VST Groove Agent 2 Mode D'emploi page 34

There are 25 levels of complexity in each style. This also applies to
fills; the lower numbered fills are generally less busy than the higher
numbered ones.
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Some musical styles have a definite 2 or 4-bar pattern feel to them. While
an irregular (like 7 or 9) bar period in your music may cause such a pat-
tern to sound wrong (a bit like "one bar late"), it's reassuring to know that
after a fill the music always restarts at "bar 1" in such a pattern.
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Fills can also be used for endings. Hit the Fill button in the last bar of
your song and then the Stop button on the last beat.
Half Tempo Feel
bonus; no other drum machine (that we know of) has a "Half Tempo
Feel" button. But all drummers do!
In Groove Agent, all the half tempo feel patterns have been especially
programmed to imitate this trick. One very obvious example can be
found in the Fox style. Play it at a moderately brisk tempo and then hit
the Half Tempo Feel button. You will notice how the playing style turns
into something very similar to funk.
In practice, the Half Tempo Feel function doubles the amount of avail-
able styles! You can think of the half tempo feel as the basic rhythm of
your song. And then, near the end, perhaps disengage the button for
an uptempo, gospel style ending!
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Try activating the Half Tempo Feel button at the bridge section of a song
and then go back to normal play for the end choruses. Or at any other part
where you feel the urge to increase the excitement or coolness with this
function.
Groove Agent
34 English
One trick many live drummers use, is to change their
playing to "half tempo feel". It usually involves slowing
down the kick and snare pattern to half tempo while
keeping the hihat/ride pattern going. Figge, one of the
musicians involved in this project, suggested that we
include this feature in Groove Agent. After some seri-
ous thought, we decided it would definitely be a big