DR-3 Dr. Rhythm
Drum Machine

BOSS DR-3

 

The DR-3 Dr. Rhtyhm is one the latest drum machines from Boss/Roland.  It follows in the footsteps of the glorious "Dr. Rhythm" line.

The Sounds on this drum machine are incredibly detailed and powerful... and expressive.  A notable improvement over the older models.

Plenty of editing capabilities, and enormous Performance Control, thanks to the many Pattern and Kit variations, mute, key shift, and SOUND SHAPE and AMBIENCE.  Lots of bass sounds as well.  A really good tool to have in the studio or live.  Check out the numerous audio demos below.

 

 

Boss DR-3 audio demos in mp3:

Let's listen to the Demo Song:

Boss DR-3 Factory Demo

The patterns used in the factory demo are the following:

And here below I recorded audio examples from some of the other on-board Patterns, utilizing the various Pattern and Kit Variations, fills etc.:

Pattern name with audio demo

My comments

002 ROCK JAM 2

Groovy beat and cool bass line to follow it

004 ROCK HOP

Awesome drum beat

008 HARD ROCK1

Add distortion guitar and mix.

012 HARD ROCK5

Fast double-bass drum!

018 FAST ROCK2

Reminds me of the Violent Femmes for some reason.

020 ROCK SWING

Excellent ghost notes on the snare

022 ROCK 2

Classic "Need more cowbell!" rhythm :-)

026 ROCK 6

1970s funk rock

027 ROCK 7

F u n k y  beat!!

030 JELLY JAM

Happy

034 ELEC ROCK1

Very cool Electro beat of the 1980s

035 ELEC ROCK2

Reminds of 2 Unlimited

036 SURF ROCK

Excellent rhythm of the 1960s - check out the great snare drum in this pattern!

038 8TH FEEL 2

Classic

041 16TH FEEL1

Beautiful rhythm and awesome Fender Jazz bass sound

042 16TH FEEL2

Powerful picked electric bass and mean snare ;-)

045 BALLAD 1

Power ballad

046 BALLAD 2

Slow number

048 BALLAD 4

with fretless bass

049 COUNTRY 1

Modern Country style

050 COUNTRY 2

Traditional Country

055 ROCK BLUES

Just great

057 FUNK 1

Quintessential Funk

062 FUNK 6

Excellent slapping action

065 NEW R&B

Groovy beat

066 HIP HOP 1

Janet Jackson style

072 FUSION 4

Nice

073 GROOVE SIX

Excellent walking rhythm

074 HEAVY FUNK

Awesome drum programming

076 GOSPEL 2

Fast version

077 MED BLUES

Medium Blues beat, extremely good

079 SWING 2

The contrabass moves

080 BRUSH

"Fever... I got fever"...

082 JAZZ WALTZ

Classic.

083 JAZZ FIVE

The classic Dave Brubeck "Take Five" rhythm

084 DRM'N'BSS1

The famous British beat

086 TECHNO 1

Extremely cool dance rhythm of the 1990s

087 TECHNO 2

Beautiful early 1990s Techno sound

088 HOUSE 1

Classic, moving House pattern

090 BOSSA JAM

Yeah

093 SAMBA 2

Happy feet

095 SALSA 1

The famous Latin style

097 LATIN JAM

Modern Santana

100 REGGAE

Modernization of Bob Marley style

 

Boss DR-3 Drum Samples (44.1MHz, stereo, .wav files)

 

Boss DR-3 photographs (click on thumbnails to enlarge)

 

Boss DR-3 manual

Available at www.roland.com

Resetting the Boss DR-3

 

Features
Features at a glance
Year of release: 2003
Polyphony: 12-voices
Display: yes, backlit orange
Preset Patterns: 100 User, 100 Preset
Pads: 13
Pads respond to velocity: Yes
Pads respond to aftertouch  
Sound generation method: PCM
MIDI: MIDI In
Sound expansion capabilities: no
Outputs: Stereo
Effects: Yes
Controls: Buttons, pads, jog-wheel
Pedal controls: yes
Tape Sync: no
Dimensions:  
Weight:  

 

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Boss DR-3 Dr. Rhythm review with audio demo - July 5, 2009