Steinberg Groove Agent 4 Manual
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Installation and Setup
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Installation and Setup Setting Up11 2. On the Instrument pop-up menu, select Groove Agent. 3. Click Ad d Track to create the instrument track. 4. Click the Edit Instrument bu tton in the Inspector to open the Groove Agent control panel. RESULT Groove Agent is set up as a VST instrume nt in your DAW. For more information about working with VST instruments, see the Operation Manual of your DAW. Selecting Outputs Groove Agent loads with a stereo output co nfiguration by default. However, you can use additional outputs in the Steinberg DAW. This allows you to route all kit slots to a dedicated channel in the MixConsole. PROCEDURE 1. To make the outputs available, open the VST Instruments window. 2. Click the Activate Outputs button for the instrument. 3. Activate the outputs that you want to use. RESULT The Steinberg DAW automatically adds an output channel for each additional output to the MixConsole. Using Groove Agent in an AU-Compatible Application You can use Groove Agent in an AU host application, for example, Logic. The AU version of Groove Agent is installed in yo ur AU plug-ins folder and lets Groove Agent work in an AU environment without any performance loss or incompatibilities. PROCEDURE 1. For Logic Pro, open the Track Mixer and select the instrument channel that you want to use. 2. Click in the I/O field and select AU Instruments > Steinberg > Groove Agent . 3. Select one of the available channel configurations. RESULT Groove Agent is now loaded as an AU instrument.
Installation and Setup Setting Up12 Using the Instrument as Standalone Application Groove Agent can be used as a standalone application, independently of any host application. In this case, you can connect the instrument directly to your audio hardware. R ELATED LINKS Using the Standalone Version of the Plug-In on page 178
13 Introduction Window Overview The application interface follows a fixed-size single window concept. The window is subdivided into several sections: • The plug-in functions section at the top. • The kit slot section and the kit rack below the plug-in functions section. • The pad section on the left. • The edit display on the right. It c ontains the Load, Edit , Mixer , and Options pages. • At the bottom of the panel, you can display a keyboard. • If you are using the standalone version of Groove Agent, you find a number of spec ific functions in an extra section at the top of the application window.
Introduction About Kits, Presets, and Groove Agent ONE Content14 About Kits, Presets, and Groove Agent ONE Content Kits Kits contain all information about the kit or sliced loop and about the insert effects that are used on the mixer channel. Kits can also contain MIDI patterns. Kits can be saved and loaded via the kit rack or the kit slot section. Kit Rack Kit Slot Section Sliced Loop Kits Instead of MIDI patterns, sliced loop kits contain the MIDI phrase that is needed to play back the loop. Other than that, sliced l oop kits are similar to regular kits, in that they can use insert effects, etc. Plug-in Presets (VST Presets) A plug-in preset contains all information necessary to restore the complete state of the plug-in. This includes all 4 kits, the MIDI patterns, as well as any insert and AUX effects. All of these settings are also saved with the project in your host application. Groove Agent ONE Content Groove Agent can load Groove Agent ON E presets. The presets can either be loaded as kits in the kit rack or the kit slot section or as plug-in presets via the preset management menu in the plug-in header. If you load a Groove Agent ONE preset as a plug-in preset, the global plug-in parameters are set to the default values. If you load a preset as a kit, all glob al plug-in parameters remain unchanged. NOTE Groove Agent ONE presets always show the icon for a plug-in preset in the MediaBay, even if they are shown in the preset loader.
Introduction About Kits, Presets, and Groove Agent ONE Content15 Content Files and Folder Structure Groove Agent comes with a large amount of ready-to-use sound content. This content is write-protected. You can edit files while they are loaded, but you cannot overwrite the factory content files. To save edits to the factory content, sa ve the files under a new name. These files get the file name extension .vstpreset and are referred to as user content. They can be searched and categorized in the same way as factory content. User content is saved in a predefined fold er structure on your hard disk. You can create subfolders within this structure to facilitate moving or exchanging content.
16 Managing Your Sounds Loading Kits There are several ways to load kits: • Via drag & drop from the Windows Explorer/Mac OS Finder. • Via the context menu in the kit rack. • By clicking the Load Kit button at the right of the kit name in the kit slot section. • Via the Med iaBay or the Browser Kit Slot This section shows the name of the loaded kit. In addition, the following global controls are available: Load button Click this button to show the list of available kits. You can also click the kit name to open th is list. Right-click the kit name to open the kit context menu. Load Previous/Next Kit Click these buttons to load the previous/next kit from the list of available kits. Load Kit with Patterns Activate this button to make sure that kits are always loaded together with their pa tterns. Size Shows the size of all loaded samples.
Managing Your Sounds Kit Rack17 PolyphonyAdjusts the polyphony of the kit. MIDI Channel Sets the MIDI channel for the kit. MIDI Input Indicator The MIDI symbol starts blinking if incoming MIDI signals are detected. Velocity Curve Sets the velocity response curve of the kit. This allows you to adapt the kit to yo ur hardware MIDI controller or playing style. Song Position Counter The song position counter shows the current song position in bars, beats, and 16t h notes. If you activate the Play button in Groove Agent, the song position counter always starts at 1.0.0. 0 and runs until you click stop. Tempo Display The tempo display next to the position counter shows the tempo of the host application. Kit Rack The Kit rack can be found to the right of the kit slot section. It gives you an overview over the loaded kits and their corresponding agent, and allows you to perform some kit editing for the selected kit via the context menu. • To select a kit, click on it.
Managing Your Sounds Kit Context Menu18 Kit Context Menu Load KitOpens a pop-up menu containing the available kits. Double-click a kit to load it. Load Kit With Patterns Allows you to load a kit with its MIDI patterns, if any. Load Pattern Group Allows you to load a predefined set of MIDI file assignments and play parameter settin gs for the 16 pads of the selected group. Save Pattern Group Allows you to save the 16 pads of the current group and their settings as a pattern group. Delete Pattern Group Allows you to dele te a pattern group. Save Kit Saves the kit. If you try to overwrite w rite-protected factory content, a dialog opens that allows you to save the edited kit under a new name. Save Kit As Allows you to save the kit under a new name. Remove Kit Removes the kit and its patterns from the slot.
Managing Your Sounds Managing and Loading Files19 Revert to Last Saved KitReverts to the kit that was originally loaded on the slot. If the kit was loaded w ithout patterns, only the kit and no patterns are loaded. Cut Kit Copies the kit and its patterns and removes it from the slot. Copy Kit Copies the kit and its patterns. Paste Kit Pastes the copied kit into the slot. If th e slot already contains a kit, it is replaced. Rename Kit Allows you to rename the kit. Reset Agent Loads the In it preset of the agent. Import Allows you to import MPC and GAK files. Export Kit With Samples Exports the kit together wi th its associated s amples. NOTE Samples that are part of protected content, such as the VST Sound content, cannot be exported. Managing and Loading Files On the Load page, you can switch between the MediaBay and the Browser . These can be used to manage, navigate to, load, and preview different file types. The Med iaBay gives you access to presets, such as multis and kits. In the Browser , you can browse for samples and presets. The Browser also shows samples that are part of VST Sound content. • To switch between Med iaBay and Browser , click the corresponding button on the Load page.
Managing Your Sounds Managing and Loading Files20 Managing Files via the MediaBay In the top section of the MediaBay, you specify which sounds to look for. The lower section presents the corresponding results. • To adjust the size of the two sections, drag the divider at the top of the results list. Applying Filters Category Filter You can filter the results list based on up to 3 filter criteria using the configurable attribute columns. Stan dard attributes are Style and Sub Style . Only the files that match the filter are displayed in the results list. • To define the filter, click on specific values in the columns. • To refine the filter, select mo r e values from other columns. • To select different filter criteria, click the column header and select a different attribu te from the submenu. Instrument Set Filter Use the Select Content Set pop-up menu to search a specific content set only. By default, the search is performe d in all installed content sets.