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The included VST instruments
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
Cubase 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.
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 differ-
ent computer.
Saving plug-in presets
You can save your current Groove Agent ONE configura-
tion, 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
VST Sound 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 User Content folder on your system.
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
VST Sound button and select “Load Preset” from the
pop-up menu.
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
the desired preset to load it.
The Presets browser is closed and the preset is loaded into Groove
Agent ONE.
• When a sample belonging to a preset cannot be found,
Groove Agent ONE prompts you to locate the missing
files. You can click either Ignore to skip this message,
click Locate File to navigate to a specific folder containing
the missing file(s), or click Search Folder to browse a spe
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cific folder and any subfolders that might contain the miss-
ing file(s).
Saving a GAK archive
You can save all Groove Agent ONE settings, and the
sample files referenced by the current configuration, as a
Groove Agent ONE kit. The file name extension of these
kit files is “*.gak”. Proceed as follows:
1. Set up Groove Agent ONE the way you want it.
2. In the Exchange section, click the Export button.
The “Export Groove Agent ONE kit” dialog opens in which you can spec-
ify a location and a name for the new archive.
3. Click Save.
The archive is created and the dialog is closed.
Loading a GAK archive
To load the GAK file, proceed as follows:
1. In the Exchange section, click the Import button.
Navigate to the GAK file.
2. Click Open.
The saved settings and all samples are imported into Groove Agent ONE.
Editing sounds
All sound editing functions can be found in and below the
LCD display in the left half of the panel.
The LCD display can show four different sound editing
pages, selected by clicking one of the four buttons in the
Pad Edit section.
The information on the Play page refers to this instance of
Groove Agent ONE as a whole. When the Play button is
activated, the LCD display shows the name of the loaded
VST preset and information on the number of samples and
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Note that a plug-in preset file is created alongside the
.gak file. This plug-in preset references the samples
inside the .gak file. It can be browsed in the Media-
Bay, giving you access to all Groove Agent ONE set-
tings (including all samples) from within Cubase.