That is the power of Groove Agent SE 4 and it comes free with all versions of Cubase. It's super quick and only took Jay 30 minutes to do.
Jay then makes a minimal house remix of the same song using nothing but Groove Agent and it's tools. In this lesson you'll see Jay put everything you have just learned into practice and actually add a drum track to a pop song so you can see where it all fits in. Each slice you make is independently changeable and you can process each slice with all of the available power of Groove Agent SE 4's tools and effects. By the end of this lesson you'll be able to import audio, slice it up into useable chunks, and then map them to your MIDI keyboard so you can remix the phrases / drums / or any other audio into new and exciting patterns. Remixing a vocal or drum pattern or any number of things is super easy in Groove Agent SE 4.
A must for anyone wanting realistic drums.
You'll be learning how to craft drums that suit your track perfectly and that can change on the fly using the performance module which changes the complexity and intensity of the drum performance, and with automation. You have control over every detail, even the mic position and intensity of the live drum hits. Much like Beat Agent that is covered in the previous video, Acoustic Agent is similar but based entirely on live drum recordings. By the end of this lesson you'll be able to easily drag patterns into Cubase, customize those patterns to fit your track better and then even add them back into Groove Agent and save them as custom patterns for use in your next big hit. There are standard patterns, breaks, intro beats and fills and all at the click of a button. There are a ton of built in patterns in Groove Agent SE 4 and you will learn to utilize them and the various functions that control them. You'll be learning in detail about routing so you can do all your mixing in Groove Agent SE or route each channel of GA out to Cubase and do your mixing there with all of the Cubase plug ins. By the end of this section you will be able to fully utilize the mixer and understand how all the functions work like the inserts, sends, master bus, FX & aux channels. The mixer in Groove Agent SE is incredibly powerful and very capable of doing all the things you would want a mixer to do. You'll be learning the structure of Groove Agent, how to load and delete samples or multiple samples onto one pad, how to edit those samples, change parameters and a load of handy things that will help you find your feet in this awesome bit of kit.
If you're ready to start making beats with Groove Agent, this series of Groove Agent 5 videos will get you going fast.Module 1 - Overview & Layering The Drum PadsĪfter a short intro from your tutor Jay, we'll go through the foundational knowledge of Groove Agent SE learning how it functions overall as a powerful and highly useable drum machine & sampler.
To see what each Groove Agent 5 tutorial shows you and how they will help you use and make better drum tracks with Groove Agent, see the individual Groove Agent 5 tutorial descriptions on this page. Eli then teaches you everything you need to know about working with and editing patterns, note repeat, the Phrase Player, Mixing tips and using Automation for creative effects. Now go deep into the Groove Agent 5 Sample Editor, the Slice Tab, using the Decompose feature and how to record and map your own samples directly onto Groove Agent’s Instrument pads. Editing and mapping instrument pads is then shown and you'll see how to drag and drop, reorder, swap, exchange, move, copy and reassign instrument pad assignments and layouts and much, much more. Next, Eli shows you all about Agents, and how to work with multiple Agents, layer them, and the different acoustic and percussion Agent options. Styles is then explained and explored so you can create a wide variety of beats and grooves. These Groove Agent video tutorials are perfect for those starting out with Groove Agent 5, or just want to know more about this powerful virtual drum instrument.Įli gets you going fast with important foundational videos on Groove Agent 5 including a detailed overview of the user interface, how to load and customize kits, as well as replace individual drums.
Eli Krantzberg presents in-depth Groove Agent tutorials! Learn all of Groove Agent 5's features and functions as well as how to make realistic drum beats and more.