Roland DR-3 Manual Do Utilizador

When you press [INST], the button lights up, and you can then 
play drum set and bass sounds by pressing the pads. You can also 
turn [INST] on while Styles and songs are in progress to play 
sounds with the pads.

You can perform using the following pads when [INST] is lit.

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You can perform with the pads using three groups of sounds 
(DRUM, PERC, BASS).
Select the desired group by pressing [INST], and cycling through 
the available choices: 

“DRUM” 

→ “PERC” → “BASS” → “oct   BASS” → “oct  

BASS” 

→ “DRUM” and so on. 

The name of the sound group appears in the display.

When you tap a pad, the sound of the instrument assigned to that 
pad or the specified pitch is played.
The volume and tone change according to how hard you tap the 
pads.

Drum Set

The sounds in the drum set are assigned to the 
pads. The sound names are printed under the 
pads.

Percussion

Various percussion instrument sounds are as-
signed to the pads.

Bass

The various pitches of the scale for the speci-
fied bass sound are assigned to the pads. The 
note names are printed under the pads.

The bass sound one octave lower is assigned to 
the pads.

The bass sound one octave higher is assigned 
to the pads.

The tones that are assigned to 
the pads in the Preset Styles 
are predetermined for each 
Style.

Lit

Pad No.

Instrument Name

Bass Note

You can adjust the pad 
sensitivity. For more details, 
refer to “Adjusting the Pad 
Sensitivity” (p. 89).

Press [

] when using the 

pads to switch Patterns. For 
more details, refer to 
“Switching the Pad Functions” 
(p. 37).