Steinberg Groove Agent 3 Operation Manual
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Groove Agent 3 100 English * Vintage FR-3 Original rhythms from a very old drum machine. Slow Rock x 3 (“home” tempo: 80 BPM). Samba x 4 (110). Rhumba x 3 (130). Be- guine x 4 (130). Mambo x 4 (140). Bossanova x 3 (145). Rock’n Roll x 4 (160). There were no fills in this machine, so we’ve created some for you. Same goes for Sidestick and Half Tempo Feel. This baby didn’t even have a cymbal! The sound differs somewhat from the real thing, in that the original machine sounds a bit different each time...
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Groove Agent 3 English 101 ENGLISH * Axis Y Back in the 80s, people had ugly hair cuts, pink jackets and played on hexagonal drums. Beware, because some of that might return any day! This style prepares you for at least the musical revival. Put on your dancing shoes and get into the groove. NE ** Click Track Here's your easy ticket to a more musical click track, to play along with in the studio. The fill button is designed to help the drummer get the feel for the subdivisions (8ths and 16ths)....
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Groove Agent 3 102 English ** Oberdorf When digital drum machines were State of the Art, people (rich peo- ple) used them to replace live drummers. Now we know better, don't we? These legendary instruments will hold a place in our hearts not because of their ability to be alive, but for their charming machine na- ture. This style emulates a typically programmed dance pattern of the1980's. You can ask yourself what future generations will say about our tools! NE Modern Pop Modern Soul Straight...
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Groove Agent 3 English 103 ENGLISH ** Pop Paradiddle This is basically the kind of stuff I'd play in a contemporary pop band or during a studio session, when a “drum machine style” is called for. If the band used loops during production, this style of drumming will maintain that feeling in a live situation. RM Club Detroit Techno As you may have already guessed, the techno roots are in Detroit. In this style I decided to give you a lot of noise. No energy has been saved here! They would call it...
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Groove Agent 3 104 English Tribal Techno This style was programmed to fit the sound of modern techno. It has a lot of my own personality in it. This is my tribute to the underground techno culture. You may recognize some of the grooves. The name of the style says a lot. Listen to those tribal grooves and you will under- stand the name. DS * Daft Keep it fair and square. Simple and stupid. Keep it going. Keep it up. Perhaps the bottle will distract you. Never mind. It’s just a bottle. Keep it safe....
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Groove Agent 3 English 105 ENGLISH About the Special Agent styles Rasmus Kihlberg gives a brief introduction to every style he recorded. The “T” indicates a triplet or swing feel. The original recording tempo is also indicated. As a general rule, the Special Agent styles can be used in tempi 15% lower and 50% higher than the recorded tempo. Example: “Four On Da Floor” can be used between 85 BPM and 150 BPM without sounding too unnatural. Motown (recorded at 120 BPM) Oh, how obvious it feels to...
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Groove Agent 3 106 English Shuffle Funk (T, recorded at 85 BPM) A couple of centuries ago, fusion bands seemed to pop up from ev- erywhere. This style represents a mixture from that school. Triplet based grooves, bordering to dotted 8ths and 16ths. Perfect for “in- strumental music”. Electric Jazz, anyone? RK Choo Choo Brush (recorded at 120 BPM) My reason for including this style in Groove Agent 3 is that I frequently get requests like “Try playing the same thing but with brushes”. This groove is...
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Groove Agent 3 English 107 ENGLISH Medium Bounce (T, recorded at 110 BPM) This style is a must for anyone trying to make jazz drums sound right. Not an easy task… I give you the building blocks to a classic build-up of a standard jazz song, from triplet based brushes to big band drum- ming. When using this style in your song, try switching complexity lev- els now and then. It'll add a healthy “random drummer” feeling. Jazz ain't easy… RK VariBossa (recorded at 110 BPM) This is a traditional...
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Groove Agent 3 108 English Tempo Guide Groove Agent styles: Style 20 BPM 220 Jazz Trio140210 Grind150200 Indie Punk150190 Fox130200 Bob120220 Twist 130190 Drum’n’Bass150170 Swing100210 3/4100200 Trance100160 Bossa Nova110180 Pop110180 Tribal Techno130160 Detroit Techno130160 Reggae130150 Progressive120160 House120150 HM Straight100160 Shuffle80200 Vintage FR-370180 Vintage TR-770180 Daft100150 2-Step110150 Arena100150 Hard Rock110140 Olympic110140 Machinery40200 Vintage CR-860180 Tamla100140 Roots100140...
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Groove Agent 3 English 109 ENGLISH Cha-Cha110130 Grunge110130 Boogie90140 Elektro100130 HM Triplets100130 Funk100130 Steady Beat80150 Mini Club80140 Mini Works80140 Nordic Pop80130 Samba80130 Mozambique90120 Train Beat70130 Breakbeat80120 Songo80120 Soul80120 Basic HipHop90110 Busy Beat70120 Unplugged70120 Modern Soul70120 Bombay Dance Hall70120 12/870120 Fusion80110 Tom-Toms80110 Sloppy HipHop80110 Rumba80110 Live HipHop80100 Bonzo80100 Ominous30150 World Ethno70110 Westcoast70110 Backbeat70110...