Roland DR-3 User Manual

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Panel Descriptions

START

button

Starts and pauses Styles/songs playback
or recording.

STOP

button

This stops the performance of the Styles or
songs.

STEP REC

button

This starts Step Recording of Styles and
songs.
Pressing START button during Step
Recording then starts Realtime Recording.

EDIT button

Uses this when making settings related to
the performance and the usage
environment for the DR-3.

/EXIT /
/ENTER buttons

The

four

buttons, , ,

and

are called the cursor buttons.
Cursor buttons are used to select
parameters and changes screens (pages).
EXIT button is pressed to stop an operation.
ENTER button is used to “lock in” a value
you’ve set or to execute an operation.

TSC (Total Sound Control)
buttons

SOUND SHAPE button

Adjusts the overall tone of the sound.

AMBIENCE button

Alters the acoustic characteristics of the
overall sound.

PTN button

* These are indicated in this manual as [

Press this button to switch patterns with
the pads (12).
When this button is ON (lit), the 9–12
buttons switch to the following functions.

VARIATION buttons

PTN button

The Pattern’s variation is played.

KIT button

Plays with the Kit’s variation sound.

MUTE button

Some instrument sounds of the pattern are
muted.

10. KEY SHIFT button

Changes the key of the Patterns and songs
(transposing).

11. TEMPO (TAP) button

Adjusts the tempo.
You can tap this button at least four times
to set the tempo to the interval between the
taps.

12. Pattern Pads

When the PTN button (8) is on, you can
switch the patterns with these eight pads.

13. INST (Instrument) button

Press this button to use the pads to play
drum and bass sounds.
When this button is on (lit), the 9–12
buttons play the drum and bass sounds.
Also, you can press this button to switch
the sound groups for the pads (14).

14. Pads

When INST button (13) is ON (lit), drum
and bass sounds are played with these
pads.