Groove Agent

Groove Agent version history

Groove Agent version history

Groove Agent version history

Multi-Agent concept: Groove Agent 4 combines the creative power of three different rhythm modules: the Acoustic, Beat and Percussion Agents. Each of these specialist tools offers its own approach to drums and rhythms, with special ways of creating your own inspiring beats in a huge range of styles. And the creative potential of each Agent can be combined with any of the others.

Among the new features in Groove Agent 3 are two new agent player modules,
namely Special Agent and Percussion Agent. The new Special Agent offers
exceedingly realistic modelling of a real studio drummer based on customized
audio recordings, while Percussion Agent plays a range of new percussive
instruments in a large range of styles. With the new Dual Mode, any two of the
three modules can be combined in a virtual jam session, offering more dynamics
and variability.

With the new Drum Sample Import feature, users can now also import their own
samples, allowing Groove Agent 3 to utilize almost any drum sound for its
grooves, beats and fills. Separate samples for dry and ambience samples can
be imported, providing a quick, easy way of creating a virtual drum kit miked up
in its own room.

Groove Agent 3 also offers new functionality including a new FX section
featuring a new EQ and compressor, with new presets ready for each drum
component as well as each kit. With its Alternating Hits feature, Groove Agent 3
automatically alternates samples to avoid repetition of sounds, ensuring lively,
realistic drum rolls and paradiddles. The Auto Fill feature intelligently generates
fills to help produce dynamic drum backing tracks for improvisation on other
instruments, making Groove Agent 3 ideal for use as a rehearsal and jamming
tool.

Groove Agent 2 comes with 50% more musical styles and drum kits. The 27 new styles offer an array of the latest grooves in diverse flavors currently in demand such as ultra-slick RnB, Bristol Trip Hop, Old Skool HipHop, Retro Rock, roof-raising Punk and grinding Grunge grooves. Providing the kerosene for the 27 explosive new styles are the 9 new drum kits. The all-new top-quality studio kit offers a highly polished, refined sound while being widely usable for many modern pop and rock productions. Other kit highlights include painstakingly recreated retro drum synths, ultra-hip noisy lofi drums, a diamond-hard metal kit as well as added percussive sounds.

Other feature refinements include added output busses, with up to 8 stereo outputs now available within the virtual mixer of the host application. It's now also possible to bypass the internal Groove Agent 2 sample playback engine and to use Groove Agent as a MIDI player that triggers external samples.


The GUI has also been overhauled, with added scales and easier access to vital controls. The new solo button for every group makes it easier to quickly focus on one group of sounds while tweaking and mixing. Groove Agent 2 also offers a new "Save to MIDI file" feature, which stores Groove Agent's rhythm output to a MIDI file for detailed editing, regardless of the DAW application hosting Groove Agent 2.