Roland TR-606

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The Roland TR-606 Drumatix is a programmable analog synthesis drum machine built by the Roland Corporation from 1981 to 1984. It was originally designed to be used with the Roland TB-303, a monophonic analog bass synthesizer, to provide a simple drum and bass accompaniment to guitarists without backing bands.

Whilst it did not sell well at first, it did eventually become an integral part of the early acid house electronic music scene, and is still used by electronic musicians today.

The TR-606 was used by legendary punk rock/noise rock band Big Black and was credited on their records as "Roland".

The TR-606 has six synthesized sounds labeled as; Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Hi Tom, Lo Tom, Cymbal and Open/Closed Hi Hat, as well as an additional function labelled accent, which serves to modify the timbre of the main sound set, rather than produce an additional seventh layer.