Plug-in Reference

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The Included VST Instruments
Groove Agent ONE
Slicing a Loop and Triggering Individual Sounds via MIDI
Drag & drop to several pads has a number of uses. For example, it allows you to
trigger individual sounds from an audio loop via MIDI. Proceed as follows:
1. Slice up a drum loop using the Sample Editor. Open the resulting audio part in the
Audio Part Editor and press [Ctrl]/[Command]-[A] to select all audio events.
See the Operation Manual for details about slicing.
2. In the Audio Part Editor, click on one of the selected events and drag it to the
Groove Agent ONE window.
3. Press the [Shift] key.
4. Point the mouse pointer at an empty pad and let go of the mouse button.
The individual samples from the audio part are now mapped to the available pads
of Groove Agent ONE.
Now look at the Exchange section (to the left of the pads): the MIDI Export pad (the
field displaying a double arrow) at the bottom of the section is lit. When mapping
several samples to several pads, Groove Agent ONE creates a MIDI file containing all
MIDI information to trigger these pads, and maps this file to the MIDI Export pad.
5. Drag this MIDI file from the MIDI Export pad onto the Project window.
Dropping the file onto the Project window creates a new MIDI track. You can also
drop the MIDI file to an existing MIDI or instrument track.
6. Play back the MIDI file.
The unedited MIDI file plays the same groove as the original audio loop. By editing
the MIDI file you can change the original groove.
Ö If LoopMash is supported, you can use it to slice an audio loop, and drag an individual
slice directly from LoopMash to a Groove Agent One sample pad. For further
information about LoopMash, see
“LoopMash” on page 161.
Saving the Groove Agent ONE Setup
You can save the current configuration of Groove Agent ONE either as a plug-in
preset or as a combination of a Groove Agent ONE archive (.gak) and a plug-in
preset.
These presets and archives are useful in cases where you want to use your current
settings and samples on a different computer.
Saving Plug-in Presets
You can save your current Groove Agent ONE configuration, including all settings for
samples, pads and groups, as a plug-in preset.
1. At the top of the Groove Agent ONE window, click the button to the right of the
Presets pop-up menu and select “Save Preset”.
The Save Preset dialog opens.
2. Enter a name for the new preset and click OK.
The preset is saved in the MediaBay under User Content.
Loading Plug-in Presets
To load an existing plug-in preset, proceed as follows:
1. At the top of the Groove Agent ONE window, click the button to the right of the
Presets pop-up menu and select “Load Preset”.
The Presets browser opens.
2. The Presets browser shows all presets it finds in the VST 3 Presets folder for
Groove Agent ONE. Double-click a preset to load it.
The Presets browser is closed and the preset is loaded into Groove Agent ONE.