Steinberg Groove Agent 3 Operation Manual
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Groove Agent 3 Operation Manual by Sven Bornemark
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Groove Agent 3 2English The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. The software described by this document is subject to a License Agreement and may not be copied to other me- dia. No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced or other- wise transmitted or recorded, for any purpose, without prior written permission by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. All product and company...
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Groove Agent 3 English 3 ENGLISH Table of Contents 4 Welcome! 6 What is Groove Agent? 6 What’s new in Groove Agent 3? 7 Register Groove Agent! 8 Installation 13 Setting up the instrument 16 First test 16 Groove Agent terminology 18 About the sounds in Groove Agent 31 Using Groove Agent in Classic Mode 32 The LCD window 32 Range 49 Introducing Dual Mode 51 Groove Agent in Dual Mode 52 Special Agent 56 Percussion Agent 62 Ideas on...
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Groove Agent 3 4English Welcome! Somehow I find it hard to believe that I’m sitting in a rented cottage in Skagen, Denmark actually writing the manual for the third generation of Groove Agent. What started out as a rather basic idea about a vir- tual drum machine, has turned into a tool that’s almost a household name amongst computer based musicians around the globe. Third version, consider that! So, how do we meet the expectations from an increasingly demanding group of followers and new...
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Groove Agent 3 English 5 ENGLISH Engineer Marco Manieri, Special Agent Rasmus Kihlberg and producer Sven Bornemark On top of that, one extremely experienced and frequently recorded drummer by the name of Rasmus Kihlberg has recorded some of his best grooves for you. This gives you, the lucky user, instant access to 15 useful styles of live drumming, complete with 25 complexity levels, fills and half tempo feel renditions. And as if that weren’t enough, Ras- mus also took the time to record a...
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Groove Agent 3 6English What is Groove Agent? Groove Agent 3 is a tool that can help you compose a complete drum track for your song in a few minutes. Groove Agent 3 can provide in- spiration throughout your musical creation process. Groove Agent 3 can be the perfect sparring partner when you’re jamming and practis- ing. Groove Agent 3 can breathe new life into your existing array of in- board and outboard drum and percussion equipment. So Groove Agent 3 can do a lot of things, but first of all...
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Groove Agent 3 English 7 ENGLISH • New Auto Fill functionality for jamming and practising along with a useful Speed control. • All new Dual Mode where two drum/percussion modules can be run in parallel. • A new Sample Import page allows the users to import and use their own drum samples. Register Groove Agent! Before getting carried away with Groove Agent 3, please take a mo- ment to register. This will entitle you to technical support, and we’ll also keep you up to date with the latest...
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Groove Agent 3 8English Installation The Steinberg key Please read this section before installing the Groove Agent software. Included with the Groove Agent 3 package you will find an activation code for the Steinberg Key (sometimes referred to as a “dongle”), a hardware copy protection device that is part of the Groove Agent copy protection scheme. Groove Agent will not run if there is no Steinberg Key or if the key hasn’t been properly activated. You can separately purchase a new...
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Groove Agent 3 English 9 ENGLISH • If you already own copy-protected Steinberg software, remove any existing Steinberg Keys from the computer’s USB port during the Groove Agent 3 installation routine. The Steinberg Key must not be plugged in before or during the installa- tion of Groove Agent 3. Otherwise the operating system of your com- puter will register it as new USB hardware and try to find drivers that won’t be present before Groove Agent 3 installation. If you already own a...