Behringer RD-6 Deep Dive: Song Mode / Track Write Mode | Copy & Paste | Sync 

That killed me🤣💀

Yes we have quite a few Totoros sprinkled across our videos 😄 The Intern actually makes them herself.

@@CaptainPikant Love em!

We've never heard of that show until now but thank you so much for introducing us to it - we've just watched the first episode and we love it 😁

@@CaptainPikant my favourite episode is this 😂 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rqkUISJej2o.html

Thanks so much! No that's definitely a mistake in the packaging text. The maximum pattern length on the RD-6 is 16 steps. If you want longer ones, you need to chain them.

@@CaptainPikant Thank you for the confirmation. I'm generally pretty good with programming machines, and I've got a TD-3 that has similar "quirks", but this 64-step thing was elduing me. Just thought it best to ask a stupid question and have someone more experienced respond. I'm happy chaining Patterns together and/or writing Tracks, but with "64 Step Sequencer" so obvisouly printed on the box and although the specs have been updated on their website (www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0EE2) Behringer's official NAMM 2020 video still says "...64 step sequencer..." Check this video at 1:40 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-39Wbwt34i3Q.html. My guess is this is what they planned originally (to be similar to the RD-8), but maybe something buggy happened so they cut it back to 16. Whos knows? Maybe a future firmware update...?

I feel they meant 32-step sequencer (as that would be technically correct, pattern grps I & II) but ended up printing 64. Still, 32 steps give way to 256. My biggest issue with this line (I also purchased a TD-3 AM) is that the instruments feel.....not broken but that they did not finish the sequencers and functions. Ill be damned if i can MIDI through 5 pin or USB via DAW as i have tried many times and was unable to send programmed or live playing into the seq. of the TD-3. Very frustrating. I have had some good luck using Korg's SQ-1 external seq. I found it best to go no higher then 5 Volts per Oct for your range and it would let me send programmed patterns via DAW thru the USB and then MIDI 5 pin adapter to TD-3. I still could not get it to rec on the fly seq. which i feel kills the fun of having a seq. sorrry, but im not Mozart. I just cant make a composition in silence. I need that work in progress groove....

Hi Albert, thanks for watching! We're glad the video was helpful to you :) Regarding the Dal Segno function we arrived at the same conclusion as you, it seems that Behringer printed it on the case but implemented it neither in the TD-3 nor the RD-6.

Hey Stephen :) You can manually adjust the OH decay if you turn the instrument dial to the OH position, then hold FUNCTION and turn the tempo dial (clockwise = shorter decay). To set the OH decay back to auto just do the same while the instrument dial is in any other position. Do you have a link to the mods you applied? Are you happy with the new sound?

p.s. thank you :)

Behringer has a unified tool for all their machines on their website called "Synthtribe" that can be used to import/export pattern data. It's not as user friendly as it could be, but it does the job.

@@CaptainPikant Thank you for the reply! It would be even great if they add data import & export over audio - it would be very useful!

Thanks! I did that by setting the pattern tempo modifier to 2x, which effectively gives you 32nd notes but eats up twice the pattern slots (you need to chain two patterns to get a whole bar). Normally you'd do this with substeps or rolls, but the RD-6 sequencer doesn't have those. We show this in our RD-6 review if you're interested ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mh1oDk6UN_w.html

@@CaptainPikant thanks so much man!

In song mode there's no way of saying "Play this pattern 4 times". You have to queue the pattern as often as you want it to play.

@@CaptainPikant Ah ok. So if I wanted a particular sequence I’d have to keep pressing that pattern’s button to trigger it? Sounds like what I want it to do (so I can play guitar over the top) involves recording into my laptop and then playing over the top. Thanks.

Sadly not, that would have been an awesome feature.

Have you tried updating to the newest firmware? There was a bug with the pattern groups switching that's been corrected in the newest firmware.

@@CaptainPikant hi thanks for the reply. Yeah, I updated it and it’s working fine now👍

No, sadly you can't fire off the different patterns via MIDI. That would be a killer feature indeed.

@@CaptainPikant Thanks for the response!

Have you set the same MIDI channel on both machines?

@@CaptainPikant definitely

I'm sorry, we don't have Ableton. But if you ever need a Reaper tutorial let us know ;)

@@CaptainPikant Thank you. It would be enough when you tell me how to switch the channel into the MIDI IN mode. Btw nice and helpful videos.

@@xxxwetacidxxx don't remember it from the top of my head, but we have a free RD-6 Cheat Sheet on our Patreon :) www.patreon.com/posts/behringer-rd-6-43566713

And the last question at least, please. If I use a midi in input, can I send a midiclock signal through a midi out/thru?

Yes you can use patterns from both banks to build songs, but for this demonstration we only used patterns from one bank.

@@CaptainPikant I tried and when playing it plays only the I :/

I just checked and it works. Try selecting the pattern group first before actually selecting the pattern. Does that work? If not, are you on the newest firmware?

@@CaptainPikant Yes I updated it after getting the sequencer a few days ago. I could achieve that but I had to press "PATTERN GROUP" twice o 3 times so that it cycles (II - I - II) if I don't do that it always record PATTERN I. Thanks for your help and your videos I'm just got my RD-6 and it's amazing.

It keeps going forever. When it hits the DC mark (5:50 in the video), it will loop from the beginning. But you could always leave one of the patterns blank and use that a few times as a landing strip at the end of the song.

@@CaptainPikant good idea. Thanks for the videos, they’re great

@@CaptainPikant quick question, Let’s say I’m running it at 90bpm (just an example) is it possible to program a 2:30-3 minute song per song bank? I’m trying to find something that I can perform with while playing guitar.

You'd need about 68 plays of a 16-step pattern to fill three minutes at 90 BPM. That's no problem, the song/track memory of the RD-6 and TD-3 can take more than 200 if I recall correctly.

@@CaptainPikant exactly what I wanted to hear 👂! Thanks 🙏

It's a DJ Tech­tools Midi Fighter 3D.

@@CaptainPikant Thank you, especially for your videos, too!

More specifically, when I am in track write mode and press clear the flashing button is not the first patter but number 11. I’m so confused by this.

Hi Big Maz, keep in mind that the blinking light in TRACK WRITE MODE doesn't show the position in the song/track, but which pattern is currently saved in that position. So in your case it seems that pattern 11 is saved in the first position (which you reached by pressing CLEAR).

Sorry, none of us can speak Russian ☹️

@@CaptainPikant then it's time for me to learn english 😊