Steinberg Geoove Agent, Operation Manual

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Groove Agent
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Reset All
The Reset All button is handy if you want to start building your own kit
from scratch. This could be the case if you're using Groove Agent as
a pure sound module. Clicking the Reset All button empties all the
group slots and sets all the edit knobs to their default position.
If you've lost yourself completely when editing the kit of a certain style,
you can always get the original kit back by first selecting another style
and then going back to the one you used before.
Creating a drum track in Groove Agent
When you want to add drums to your music, the scenario may be ei-
ther one of these two:
1. Your sequencer program is an empty screen but you have very defi-
nite musical ideas in your head. You want to start with the drums.
2. A couple of instruments and/or vocals have already been recorded,
and now you want to add a drum arrangement.
Groove Agent offers at least three different ways of creating a drum
track:
• Method 1: Play along with your song in real-time, using your se-
quencer's automation to capture every move you make. Those moves
can include “non-musical” events like real-time tweaking of sound pa-
rameters (edit knobs etc.).
Advantage: After recording you can edit your moves in great detail. Your own knob
tweaking gets recorded as editable MIDI events. For sequencers that don't accept
MIDI output from a VST instrument, this is one of a few workarounds.
Disadvantage: You cannot edit individual hits in Groove Agent's drumming this way, al-
though you can always add individual hits by playing them live on your MIDI keyboard.