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Groove Agent 3
With Groove Agent 3 we wanted to add new dimensions to our drum
tool concept. Session drummer deluxe Rasmus Kihlberg is one of a
very small group of people capable of delivering live drum grooves
ranging "from very sparse to very hot". In 25 steps, with only slight
variations between each step plus fills and half tempo feel versions of
all levels! All in all, Rasmus recorded over 1.000 unique grooves be-
hind his drum kits plus hundreds of percussion patterns.
In parallel to the grooves, Rasmus also recorded individual samples of
every drum kit. As usual, we wanted to give each kit its own personal-
ity and we treated ourselves to an easy start by recording a kit that
was already in the studio, the in-house Gula kit.
Groove Agent 3
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The studio chosen for our Groove Agent 3
sessions was Gula Studion in Malmö, with
Marco Manieri as engineer. The sound at Gula
is not as big as in Studio Kuling. Instead we
relied more on the studio room's early-
reflection style ambience plus an assortment
of control room reverb effects. In addition, the
"Stone Room" was used with one kit, giving
an aggressive yet natural character to the
third kit.
It looks a bit odd with its extended bass
drum (two kick drums mounted head-to-
head), but the sound is easily recognized
as the very popular sound found on many
hit songs recorded at Gula. This kit is
referred to as "Gula".