Steinberg Groove Agent 4 Manual

Acoustic Agent
Pattern Editing111
• Double-click in the Intensity value field below the display and enter a new value.
Half Time On/Off
Activates halftime rhythmic feel for the  pl
 ayback of the main pattern. This is 
reached by extending the normal rhythm over two bars rather than by halving 
the tempo. If a style does not contain halftime patterns, this parameter is not 
available.
NOTE
This parameter affects only the main pa tterns. Intros, endings, and fills do not 
support halftime playing.
Auto...

Acoustic Agent
Pattern Editing112
If Auto Fill is activated, the number of the fill that is playing lights up in yellow.
NOTE
This setting affects only  the main pattern. Intros, endings, and fills are not 
affected. They play back as usual, that  is, they do not change into a fill after 
the set interval.
Quantize Amount
Adjusts the timing of the pattern, from  live-played 
 to hard-quantized timing.
• At a setting of 0 %, the pattern plays with the original timing.
• At a setting of 100 %, the timing...

Acoustic Agent
Mixing113
NOTE
• This setting is taken into account when you export a pattern by dragging the 
MIDI export field to a MIDI track in your host application.
• External MIDI input is not affected by this setting, that is, you can play all 
articulations.
Mixing
Each agent comes with a dedicated  Agent mixer that contains agent-specific 
options and settings.
The  AUX  mixer,  Kit mixer, and  Master mixer
  are available for all agents, and are 
described in a separate chapter.
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Acoustic Agent
Mixing114
Agent Mixer Overview
The left section of the mixer gives you access to all recorded microphones for the 
different drums, as well as to group channels that are applied to the sum of all 
microphone channels of a particular drum instrument.
In the top right corner of the  Agent mixer, you can find the global  Mute and Solo 
buttons.
•To reset all Mute  buttons 
 of the Agent mixer, click the global  Mute button.
•To reset all Solo  buttons of 
 the Agent  mixer, click the global...

Acoustic Agent
Mixing115
Kit Mix Channel
The Kit Mix  tab contains the channel strip for the  Kit Mix output.
For the  Kit Mix output channel, you can add a  Tube Saturator effect.
• To activate the  Tub
 e Saturator effect, click its  On/Off button.
•  To change the effect sound, adjust the  Dri
 ve parameter.
Channel Parameters
The channels have the following parameters:
Level
Adjusts the volume of the channel.
Pan Defines the position of the sound in the stereo panorama.
Mute Mutes the channel.
Solo...

Acoustic Agent
Mixing116
Agent Mixer Equalizer and Effects
In the lower section of the Agent mixer, you can make equalizer and effect settings 
for the channels and groups.
• To make settings for an entire group, open the  Groups tab and click the label 
of the channel strip for the group.
• To make settings for a single microphone channel, select the tab for the  in
 strument that you want to edit, and click the label of the channel strip for that 
channel.
If a channel strip is selected, the section...

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Percussion Agent
Percussion Agent specializes in instruments, grooves, and styles that feature 
percussive elements.
Not only does this agent play perfect acco mpaniments to many of Acoustic Agent’s 
gr
 ooves, but it offers an ideal way to create your own percussion tracks from scratch 
in just a few clicks using the integrated style player. Over 20 percussion 
instruments, such as bongos, congas, shakers, tambourines, and many more, have 
been recorded in minute detail using multiple microphones....

Percussion Agent
Sound Editing118
About the 24 Bit and 16 Bit Sample Versions
All Acoustic Agent and Percussion Agent kits come with dedicated samples in 16 
and 24 bit. The 24  bit versions have the better audi o qualit
 y at the cost of longer 
loading times and higher RAM usage. The 16  bit versions load faster and utilize less 
RAM at the cost of a lower audio quality.
You can set up which samples are loaded by default with the  Load Preference 
setting on 
 the Options  page.
However, you can also...

Percussion Agent
Sound Editing119
Sound Parameters
If you select an instrument in the picture on the right, its sound parameters are 
available at the bottom of the panel.
Each instrument has its own set of parameters. These parameters can be set up 
separate
ly for the available ar ticulations of the instruments.
The following sound parameters are common for all percussion instruments and 
their articulations, except for the crash cymbal:
Room Level Adjusts the level of the room microphone.
Tune Adjusts...

Percussion Agent
Pattern Editing120
Pattern Editing
On the Edit page for pattern pads, you can make settings for the MIDI patterns.
Agent Tab
The  Agent  tab contains the  Pad, Pattern , and Performance  sections.
The common pad and pattern functions are described in the chapter “Working with 
Pads”. Those functions that are agent-specific are described in the following 
sections.
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Working With Pads on  page 35
Pattern Section
Use Style
Activates the style player.
MIDI Export Field If the...