Steinberg Groove Agent 2 Operation Manual

 
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System requirements (Mac version)
 
To run Groove Agent you’ll need: 
•A Power Mac G4 867 MHz computer (Power Mac G4 Dual and 1.25 GHz or 
faster recommended).
•384 MB of RAM (512 MB recommended).
•450 MB of hard disk space.
•Mac OS X version 10.3 or higher.
•CoreAudio compatible audio hardware.
•If you want to use Groove Agent as a plug-in, you’ll need Cubase or Nuendo 
(version 1.5 or higher) or another VST 2.0 or AU compatible host application. 
Please note that...

 
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Activating the Steinberg Key
 
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Whether you bought a new key when you bought Groove Agent, or if you 
want to use one you previously bought with a different Steinberg product: 
your Steinberg Key does not yet contain a valid license for Groove Agent. 
 
You must download a license to it before you can launch Groove Agent!
 
Use the activation code supplied with the program in order to down-
load a valid Groove Agent license to your Steinberg Key. This process 
is the same...

 
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Setting up Groove Agent as a VST instrument 
in your host application
 
This section describes how to set up Groove Agent with Cubase SX 
as your host application. However, the same procedure applies to 
most host applications, and you should consult your host’s documen-
tation if you need further help.
Make sure the host program has been correctly installed and set up to 
work with your MIDI and audio hardware (e.g. MIDI keyboard and an 
audio card).
To set up...

 
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Setting up Groove Agent as a DXi2 instrument
 
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The information in this section refers to using Groove Agent within Cake-
walk SONAR. We assume that you have correctly set up both SONAR 
and your available MIDI and audio hardware. Should you wish to use 
Groove Agent within another DXi2 compatible host application, please 
 
refer to its documentation.
 
Proceed as follows to activate Groove Agent: 
1. 
Make sure that SONAR receives MIDI data that you generate with 
your...

 
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Using Groove Agent in an AU compatible 
application
 
You can use Groove Agent in an AU host application (e. g. Logic).
The Groove Agent AU version is installed in the folder “Library/Audio/
Plug-ins/Components” and lets Groove Agent work in an AU environ-
ment – without any performance loss or incompatibilities.
For Logic Pro 7 proceed as follows: 
1. 
Open the Track Mixer and choose the desired Instrument channel. 
2. 
[Command]-click the I/O field and, in the...

 
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Groove Agent stand-alone and ReWire
 
Groove Agent can be used as a stand-alone application, indepen-
dently of any host application. This makes it possible to use Groove 
Agent in sequencer applications that do not support one of the pro-
vided plug-in formats of Groove Agent (i. e. VST, DXi, AU), but allow 
for data exchange using ReWire.
ReWire2 is a special protocol for streaming audio and MIDI data be-
tween two computer applications. When using ReWire, the order in...

 
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First test
 
Let’s make sure Groove Agent is properly set up and ready to play: 
1. 
If you load Groove Agent as a VST instrument, make sure Groove 
Agent is selected as the output for a MIDI track and that the MIDI 
channel chosen is any other than channel 10. If required, make sure 
your MIDI controller is routed to this track. 
2. 
Open the Groove Agent panel. Move the Style slider to a style of your 
choice. Be prepared to wait for a second or two while Groove...

 
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Groove Agent terminology
 
LCD window 
 – The big, green window tells you, at all times, what’s 
going on inside Groove Agent. This is your main source for information. 
LCD meters 
 – These are the cool, red level meters that start flashing 
when Groove Agent is playing. They indicate that sound is being out-
put from Groove Agent, but for more detailed control you should use 
the level meters in your host sequencer. 
Style 
 – A certain musical style, normally linked to a...

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Limiter – This is probably the first device a recording engineer reaches 
out for when recording drums. Limiting (or compression, the difference 
is not always easily defined) controls the overall output level and can 
also be used as an effect.
Ambience – Groove Agent comes with a complete set of ambience 
recordings for all drums and percussion instruments. The acoustic 
sounds have been recorded with distant microphones and the elec-
tronic sounds have been processed...

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About the sounds in this VST instrument
Before we started producing the musical content for this instrument, 
we scanned the market for existing drum libraries we could use. Using 
ready made samples would save us oceans of time (Per “Worra” Lars-
son/SampleTekk is the first person to agree here), but unfortunately 
we could not find anything suitable. Either those libraries were incom-
plete in terms of drum sounds (have you ever seen a sample archive 
that includes “hihat gliss”...