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Radio and television interference
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verified equipment is likely to result in interference to radio and TV reception."
The equipment described in this manual generates
and uses radio-frequency energy, if it is not installed
and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with
our instructions, it may cause interference with
radio and television reception.
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accordance with the specifications in Subpart J, of
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However, there is no guarantee that the interference
will not occur in aparticular installation, if this
equipment does cause interference to radio or televi-
sion reception, which can be determined by turning
the equipment on and off, the user is encouraged to
try to correct the interference by the following
measure:
^Disconnect other devices and their input/output
cables one at atime, if the interference stops, it is
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If your equipment does cause interference to radio
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interference by using one or more of the following
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»Turn the TV or radio antenna until the interfer-
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»IV!ove the equipment farther away from the TV or
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certain the equipment and the radio or television
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breakers or fuses.)
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with coaxial cable lead-in between the antenna
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Contents
[T] Panel Descriptions 3
Sj Outline of the TR-727 6
mConnections 7
131 Operation 8
1Getting to know your Composer 8
a. Manual Play 8
b. Demonstration Program 8
2Writing and playing rhythm patterns -g
a. Step Writing •g
b. Tap Writing 14
c. Pattern Playing 16
3About Last Step and Scale 17
a. Setting Last Step 18
b. Setting Scale 18
4Flam and Shuffle 20
a. Flam •20
b. Shuffle 21
5Track Writing and Playing 22
a. Track Writing 22
b. Track Playing 23
6Editing 24
a. Track Editing 24
b. Delete 25
c. Insert 25
7Other useful functions for editing 28
a. Copying aSingle pattern 28
b. Copy (within Tracks) 28
c. Chaining patterns together 29
8Tape Interface 31
a. Saving 31
b.. Verification 32
c. Loading 34
d. Setting afile number 34
9Memory Cartridge 35
a. Selecting aBank 35
b. Saving and Loading '36
10 External Connections 37
a. Multi Output 37
b. Trigger Out, Start/Stop 37
nSYNC 38
a. Sync using DIN 38
b. Sync using MIDI 39
c. Sync using Tape Recorder 40
12 fVIIDI 42
a. Setting MIDI Channel 42
b. OMNI Mode •••43
c. Key Number 44
d. Transmitting MIDI Message
from the Composer 46
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Important
•This unit might not work properly if turned on
immediately after turned off. If this happens,
simply turn it off and turn it on again afew
seconds later.
•This unit might get hot while operating but there
is no need to worry about it.
•Be sure to use the supplied AC Adaptor. Using
any other adaptor may cause trouble. Do not use
this adaptor with any other device, either.
•Do not switch the unit on without the AC
Adaptor connected.
•Operating the TR-727 near aneon or fluorescent
lamp may cause noise interference. If so, change
the angle of the unit.
•Avoid using the unit in excessive heat or humid-
ity or where it may be affected by direct sunlight
or dust.
•Use asoft cloth and clean only with aneutral
detergent.
•Do not use solvents such as paint thinner.
•View the Display from the proper angle.
•Please be careful not to damage the window.
Battery Replacement
Please save the data in memory on acartridge or
tape to prevent accidental loss of memory during
battery replacement.
Use two 1.5V (UM-3) batteries.
Remove the battery cover on the bottom of the
unit.
(D Remove the batteries from the battery case.
Memory Back-up
The TR-727 features memory back-up system that
retains the data even when switched off. Aset of
batteries (1.5V or UM-3 batteries x2) supports its
back-up circuit.
Be sure to keep the batteries securely connected
even during AC operation.
Always replace with acomplete set of new batteries
once ayear no matter how rarely you have used the
unit.
Change the batteries with the TR-727 switched on,
this way the memory can retain the data.
If the unit is not to be used for long periods of time,
please save the data on atape or cartridge then
switch it off and remove the batteries, otherwise
various troubles may be caused by battery leakage.
Please observe the following "Battery Replacement".
Please be sure that the polarities of the batteries are
correct.
(D Place anew set of batteries taking care of the
polarities.
Use two 1.5V ^©
(UM-3) batteries
®Replace the battery cover.
•Please be sure to do the entire battery replacing
procedure with the unit switched on. Then the
data in memory will be retained.

Outline of the TR-727
The Rhythm Composer TR-727 is afully program-
mable rhythm machine which allows you to pro-
gram 4Rhythm Tracks or tunes (altogether 998
bars) from up to 64 kinds of user-dreated Rhythm
Patterns.
Each of the 15 digital drum voices is extremely
realistic and has aseparate output jack for individ-
ual mixing, echo or equalizer.
An optional memory cartridge plugs directly into
the Composer for instantaneous loading and saving,
expanding the memory capacity by three times.
ADisplay window helps your operation to great
extent.
MIDI Bus on the rear panel interfaces with other
MIDI devices to allow control of several instruments.
Flam (Grace-note) and Shuffle can be added for
greater variety and realism.
Now we'll find our way around the important
controls before creating and storing ('writing') our
own rhythm tracks. With any computer keyboard,
the same key may do several different jobs depend-
ing on how it is used. The Composer, which is a
type of computer, does this also. When switched on,
the Composer automatically selects (or 'defaults' to)
Track I.
"Default" means the value automatically selected
by the Composer overriden by your command.
ATrack is acomplete tune in rhythm, made up of
Patterns strung together (Patterns are covered later),
and there is ademonstration tune written on Track
I.
The SHIFT Key is used alot. It enables many but-
tons and keys to perform two functions instead of
just one. The distinction is clearly marked on the
Composer: all functions enclosed with lines and
highlighted are selected while the SHIFT Key is
held down. All other functions do not need the
SHIFT Key. The only exception to this rule is the
ENTER Key.
The Main Keys numbered 1to 16 are used for
several tasks:
(i) They produce the voices manually when tapped.
(ii) They divide abar of music into 16 parts, and
enable voices to be written into any of these
parts.
(iii) They assign the instrument voices in turn when
you are writing.
(iv) They take care of all the "housekeeping" in-
volved in editing Rhythm Patterns and Track,
such as delete, insert and copy.
(v) They set the Accent on the major voices.
Above the Main Keys is the scale of time values with
ared LED beside each to indicate which is in opera-
tion. These indicate whether you are operating in
2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 or multiples of these times.
Default value is 4/4, other times are set with the
SCALE button.
Special times such as 5/4, 7/4 or any other can be
set with the LAST STEP button. Mixed times which
change each bar can also be set up.
We use the CLEAR button to erase rhythm patterns
we want to write over, the FLAM button for adding
Flam or 'grace notes' ahead of the main beat, and
INSTRUMENT SELECT for selecting each voice
in turn when writing Patterns.
Finally, don't worry if you can't get an immediate
response from these controls; sometimes they
operate only under special circumstances to protect
your data. Afull explanation of all controls follows
in this Manual.

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3Operation
The TR-727 has the following 5modes.
Pattern Playing Mode
Step Writing Mode
Tap Writing Mode
Track Playing Mode
Track Writing Mode
=Pattern Writing Modes
1. GETTING TO KNOW YOUR COMPOSER
12. SHORT WHISTLE
13. SHORT WHISTLE
14. LONG WHISTLE
15. QUIJADA
16. STAR CHIME
The numbers 1to 16 represent the Main Keys to be
used for selecting corresponding isntrument voices.
The Short Whistle 12 and 13 are exactly the same
sounds.
a. Manual Play
With the composer connected to the power source,
and to your amplifier or mixer, you are ready to try
out avariety of sounds by playing it manually.
Switch it on. Avariety of lights will come on, but
we'll learn about them later. Locate the Main Keys
numbered 1to 16 which have the instrument voices
marked underneath. Simply tap each key: All voices
have different instrument sounds. Also, if you tap
the key with the Accent and/or Shuffle/Flam Keys
down, the created sound will take on accent and/or
Flam.
•Summary of controls
Level Knob ®
This is to comrol the volume of each drum voice.
Accent Level Knob ®
This knob controls the intensity of the" accent.
Volume Knob ®
This is to control overall volume of the rhythm
data.
Tempo Knob ©
Rotating this knob quickens the tempo of the
rhythm data.
•Summary of voices
It is not possible to output the following pairs of
voices at the same time.
1and 2(High Bango and Low Bongo)
3and 4(Mute High Congo and Open High Congo)
8and 9(High Agogo and Low Agogo)
10 and 11(Cabasa and Maracas)
12(13) and 14 (Short Whistle and Long Whistle)
For instance, if you have entered the Maracas in the
step where the Cabasa has already been written, the
Cabasa will be automatically replaced with Maracas.
b. Demonstration Program
Asample program is stored in your Composer on
Track I. You can hear this simply by pushing the
START Key #.At the end of the Track, the Com-
poser will stop, and start again from the beginning if
you again push the START Key.
You can vary the Tempo by turning the Tempo
knob ®.
Restoring the demo program
If you have erased the demo program but want to
restore it, take the following operation.
Press the Track Mode Switch ®and Track Number
Button I, and while still holding them down, switch
the composer on.
1. HI BONGO
2. LOW BONGO
3. MUTE HI CONGA
4. OPEN HI CONGA
B. LOW CONGA
6. HITIMBALE
7. LOWTIMBALE
8. HI AGOGO
9. LOW AGOGO
10. CABASA
11. MARACAS

2. WRITING AND PLAYING RHYTHM
PATTERNS
Now that we know how to produce all the sounds,
we will learn to write apattern. Apattern is aone-
bar phrase. We can write into memory alarge num-
ber of patterns (up to 64) to recall later in any
order we like, either manually or as a completely as-
sembled track stored in memory. In practice, we will
find it easier to write patterns in the same order we
later assemble them into tracks, or complete tunes.
There are two ways of writing patterns a—Step-
writing, in which we enter or load one step at atime
without worrying about tempo. The Composer will
take care of that when we've finished, b—Tap Writ-
ing, in which we use akey to tap in the rhythm in
time to aHi Agogo produced every quarter-beat by
the Composer.
a. Step Writing
We can enter arhythm pattern by writing drum
voices step by step.
*First of all, check that the composer is switched
on and not running.
Operation
®While holding the Shift Key down, press the
Pattern Mode Button ®until the Mode Display
shows STEP WRITE.
Now, the composer is in the Step writing mode.
PATTERN
While holding
this button down
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MODE STEP WRITE
To prepare for loading in our pattern, press any
of the Pattern Group Keys ®(A, B, Cor D).
The pressed key will light up showing the cor-
responding pattern group (consisting of 16 pat-
terns each selected by one Main Key) is ready to
receive data. It is in Pattern Writing mode.
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Press the Pattern Clear Key ©,and still holding
it down, press one Main key (1 to 16), selecting
the position where you wish to store your
pattern.
CLEAR
-PATTERN-
While holding
_, _.- this button down
The indicator of the selected number will light up.
Also, if any pattern has been previously stored in
this position (in this pattern number), it will be
erased.
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(D Press the Start Key ®.Though the lights will
flash in sequence, there will be no sound because
you have clear memory. The flashing speed is
equivalent to the tempo of the rhythm, so adjust
the Tempo Knob ®. START
(D Now, select your first instrument, by holding
down the Instrument Selector Button ®then
pushing the corresponding Main Key (if you
want Mute Hi Conga, push the Main Key 3
marked Mute Hi Conga.)
In the Display (E> ,the "" mark will flash on the
left of the selected voice.
PATTERN-
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While holding
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(D Regard the 16 Main Keys as an entire bar, and
push the IVlain Keys that correspond to the steps
where you want the instrunnent voice selected in
the procedure (5). Now, in the Display, the dots
of the corresponding positions (steps) light or
flash.
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If you wish to erase the voice you have written
into acertain step, sinnply press the Main Key
that corresponds that step.
(7) Now, nnove to the other instrument voices. Re-
peat procedures ®and (D for each instrunnent
voice.
(D Now, you can hear the complete pattern. At this
stage, you can modify it any way you want, by
re-selecting other instruments and changing their
timing, or adding accent.
(D To write accents, hold down the Instrument
Selector Button @,and without releasing it,
push the Accent Key #(= Enter Key).
®Regard the 16 Main Keys as an entire bar, and
push the Main Keys that correspond to the steps
where you want accents. There are two kinds of
accents, weaker, and stronger. Pressing aMain
Key once will write aweaker accent to the cor-
responding position, and pressing it again will
write the stronger accent. And pressing it once
again will cancel the accent altogether, and the
indicator light will go out.
The dots (»)in the Display either flash or glow
steadily depending on what drum voice is currently
selected.
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LOW CONGA
HITIMBALE
LOW TIMBALE
H! AGOGO LOW AGOGO
CABASA MARACAS
SHORT WHISTLE LONG WHISTLE
STAR CHIME QUIJADA
Weaker accent and stronger accent can be distin-
guished by the Display's response. "®"flashes
when weaker, and lights steadily when stronger.
(Q) When you are satisfied with the sound, it is time
to leave "write" mode to store the pattern in its
final form:
i) Press the Stop/Continue Key
ii) In future, you can always come back to the
same pattern by pushing the same Pattern
Group Button, the Main Key you selected in
the procedure (f) ,then the Start Key @.
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Example Step Write
<Fig 1>
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Let's write an example pattern of latin rhythm in
Step Writing.
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Display Response
First, follow the Step Writing procedures ®to (D
on page 9and 10.
If the last step has been set to any number other
than 16, set it to 16 by pressing the Main Key 16
while holding the Last Step Button ®.
Entering Hi Agogo
While holding the Instrument Selector Button
®down, press the Main Key 8(Hi Agogo).
Tap the Main Keys 1to 16according to the score
shown below.
Now, the Hi Agogo is selected and ready to be
written at the position where the Main Key is
pressed.
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sure tliat the corresponding indicators glow.
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Entering Hi Bongo
While holding the Instrument Selector Button
®,press the Main Key 1(Hi Bongo).
Tap the Main Keys according to the score. (Refer
to the figure below.)
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Press the Main Keys 3, 6, 1 1 and 13, and make
sure the corresponding indicators glow.
Entering Hi Conga (Open)
While holding the Instrument Selector Button
®,press the Main Key 4(Open Hi Conga).
Tap the Main Keys according to the score as
shown below.
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Press the Main Keys 1,4, 5, 10 and 12, then
make sure the corresponding indicators glow.
Entering Low Conga
While holding the Instrument Selector Button
§) ,press the Main Key 5(Low Conga). Tap the Main Keys according to the score as
shown below.
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Press the Main Keys 2, 7, 8, 9, 15 and 16, then
make sure the corresfionding indicators glow.
Now, aRhythm Pattern like Fig 1is entered, and
the Display Window responds as shown in Fig 2.
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b. Tap Writing
Operation
First, check if the composer is switched on and not
running.
®While holding down the Shift Key ®,push the
Pattern Mode Button ®as many times as needed
until the Display shows TAP WRITE.
Now, the composer is in the Tap Writing mode.
PATTERN
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this button down
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(2) Decide which Pattern Group you want to write
into. Then push the Pattern Group Button
(which will then flash).
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While holding the Pattern Clear Button ®,
select the Main Key (1 to 16) where you want to
write the Pattern.
The indicator of the pressed Main Key flashes.
Also the above operation erases any pattern pre-
viously written there.
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this button down
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®Press the Start Button ®.Now, you will hear
guide crotchet Hi Agogo. This will not be re-
corded.
Here, if you push the Instrument Selector Button
#,Hi Agogo will stop. And if pressed again,
start.
(D Tap in the rhythm on the Main Keys, just as you
did when playing the keys manually. Remember,
you are writing one bar which is repeating.
*The shortest timing value that can be written
into the TR-727 is 16th note (j^ ). Therefore,
if you slow the tempo to make writing easier,
you could be surprised at the result when you
change back to normal tempo.
*If you make an error, while the rhythm is still
running, hold down the Clear Button ®,then
push the Main Key belonging to that voice until
that voice has disappeared. Then write that voice
again. Even if you make many mistakes at this
stage, you will soon find it comes easier.
START
CLEAR
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While holding
this button down
Note
By the above operation, erasing the Cabasa will
erase the Maracas and vice-versa. This also holds true
for the Star Chime/Quijada.
(D When you have finished writing, push the Stop/
Continue Key.
®If you wish to write accents, tap in the rhythm
on the Accent Key ®(=Enter Key), just as you
did in the above procedure (5)
.
Now, the weaker accents have been written. To
write stronger accents, try tapping in the exactly
same timing as you have tapped. Tapping once
again in the same timing will change the accents
to weaker, and so on.
Weaker accent or stronger accent can be dis-
tinguished by the Display's response. The "•"
mark flashes when weaker, and glows steadily
when stronger.
Mute Open
Hi Conga
STOP/CONT
To change from Step Writing mode to Tap Writing
or from the Tap Writing to the Step Writing mode,
simply hold the Shift Key ©down, and without
releasing it, push the Pattern Mode Button ®.This
mode changing operation can be done even while
rhythm is running. So, if you have made an error in
Tap Writing mode, you can immediately turn the
composer to the Step Write mode and correct the
error without affecting any other part of the pattern
data. To the contrary, you can add amore compli-
cated rhythm in the Tap Write mode to the pattern
entered in the Step Write mode.
15

c. Pattern Playing
When you intend to write acomplete Track from a
group of Patterns, you may want to listen carefully
to your patterns either separately or in sequence. It
is agood idea to write your Patterns roughly in the
order you will use them, though you will often go
back to re-use previous Patterns.
1)Playing asingle Pattern
Operation
Push the Pattern Mode Button ®to turn the
composer to the Pattern Playing mode.
(D Push the Pattern Group Button ®which is the
same one you have been using. Then push the
required Main Key to select your pattern.
The Display now shows the rhythm chart of the
selected Pattern.
2) Block Playing
Any block of Patterns may be played in sequence.
To play Patterns 1to 5in sequence, push Main Keys
1and 5together (the indicators of the Main Keys 1
to 5will light up, showing that they are ready to be
block-played), then push the Start Key @.
All the other necessary procedures are the same as
the Pattern Playing.
Press the Start Key ®.
To change Patterns, there is no need to stop play-
ing. Simply push another Main Key and the new
pattern will take over at the end of the bar.
Press the Stop/Continue Key ®to stop the
rhythm. By pressing the Stop/Continue Key once
again, the pattern will start playing from where it
was stopped.
e.g. To play Pattern No. 1to 5continuously.
Pattern Playing
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3. ABOUT LAST STEP AND SCALE
The default setting is 4/4 time, shown by the red
light at the left side of the chart. In this, the lowest
of the four chart lines, the 16 Main Keys are shown
divided into 1bar of 4crotchets, therefore the value
represented by each Main Key is asemi-quaver, or
1/1 6note.
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To enter the Pattern other than above, such as 3/4,
abar consists of 12 steps, so it is necessary to
change the total step number from 16 to 12. (See
a. Setting Last Step on page 18.)
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The chart line second from the bottom is divided
into half abar of two crotchets, in which the 16
Main Keys represent ademisemiquaver, or 1/32
note. Although patterns may be only half-a-bar
long, two patterns may be chained to play consecu-
tively. (See c. Chaining patterns together on page
29.)
The third line up on the chart is similar to the first,
except for three beats (or 6) in the bar instead of
common time. The fourth line is similar to the
second line, but again caters for 3or 6beats in the
bar. The Scale may be set to any of the lines. (See
b. Setting Scale.)
The Pattern of 4/4 with triplets also consists of 12
steps. If, however, entering the Pattern with the
Scale set to 4/4, the total playing time will be three
quarter of the common time. So, it is necessary to
change the time of each step. (See b. Setting Scale.)
The Last Step is set so that js and J=16, ^'
(simple) and J"' (compound) =12.
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a. Setting Last Step
Operation
®Enter Pattern Writing mode, in eitlier ttie Step
Writing or Tap Writing mode.
(D While holding the Last Step Button ®,push the
relevant Main Keys to set the bar length.
By using the above function of changing the
number of steps or beats in abar, odd times such
as 5/4 (combination of 3/4 and 2/4) or 7/4
(combination of 4/4 and 3/4) can be easily
entered.
b. Setting Scale
Operation
®Enter Pattern Writing mode, in either Step Writ-
ing or Tap Writing mode. ®The tempo of the red light may also change, since al
the rhythms are in step with each other.
(2) Push the Scale Button @.The Scale light will
move up one step, to line 2.
(D Each time the Scale Button is pushed, the red
light moves up. From the top line it moves back
to the bottom line.
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DDD DD
In this scale, repeating apattern twice or chaining
two patterns makes acommon length.
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