Chapter 6 Performing With The Pads - Boss Dr. Rhythm DR-3 Owner's Manual

Chapter 6 Performing with the Pads

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.
fig.06-01p
Lit
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" → "DRUM" and so on.
The name of the sound group appears in the display.
Dis- Group
played Name
DRUM Drum Set
PERC Percussion
Bass
BASS
oct BASS
oct BASS
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.
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Pads
The sounds in the drum set are assigned to the
pads. The sound names are printed under the
pads.
Various percussion instrument sounds are as-
signed to the pads.
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.
Pad No.
Bass Note
Instrument Name
BASS" → "oct
Sound
The tones that are assigned to
the pads in the Preset Styles
are predetermined for each
Style.
Press [ ] when using the
pads to switch Patterns. For
more details, refer to
"Switching the Pad Functions"
(p. 37).
You can adjust the pad
sensitivity. For more details,
refer to "Adjusting the Pad
Sensitivity" (p. 89).