Groove Agent 3 Gratis
Groove Agent 3 is No GoodI purchased Groove Agent 3 and cannot believe how bad it sounds. All the sounds sound like a $99 Casio keyboard, especially the kicks and snares. The MIDI output function doesn't seem to work either.
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What a waste of $249. Since I cannot find any other posts regarding this product (which came out about a month ago) I guess everyone somehow magically knew to stay away from this program.
I wish I had that premonition. I guess I'll have to buy Battery 3 (which is now back up to $199, of course) since I get the overall impression that experienced Sonar users (which I'm not) tend to favor Battery 3 over SD2. ORIGINAL: Richard BrianHey Brufus!
Welcome and stuff, but you know GA3 is a product.So what??? Which product from Cakewalk is comparable to GA???Now, to the point:There are demosongs and demovideos on steinbergs website. At least one can hear some of the styles and how the drums sound. Battery is not the same thing as GA.And there is a forum:There you can find a dedicated Groove Agent forum.Regarding the midioutput function: it works in cubase because cubase can recieve midi data from a vst and record the events on a miditrack.Don't know if sonar does the same. There was a vst wrapper which was able to do that.To the topicstarter:You will certainly not be happier if you buy battery 3 just because some sonar users use it.
You should try the software or listen to its samples before you decide which one to buy.To my taste, groove agent has good samples and it sounds very musically to me. Certainly a good plug to help you lay down quickly some drum tracks. Yes, Sonar allows you to record MIDI output from soft synths. I haven't specifically tested GA, but in the Insert Soft Synths dialog box you simply put a checkmark next to the Enable MIDI Ouput option.Scott-Scott R.
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Over 20,000 readers can't be wrong! Well, I tried the midi output in GA after checking on the 'Enable MIDI output' as you suggested, Scott, but the resulting track was just an uneditable glob of information-no MIDI note information, velocity, duration, etc. Or anything else useful.
Kind of like it regarded the whole track as a MIDI effect or something. Maybe I'll try the 'Save to File' option from the GA window, as that is the alternative to the 'Live to Host' method, which gave me what I described above. I did notice that one of the small print features describing GA on the Steinberg site says something to the extent of 'Record live track to Cubase, Nuendo or export to MIDI file for other host sequencers.' If I had known GA was such a momma's boy to Cubase and the other Steinberg programs, I probably wouldn't have bought it.
I'll hack around some more with it tonight.thanks for the input. Terry,Thanks for the mention.Yes Groove Agent 3 works similarly to other versions of Groove Agent in regards to utilizing it's midi output function. When it is enabled it creates another midi output port that you can select as an input source on a new midi track to capture Groove Agent's midi output to contgrol another drum source.As far as the sounds there are a lot of things you can do in Groove Agent 3 with the built in EQ, compression and other built in effects. They have continued to add new sounds as well as carry over the original sounds from the earlier versions.Like any instrument it does have its place and particular color that might not fit into all arrangements but it can be a very powerful tool and sound source.Don't give up yet. OK, the Save MIDI output to File option in Groove Agent 3 worked in Sonar 7.
After importing the MIDI file as a separate track into Sonar, all the proper information was in the track, and I was able to plug in other drums sounds. Which brings me to perhaps the first-ever three-way comparison between three specific drum programs on this site.I downloaded the demo version of Battery 3, and as another member exclaimed in reaction to this product.Holy Moly! So on a scale of 1 to 10 as far as quality of built-in sounds go, Groove Agent 3 gets a 3, Session Drummer 2 gets a 7, and Battery 3 gets a 10. Groove Agent seems good for putting together tracks quickly, so I guess it will still come in handy, but I will HAVE to buy Battery 3 for its drum sounds to plug into the Groove Agent MIDI tracks.
As I mentioned in my first post, the quality of Groove Agent's sounds, at least in default mode, really suck. Sure, they can be tweaked with, but they will never be in the same league as Battery's. I listened to a sample of GA3 on Steinberg's website, and it sounded pretty good, but I don't know how the hell they could have used GA's built-in sounds to make it sound like that. Rather than spending more hours investigating that, it's worth it to me to just buy Battery and have it done.even if I have to practically starve to death for awhile!:).