The DR-3 is a very nice drum machine. My main gripe with the unit is the pads. IMO they're not very good and too small. The design and texture of the pads is just all wrong. Who on the design team thought it was a good idea to put a curve on the pads is insane.., plus they're very slick due to the paint and material the pads are made of.

What exactly do you mean about the Bass feature? When I had my DR-3 (It's been a while).., I always used a midi keyboard for recording my patterns. I was able to input bass directly from the keys. If you were having trouble with the the preset bass riff playing once you lifted your hands off the keys.., why not just copy the preset pattern to a user location and then delete the bass track....

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 01-25-2010).]