Steinberg Geoove Agent, Operation Manual

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Groove Agent
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you'll probably want to have the speaker icon (or similar) activated, so
that you can hear the drum sounds while you scroll through the notes.
When you set the GM Output to its ON position, Groove Agent will
redirect output notes so that it follows the General MIDI protocol.
When GM Output is active, there is a GM symbol in the LCD
window showing this status.
Ambience to output 4
You can make Groove Agent output the ambient or reverberated
sounds to output 4. This is handy if you want to process that part of
the sound separately. With this button activated, outputs 1-3 will pro-
duce dry sounds only.
So what can you do with the ambience on a separate output? Well,
EQ or dynamics processing can create interesting effects. Or if you
export Groove Agent's drumming to an audio file, you can experiment
with the isolated ambience file. What does it sound like with the ambi-
ent sound a bit late – or a bit early? Or with the dry sound from a
techno snare combined with the ambience from a piccolo snare…?
Experiment!
When Ambience to output 4 is active, there is a symbol show-
ing a split sound chain in the LCD window showing this status.
Vintage mode
We've exaggerated the effect of a timeline that houses authentic styles
and sounds by adding some clever filtering and narrowing the stereo
width. We believed that you would appreciate the old fashioned sound
of an old style playing an old kit. But there may be times when you want
to turn this effect off, so we've added a button here for you to do so.
With Vintage Mode deactivated, all vintage emulation gets deactivated.
The Vintage Mode effect can only be heard on styles between 1950
and 1975 and it's most prominent on the earlier genres.
When Vintage Mode is active, there is a gramophone symbol
in the LCD window showing this status.