Owner`s manual

Quick Start

Using the key pads to play sounds

Here’s how to use the key pads to play the DR-880’s built-

in sounds.

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Strike the key pads.

The drum sound (instrument) assigned to each key pad

will play.

You can have different instruments sound, even when the

same key pad is tapped, by switching the pad bank.

Press [PAD].

Press [PAD] to select among the DRUM 1–3 pad banks; the

currently selected pad bank is shown in the screen.

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* After a short while, you will automatically return from the pad

bank setting screen to the previous screen.

You can press a key pad to play the instrument that’s

assigned to that pad.

Playing Different Sounds (Switching Pad Banks)

The key pads are velocity-

sensitive; the volume or tone

will vary according to how

strongly you strike a pad.

Pad banks are collections of

drum instrument sounds

that are assigned as a single

group to the twenty key

pads. There are three drum

banks, DRUM 1 to 3.

Hold down [SHIFT] and

press [PAD] to switch to the

bass pads. When you strike a

key pad, the bass tone will

sound at the pitch (note

name) printed at the upper

right of the key pad you

struck.

For more details on the pad banks, refer to p. 41.