Roland TR-6S Rhythm Performer Compact Drum Machine with Six Tracks and Authentic TR Sounds Including TR-808, CR-78 & More Large Preset Sample Library Editable FM Sound Engine

The tr6s is very similar to its big brother the tr8s, but with fewer dials and half the price !! The internals are identical. What makes it really work for me is the accompanying software that you can download for free from roland. This has a lot of dials on screen meaning you dont have to menu-dive which is the main drawback of the tr6s. Best of all is the bar chart that controls velocity, delay, lfo and several other things. You can drag your mouse across the bar chart to make lots of settings in two seconds. Extremely useful. The builtin sounds are extensive and include a few world percussion instruments. The ACB feature is interesting because you can get inside the sound using zencore, in addition to standard fx on the outside such as reverb, delay etc. The weak point is the small memory for samples. You need to read the specifications to see whether or not it will be suitable for you. Overall highly recommended and a lot of fun.

Great sounds and a (fairly) straightforward interface. I use it just for the drum sounds - driving it from an external sequencer - but even at that level it's well worth the money.

I’m new to the world of drum machines etc but so far I’ve been really impressed with this! It’s fairly intuitive and the scope of sounds available is fantastic - I’m still learning but have already created some nice sounding patterns. I think this feels well made and I love all the lights on it and esp the faders for the various components which really do make something you can play around with quite easily! Of no doubt I’ll learn more about what it can do, but a full range of sounds are here, both classic and contemporary! I’m looking forward to hooking this up to my behringer TD3! The other great thing is its portability- you can use batteries!! I’m genuinely glad I made this choice 🙂

All the classic Roland CR and TR drum machine sounds in one box. Decent pattern sequencer, but I use it as a 6 voice sound module. Nice and compact.

Lovely piece of kit, but unfortunately although great sounding patterns are easy to create, you cannot chain them together to make a complete song consisting of half a dozen parts, for instance. A real pain that took a lot of research to discover. Returned to Amazon.

After buying a Roland JX-08 boutique, and having usb noise issues, and midi issues and confusing menu displays , I was slightly dubious about the Tr06... but happily it's been a worthwhile purchase. My main reason's for buying this was for the original 909 and CR78 sounds, and to speed up my recording process. It's actually packed with lots of great digital kicks, snares, hats, claps and tons of percussion sounds aswell as 808 and 707 ( oh yeah and synth/ bass and guitars) ...all very useful. If you know Roland, you'll know of their menu diving design, but I've found this fairly user friendly and logical, once you get used to it. It's the smaller brother of the Tr08 but has most of the functions. I find it fun to use, and great sounding and portable. 😎👍

This is a great drum machine. The TR-8s is also good with 8 tracks but as part of a multiple desktop setup the Tr-6s is easier to use with one hand and takes up a fraction of the space. Easy DAW transfer. Sample transfer could be better. Still not as good as my Arturia Spark LE but for standalone use this rocks.

I now have to add an amendment to the below review from Jan 2021. I was made aware that Roland had released an editor for the TR6S. I purchased another via AWD during the speciial offer 20% extra discount week. A great deal. Straight away I updated the firmare to the latest version. For some reason the unit just sounded even better. Navigation is good but if you want to get in under the hood then workflow can slow. This is where the editor comes in. OMG! a dramatic increase in creative speed, everything at your fingertips. It's an absolute breeze to edit and explore now and Roland have done an excellent job. I recommend you check out the few Youtube vids which demonstrate just how good it is. 6 outputs plus the stereo out via USB. So you can have all your drum sounds on seperate tracks into your DAW plus assign certain sounds through the stereo out and apply the TR6S internal FX...so 8 itracks altogether. Something I missed on first use. In a recording set up this thing is now pretty perfect no need for the big brother TR8S (for me at least). Editing everything is quick and clear. Loading your own samples is still done via SD card. It would be great if Roland made this possible via the editor over USB....fingers crossed for the next update. All the Classic Roland TR drum machine sounds are here, with the ability to manipulate everything to create you own kits/sounds...then you have the FM engine to take things even further...plus you can load your own samples. So ACB sounds, FM synths and samples all in one small unit. Amazing! I highly recommend this unit to every electro bro home studio owners out there. Even if you want to use it just for a basic live setup it's still excellent but the editor now takes this thing to the next level. I'll leave my old review below in which I gave it 3 stars. I now give it 5 stars and eat my words. It's so good to see a large company like Roland constantly update, innovate and support it's products...adding new life to some. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It has the same sound set as it's big brother the TR8-S. Although you can't layer 4 sounds at once when creating or editing your own custom drums (maybe not an issue if you're recording or using samples). The sounds and some of the presets are huge and show off nicely what this tiny thing can do. Unfortunetly it's when it comes to editing or creating anything more than basic that is become tiresome. Lots of menu diving that slows the flow. I didn't even bother to try loading samples as I was bored and frustrated after a few minutes. Stereo audio output but 6 serperate outs & the mix via USB which is a nice touch. Roland really have crammed it all in. Everything sound wise is top notch including the effects but it just didn't funk me up! If all you want is a access to bd, sn, hh presets (that are huge) and the ability for very basic tweaking, then I don't think there is currently anything better for you. If however you want more immediacy and ease of full control then I would save a few more pennies and go for it's big bro. I don't think it will be long before these drop dramatically in price or the 2nd hand market is awash with them. So maybe wait for a bargain. I got mine via warehousedeals advertised as 'very good' condition...it wasn't, it was an absolute wreck, so be careful if using AWH...I sent it back without hesitation but I would've even if it were brand new.

It's a pretty straight forward drum machine, but tutorials will help you get more out of it. It's not a terribly difficult piece of hardware.

Great piece of kit. Loving the authentic (ACB) 808 and 909 sounds!

Para el precio que tiene (alto) y el tamaño (muy pequeña) es una maravilla, con multitud de presets y de posibilidades de crear tus propios ritmos. Tiene un pequeño defecto y es que crea algo de ruido en el audio (cuando no se tiene ningún ritmo activado, es decir solo encendido), no exagerado, pero si eres un purista esto se nota. Se arregla comprando un cable usb que se divida en 2: por un lado los datos y por otro la electricidad (5V), es decir que vayan enchufados a 2 tomas distintas. No son fáciles de encontrar y son caros (yo los compro en una web francesa, porque los compré en una china y no hacían nada) a casi 20€ la unidad. Ya digo que esto es para los puristas, pero en mi caso lo solucioné y puedo poner los monitores a tope de volumen que no se nota nada, y entonces a disfrutar de esta mini caja que da mucho juego. Estoy encantado y aconsejo su compra al 100%.

Sono un fan della vecchia ora della Roland, ma devo dire che ultimamente, l'esorbitante produzione di mini giocattoli da parte della storica casa giapponese, mi stava rendendo indifferente ai loro prodotti. Fino a che non ho visto questa drum machine: prezzo competitivo, piccola ma usabile e con connessioni normali. E invece che proporre pezzetti di emulazione uno scatolino alla volta, contiene tutte le emulazioni di drum machine ACB, un engine FM e samples. L'equivalente del system 1 ma per le batterie e con tutto già incluso. Suona potente se paragonata ai vst simil 909 etc., si presta a improvvisazioni live ed è veloce da modificare. Unici difetti: menu diving da hardware anni 90 con lcd, ma ci fa l'abitudine ed è meglio di altri sistemi che usavo all'epoca, e scordatevi l'audio usb se avete Windows; fidatevi, usate le uscite jack. Comprato usato da Amazon Wharehouse in condizioni perfette e i 6 mesi di Cloud Roland gratis ancora non utilizzati. Consiglio di registrarsi per scaricare l'ottimo editor, ulteriori samples e drum kits, ben 46, a cui basta cambiare l'estensione da t8p a t6p e potrete caricarli tramite la card sd sulla tr-6s (anche se sarebbero per la sua sorella maggiore, funzionano lo stesso, semplicemente nei pattern ci saranno i primi 6 canali piuttosto che tutti gli 11 della tr-8s).

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