Roland DR-3 - Manual (Page 24)

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Let’s Play a Style
Performing Variations on Styles (VARIATION)
You can use the three VARIATION buttons to add variety to the
performance, even with the same Style.
fig.QS-05p
1
With the performance stopped, press [MANU] so the
button lights up.
This puts the DR-3 in Manual mode.
2
When you press [INTRO/START], the performance
starts from the intro.
3
Press VARIATION [PTN].
VARIATION [PTN] lights up, and the variation for the Pattern
currently being performed is played.
When you press VARIATION [PTN] once again, the button’s
light goes out, and the original Pattern is played.
Button
Name
PTN KIT MUTE
Description
The Pattern’s vari-
ation is played.
This substitutes
the kits, thereby
changing the tone.
This mutes a part
of the drum set.
What is a Kit? — These are
sounds, selected from those
built into the DR-3, consisting
of 26 drum sounds and one
bass sound that are grouped
together as a single set.
The settings used when you
press a VARIATION button
differ according to the Style.
You can use the VARIATION
buttons not only in Manual
mode, but in Auto mode and
Song mode (p. 37) as well.
NOTE
The VARIATION [PTN]
button does not have any
effect on patterns other than
verses.
1
2
VARIATION Button
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3, 4, 5