Note that exactly where you drop a sample on a pad (top, middle or bottom) changes the way the sample is handled on import.
If you intend to use an external MIDI controller with drum pad triggers, rather than a keyboard, you’ll need to match the MIDI note mapping to GA SE.Īudio loops can be dragged and dropped onto pads from the Project window, MediaBay or your OS’s file browser. There are eight banks of 16 pads, so you’re unlikely to run out of slots, though, as I’ll explain, you may run out of fingers! The default bank (bank 3) is a good place to start MIDI note triggers start at an easy-to-remember C1, and extend up to D#2. By default, this should give you a Beat Agent kit with no samples loaded you just drop your loop samples onto a selection of the Instrument pads. To start from scratch, create a new Instrument track with an instance of GA SE. As you can also create your own ‘kits’, with different samples on each pad, there’s nothing to stop you building a complete GA SE kit comprising only audio loops. Its primary role is as a virtual drum instrument, but, as a number of the kit presets show, GA SE’s pads can also be used to trigger samples of all sorts - including audio loops. GA SE, bundled with Cubase, is an easily overlooked gem.
This Arranger Track approach is perhaps best suited to triggering complete song sections, but what if short loops are more your thing? What if you want to layer different loops on the fly? Step forward Groove Agent SE! GA SE Into The Abyss
#Groove agent cubase how to
Last month, I demonstrated how to use Cubase’s Arranger to trigger pre-configured song sections on the fly, whether in a gig setting or to improvise a performance of a particular song/project in the studio. Live loop triggering may not be Cubase’s raison d’être, but it can be done. Screen 1: A combination of Groove Agent SE and the Chord Pads feature can make live loop triggering possible in Cubase.
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