If you want the ultimate drum machine buy this. The DR 880 is one of the most powerful drum machines ever to grace our shops. 440 world class drum, percussions and bass sounds are available, many cultivated from Roland’s now famous SRX library, all of which you can customize via such tools as compressors, E.Q.s and many amp models for bass. EZ compose allows the user to create high quality patterns, including drums, fills, percussion, bass and  chord progressions in matters of seconds, without even having to understand how to play anything at all!! If you do understand drum patterns program to your hearts content via the 20 on board velocity sensitive rubber pads. The DR 880 lets make your drum patterns come alive with the use of its truly ingenious groove modify tool. This tool can set up various groove and triplet feels to your patterns, or add ghost notes. For guitarist the best feature, is the dedicated guitar/bass input on the front of the machine. The DR 880 will add amp models and multi effects to this line in, and the guitarist can jam away though just the DR 880 and some headphones or amplifier. If you want to improve you’re playing by making the most of your practice time, or add high quality drum sounds to your music, you have to buy one of these!!

• 440 world-class drum and percussion sounds, 40 bass sounds with COSM bass-amp models
• Three independent insert effects (EQ and compression), TSC (Total Sound Control) featuring 3-band EQ and high-quality ambience
• 1,000 patterns (500 preset, 500 user); easily add fills, ghost notes, chord progressions, and more
• 20 velocity-sensitive pads
• Guitar/bass input, plus multi-effects and COSM amp models
• 100 effect patches (50 Preset, 50 User) for electric, acoustic, and bass guitars
• Four assignable footswitch and expression-pedal inputs
• Digital and individual outputs; USB port for importing SMFs