User Manual

Groove Agent 3
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Each of the 10 memory slots can be regarded as a snapshot of all set-
tings in the entire module. After some tweaking, you may have found an
overall setting that is absolutely right for, say, the verses of your song.
By clicking the Copy button and then memory slot number 2, all the
current settings are stored in Memory 1 but also moved into the new
memory slot. You are now free to go further and find the right sound
for, say, the chorus. With slot 2 active, you may fiddle around the
panel to your heart’s desire. That perfect verse setting is safely stored
at memory position 1, so you’re free to experiment. (While this de-
scription does not represent the ultimate in flexibility when using
Groove Agent, this is ONE way to use automation.)
Here’s another suggestion. Since the Memory slots store the entire
front panel settings of this module, you can jump between complexity
levels instantly and even completely different styles and kits in one go!
This may not be the ultimately realistic scenario – how many drum-
mers do you know that can change an entire kit in a snap – but it sure
gives you more flexibility than anyone could ask for!
If you save your Groove Agent settings as a Bank (.fxb), all the content of
the Memory buttons will be retained.
Master Volume
It’s not very hard to describe a knob marked as Master
Volume, is it? You may think that it controls the overall
output from this instrument, and if so, you’re absolutely
right!
Even when using several outputs, the Master Volume knob controls all
outputs.
Please note that audio activity stops when the Master Volume control is
at its minimum position. So if you’re using Groove Agent 3 as a pure
MIDI player, and using none of its internal sounds (controlling external
drum sounds only), you may want to save some CPU power by turning
the volume control all the way down.