Welcome - Steinberg GROOVE AGENT 3 Mode D'emploi

Welcome!

Somehow I find it hard to believe that I'm sitting in a rented cottage in
Skagen, Denmark actually writing the manual for the third generation
of Groove Agent. What started out as a rather basic idea about a vir-
tual drum machine, has turned into a tool that's almost a household
name amongst computer based musicians around the globe. Third
version, consider that!
So, how do we meet the expectations from an increasingly demanding
group of followers and new potential customers? We'd better be
good this time, because the market is full of fine drum tools...
Well, we've had to change the overall design a bit. The original
Groove Agent interface was elegant and easy to use, but provided no
room for growth. It would be impossible for us to fit our new modules
into the old layout, so we've created a new one: Dual Mode.
Even though the name itself may not sound too exciting, Dual Mode
offers the possibility to use any two modules simultaneously. You may
think of it as controlling a drummer and a group of percussionists at
the same time. Or a live drummer with added MIDI controlled ele-
ments and sounds. Or even as two drummers playing together! Oh,
this sends me back to the days of Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs And En-
glishmen" tour in 1970... but I digress.
My dear friend Paul Kellett, who skillfully programmed the first two
versions of Groove Agent, now works exclusively for another music
software company. Our new master of ceremonies is Dave Brown,
music software authority extraordinaire. He has designed and built a
totally new Groove Agent from the ground up. This new code offers a
wealth of possibilities, enabling us to present a machine that will load
drum kits even faster along with a new built-in nine band EQ/Com-
pressor coming directly from Dave's respected Quantum FX 2.
But, software without strong musical content is not of much use. The
ever persistent Mats-Erik Björklund has assembled a new range of
drum kits. A trusty group of talented musicians have produced 27 new
styles for the original Groove Agent module.
Groove Agent 3
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