Music Gear – Just Passing Through

September 26th, 2009

It happens every few months. I rotate gear through my home studio. I get an itch for a new wizz bang piece of kit and dig through the closet to see what I can sell off to finance the new acquisition. Last weekend I got into a Craigslist sort of mood and posted several items for sale.

The Dr. Rhythm DR-3 was a favorite piece of gear for a few months. As I started doing more in Ableton Live I tended to use the DR-3 less and less.

The DR-3 is a drum machine with decent drum and bass samples. The sounds range from cheesy to awesome, but the best part is the song mode. The row of pads across the bottom double as drum pads and song section. Below is a quick YouTube video demo I posted for a friend showing how they work.

The most fun way to use this was to control these changes with a foot pedal while playing guitar. Instant one-man band! It was so cool to throw in a fill and change patterns with a kick of the pedal. Do I really want to sell this?

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