’t know what it was, nor if the unit actually worked. It’s got individual outs and the hi hat & cymbal audio in mod.
Probably a Kenton KADI port?
Some older Kenton midi-cv converters support this, IIRC it just allows the drums to be triggered and accent.
I peeked inside through where the port is located and saw the rainbow colored wires - and the wires are the same colors as the VGA cable you posted.
If I can control this TR-606 via MIDI, it’s over… Old school electro grooves ALL day.
I compose my jams using MIDI 100% of the time, never 16 nor 64 step sequences. The above video above is a rare demo for the Elektronatus. It’s a 64-step loop on the TR-606, and MIDI triggered Four MK2.
Thanks for the info Darenager!
I now have that sound and the tools to needed to create real Electro Funk!
RD6 in ten different colours listed on Behringer’s website:
https://www.behringer.com/behringer/search-results.html?brandName=behringer&queryStr=RD-6
I’ll probably buy silver / black.
I’m sure someone will do an multi led mod for transparent so you get it to light up based on trigger out … instant cheesy disco.
There’s a little switch, that switches between RD6 Cymbal and BR110 Clap and in the specs it says: “Highly acclaimed and authentic clap sound from the DR-110 drum machine”
So Boss Dr. Rhythm DR-110 clone next? Lol^^
TEN COLORS?!? 
A 
was not enough 
5 solid colors and 5 semi translucent colors.
Didn’t see that coming.
TD-3 will come in all the new colors, too.
Just in case anyone does not have one yet and is planning to buy.
I like the purple, but I’ll be going for the smiley to go with my smiley 303
In retailers in 2-3 weeks…apparently
Ectoplasm green. To match my eyes
Apparently the transparent colour versions are based on the old iMac G3
Probably to try to shift the huge number of PCBs they had made, given how many appear for sale second hand for 25% less than new (hasn’t even been out a year yet) their main competition is the 2nd hand market of their own products as I predicted it would be, so “new colours” is probably to shift stock.
Regardless of how good or bad they are cheap stuff has less value psychologically, so Behringer stuff is always going to depreciate in value a short time after launch, easy come easy go, and the more they make the more they lose value. It is kind of funny that Behringer did not anticipate this in their rush to flood the market with cheap clones, I’d be very surprised if they are still doing it in a few years time.
Of course there is every possibility that I’m totally wrong.
on the flip side of this… look at the secondhand prices of Roland’s Boutique series. almost the same as brand new, and in some cases actually increasing in price significantly (especially TR-09 and JP-08). these were also pretty cheap boxes. and they were, interestingly enough, Roland’s answer to the desire for these old machines. and in not going analog/full-on reissue with them, they created one void for Behringer to fill. but which company is seeing the relative worth of their products stay strong or even increase…?
Nintendo releases new colorways for all consoles and handhelds on a regular basis…
Hmm, actually I am not so sure about the 2nd hand market. Prices first went up because all units have been sold out for quite a while and even the second charge was also sold out quickly.
The prices of all Behringer’s (newer) synths had been even raised here in Europe a couple of months ago. But just now I noticed a significant price drop. e.g. a new TD-3 for 135€ instead of 149€ at release date or 159€ after the raise. So that might indicate that you are right.
Plus the downfall of DeepMind prices over like 2 or 3 yrs (?) have been a slap in the face for early and even not that early adaptors.
Of course that can not happen to TD-3 to that extent but still you might have a point.
Since RD-6 most likely shares the same case as TD-3 it only makes sense to offer both in all colors. Behringer’s additional costs equal nearly zero while getting some attention and probably attracting new buyers.
