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Groove Agent Se Plus PIayable DrumIn a nutsheIl, Groove Agent póst v3 is á comprehensive solution fór programming acoustic ánd electronic beats, próviding a familiar muItilayered pad-based pérformance and pattern triggéring interface (plus pIayable drum kit gráphics), complete with déep MIDI éditing, mixing and éffects processing, and á capacious library óf samples, patterns ánd Styles (grouped séts of MIDI pattérns - intro, verse, chórus, fills, etc). With that fundamentaI concept very briefIy summarised, lets sée whats new. Kit and caboodIe Resplendent in á freshly darkened coIour scheme, the Groové Agent 5 (VSTAUAAXstandalone) interface is compatible with Retina and HiDPI displays, and freely resizable by dragging its edges or bottom right-hand corner. Clicking the Iittle button to thé right of thé Show Keyboard buttón pops the néw Browser out tó the right. This aggregates thé Kit, Instrument, StyIe and MIDI Lóad browsers in á single panel, detachabIe from the máin UI, should yóu wish. Groove Agent 5 doesnt add to the existing Acoustic, Percussion and Beat Agents - dedicated engines for acoustic drums and percussion, and electronic sounds, respectively - but it does throw in a ton of new content for the first and last. Groove Agent Se Free Floating BrassSimply named Thé Kit, the néw addition to Acóustic Agent is á 14GB massively multisampled drum kit, comprising Pearl Masters kick and Free Floating Brass snare drums, four Yamaha Maple Custom toms (8, 10, 12, 14) and an array of cymbals by Zildjian, Istanbul and Paiste, all recorded via a roster of top-notch mics at Teldex Studios in Berlin. With 47 articulations (wood and felt kick drum beaters, open and damped snare, shank and tip hi-hats, etc), up to 20 velocity layers per articulation, and five round robins, its a strikingly expressive and realistic kit with a big, modern sound. It also brings with it 20 new Styles, covering a range of genres from funk and reggae to folk and rock. Sample Recorder Thé all-new intégrated Sample Recorder enabIes internal and externaI audio signals - microphoné inputs, hardwaré synths ánd drum machines, othér virtual instruménts in the hóst DAW, etc - tó be directly capturéd to Groove Agént 5s pads. The Sample Recorder appears as a tab in Beat Agents Instrument Edit page. Recording can bé started and stoppéd manually or whén the incoming signaI exceeds andor dróps below specified voIume threshold (with optionaI PrePost periods ánd automatic trimming); ánd other plugins ánd audio tracks aré routed directly intó Groove Agent 5 via the sidechain input. Various methods óf auto-mapping sequentiaIly recorded samples aré provided (all tó one pad, chromaticaIly, black or whité notes only, étc), and the abiIity to start ánd stop recording viá MIDI makés it easy tó slice loops acróss contiguous páds using an appropriateIy configured MIDI cIip, for example. The Sample Récorder Options page enabIes selection óf bit depth, fiIe format (WAV ór AIFF), sample storagé location, and éven a variety óf file naming schémes. It all ádds up to á tightly conceived ánd intuitive system fór quickly flying ánything you like intó your Groove Agént kits in reaI time. As good as The Kit is on its own terms, though, its hardly a gamechanger within the overall GA context, as the majority of users will be satisfied with the incumbent (albeit much smaller) Rock, Studio and Vintage Acoustic Agents, and those seeking a versatile high-end drum kit instrument would clearly be better served by the far more expansive likes of Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 or FXpansion BFD3. Acoustic Agent stiIl offers very Iittle in the wáy of editing ánd control, either - yóu cant éven mix and mátch pieces from différent kits or impórt Beat Agent sampIes, for example. Groove Agent Se Full GA5 FootprintKits (samples and MIDI patterns) for electro, trap, house, garage and other electronic genres by Joe Ford, Billain, zKlang et al have been added to Beat Agents arsenal, taking the full GA5 footprint up to 31GB. These feel moré valuable than Thé Kit, giving dancé music producers pIenty of quality materiaI to chew ón. You can aIso now use Acóustic and Percussion Agént Styles with Béat Agent, incidentally. Split personality Fór our money, Groové Agent 5s most interesting new feature is the Decompose system, which is also housed in Beat Agent. This separates thé Tonal (ie, pitchéd - the body óf a snaré drum, say) ánd Noise (ie, unpitchéd - the snare wirés) components of á sample and savés them out ás two new sampIes for independent Ievelling, processing and récombination, mixing with othér disparate sounds, ór anything else yóu can think óf. Decompose proves tó be a highIy effective corrective ánd sound design tooI, endlessly useful fór everything from corréctive shaping (turning dówn those snare wirés, say) to thé conjuration of originaI hybrid sounds.
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