User Manual
Table Of Contents
- IMPORTANT NOTES
- Main Features
- Contents
- Panel Descriptions
- Before You Play
- Let’s Listen to the Demo
- Let’s Play a Style
- Let’s Use a Foot Switch
- Let’s Perform with the Patterns Switched Automatically ([AUTO])
- Let’s Change the Overall Tone of the Sound and Acoustics (TSC)
- Chapter 1 Overview of the DR-3
- Chapter 2 Playing Styles (Manual Mode [MANU])
- Chapter 3 Playing Styles (Auto Mode [AUTO])
- Chapter 4 Controlling the Styles with a Foot Switch
- Chapter 5 Changing the Overall Tone of the Sound and Acoustics (TSC)
- Chapter 6 Performing with the Pads
- Chapter 7 Creating Styles
- Chapter 8 Creating and Performing Songs ([SONG])
- Chapter 9 Changing the Operating Environment (System)
- Chapter 10 Creating Your Own Kits
- Chapter 11 Connecting and Using External MIDI Devices
- Troubleshooting
- Message List
- Parameter List
- Instrument/Bass Tone List
- Preset Kit List
- Preset Style List
- MIDI Implementation Chart
- Specifications
- Index

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Contents
Chapter 3 Playing Styles (Auto Mode [AUTO]).................................. 46
Selecting a Style......................................................................................................... 46
Performing in Auto Mode....................................................................................... 46
Changing the Pattern Progression in Auto Mode......................................... 47
Chapter 4 Controlling the Styles with a Foot Switch ........................ 48
Starting and Stopping Performances..................................................................... 48
Switching Verses....................................................................................................... 48
Assigning Functions to the Foot Switch................................................................ 49
Chapter 5 Changing the Overall Tone of the Sound and Acoustics (TSC).......... 51
Changing the Overall Tone of the Sound ([SOUND SHAPE]).......................... 51
Altering the Acoustic Characteristics of the Overall Sound ([AMBIENCE])... 52
Changing the Sound Shape Parameters................................................................ 53
How to Make the Settings ................................................................................ 53
Changing the Equalizer Parameters ............................................................... 53
Changing the Compressor Parameters........................................................... 54
Naming the Settings.......................................................................................... 55
Copying the Settings......................................................................................... 55
Changing the Ambience Parameters ..................................................................... 56
How to Make the Settings ................................................................................ 56
Changing the Ambience Parameters.............................................................. 56
Naming the Settings.......................................................................................... 57
Copying the Settings......................................................................................... 57
Chapter 6 Performing with the Pads................................................... 58
Playing Drum Sounds.............................................................................................. 59
Playing Percussion Sounds ..................................................................................... 59
Playing Bass Sounds................................................................................................. 59
Selecting a Different Sound (VARIATION [KIT])................................................ 60
Chapter 7 Creating Styles.................................................................... 61
Procedure for Creating Styles................................................................................. 61
<1> Selecting a Number for the Style.................................................................... 62
<2> Making the Settings for the New Style.......................................................... 62
Setting the Tempo for the Style ....................................................................... 62
Setting the Beat................................................................................................... 62
Setting Up the Kit .............................................................................................. 63
Changing the Sound to Be Muted................................................................... 63
Making the TSC Settings for the Style............................................................ 64
Determining the Number of Measures for Each Pattern............................. 64
<3> Recording the Patterns..................................................................................... 65
Using Realtime Recording................................................................................ 65
• Recording the Drum Part.............................................................................. 65
• Recording the Bass Part................................................................................. 66
Using Step Recording........................................................................................ 67
• Recording the Drum Part.............................................................................. 67
• Recording the Bass Part................................................................................. 68
Adding Dynamics to the Sounds (Velocity Edit).......................................... 69
Transposing the Pattern’s Bass Part................................................................ 70
Playing Back Recorded Patterns...................................................................... 70










