TR 606, 707, 727

Vanna Vu · Post by **Vanna Vu** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:05 am

tr 606, 707, 727...I was wondering if it's possible to link up all three of these drum machines at the same time. I was able to link 2 at a time but that's it. If it is possible, can someone explain to me how to do it?

Post by **nathanscribe** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:34 pm

Which 2?

is it possible to use the 707 as master clock, 727 via MIDI as slave, and use Sync24 to drive the 606 from that, making sure the 606 is set to recieve..? Just a guess, you've probably tried it, but hey-ho...

Tonebone · Post by **Tonebone** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:31 pm

Yes that´s right ,
but You have to tell the slaved 727 what kind of slave she is.
When it´s in Track Play mode (when it´s fresh powered up)
press
SHIFT and hold it and press the SYNC MODE (Tempo/Meas) Button below the Display several times.
While doing that, you can see by the transforming letter on the Tempo-Display to what Jack it syncs.
`d` means DIN-Sync24
´t` is Tape Sync and on
´n` it´s slaved to MIDI - unfortunately they had no ´M` in the deep 80s, poor Times...
Only the Mastermachine exhausts these 3 Clock signals. So You can not build Sync-Chains.

You also could sync the two 7s by the tiny Tape sync jacks.
So You have the MIDI-Master-Clock out free to sync other equip, perhaps a synth ? or a 4th Drummie!

It´s possible too , to divide the DIN-SYNC signal with a cheap 5pin´Y`-plug .
I´ve synced already up to 5 machines by one DIN-slot without any problems. The Timing of the old SYNC system is much better than MIDI so everything runs very tight if you do so...

Greetings: t-b