Steinberg Groove Agent 3 Operation Manual

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New Orleans Funk70100
Bristol Trip7090
Ambient60100
Paint60100
Nu R’n’B60100
HipHop60100
Slick6090
Ballad6080
Trip-Hop6080
Meek Ballad5090
Kelly5090
Slow Blues4080
Dark Side5070
5/4 Rock80130
7/8 Funk70120
Acid Jazz70130
Free Form20130
Grime120160
Irish Rock80120
Jungle120160
LM Ballad5080
League90140
Mandela80140
Oberdorf80140
Senegal90150
Storm40110
Three Beat90140
HM Paradiddle120200
Pop Paradiddle120200
Paradiddle Triplets120200
Ambitious70150
Jillie Bean70140
6/8...

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Special Agent styles:
3/4 Nordic Woods90150
Click Track40160
Madish80160
Wonderland80120
Axis Y80140
5/4 Fusion90160
Style 20 BPM 220
Motown105160
Four On Da Floor90140
Slow Funk5590
Indie Rock100150
Rotterdam85140
Shuffle Funk80130
Choo Choo Brush100220
Slow Rock
5580
Stiff Little 16ths80120
Country Rock100160
Medium Bounce100160
VariBossa100150
Rrrock90170
Beguine Mix100140
Jazz Ballad60120
Style 20 BPM 220 

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80 or 160 BPM, what’s the correct tempo?
Normally, we decide a certain style’s tempo by defining where the 
downbeats and backbeats are. A rhythm that goes boom-chick-
boom-chick probably counts 1-2-3-4 at the same rate. In most popu-
lar western music the kick (bass drum) plays the downbeats (1 and 3) 
and the snare drum plays the backbeats (2 and 4).
As with all living things, this rule has its exceptions. Reggae often has 
a half tempo feel built into itself by nature. The...

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Jamming with Groove Agent 3
There’s no better way to kill inspiration than to feed it with a static 
drum loop. Sooo unlike a live drummer! But with the right side con-
trols, and especially the new functionality of the Auto Fill knob, it’s 
now easier than ever to set up Groove Agent as a live drummer to jam 
along with.
Start by choosing a pattern of your liking. You can use Groove Agent 
or Special Agent for this. By pressing the Random button, our drum-
mer will...

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Smooth operator
We are the first to agree that some of the knobs in this instrument are 
small, very small. When tweaking the sounds, a knob can suddenly 
jump from one position to another. Not very comfortable.
However, the VST protocol offers some fine help here. If you hold 
down the [Shift] key of your computer keyboard while moving a slider 
or a knob, you’ll get into “fine detail mode”. You’ll notice how much 
easier it is to get exactly the right value while editing....

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MIDI remote keys for Groove Agent module(s)
MIDI remote keys for Special Agent module(s)
MIDI remote keys for Percussion Agent module(s)
Every octave on a MIDI keyboard controls one Percussion Agent 
groove (group). Here are the keys and their destinations (per octave, 
ranging from C0 [24] to C8 [108] - with groove 1 starting at C0, 
groove 2 starting at C1 etc):
Ch 15 Groove Agent in classic mode/upper module, same as ch 1
Ch 16 Groove Agent in classic mode/upper...

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MIDI Mute Key Mode
When controlling Groove Agent from a MIDI keyboard, there are alter-
native methods for muting and un-muting groups. Choose the method 
that suits you best.
•Toggle – White keys in the range C4-C5 switch instrument groups
1-8 on and off. 
•Velocity Switch – Notes with high velocity (>64) mute groups, notes 
with low velocity un-mute groups.
•While Held – Groups are temporarily muted (or un-muted, depending 
on their current status) while notes are held....

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MIDI CC Destination
If you have an extra modulation wheel or dedicated controller/s on 
your keyboard, you can use these CC’s to control Groove Agent: 
Please note that the controllers mentioned here may also be handy 
when editing Groove Agent drum parts in your sequencer. 
You can get one level deeper in detail when controlling Groove Agent 
via MIDI. In any Groove Agent module, these commands double as 
edit controls for each of the 8 output groups on MIDI channel...

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Contact, Internet
For more info, latest news and updates, please visit Steinberg at 
www.steinberg.net.
To get in contact with the creators of this product, please visit the 
Bornemark website at www.bornemark.se.
Credits
Groove Agent concept: Sven Bornemark
Software development: Dave Brown, Michael Spork
Product Management: Helge Vogt
Project Management: Per Almered, Thomas Fransson
Quality assurance: Martin Gente, Uwe Hübner, Götz Kretschmann, 
Robin Rhodin. Special thanks to...

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Last but not least… 
Thank you, HeavenlyHansson, for suggesting this instrument. 
Mats-Erik and Rasmus, I’m so grateful for the knowledge, musician-
ship and energy you’ve spent on the creation of this instrument. 
Thank you PoA Sörlin for your great music, your patient work and for 
being there.
Thomas Fransson for photos and footage.
Roger Linn, you’re the greatest! Samples from Linn Electronics prod-
ucts: the LM-1 Drum Computer and LinnDrum are provided courtesy 
of...