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Recording the bass part – Roland DR-3 User Manual

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Chapter 7 Creating Styles

7. Tap the pad for the instrument to be

recorded.
At this time, the force used to tap the key
pads is recorded as velocity.
The recording automatically advances by one
step.
When you press the pad for an instrument
other than the instrument shown in the
screen, the indication in the display changes.
The screen always shows the step for the
instrument currently being input.

Erasing Sounds That’ve Been Input

1. Press [

] [

] to move to the step to

be deleted.

2. Hold down STEP REC [

] and press

the pad to which the instrument you
want to erase is assigned.

Changing the Instrument Displayed
Without Inputting

Hold down [INST] and press the pad for
the instrument you want to display.

8. Repeat Steps 3–7 as needed.

Confirming the Input Sound

Press [

] [

] in the Step Recording

screen to move to other steps.
You can move continuously through
steps by holding down [

] [

]. If

there is a note present when you press
[

], the note is played.

When you press [

] to move through

the steps, START [

] lights up at the

start of the beat (

).

9. To stop recording, press STOP [

].

The STEP REC [

] goes out.

*

Note that pressing START [

] during Step

Recording (while STEP REC [

] is lit) switches the

DR-3 to Realtime Recording (p. 65).

• Recording the Bass Part

*

Bass parts are monophonic. Even if multiple notes are
layered in a recording, only one sound is played.

Steps 1–4 are identical to those in “Recording
the Drum Part” above.

5. Press [INST] to select “BASS,” “BASS oct

” or “BASS oct

.”

Select “BASS oct

” when you want to input

the bass sound one octave lower.

Select “BASS oct

” when you want to input

the bass sound one octave higher.

fig.07-13d

6. Press [

] [

] to specify the step to be

recorded.

7. Tap the pad for the instrument to be

recorded.
At this time, the force used to tap the key
pads is recorded as velocity.
The recording automatically advances by one
step.

Inputting Long Notes

Hold down the pad being recorded and
press [

]; press this the same number

of times as the number of steps that you
want the sound to be extended.

The length of the note is then set when
you release the pad.

Erasing Sounds That’ve Been Input

1. Press [

] [

] to move to the step to

be deleted.

2. Hold down STEP REC [

] and press

one of the pad.

Beat

Measure

Quantize

Sound
Group

Octave

for Bass

Step Display