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The Style Link button
ing it possible for you to play the Bossa Nova style with a Techno
drum kit! In this mode, the upper half selects the playing style and the
lower half of the slider the kit.
Click the Link button again, if you want to re-establish the Link between
the style and the corresponding kit.
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Please note that selecting a new kit usually calls for new samples to be
loaded. This may take a few seconds.
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There are two ways to help you place the lower half of the slider more
accurately. Either (1) look at the LCD window or (2) grab the slider and
move your mouse pointer to the last character of a style name.
The Complexity slider
This tool is also very important, since it makes the drumming built into
Groove Agent come alive. Getting acquainted with this slider shouldn't
be too problematic, since its behavior is very predictable.
If you move this slider to the left, you'll reach the simpler levels of com-
plexity. As a matter of fact, the first levels – named A, B, C, D, and E –
are usually not even complete patterns. Something is missing here, be
it a kick drum or a few beats. The reason we gave you these levels is
because we think you might find them suitable for song intros or when
producing very sparse music. Maybe only the first verse of your song
needs this gentle touch?
By moving the slider to the right, you move into the more busy terri-
tory. Here you'll find variations 1-20 of the chosen style and the further
you move to the right, the busier it gets. Some may even regard the
rightmost levels to be totally unlistenable, but that's intentional. This
drummer gets a bit wild sometimes!
Choosing a style also selects a drum and percussion
kit especially assigned to it. As long as the two halves
of the slider are linked, that is. Clicking the Link button
once un-links the two halves of the slider button, mak-
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