I'm using it with whatever crappy digital piano is present at the bar/pub that I play. It is basically a tool to keep the crowd pumping, which in turn keeps the beer taps flowing. It doesn't have to be studio quality sounds on it, it just has to sound "live". And yes, none of these tin cans can compete with a real flesh and blood drummer, but a real life drummer costs money, is grumpy, usually has anger management issues and tends to drive clunker cars that break down on the way to gigs. So a drum machine that is a true drummer at least in "spirit" would work

What I like about the DR-3 is the way it uses velocity and trigger switching to get a humanized feel. The SR16 will get a bit thin "machine gun" sounding when doing a 16/32nd sections. But that is probably due to sample rom limitations, otherwise it is a good machine.

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