Steinberg Geoove Agent, Operation Manual

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Groove Agent
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Random
If you want some automatic pattern variation, the Ran-
dom button is very handy. This function automatically
changes patterns for you. The general idea is to make
the drumming sound less rigid, less predictable. The
LCD window shows you what level is currently playing.
The random button only moves within a range of ±2 levels from the
slider's original position.
Auto Fill
Here's a handy little button. It can automate the way fills
are triggered. When you move from one complexity level
to another with Auto Fill activated, Groove Agent auto-
matically plays a fill before the next level.
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If an auto save function is active in your sequencer, it may cause Groove
Agent to trigger a fill. The medicine is to turn Auto Save off.
Random Fill
This is another little tool to make life easier. If you stay
within one complexity level and trigger a fill every now
and then, this button will make sure that every time
there's a fill, it'll be a slightly different one.
As with the Random button, the randomly chosen fill always lies within
±2 steps from the slider's current location.
Shuffle
Some of the music in this world has a “straight”, or
“even”, subdivision. Eights are even eights, so to
speak. Other genres use some form of triplets, giving
the rhythm a certain “swing”, a smoother, rolling
character.