Steinberg GROOVE AGENT 3 Mode D'emploi page 37

The Complexity Link button
You can also separate the two halves of the slider. When you click the
Link button, the two halves can be dragged individually. In this mode,
it's perfectly possible to use a very simple rhythm and activate a rather
complex fill. Or vice versa.
You may also find the Link button useful if you've decided that fill num-
ber 13 (or whatever) is the only one you want to use at a particular po-
sition in your song. Or throughout the song, for that matter.
Clicking the Link button again re-establishes the link between com-
plexity and fill.
Snare/Sidestick
While we've tried our very best to make the sidestick option sound as
natural and musical as possible, there are instances where it felt really
awkward to use the sidestick. Therefore, the sidestick option is avail-
able in most but not all the complexity levels in Groove Agent.
The sidestick playing technique generally sounds more natural at lower
complexity levels.
Groove Agent 3
36 English
The 25 levels of complexity each have their own unique
fill. By moving the slider to a certain level and then hit-
ting the Fill button, you'll hear that level's fill.
One common practice in traditional drumming is to
make the sound "lighter" by playing with the stick lying
down on the snare drum, hitting the metal rim. This is
called sidestick and here's the button for it. You may
switch between regular snare and sidestick at any level
of complexity.