Steinberg Groove Agent 3 Operation Manual

 
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Installing Groove Agent 3 (PC version)
 
Proceed as follows to install Groove Agent 3 on a Windows PC: 
1. 
Switch on your computer and insert the Groove Agent 3 DVD. 
2. 
If the DVD window doesn't open automatically, locate the Groove 
Agent 3 DVD with Windows Explorer. 
3. 
Double-click on the Groove Agent 3 Installer icon to run the installa-
tion program, and follow the on-screen instructions.  
Removing Groove Agent 3
 
To remove the Groove Agent 3 software from your...

 
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Installing Groove Agent 3 (Mac version)
 
Proceed as follows to install Groove Agent 3 on a Macintosh: 
1. 
Switch on your computer and insert the Groove Agent 3 DVD. 
2. 
If the DVD window doesn't open automatically, double-click on the 
Groove Agent icon on your desktop. 
3. 
Double-click on the Groove Agent 3 Installer icon to run the installa-
tion program, and follow the on-screen instructions. 
4. 
The Groove Agent 3 Content will be automatically installed...

 
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Activating the Steinberg Key 
 
Whether you bought a new key when you bought Groove Agent 3, or if 
you want to use one you previously bought with a different Steinberg 
product: Your Steinberg Key does not yet contain the license required 
for Groove Agent 3. You must download this license before you can 
 
launch Groove Agent 3!
 
Use the activation code supplied with the program in order to down-
load the license for Groove Agent 3 to your Steinberg Key. This pro-
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Setting up the instrument
 
Groove Agent 3 as a VST Instrument in Cubase
 
This section describes how to set up Groove Agent 3 with Cubase as 
your host application. However, the same procedure applies to most 
host applications, and you should consult your host’s documentation 
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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Now locate the Groove Agent 3 VSTi in the Synth Rack and select 
“Enable the MIDI output” when inserting Groove Agent 3 into your 
project. You will then see Groove Agent appear in your MIDI input 
port drop-down selection. This will allow you to route the MIDI output 
from Groove Agent 3 to any other MIDI track in a SONAR project.
Using Groove Agent 3 in an AU compatible application
For Logic Pro 7 proceed as follows:
1.Open the Track Mixer and choose the desired Instrument...

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2.Now, launch Groove Agent as a stand-alone application.
If you chose to create desktop and Start menu items during installation of Groove 
Agent 3, you can launch the program just like any other application on your computer. 
You can also double-click the Groove Agent program file in the installation folder.
When you now play a style with Groove Agent 3, the sound is 
streamed via ReWire to the assigned mixer channels in your host. You 
can route the separate instrument...

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First test
Let’s make sure Groove Agent 3 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. 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 Agent 
loads its samples for this style. The green LCD window is helpful here 
with...

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Complexity – The level of advancement in a style. In Groove Agent 3, 
the complexity levels go from left (simple) to right (advanced). Music 
generally benefits from variations in a song, and in Groove Agent 
they’re always easy to reach. 
Compressor – 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...

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LCD window – The big, yellow window tells you, at all times, what’s 
going on inside Groove Agent 3. This is your main source for informa-
tion. 
Module – This is new in Groove Agent 3, the possibility to fill the two 
slots in Dual Mode with Groove Agent and/or Special Agent and/or 
Percussion Agent. Each such agent is referred to as a module. 
Shuffle – Also referred to as “swing factor”. These terms indicate the 
relationship between the 8th notes (sometimes 16th notes), as...

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Groove Agent 1
The drums for the original edition of Groove Agent were recorded 
during the summer of 2002 in Studio Kuling north of Örebro, Sweden. 
The large studio room has the most dramatic acoustic properties 
we’ve ever heard! The room itself is large and mostly covered with 
wood panels, and engineer Jens Bogren certainly knows his way 
around the equipment. With Mats-Erik Björklund playing all instru-
ments, sound designers Per “Worra” Larsson/SampleTekk and Sven...